Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Wisconsin democrats yesterday nomi-
mated Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, Tor
governor.
Joe Goddard, the old-time pugilist,
has gone insane in the Cooper Hospital,
Camden, n. j.
Several leading coal firms of Washing
ton have merged into a corporation, with
aicapital of 100000
The Imperial Tobacco Company OF
England and Ireland has placed its for
cign brands on the Richmond market
Vessels are being sent to the various
points of danger on the coast of Mar
Unique to carry off the survivors OF the
Mont Pelee eruption.
Frank X. Lane, of San Francisco, was
Yesterday nominated for Governor by the
California democratic convention. a
platform was adopted denouncing the
protective tariff.
In the mimic warfare off the New
England coast four warships yesterday
attacked Fort Wright, on Fishers Island,
and hard fight ensued. The army
claims to have put all four warships out
of action.
The fire in the PocahOntas mine,
West Virginia, which was thought to be
under control, is still burning and great
damage is resulting. The mine officials
says that it may he 10 days before the
fire is extinguished.
Bernard J. Sage, a close personal
friend of Jefferson Davis and at one
time an eminent constitutional lawyer,
died at New Orleans on Tuesday night.
Mr. Sage was born in Connecticut, but
came south when young man.
In the Iowa democratic State conven-
tio1 yesterday free silver resolution was
voted down. The trust plank of the
platform declares it the duty of the gov
Crnment to grapple with monopolies
and "drive them from every inch of
American soil :" ultimate independence
Of the Philippines is demanded.
A circus train was badly wrecked near
Charlottesville, Ind, Tuesday, and four
employees were seriously injured, being
caught in the overturned sleeper. A
large lion make its escape during the
excitement and took to the woods. a
posse was organized which chased him
all day and finally as it was growing
dark was forced to kill him, all efforts
of capture having failed.
J. w. Woody, ofLynchburg, former
brakeman on the Southern Railway, is
being searched for by officers of Greens
boro, n. G., under warrant charging
him with criminal assault on the thir-
teen-year-old daughter ofRobert Haney.
The girl alleges that Woody induced her
TO drink wine almost to intoxication.
Woody, if captured, will have to face a
capital charge, as the age of consent in
North Carolina is fourteen years.
The efforts of Senators Quay and PEN
rose to arbltrate the coal miners strike
have proven unayailing. President
Baer says the questions at issue cannot be
arbitrated Concessions to mine workers
would, he declares, put the anthracite
industry on losing basis and give the
union virtual control of the properties.
He has records to show that coal is sold
below cost of-miniug and that the COM
panies have not paid dividends for years.
The Ohio democratic State Convention
yesterday met and nominated Rev. Her
bert 5. Bigelow, of Cincinnati, for Sec
rotary of State. Mr.. Tom l.. Johnson
had his way and every man on the ticket
suggested by him was nominated, with
one exception. A platform denouncing
trusts and declaring allegiance to the
Kansas City platform was adopted. The
boom OF Mayor johnson, of Cleveland,
for the democratic presidential nomina-
ton was started at the State convention.
The war game that has resulted in
many hard knocks of an imaginary kind
and sunk so many of the crack ships of
the navy and damaged Others, resulted
yesterday morning, after sham attack
on Fort Rodman, which defends New
Bedford, in an accident TO the armored
cruiser Brooklyn. The extent of the
damage cannot yet be told, and may
not be revealed until the divers have had
an opportunity to make thorough ex-
animation. 1t is feared, however, that
the injury TO the cruiser is serious.
The Hamburg-Americ line has been COM
PEELED to withdraw two Of their big passenge,r
ships from the service between New io ,sI