Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

An anarchist plot to blow up the
arsenal at Brest, France, is suspected
The Vatican is having plans drawn
for training the native Filipino clergy
in Rome.
King Edward, according to the bull
letins of his physicians, continues his
progress toward recovery.
Five hundred delegates are attend
ing the Southern Educational Associa-
ton at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Georgia has decided to place statue
of DIR. Crawford w. Long, the discoverer
of anaesthesia, in Statuary Hall, Wash
ington.
The Federal Sugar Refining Com
pany, headed by oi"..a A Spreckels,
has increased its capital to $50, 600, 900
by certificate filed at Trenton, n. j.
Justices of the peace in Luzerne
county Pa, were kept busy yesterday
giving hearings to men charged with
melting and participating in riots at
coal mines.
Emperor Williams schoOner-yacht
Meteor was beaten Tuesday for the fourth
time, by the British schooner Ccely in
the long run from Kiel. The Clara was
second and the Meteor third.
The Protestant Episcopal committee
of inquiry into the charges made by Rev.
/. w. Irvine against Bishop Ethelbert
Talbot, of the Central Pennsylvania
diocese, held a session AZ Harrisburg,
yesterday.
Cora Irabelle Waltz, II years old, in
defense of her father, shot and killed
George Helmer, aged 40, near Oneida,
Il. Y, Tuesday. The shooting took
place on the farm Of Burt Olny, just east
of Oneida.
Eight prisoners escaped from the
county Jail at Parkersburg, w. Va, last
night, using a broomstick, mirror and
a piece of wire. These were used from
the inside to turn the combination lock,
the bolts and a key lock several feet
from the cell bars.
Major Micah jenkins, President
Roosevelt's former comrade in the Rough
Riders, is the probably next occupant of
the collectorship of internal revenue OF
South Carolina, to succeed George K.
Rooster, whose nomination failed OF
confirmation in the Senate.
Noma Filbates and Carrie Thompson,
inmates of the Florence Crittenton Home
in Baltimore, escaped from that institu-
ton June "a, quickly found husbands
at Westport, and were arrested yesterday
as refugees. The Thompson girl is also
held on a charge of bigamy, though sho
claims to have been divoced.
Estill Jones, white, belligerent
striker, was shot and killed at Simmons
Creek, w. Va, Tuesday night while
trying to force himself through the guard
line. The shooting was clearly done in
self-defense. Jones refused to leave the
premises when requested, and fired at
the guard a number of times, after which
the guard returned the fire, killing Jones
instantly.
The shortage of Anthony S. Sherman,
cashier of the Merchants Bank. Of New
port, r. l., as shown by the report ofthe
bank examiners, far exceeds previous
conjectures. 1t amounts to 1926, 093.-
40, which is not inclusive of the
cashiers personal notes, Endorsed by
friends, which are now held by the
banks of Newport pending their coming
due. The amount of Sherman's total
default and deficit will be fully $3.50, 900.
Probably the most fragrant case of
cribbing eyer detected by the Princeton
committee on examinations was disclosed
yesterday by the registrar, who made
the statement that 90 students from the
Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass,
were debarred from admission on account
of gross dishonesty in the examinations.
Thirty-one students from this prepare
tory school took the examinations, ac-
cording to the statement, and only nine
of the papers were pronounced satisfac-
tory and free from cribbing.
Georgia democrats in State conyen-
ton in Atlanta yesterday nominated !
Joseph NJ. Terrell for Governor. The
convention ratified the results of pri-
maries held throughout the State June
5. After the nominations were made |
the convention adjourned until 5o'clock,
when the platform was submitted and
unanimously adopted. 1t deals almost
entirely with State issues, prominence
being given to the liquor question. The
Kansas City platform is passed over in
silence, and the name of William Jen
nings Bryan is not mentioned.