Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A dispatch from Fond du Lac, Wis,
announces the death of Archbishop
Katzer.
Considerable damage was done in
Washington county, Nd, by hall
storm yesterday.
Joseph SCHNEIDER, a Berlin banker
committed suicide yesterday on learning
that his chief broker was defaulter.
Rev. Joseph L. Andreis, pastor OF
St. Leo's Catholic Church, Baltimore,
died after lingering illness yesterday
Large delegations of Elks from various
carts of the country continue to arrive
in Baltimore. 1t is estimated that To-
600 Elks have already reached the city,
and special trains are arriving almost
hourly.
The Golden Gate Hotel, at Nome,
Alaska, was burned early Sunday morn
ing. Two persons lost their lives. Ihe
loss will reach 100000. The fire was
the result of an accident caused by the
attempt of an attache TO resuscitate
fire with coal oil.
A million dollars is the estimated
damage done by the severe hail storm
which passed over the east portion OF
Rock county, Mimi, yesterday afternoon.
Besides being most DIES tructiye, the area
covered by the storm is the largest ever
known in the Northwest.
A dispatch from Chicago says that
four anarchists, who are said to have
pledged themselves to accomplish the
death of Emperor William of Germany,
left Chicago several weeks ago and are
now in Sweden on their death mission.
King Oscar has been warned, and the
warning was sent from Chicrgo.
A double-headed snake that can back
I'D as readily as it can move forward has
been added to the natural history de-
partment of the Memorial Museum in
San Francisco. 1t is about 81 inches
long. about as abroad as the handle of a
table knife, with the tail blunt at the
end. The reptile hitherto has been
found only in South America and the
West Indies.
The backbone of the long-protracted
tieup in the building trades of New
York was broken yesterday when the
bulk of the men in the big plasterers' ,
bricklayers' and carpenters unions re-
turned to work. These three unions are
the largest in the building trades, having
about "a. 900 members. This brings
the total number of men who are at work
under the employers arbitration plan VI
to more than 80, 900.
Judge Holdom in Chicago yesterday
granted an injunction restraining Albert
Young, president of the TeamsterS
Union, and the other officers and mem
bers from interfering with the Kellogg
Supply Company in the transaction o
business. The Illinois Manufacturers
Association and the Anti-Boycott League
have united with the Kellogg Company
to force the issue with the teamsters, ant
it is intended, if the conspiracy charge
can be proved, to go before the CRANE
Jury and seek the indictment ofthe labo
leaders.
A dispatch from SOledad, Venezuela
SAYS at 5 o. clock Sunday morning thu
engagement between the government
forces and the reyolutionists occupying
Ciudad Bolivar began in two difieren
directions. The revolutionists opene'
the battle. At o'clock the smoke owe
Ciudad Bolivar was so thick that it wa
impossible to see the city. At z o'clocl
the government troops, after fight, II
which they lost more than 100 men
captured the cemetery. At o'clocl
the Venezuelan fleet, consisting of fiy'
men-of-war, shelled the government
building at Ciudad Bolivar At II
O clock the revolutionists' flag had dis
appeared from the government building
and at | / all the streets near that build
ing were captured by the government
forces and a charge of all the government
soldiers OH the city was ordered
Ex-Postmaster General Charles Emor.
Smith may now have to write anOthe
letter. His "attack" on Civil Seryic
Commissioner Proctor, contained in hi
latest letter to Postmaster General Payne
was by no means full and complete, ant
the officials Of the Civil Service Commits
sion, what asked when they thought o
Mr.. Smiths effort, merely smiled AT
tention was called to the fact that Mr.
Smith was careful not to mention tina
he had been informed by Civil Seryic
Commissioner Proctor of the result o
an investigation made by Mr.. Proctor 0
the Summeryiile and Summit IN. j..
post-offices, and that the Civil Seryic
Commissioner in report made to Pres
ident Mckinney charged that certain per
sons improperly classified were put uPol
the rolls and were paid money for whicl
they rendered no service whatever.
District Attorney ]. Ward Gurley
was assassinated in his Office in New
Orleans shortly after 10 O'Clock yester
day by Louis w. Lyons, formerly
clerk. The murderer, after shooting TIL
/, district attorney, turned the weapon OF
himself and put two bullets in his head
He will die. A grudge which Lyon
harbored for several years against tn
District Attorney is responsible for the
tragedy. Several years ago Lyons wa
+ arrested, charged with the theft of {
diamond pin. The charge was PROVED
to be unfounded and Lyons was acquitted
Thereupon he entered suit against the
complainant for damages, retaining Mr.
Gurley, who was at the time United
States district attorney, to represen
him. Lyons mortgaged his property t.
prosecute the suit, but lost the case
He charged Mr.. Gurley with the respon
sibility and has since then been brood
ing over his wrongs.
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