Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The Good Roads Convention concluded
its third-day session at St. Louis yes
terday.
The Brooklyn Eagle urges the renoml-
ton of Grover Cleveland for the presl-
dency.
The lead production of the United
States in 1902 aggregated 26S,O TONS
against 27O, 700 in 1901.
Three hundred workmen of the
American Car Company at Wilmington,
DEL, have gone on strike.
The Japanese Foreign Office has pub
lished telegram announcing that nus
STA has completely evacuated the ohing
King province of Manchuria.
The interstate commerce commission
which is sitting in New York, inyestigat-
ing the anthracite coal railroads, yes
terday heard further testimony IRON
George F. Baer.
kilograms from Sofia, Bulgaria, an
nounce that fierce fight between Turk
ish troops and large band Of insurgents
has occurred on the RICH bank OF the
River Struma, in the district OF Dschuna,
European Turkey.
Forest fires threaten the destruction OF
Onaway, Mich. In every direction the
woods are ablaze. Hundreds OF citizens
fought the flames Tuesday night and 1t Is
feared that there will be lost Of life. A
high wind from the southwest prevails.
Gen James n. Tyner, who was re-
moved from the position of assistant At
torney General for the Postoffice Depart
ment after his wife and sister-in-law had
visited his Office and abstracted certain
papers from the safe in the Postofice De-
partment, is seriously i'll at his residence,
in Washington.
There will be a strike of the building
trades in Baltimore on Monday next at
the latest, and it is probable that many
of the crafts interested will walk out to-
morrow, in accordance with action of the
building trades section of the Fedora
ton of Labor, taken some weeks ago
concerning the general card system.
Because Edward Chayis, colored,
threatened to throw rock into a crowded
merry-go-round at Raleigh, n. c., yes
terday afternoon, William Mcintyre,
white, drew pistol and fred at him.
The ball struck at the feet of DIR. Harry
Utley across the street Mayor Powell
said Mcintyre did right, and discharged
him.
Mrs. Marsyla Keith, the Oldest per-
son in Alabama, died in Montgomery
Yesterday. She celebrated her one
hundred and sixteenth birthday on
March 7. Mrs. Keith retained her
intellectual faculties until her death.
She had IS children, Al living grand
children, 20 great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Henry Hasse, aged fourteen, of Grand
RAPIDS. Mich, has confessed that he
shot and killed -year-old Chas.
Pohlman on the evening of April 10,
and. with the assistance Of his younger
brother, Otto, carried the dead body in
A bag to the Lake Shore Railroad and
placed it upon the track. The Hasse
bows say the shooting was accidental, oc-
curing in the Hasse home, where the
boys were playing with a small rifle.
George Hartman, who killed John
Newsome on Island Creek, w. Va, a
few weeks ago, has been located. be to-
gether with brother, are operating a
moonshine still on Tug river, and have
built tort around their little operation,
and are now openly defying the anthori-
ties. Half dozen men headed by a
deputy sheriff, attempted to effect Har-
mans arrest Tuesday night, but they
were met with such yolley of bullets
from the little fort on the mountain side
that they were compelled to beat hasty
retreat. two of their number being seri-
Gus injured.
Excitement was caused yesterday over
an assault upon Miss carp, three miles
west of Boyds, Nd, by negro on Mon
day. Miss carp had taken bucket aud
gone to the spring, and while STOPPING
over to get water was seized from behind
and both her arms were pinioned by
those of a negro. She was nearly par
allied with fright, but screamed so loud
" as to attract the attention of her sisters,
who were in the yard surrounding their
home. She struggled frantically with the
and when she was nearly exhausted
the house dog came bounding over the
hill, followed by her two sisters, who
heard her cutlery, and the negro fled to
the woods.