Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

One man was killed and three wound
ed in a shooting ARRAY near Coalburg,
w. Va, as result Of a quarrel about q
woman.
A terrific explosion Of gas occurred in
the Nottingham mine of the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Plymouth,
Pa, yesterday. Eleven men were serious
ly burned two of them fatally.
Ex-President Cleveland has consented
to speak at dinner to be given in New
York next Monday night by Charles f.
Murphy, the Tammany leader, in honor
of Mayor-elect George B. Mcclellan.
The Building Trades Council and
the Plumbers Union were temporarily
eujoined yesterday by the Supreme Court
10 Cincinnati from interfering with en-
ployes Of the Contractors Association by
way of discipline.
A grand jury yesterday began to in
vestigate the act Of violence committed
during the recent Chicago city railway
strike and the attacks on non union en-
ployes of the street car company since
the termination of the strike.
Picketing of houses in Chicago from
which funerals are to start, whether peace
full or violent, by unicn livery drivers,
who went on strike four days ago, is to
be prevented by the police under direct
orders issued last night by Chiefof Police
O'Neill.
The three negroes charged with as"
saulting Sister Alma in a burglarious
visit to st. Johns Orphange, at Wheel
ing, w. Va, the night of October 81,
vero given their preliminary trial last
mig 1T. Jim Lucas pleaded guilty, and
his mpanions, Flam Honaker and
Tom Easton, did not deny the charge.
They were sent on to the grand jury.
Cardinal Gibbons will send Christmas
greetings to each of the cardinals of the
Catholic Church throughout the world
and to all the Catholic crowned heads OF
Europe-namely, the Emperor of Austria
the King of Spain, the King and Queen
of Portugal, the King of Belgium, the
King of Saxony and the Prince Regent
of Bavaria. Each year Cardinal Gibbons
is the recipient of greetings from the
Catholic rulers and cardinals Of The
church.
Two Russians, named Gnetschin and
Marosjeik, who have been on trial,
Il .zxol ,,,,th ,.,u~1ar no fha oufharo NJ
the massacre Of Jews at Kishenef, Bes-
sarabia, last spring, were sentenced yes
terday to seven and five years penal
servitude, respectively. Twenty-Five
other persons charged with being in
volved 10 the massacre were sentenced
to periods ranging from one to two years
each. One person was sentenced to six
months imprisonment and twelve were
acquitted, while forty-eight civil actions,
brought against the accused, were dis
missed. The costs of the prosecutions
must be paid by the convicted persons.
A terrific fire, last night destroyed the
six story factory building of the Herr
mann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet
works in Mott street, New York, and
the four story varnish factory Of the firm
run under the name of the II. Hermann
Lumber Company. A quarter of a mil
lion dollars damage was done. Battal-
ion Chief Marin Coleman is believed to
have persisted in the fall of the two
great walls of the factory. There was
panic among the Italian inmates of
the street, and the tenements opposite,
and in the rear of the burning buildings,
and the 6remen and police reserved from
three precincts had the utmost difficulty
in getting the people out to the street.