Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-20
News of the Day.

President Morales army has been de-
feated by insurgents. in Santo Domingo,
losing 81 killed.
Two visitors to the Confederate reGBion
j. d. Carmichael, of Dillon, s. c., and
j. w. Harmon, a Confederate veteran
of Lexington, S. G., were drowned yes
terday in the harbor between Fort Sum-
Ter aud Fort Moultrie,
Recall of NJ. Nisard, the French Am
bassador TO the Vatican, is virtually as
sured. The council of Ministers today
decided upon the recall Of the Amoassa-
dor if the authenticity of the Pope's Pro-
test to the foreign powers against Presi-
dent Loubets visit to Rome is establish
ed. Little or no doubt exists relative to
the protest.
That the Gulf stream is running faster
than ever before is the novel explana-
ton advanced by marine men of New
York to account for the fact that steamers
arriving from southern ports are uni
formly ahead Of time. No explanation
of such acceleration of the Gulf stream,
however has been advanced.
With imposing ceremonies, Rev. DR..
Richard Henry Nelson, of Philadelphia,
was Yesterday consecrated a bishop OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church at the
Cathedral of All Saints in Albany.
Under the terms of his recent election
he will be bishop coadjutor to Bishop
Doane in the diocese of Albany.
The General Assembly of the Presby-
terrain church in the United States in
Buffalo, N. Y, was yesterday afternoon
stampeded for Rev. J Addison Henry,
d. D., of Philadelphia, Tor moderator.
DR.. Henry was elected unanimously al
most before the other leading candidates
for the position knew what was going on.
Charles j. Lewis testified before Judge
Dennis in the Circuit Court of Balti-
more yesterday that he married Mrs.
Catherine f. Fell, widow of John A.
Fefill. in accordance with bargain made
between them. Mrs. Fefll, he said, Of
fered him valuable stocks and other
property to marry her and he accepted
the offer.
Frank Writ, well-known farmer oil
Brownsville, Nd, Yesterday afternoon
carried to Hagerstown his wife, who was
made violently insane Wednesday night
bv a severe thunderstorm. During the
progress of the storm Mrs. Writ became
extremely agitated and since then her
condition has become rapidly worse. In
one of her violent spells she attacked her
mother with butcher knife, succeeding
in woundine her on the arm.
Henry Tatnall was elected sixth vice
president and treasurer of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company at meeting OF
the board of directors of the company,
in Philadelphia yesterday. Mr.. Tatnall
succeeds as treasurer Robert w. Smith,
resigned This is the first time in the
history of the railroad that the company
has gone outside of its own officials in
creating new office. Mr.. Tatanall will
assist first Vice President Green in
the roads financial management.
A negro tramp was lynched at Sea-
board, n. c., Wednesday night, by a
mob of his own race, who hanged him
for an assault upon a seyen-year-old col
ored girl. A policeman was on his way
to Jail with the man, who gave his name
as Dick Whitehead, when he was over
taken by an infuriated mob of negroes,
who tore the prisoner from the officers
buggy and hanged him to nearby tree.
The grandfather fthe girl made a vain
attempt to kill the tramp before the mob
secured its victim, but was prevented by
the policeman.