Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-06
News Of the Day.

Louis ID. Wine, we'll kuowa real
estate dealer Of Washington, died at the
Garfield Hospital Saturday night after
an illness of several weeks.
The barn OF Henry Brown, near Bal
fimore, on the Reisterstown road, was
destroyed by FIRE about 10 o'clock Satur-
day night, together with rs cows.
Birmingham, Ala, was visited by a
disastrous confsgration yesterday. One
OF the city's chief business blocks was
consumed with a loss approximsting
$500, 900.
Fire Saturday morning destroyed the
main buildings of the Wesleyan Univer-
sity of West Virginia at Buckhannon,
causing loss or $40, 600 with insurance
of $4,000
Miss Annie shube, Of Cambridge,
Mass, was found unconscious yesterday
on a cake Office floating down the Charles
river. She was taken to hospital and
shortly after recovering consciousness
mysteriously disappeared.
With the close OF testimony before
the international commission into the
North Sea incident, there is a diminu-
ton of confidence in British circles, and
the French newspapers intimate that
the Russians have virtually wen their
case.
The House Saturday passed the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill,
carrying 81, 107, 047. which is an increase
for this service Of $7S,7l6 over the cur
rent appropriation. A number of minor
bills were disposed Of by uuananmous
consent.
Some unknown enemy has been per-
scouting Rev. L. d. Cook, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Black
Creek, n. Y. Though his house has
been burned, his horse poisoned and his
life threatened, Mr.. Cook has declared
his purpose of staying in Black Creek.
A large steam -four mill and two grain
warehouses at Evansville, Frederick
county, belonging to William II. Turn
err, we're destroyed by fire early yester.
morning, causing loss estimated to be
10 the neighborhood of $4,000, with
insurance of only about half that
amount.
J. NJ. A. Watson, jr., of Washington,
the defaulting clerk in the Office of the
auditor of the District of Columbia. who
was sentenced to serve term in the
West Virginia penitentiary, arrived at
Moundsvills yesterday, accompanied by
single guard and was placed in the
penitentiary.
Charles E. Dickey, well.known BUS
mess man, founder Of the American
Meter Company, committed suicide Sat
urday at his home, in Baltimore, by
shooting himself in the head with re-
volver which had been an old family
relic. He was seventy-three years old,
and for some time had been afflicted with
diabetes.
Thirty Oystermen who had been i'm
prisoned in the ice in Tangier Sound were
rescued yesterday by the iceboat Annap-
oils. Besides the fourteen men who
we're found in the marshes off Deals Is.
land, sixteen Others we're discovered near
by in the Hedges Stfait, where they had
been icebound since January 4.
At Hebron, Richie county, w. Va,
Friday night, Lindsay Owens, ffty-fve
years old, a prosperous. farmer, shot his
wife and then burned himself to death.
He had quarelled with his wife, who
left bis home, going to neighbours.
Owens followed and asked to see his
wife. She appeared and Owens, after
renewing the quarrel, fred six shots at
her, inAicting wounds from which she
died Saturday. He then went directly
to tank of oil, containing about 100
barrels, deliberately set Ere to the oil,
and then jumped into the flames.
General stoessel, who is on route from
Japan to Russia, arrived at Colombo,
Ceylon, Saturday will number of his
officers. The general denies the reports
that he surrendered before such = step
WAS necessary. He says the newspaper
correspondents making statement to
the contrary have not advanced single
preof for their statements. Colenel
Reiss, General StOesseps aide, speaking
of the restitution of the port at the time
of the surrender, made the statement
that the military chest had dwindlec from
l 800, 900 to fifteen roublss.
Desertions in the United States navy |
appear to be on the increase. While an
attempt is made at the Navy Depart
Iaent to show that the hundreds of de-
ssrtions that have occurred in the navy !
since July are not unusual the records |
do not bear out this statement. Since
July /, 1904, the battleship squadron Of
the North Atlantic feet alone has lost
go men by desertion.
Revolt ia Buenos Ayres.