Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-24
News Of the Day.

David T. Thompson, who will succeed
Ambassador CoDger in Mexico, IS we'll
known Nebraska politician.
An outbreak has occurred IN the CHI
nese Province of Yunnan against Chrls-
tan colonization. Several Catholic
priests, estimated at between Is and ~,
were killed. A Catholic church was
wrecked.
Fourteen new cases, one death and
three recoyeries is the record for'today IN
the typhoid fever situation in Washing
ton yesterday, being in accordance With
reports received at the Health Office up
to the closing hour that evening.
The peace ENJOYS have adjourned until
Saturday. The situation is exceedingly
uncertain. The Russians still refuse to
paw an indemnity or 10 cede territory.
President Roosevelt is still sanguine. he
is in communication with the Gar
through Ambassador Meyer, at st.
Petersburg. Japan has submitted a new
proposition covering an indemnity which
the Russians will not accept.
News reached Maysvile, KY, yesterday
of the drowning of a man named Gates
and his wife and five children in the river
between Maysville and Dover Gates
was in a shanty boat, intending going
South, and tied up for the night at
point below Ripley. The rising river
caused the boat to break loose and float
to midstream. A towboat coming up
with empty barges struck the shanty
boat, demolishing it, and the whole
family drowned, being asleep when the
accident occurred.
Oliver Lott, negro laborer at the
lumber mill of G. Talley, at Tunnel
Springs, Ala, during a quarrel with
John and Harry Helton over. a debt,
opened fire on them, killing John Hell
ton and seriously wOunding Harry Hell
ton. The negro then fled and barricaded
himself in a house. A posse OF citizens
under the leadership of G.. Talley at
tempted to arres; him. They surround
ed the house, but Lott refused to sur
render and fired on the crowd. Talley
was MORALLY wounded and died few
honrs later. The posse then fired on
the negro and his body was afterward
found riddled with bullets.
The situation in the Baltic provinces
is not improving. Several political MUIR
ders have been reported. Official adj
vices show that the disturbances are fos-
tered and directed by thoroughly organ
lied social revolutionary committee, with
headquarters at Riga, the emissaries Of
which defy the best efforts of the police.
The intelligence department of this COM
mittee supplies ample warning of the
movements of troops. -Four of the lead
ers were arrested recently, one OF whom
was a woman. The social revolution
aries are very strong at Riga and Libau.
Arrangements have been made by the
Chicago democracy, as represented by
the Jefferson Club, for a farewell ban
quet to Mr.. VIM. J. Bryan, previous to
his departure for an extended tour
around the world. The Auditorium
banquet hail has been secured and the
date set for September Is. Besides Mr..
Bryan, Governor Douglas, of Massachu-
sets, Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, and
ex-senator Pettigrew, OF South Dakota,
have been invited to take part in the
programme. Mayor Dunno and Clarence
5. barrow and other local speakers will
complete the array of orators.
While aiding her father, who was
fighting with Robert Kile, of Centralia,
Pa, Tuesday, twenty-year-old Anna
Riley shot Kile twice and fatally wound
ed him. Kile had tried to enter the
house, and Riley pushed him out. The
two struggled on the porch, and Riley
was knocked down. Then the girl,
who had seized a revolver, fred four
shots at Kile, one striking him in the
abdomen and the other going through.
his head He is now dying at the hos
pital, and the girl is in the Bloomburg
Jail. When two officers went last night
to arrest her, she locked them in room
and escaped through window with her
three months old baby but later was ar
rested