Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-07
News Of the Day.

The Jaosnese have concentrated 4S0,
900 men and 900 guns in front OF ine
Russians in Manchuris.
A sailor died of yellow fever IN the
New York Detention Hospital yesterday
This is the second fatal case OF the lever
in the hospital.
Mr.. Blair Lee was on Saturday nomi-
mated for State Senator in Montgomery
county, Md, by 500 majority over Mr..
Spencer c. Jones.
Surgeon General Rixey, of the navy,
will again recommend the establishment
of an outdoor hospital at Port Royal, ,.
c., for the treatment of tuberculosis Ia
the navy.
Rev. Jerome Daugherty, S. j., owing
to protracted illness, has resigned the
presidency of Georgetown University.
He has been succeeded by Rev. David
H. Buel, S. j.
The police reserves we're called out In
Williamsburg, New York, yesterday, to
put down riot caused by All Italian
knocking down child and firing two
shots at the rather of the child.
Miss Corrine Blackburn, daughter OF
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, and
w. H. Gale, of Leesburg, Va, and of
New York, were married at the Ebbitt
House. in Washington, on Saturday.
Memphis has closed her doors to the
outside world, and no person can enter
the city unless holding a certificate per-
sonally signed by DR.. Herbert, Jones,
president of the Board of Health.
William w. Stevenson was shot dead
in San Francisco Saturday by Cillion
Bowen in a room of a Larkin street
clearinghouse, where Stevenson had
found Bowen with Mrs. Stevenson.
According to the reports received in
Washington important republican leaders
in the West are actively at work in be-
half of the nomination of Secretary Les
lie NJ. Shaw for president in 1908.
While attempting to rescue i2-year-
old girl from drowning George Cook,
aged % years, OF Baltimore, became en-
tangled in sea grass in Dark Head, Mid
die river, yesterday afternoon and was
| drowned.
President Roosevelt late yesterday
afternoon delivered lay sermon to the
Christian Brotherhood of Oyster Bay.
He emphasized especially the necessity
of sound character building, holding that
high moral character was the real essence
of Christian life.
The cruisers carrying the Russian and
japanese envOys arrived of Newport
Yesterday, where they anchored for the
night. They had run into a dense fog
on the trip from Oyster Bay. NJ. Witte
came ashore and will make the rest of
the journey by train.
Fourteen years after the death of Mr..
Cherries Stewart Parnell, the Irish leader,
there is some prospect of his estate being
settled and his creditors paid. This will
be welcome news TO the heirs of some OF
the original creditors, some of whom
have died in penury in the meantime.
The fever report yesterday at New
Orleans is interpreted by the authori-
ties there as encouraging, particularly
as there were only two new sub foci-
one uptown and one downtown. 1t is
estimated that there are now 239 cases
under treatment. Among those under
treatment is Archbishop Chapelle, who
wac taken with the fever on Saturday.
Capt Evan p. Howell, for many years
prominently identified with southern
journalism, died at Atlanta, Ga, yester-
day, after an illness of three weeks,
brought on 10y carbuncle, complicated
with diabetes. He was 60 years old.
His wife, formerly Miss Julia Erwin, and
several children survive him. Captain
Howell had not been engaged in active
business since 1897, when he retired
from the control of the Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Chinese theater in DOyers street,
New York, was the battle ground of the
Tongs last night. Trouble broke loose
at 10 O'Clock when Chinatown was pack
ed with sightseers, and when the fight
ing was all over two Cinnamon were
dead and two severely injured, one OF
them dying at midnight. The Hip Sing
Tong got revenge for their many defeats
at the hands of Tom Lees On Leong
Tongers. The dead Cinnamon belong
to the On LeOng Tong.
A dispatch from Osborns Gap, Va,
tells of gun fight between two Baptist
ministers Just across the Kentucky bor-
der from that place. Solomon Mullins
was probably fatally shot by Solomon
Fleming, and Jefi'rson Fleming was shot
through the ankle by Robert Mullins.
Both OF the latter are ministers. The
trouble occurred because of the alleged
betrayal of daughter of Fleming by
Solomon Mullins. After the shooting
all we're put under bond except Solomon
Fleming who barricaded himself in his
fathers house, with plenty of firearms,
and says he will die before he will sur
render.
Fight at Camp Meeting.
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