Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-22
NEWS OF THE DA Y.
"T5 sho,o the gerry age and body Of the Times.

The condition of Shreveport seems to be
shapged for the better in that there IS a suttl-
cheney of medical attendance, and better nurses
are being obtained, but there Is no abatement
in the average death rate. Upon Friday there
were tweniy-onc deaths and new cases are still
occurring. Fourteen interments are reported
for Saturday The fever is of the most mahg-
naut kind, and is extraordinarily fatal. At
Memphis there were thirteen deaths from yell
low fever on Saturday, but there are lew new
cases.
A sad calamity is reported from Nevada. A
fire broke out on Saturday in the Yellow Jacket
mine. 800 feet below the level of the earth
and the dry timber catching, the flames spread
RAPIDLY. filling the Yellow Jacket, Belcher and
Crown Pout mines with gas and smoke. Eight
explosions occurred putiiDo out the lights 10 all
| three mines while the workmen were running
towards the Shafts. All escaped but SIX whose
| bodies have siuce been recovered There are
| rumors OF other Deaths and the greatest excite
meut prevails
Quite chapter of railroad accidents is re-
ported from the Southern roads, owing to a rain
storm. Ga the South Carolina Railroad
train running from Charleston to Augusta ran
into washed-out cu!Vert killing the engineer,
fireman and two train hands, Ga the Central
Road freight train ran into Gu vert, ping
six cars over the engine. The engineer and the
fireman were scalded to death and train hand
was killed. Other accidents are reported, but
no other loss OF life.
The cable reports the death Of the eminent
Frcuch surgeon and physician Augustc Nclaton
Nclaton had acquired world wide celebrity for
skill in his prof ssion At one time he per
formed the operation Of lithotomy upon the
EMPEROR. 1t was in consideration Of his ser
vices aud his professional emlnencc, that he
was created Senator by an Imperial decree,
dated August II, 1868.
The papers out in California, Republican and
Democratic alike, are calling loudly upon Sene-
tor A. 4. Sargent to res gu. His cxcrtions for
the Central Pacific and Credit Mubilier railroad
crowd 10 the recent canvass have earned him Il
fresh access of unpopularity -and he was quite
unpopular before, for his constituents burnt
him in cifigy soon after his election.
A dispatch from Berlin announces that the
Emperor has formally recognized Bishop Rien-
kcns as Bishop Of the Catholic Church The
Importance Of this arises from the fact that
| Bishop RicnkcnS belongs to those who do not
accept the dugna OF para lEtalllbillty, and
whose views are represented by Dvelllngcr.
A New York dispatch asserts that the gen
eral Impression is that the Brooklyn treasury
thieves, S;prague and Rndman, cannot be held
to individual responsibility, inasmuch as the
money was not taken from the city treasury but
from the Brooklyn Trust Company.
A Washington dispatch states that the De-
partuent Of State has received information that
the Spanish Government has ordered all en-
bargoes Of American property IN Cuba to be
raised.
The Electorate OF Hssc Casscl is to be au-
ncxed to the German Empire, the Elcctor Fred
erlck William, receiving III lieu OF his revenues
an annuity of two million tha!crs.
A dispatch from St. Louis reports great dam
age to the tobacco crop in Western Missouri
from Il heavy frost.