Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-12-20
FUREfGF H.E HIS.

q great gale at Gtos'actioop'e n"' ptoo'1
msuy houses aGd it is feasto Killed many
persnns.
Bi.marcks' tobacco monopoly scheme Ter
Germaoy bas been REJECTED ty the goVerLnro'
committee of irqurS.
A telegram received at tho Losdon L'cyds
Yesterday reports that the steamer BJzsatln,
from MarseilIes for ConStantlnopie, hsd oeen
sunk 10 collision, and that one hundred anG
fifty lives had been lost. Oaly fourteen persons
had been saved from the steamer.
The strike among the cotton mill operatives
at Oldham, England, bas been continued 1oE
four weeks with loss OF .hrce hundred thous
and dollars in wages, besides The loss OF interest
on carital TO the mill owaers. The strikers
continue firm, aud though 10 great Distress
they are depending upon contributions from
| workmen in other quarters. A number OF nlhS
have gone to wo.k, having received large or
ders, and have substituted other hands tor
those on the strike.
LATER.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The German papers "a
nource that the tobacco irqulry commission ass
rejected the proposal for q monopoly by elght
votes against three. Ii has also declared 10
favor of a Guty according to weight ca ic'a1e
tobacco a1d such customs duties on foreign to-
bacco as would about correspond TO the pro
portion between the customs aud the ezc!so
accepted by the imperis! taxatIoo commission
of 1878. Tho Inquiry CON- nlsslon vii! RECON-
mend this resolution to the Buodsraih and the
Reichstag. The decision gives eotIre Satls!&c'
ton to TIE views o. the Natloual Liberal party
while the commission itself IVES composed OF
eight delegates of the government With tarSe
experts.
The Berlin correspondent Of toe London
| Times says: "Prince Bismarck defeat overth'a
measure has created deep surprise. Men are
wondering what the Chancellor will do to coun
tcrvail tho rebuff. The re- sction OF the scheme
BY the government caumittee does not amGuot
| to parliamentary defeat, but Prince BsnalcS
is 40 accustomed to have bis oWo way that it is
believed be will not rest content With this lnllia
| overthrow Of the project. Immediately Ga the
decision Of the com mission becoming knowa be
sent for NJ Hobreoht, the Minseer OF Eloauce,
| to attend him at FriedrchS,usS. The Cnan
csor's health, previously unsatisfactory, has
not been improved by the worry now oc:asloned.
and Oh the earnest pTotesta!l1us OF lis family
he bas abandoned the idea OF visiting tho EN-
| peror which he had inteGasd 10 do before
Christmas"
LONDON, Dec. 20.-Moksaa, Tetiey Il ca
! old aud respected merchsts oil Bradford, have
| called meeting Of their creditors, but will vi
| tiuately pay 10 foil. Their liabilities amount to
sc 600 pnuods.
LONDON, Dec GA dispatch received il
Ps,is says ouly four persons, namely. &c surgeon.
| tho fist ofi,e tho chief engineer and one
ssanau escaped from tee wreck of the By "a
| tio The disaster occurred 90 "Wednesday us 1T
| during heavy gale. The B,zsntiu On her
way from MaIseii'es 70 Coo6tautluopIe vas pro
oeedog up tho D.rdanelles when she rao Iuto
the British steamer Rioado vi GO tons bcr
dec, lying at ANCHOR off Latski', bou d for Hull.
The Bszsn,io, a vessel Of 900 tous bur h+o,
belonged TO the Fraissiast Company or NJ IT.
settles. ros R,naldo rsiIroed 20 tho Bosphoru;
for repairs. \ later dispatch says the captalo
reports thet he saved uinety persons from the
B,ztotin
LONDON. Dec 2O.-The Times. 10 leader
this uorniny, denies auihorltstiVely that toe
Romviian commission hes suspended its la5oss
uail sprlGs.
LONDON. Dec. 2O.--Thero is some ngsteri
Gus trouble 10 Russia betweoa the Government
and tie s,udeols. the purport OF whl3h ls only
partially and vaguely brought cut BY kilograms