Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-11-26
TO.DAY,s TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

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on Sunday.
It has been decided that the Brooklyn
Bridge is not nuisance.
NJ. Rouher Louis Napoleon's Minister Of
State, and President of the Senate is report.
ed to be dying in Paris.
Willis Phelps, for forty years prominent
railroad contractor, died in Springfield,
Mass, to-day, aged II years.
A cold wave is coming. 1t will be here
tomorrow, and coal dealers countenances
will again assume more cheerful proportions.
The Spanish government has decided to
disband ten regiments of infantry, and to
substitute therefor one regiment of artillery.
1t has also ordered an increase of pay of all
ranks up to that of captain.
The Charleston, 8. c., News and Courier
editorially declares the report that it has
gone over to Mr.. Randall for speaker, is
false, malicious and outrageous. Its posi-
ton of hostility to Mr.. Randall is, ii states,
entirely unchanged
The trial of George Warden, the manager
and cashier of the London and River Plate
bank, of London, for stealing, and of John
Waters, stock and share broker, for steal
ing and receiving bonds OF the bank began
to-day at Guildhall Warden pleaded
guilty.
Secretary Chandler has approved the rec
ord of the court martial in the case Of Ensign
| Guy w. Brown, tried on charges Of culpable
ne gligence and inefficiency in the perform
ance of his duty as officer Of the deck of the
y. s. steamer Pinta, atthe time Of her coils
ion with the brig Tally Ho.
| The latest reports from the Soudan con-
| firm the news of the defeat of Hicks Pasha.
The panic at khartoum is said to be increas-
ing owing to rumors that FL Nahdi, with q
large force is advancing upon that city, and
has cut off all supplies of grain. Official adj
vices, while they do not confirm these ru-
mors, admit that Europeans are leaving
that town by boats.
| The Paris Journal Des DetatS says if Eng
land should abandon Egypt the barbarism
now at its doors would occupy the country
and civilization would suffer an immense
loss The Soteii fears that England will seek
to compensate herself for the loss of the
Soudan by taking the Island af HaiNan off
Tonquiu, and advises France to accept Eng
lands assistance in the far east without pay
ing for it too dearly.
The London Times says it is now consid-
cred certain that VOLTS Internal machines
would have been used against the German
Embassy within few hours, if they had not
been seized. Their effect would have been
similar to the explosion at the Pred street
station Of the Metropolitan Underground
railway. There is reason to believe, the
Times says, that the plotters were only anx-
ious to produce alarm.
Spencer, the star route witness, appear
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Court, and through his counsel moved dis
missal of the case upon the ground that the
case had been decided, which motion being
opposed Judge Wyle said that the only ques-
ton worthy of consideration now in the
case made by the counsel was the question
of jurisdiction Of the court, and upon that
he would be obliged to hear argument.
Evacuation day was appropriately cele-
brated in New York to day. The morning
opened with dull laden sky indicating rain
or snow. The atmosphere was moist and
raw but not cold AT sunrise, the forts and
ships, fired salute of twentv-one guns
followed in half-an.hour with successful
effort of all the steam whistles in the bay
and on the rivers to make the most disagree
able noise imaginable, they emphasizing the
wonderful difference between navigation of
1888 and 1883 Throughout the city all
classes Wed in celebrating the day, and a
holiday appearance peryaded everything.
Bahri Pasha, chief of the Constantinople
police, and six officers of the secret police,
are on trial there charged with using their
official positions for the purpose OF levying
blackmal. Their plan Of action was to
make accusations against innocent persons
charging them with coming false money,
then if the accused were willing to pay a
heavy bride, the prosecution was stopped,
but if they refused to give the amount de-
manded conviction was usually secured
through the perjured testimony Of the po-
lice agents and bought witnesses.