Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-15
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Foreign News.


ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15-The dIstr sss
In the Volga provinces Is intense In Penza
women and children wander about almost
utterly exhausted shrieking for food In the
| market places. Russian corn merchants on
the frontier are respondent over the Idea
that the German trade will find fresh chan
nels and never return to Russia.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-The Standard Odessa
correspondent says that during the coming
five weeks TO- 900 troops will be conveyed by
the Russian volunteer feet from Batoum to
Sebastopol and Odessa
LONDON, Sept 15.-The steamer Sorata,
reports that while she was passing through
the Straits OF Magellan she saw steamer OF
about / 500 tons ashore. The the steamer
was apparently abandoned and the seas
breaking over the wreck prevented her
name from being made out.
PARIS, Sept. 15.-The Temps to-day says
that Gen. Saussier. the commander In chief
of the French army of manoeuvres, and the
General who was looked upon as the man to
take the supreme command OF the French
forces 10 case Of war with Germany, al
lowed himself to be surprised and hemmed
10 by the enemy's cavalry on Sunday last.
The Temps adds that Gen. Boisdetffe, who
was in command OF the force representing
che enemy, not being deslrous Of capturing
Gen. Ssussler allowed his cavalry 20 be put
to flight by Gen. Saussier's escort.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-Slr John STEEL, R. 8
A., sculptor to Hor Majesty, who executed
tina bronze statue of Robert Burns, erected
10 Central Park. New York city, died to-
day. In 1872 Sir John STEEL executed In
btonzs full slzs copy OF his Sir Walter
Scott statue for erection In Central Park.
New York city. Sir John STEEL also model
ed number of most interesting busts,
among them being that OF Miss Florence
Nightingale.
MADRID. Sept. l5.-The foods which
have caused 80 much damage and which are
already known to have resulted In the loss
of thousands OF lives have bsen general In
the south OF Spain. Several railroad trains
have been derailed end railroad tracks and
roads are everywhere washed away. In the
province OF Toledo the rush OF water from
the Oonsuegra river was 30 sudden that hun
dfeds of people we're drowned In their beds.
Four hundred bodies have already been re-
covered and at least hundred corpses can
be seen floating in the rivers. The wine
and grain crops, naturally. have been de-
stroyed throughout the flooded sections of
the country.
TEN TsIN, Sept. 15-The foreign minis
ters at Pekin have urgently protested to the
Chinese government against the latest out.
rages-those q. Iohang, on the Yangtsekiang,
when the British consulate was destroyed,
the houses of Europeans were burned to the
ground and when the church, school and or.
phansge of the Sisters of Charity were also
set on fire and consumed by the flames.
The cause of this outbreak, IL will be re-.
membered, was the spread OF report that d
Chinese infant had been stolen from Its par.
ents and taken 20 the convent by some per.
son who could not be identified. Conss.
quently there Is renewed talk of naval de
monstration upon the part of the combined
fleets of the powers. The North Coast gov.
eminent is dispatchng explicit instructions
to the governors OF the Central provinces or
derng them to protect foreigners residing
or having business In the interior.
PARIS. Sept. 15.-L'Autorite to-day states
that according to the latest advices from
China the powers are deeply affected by the
recent outragss perpetrated upon foreigners
in China and that they have agreed 10 prin-
cple, upon joint action. The only detail
remaining to be determined upon by the
foreign nations. on behalf of the powers, &C.
oording to L'Autorite, 10 to designate which
of the powers is to control the proposed
operations to be directed against China by
the combined feet.