Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-14
The House vas not In session to-day.
Foreign News.

LONDON. Dso. 14.-At Hamburg 900
Cases of inf1srz. have b.en reported dur.
ing the ra,t week. The famous pianist
Van Bulow is victim Of The disease and is
in critical condition. The epidemic ia
spreading rapidly Ia INLAND, Holland ard
De.m1rk.
BRUSSELS Dc. IA -Enin AID Siuh!man
hays discovered river, the most souihelly
branch of the Nile, rising northwest Ct
Ujji, aod f,wng into thu Albert Elwsrd
Nyarz, at point on the southeast shore.
DUBLIN, D,c. IA -Ms. Keane, tina nomi-
nees OF the MoCarthyltes for tina seat for
Waterford la the House OF Commons made
vacant By the death CT Mr.. Richard Power,
has Withdrawn from lhe CONTEST and Mr..
Davltt haa decided to sseud a. the Mo-
Carthyite candidate.
PARIS, D9c. 14.-The archb;sh 20 of B,r.
dsaux has arrived here fol- tbs purpose OF
oonfeFzing With the government With the
view to bringing about satisfactory settle.
msns OF the religious question which Ia now
agltasing political and church circles.
LONDON, Dsc. 14-At Pesigneux. France,
90 of the % nuns occupying convent we're
PROSTATE With the IL f1enzi. When the MUGS
fcall7 consented to admit outsiders l. was
found that tho women were In q starving
condition. Proper f,od and medical attend
ance were promptly supplied and the scf-
ferera arc nov rapidly recovering.
LONDON, Dao. 1.-The game keepers
employed on the estate OF Lord Brownlow,
at Aylssbury, in the county OF Bucks, So
miles from London. have been murdered.
1t is the general opinion that they we're shot
by poaohets. The two men were beaten to
death with the butt ends OF guns. Their
faces were crushed In most terrible man
nsr end thelr skulls were completely smash.
ed.
The nost serious Of all the disasters that
have occurred during the present storm is
the wreck OF the British ship EoterkiD,
which was driven upon the sands off Rams
gate. Thirty lives were lost in this disaster,
every person except an apprentice boy be-
Of her crew succeeded 10 launching boat
and got clear OF the ship. They were al
most Immediately thrown into the ses, how.
evar, by the swamping Of their boat, and
every man was drowned almost In sight of
his comrades on the wreck. Shortly after
ward tie chip was struck by tremendously
high sea aud she keeed over, throwing
every person aboard OF her into tie water.
The rain has teen 30 Heavy 10 the districts
drained by the Thames that that river Is
rapidly rising. In Soma places the low
lands are inundated. The slopes at Wind
sor Castle and coma parts Of the R,yal
Park are partly submerged. Iccomirg
steamers report having experienced very
heavy weather at sea, and that their decks
were constantly washed by tremendous
wavss. The Glenmore, which arrived to-
day at Plymouth from Cork, lost 80 head of
cattle which we're knocked down and tram.
pie to death during the storm.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-The Jury In the st..
John divorce case to-day returned verdict
refusing Miss 81. John the divorce ask ed
for.
LONDON, Dec. IA -The Portaea Island
Building Society, which Ia among the larg-
eat and oldest institutions Of that kind In
Great Britain, has suspended. The main
Offices of the Society are In Portsmouth,
which is on Portaea Island, and they are
besieged by large crowd Of investors and
depositors, ell anxious to secure their se-
curltlea or money. l. is estimated that the
securities held by the Society amount In
value to 700 600 pounds.
An Amateur Surgeon.
WICHITA, Kas., Dec. 14.-L,st night
while the father was away 10 search of q