Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Norwegian ministry resigned be-
cause King Oscar refused to sanction Il
resolution of the Storthing in favor OF
the appointment of Norwegian consuis.
The steamer Belgic has arrived at
San Francisco with news of the capture
of a lot of Chinese pirates by war
junk near Tolchow Island. Forty OF
the pirates were killed in the encount-
er, and eleven taken prisoners.
On Saturday evening bomb was ex-
ploded in front of firemen's guard
room near the Capitol in Rome. Sew
eral windows were shattered and the
pedestal of a column of the Capitol was
damaged. No arrests has been made.
The new Cunard steamship Cam
pania arrived at Queenstown yesterday
on her maiden voyage. Although her
engines were not worked to their full
power, she made the trip from Liver,
pool to that port in eleven hours and
forty minutes.
Thousands of persons took advan-
tage of the delightful weather yester-
day to make excursions to Friedrlchs-
ruhe. Prince Bismarck showed him
self at the gates of his palace, and at
terward walked in the park. HIS
health is much better. He sleeps well
and his cough has ceased.
The passage of the home-rule bill on
second reading was received with dem
onstrations of JOY throughout Ireland.
In some towns there were collisions be-
tween the nationalist and unionists.
Lord Salisbury will call conference OF
opposition leaders early in May to con-
slider what course shall be pursued with
the home-rule bill.
An internal machine, designed ap-
parently to be operated by electricity,
was found in the garden of house in
Totten Court road, London, yesterday.
A foreign couple who formerly lived in
the house behaved so suspiciously that
they were watched by the police. Re-
Gently the couple disappeared. It is
supposed that they were owners OF the
machine.
Ten acres of timber at the Victoria
dock, in Hull, Eng, were burned yes
terday. The loss will be more than
100, 600 pounds. The fire is supposed
to have been started by striking dock
ers. The fire extended from the timber
ward and threatened to destroy the
warehouses nearby The Citadel Ho-
tel was burned. All the telegraph
wires in the district are down, and the
railway irons were melted. Marines
40 ,.r1r,hnats @ N
chored in the roads helped the iiremen.
The arrest of a Drunken decker caused
his brother strikers to mob the officers,
and soon all the strikers and the police
were engaged in combat, which lasted
all night and waged in all parts Of
the city.
The Jubilee mass composed by DIR.
Frank G.. Dessert, of New York, was
sung in st. Peters, Rome, yesterday, at
the celebration OF the feast of Patron
age of st. Joseph. The choir, assisted
by many singers from other churches,
gave magnificent rendering of the
work. All the members of the United
States legation and consulate in Rome.
the majority of the American residents
and scores of distinguished Italians,
were present. Verdi, the most notable
auditor, FASTENED to congratulate DIR.
Dessert as soon as the mass was con-
cluded. Yesterday evening DR.. Dessert
dined with Meluzzi, the director of st.
Peters choir. THE is the first time
that an American composer has been
thus honored in Rome.