Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-01
NEWS or TIE DAY.

ly in southern Hungary.
It is now believed that Col. Eliot F.
Shepard had Bright's disease.
The chief OF police of Havana was
shot by burglars on Thursday night.
The Austrian war office has accepted
a bullet-proof cloth invented by a
Frenchman.
The Pope will refuse to receive Cath
lie soyereigns or their representatives
who come to attend King Humbert's
silver wedding.
The District of Columbia is credited
with 1000 employees in the Treasury
Department, when tsquota, it is stated.
should only be II persons.
Assistant Secretary Bussey has rem
dered q decision in pension case re-
ducing the claim for attorneys fee
which may affect 100000 cases.
Ex-Private Secretary Halford and
other attaches of the Behring Sea Com
mission are charged with drawing dou-
bic salaries from the government.
The French government detective
searching for Arton, the Panama go
between, has abandoned the search be-
cause 81. Andrieux's clues are consider
ed too vague.
Three colored men were arrested and
lodged in Jail at Upper Marlboro,
Nd, yesterday, on suspicion of being
implicated in the murder off. NJ. Bowie,
of Princs Georoe's county.
Secretary Carlisle believes the great
majority of the chiefs of bureaus and di-
visions in the Treasury Department
should be democrats and will make
changes correspondingly.
The French press demands that the
ministry shall be composed ofnew men.
The opinion prevails that the crisis will
be long and its solution difficult. An
early dissolution ofthe Chamber ofDep-
uties is expected.
Twenty business houses and dwell
ings were destroyed by fire at Ga
lena, Kent county, Md, yesterday.
What was Thursday night the business
centre of Galena, which is the third
largest and most prosperous town in
Kent county, is now mass of smoul-
dering ruins. The aggregate loss is be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The funeral of Gen. Edmund Kirby
Smith took place at Sewanec, Tenn,
yesterday morning. A special train OF
six cars arrived from Nashville with
nearly 500 veterans and two companies
of State troops. The funeral was Of a
military character. A beautiful floral
tribute was presented by the students
OF the university of which the late Cen
cral was professor. kilograms ofcon-
iolence have poured in from Ill parts
of the Union,. showing the esteem in
which lie was held.
Captain Hiram Bcrdan, the famous
rifle Shot, and commanding officer dur
ing the late war of the 'Berdan Sharp
Shooters" died very suddenly yester-
day afternoon at the Metropolitan Club
in Washington. General Berdan at the
time of his death was engaged in q
game of chess with Admiral Crosby,
when he suddenly staggered from the
teblc, and while attempting to call for
assistance, fell PROSTATE to the floor.
A conspiracy to bring about a revolu-
ton was discovered in Costa Rica, Oil
the 9th instant. and was suppressed
through the energetic and cautious ac-
ton Of the government. The leader in
the conspiracy was Gutierrez, VINO re-
Gently returned from exile, to which he
had been condemned on account of a
previous revolt against the govern
meut. The government troops cap
tured the conspirators, and also the
arms and ammunition of which the lat
ter had possessed themselves. In or
der to prevent any further disturbance,
the country was placed under martial
law. The government intends to in
nict such severe punishment on the Of
Tenders as will be a warning to others.
4 FATAL ACCIDENT.-AIr Theodore
Mitchell, brother of Mr.. Edward
Mitchell, who resides near Manassas,
and the late Frank Mitchell, met with
an accident in his mill at Dumfries on