Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-17
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Foreign News.

Foreign News.
PARIS. Jan. lit is reported tna'
there is now ample evidence OF a roy
alist conspiracy, and that arrests wall
be made at an early date. The con-
spiracy has been Matched in London
and Madrid and the Count OF Paris mas
been unusually lavish in expenditures
of late for the royalist cause. Inc
plan appears to be to overthrow the
Republic by some means, and promote
disorder in the hope that the french
people will turn to the Count OF Paris
or the Duke of Orleans for protection.
The headquarters of the royalist.so-
cialist intrigue is said to be the Mai
son du Peuplc, and it is there that the
police have acquired much valuable III
formation as to the designs or the enc
mics of the Republic.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. T.-To'day
on the line between Slatousk and Sa-
mara the first car of q train composed OF
several cars filled with recruits caught
fire. The train was going full speed
and in q few minutes all the cars were
blazing. There was.sa scene of indies
cribable confusion in the cars. Many
of the recruits, leaped from the win
dows and doors. Some Of them landed
uniniured in the snowbanks, while
others were killed Those who were
unable to get out of the cars were
burned to death for the train was en-
tirclv consumed. Some of the men
were terribly burned before they Jump
ed. Forty-nine were killed and twenty
terribly burned and otherwise injured.
1t is supposed that some of the men in
the forward car were skylarking and
upset the stove.
LONDON, Jan. 17.-Charles Wells,
commonly known as "Monte Carlo
Wells" arrived from France to-day in
the custody of detectives, and was ar
raigned on u charges of fraud,
amounting to e45,0O0. Wells is famed
as the man who broke the bank at
Monte Carlo.
PARIS, Jan. 17.-To-day heavy
snow storm is prevailing, and the traf-
fic on the streets is at a standstill. A
number of persons have died from the
effects of exposure. The rivers Seine,
Loire and Loiret are frozen over.
LONDON, jan flowing to the abuse
of the privilege accorded ladies to
visit the House of Commons, regula-
tons will be enforced limiting the pres
ence of ladies in the gallery of the
House, and the privilege will only
be granted on special occasions.
ROME, Jan. 17.-As it is not the in
tcntion OF the Vatican to establish a
legation in the United States Mgr Sa-
TOLL, the Apostolic delegate, will, it is
stated here, reside in New York and
not in Washington.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE military hos
pital at Stoke, one of the suburbs OF
Davenport, caught fire this morning.
The patients were taken from the
building and cared for by people living
in the vicinity.
The action brought by the owners
of the steamer Lake Huron for G25,-
600 for services rendered in towing
the disabled North German Lloyd
steamer Spree into Queenstown has
been amicably settled. The North
German Company will pay to the
owners Of the Lake Huron the sum of
e12,00O.
The collision between the Italian
steamer San Marco and the French
steamer Algerie, resulted in a greater
loss of life than was first reported.
The two steamers collided Sunday
night in the straits Of Messina, and
both sank. 1t is now known that 5
of the persons on board the Algerie
were saved but the fate of the others
is not known.
The Marquis of Lansdownc, viceroy
of India, and several other leading
officials of the Indian government,
threaten to resign in consequence of
the disapproval by the home govern
ment of the virtual abolition of trial
by jury in Bengal.
VIENNA, Jan. 17.-Cold weather con-
tinues throughout Austro-Hungary and
much suffering is reported. A band of
16 gypsies encamped near Koniggratz
were this morning found frozen to
death. At Prague the mercury stands
at 250 below zero.
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Political.
SACRAMENTO, Gala, Jan. I'm. II.