Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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the japanese.
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassado
to the United States, has been placed
on the retired list.
Hon. Joseph D. Bedle, ex-Governol
of New Jerst y, died in St. Luke's Hos
pital, New York, yesterday.
Charles Etzler yesterday surrendered
himself in Phoenix, Ariz., as an acces
sorry to tie express robbery a. Rescue
and turned States evidence.
A dispatch from China declares tina
the negotiations for peace between
China and Japan have been resumed
and are likely to be completed soon.
AT general meeting of the share
holders of the Panama Canal Company
in Paris on Saturday the company wa!
reorganized and new officers and al
rectors were elected.
Postmaster General Bissell has issued
an order that hereafteran address labe
may be pasted on the message side o
an envelope, as we'll as the address
side of postal card.
Frank Aldrich, who was acquitted il
Washington last week by jury of thu
charge Of forging the name of Judge c
c. Cole, was subsequently arrested
upon other counts of the indictment.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Miss Davis
who were among the last ofthe summeI
visitors to leave Narragansett Pier
have returned to New York city ant
are at the Victoria Hotel, where they
will spend the winter.
The bronze statue of DR.. j. Marion
Sims, the first public memorial of it:
kind to be erected in the United State:
to member of the medical profession
was unveiled Saturday afternoon il
Bryant Park, New York.
A dispatch from Paris says That the
Czarowitz should he be called to the
throne by his fathers death, will not
at least for the present, change the
policy Alexander III. has been follow
ing or do anything to endauger the
peace of Europe.
The Franklin Sugar Refinery in Phil
adelphia, which is operated by the
sugar trust, shut down on Saturday fol
an indefinite period. Twelve hundred
men are thrown out of employment
The Spreckels refinery, the other mem.
Der of the trust in that city, has been
closed for two weeks.
Four masked burglars battered down
the office door of the c. NJ. Oviatt Man
ufacturing Company, of North Dover,
Ohio, after the night Waterman had
refused them admission. Then they
bound and gagged the Waterman
drilled the safe and blew it open with
dynamite. They did not get much
money.
1t is stated that Mr.. Croker has re
sumed the leadership of Tammany Hall
For the remainder of the campaign al
least his hand will be at the helm Of
The Tammany organization. This mean:
great deal, for beyond doubt Croker
is the ablest leader Tammany has ever
had so far as winning victories is con
cerned.
Robert Copes, county treasurer O
Orangeburg county, S. c., was found
murdered in Dry Swamp, near the Can
nonbridge road, Saturday. Near The
body was found his satchel, from which
about so was taken. The MURDERS
overlooked $556 in one of his pockets
Governor Tillman offered $500 reward
for his murderer.
Governor Mckinley received an en-
thusiastic reception in New Orleans
Saturday night, where he spoke on thu
benefits of protection to large audi
ence. The crusade of Governor Nc
Kinley among the sugar planters o
Louisiana is not apt, in the estimation
of democratic leaders, to produce an.
decided change in sentiment from demo
cratic to republican.
The Missouri Pacific passenger trail
on the Kansas Valley branch wa
wrecked near Wagner, I. T., on Sat
urday night by train robbers, who rar
the train into some empty cars on
side track. The robbers opened fire OF
the train and several persons wer
shot, but 10 one was killed. Tn
money in the local safe was taken. Th,
amount was not large, not exceeding
$500.
The match between the great trot
tiers Alix and Directum, at Mystic Park
Medford, Mass, on Saturday evening
caused bitter disappointment. TIL
famous stallion had not been in con
dition, but was started with the hop,
that he would do fairly well. Ali1 bea
him in the first heat in 200 and in th
second in the slow time of 2:144. Thel
Directum was withdrawn, and wisely
as he had cut himself, which, with hi
Indifferent condition before the race
made something like temporary wrecl
of him.
Charles O'Neil, a negro, assaulted {
three year-old daughter of Mrs. DAME
Heckerman, late Saturday Afternoon
near Hicksville, Ohio. The child viii
recover. About midnight the negro
was arrested, and after a desperate
fight with mob the officers succeeded
in lodging him in Jail. The child.
grandmother, Mrs. Crowl, who had EN-
ployed the darkey, took the matter
very coolly. She did not wish to have
anything said about it, as she wanted
to keep the negro on the place until af
ter the corn was husked.
Advices from st. Petersburg state
that there is no change in the Cars
condition. 1t is question whether he