Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
A serious storm prevailed along the
New Jersey coast last night.

The Southern Hotel, at Chattanooga,
Tenn, was burned yesterday. All the
guests escaped but c. S. Todd, who was
badly injured.
Isaac Stein, farmer, living several
miles from Bowling Green, Ohio, was
held up and robbed on the road soon
after midnight yesterday of 7,125.
James ]. Corbett said in Memphis,
Tenn, yesterday that after the fight
with Fitzsimmons he will retire from
the ring, and devote himself to the
stage.
Mrs. Mary Anderson Navarro, the
well known American actress, was deli
vered of son on Friday last at her
residence in Lexham Gardens, London.
The child died the same day.
Bishop Keene has recently purchased
for the Catholic University at Wash
ington the collection of religious paint
ings by Italian artists which were on
exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
The German government will inves-
tigate the quality of recent importation
of American petroleum. 1t is charged
that the Pennsylvania oil-fields are en-
hausted and that the oil recently i'm
Ported came from Indiana aad Ohio.
Claus Blixt, the murderer of
Catherine Cling, at Minneapolis, insists
that Harry Hayward, who hired him
to kill the woman, had hynoptic in
huence over him, and that ne had so
exercised the same power over Miss
Cling.
Mr.. Thos. c. Platt, of New York, has
issued statement declaring that the
republicans could have elected a
5 raight city ticket, and that his efforts
. secure a bipartisan police board
made it possible to beat Tammany
Hall.
The annual report of Colonel Aims
worth, chief of the record and pension
office. shows that the pension cases re-
ceived aud disposed of in the past fs,
cal Year were 219,941, or $4,000 in ex-
cess of the cases received in the previous
year.
The passenger and freight depot OF
the Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Rail-
way, at Hughes, Ia; was set on fire by
masked men yesterday and entirely
consumed. 1t is reported to have been
done by citizens of Hughes, who desire
that a new station be erected.
In an interview, reported in dis.
patch from London, Mr.. G. L. Watson,
yacht designer, says that there has
been no disagreement between Lord
Dunraven and himself over the plans
for the new challenger for the Ameri-
cas- cup, and he also denies the state
ment that the hull of the yacht will be
largely composed of aluminium.
The nomination Of Mr.. Marbury to
be United States district attorney was
taken up in the Judiciary Committee of
the Senate yesterday. 1t was announc-
ed that Senator German requested that
the name of Mr.. Marbary be permitted
TO lie over for week, as he desired to
make some inquiries regarding the
gentleman with view to possibly ap.
pearing before the committee to protest
against his confirmation.
There was n scene of unparalleled
excitement in the Hungarian Reichstag
yesterday when DR.. Wekerle, the Hun
garian prime minister. announced that
the King of Hungary emperor Francis
Joseph) had given his sanction to the
ecclesiastical bills. The liberals rose in
body and cheered wildly for several
minutes. The liberals have the highest
hopes that the firm position they have
maintained on the ecclesiastical meas
ures will enable them to carry out
further reforms. The city will be
illuminated in honor of the event.
The Dwight Manufacturing Company
of Boston is to begin almost immediate
ly the building OF s500,0OO cotton mill
on the southern end of Lookout Noun
tain in Alabama City. The mill will
manufacture coarse goods for export,
and will have about $4,000 spindles.
In output by the pound, however, it will
be equal to northern mill of $4,000
spindles. Mr. Nichols, in speaking of
the move, says it is made because the
company's Chicopee mill cannot COM
pete with those of other States, owing
to the restrictive labor laws of Massa-
chusetts.
A dispatch from Chee-Foo says the
Japanese seem to be concentrating for
an attack upon Shan-Hai-Kwan, a
squadron of sixteen vessels having ap-
peared there. The Chinese expect
that the japanese will try to effect a
landing twelve miles southeast of that
place, and troops from Che-Foo and
other points have been dispatched TO
oppose them. Another dispatch from
Chee-Foo says the Chinese are fearful
that the landing of the japanese will
be made near that place, whence they
will march to Wei Hai-Wei Men and
guns are being hurled to Wei Hai-Wei
with all possible expedition.
The Chicago police arrested at II
O'Clock last night a man answering the
description of Samuel C. Seely, who
embezzled $3.50, 900 from the National
Shoe and Leather Bank, of New York.
After sharp inquisiti~- this morning
Seely broke down and confessed to the
police that he was the defaulting book
keeper. All the morning the man per-
sistently denied that he was Seely.
Seely said this morning; II want to
be put in the hands of my friends in
New York. acted as dupe for Baker
all the time. 1 was fool to do it, but
| its done now and its all over and per-
haI $ it is just as well. It's tiresome
business always lodging and never
having friend and being afraid to see
q face you know"
Three outlaws, members of the noto-
rious Meachamite gang, of Meacham's
Beat, Ala, are reported to have been
lyncbed Sunday night by mob of an
CRY citizens. The crime for which the