Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-04
TO-DAY'S TELEGRApHIC NEWS
News.

LONDON, Oct. 1.-The council of min
listers for which a call was issued two
days ago, met in Downing street at
noon. When the meeting opened Sir
William Harcourt, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Right Hon. Henry
Campbell Bannerman, Secretary of
State for war had not arrived. Right
Hon. Henry Fowler, Secretary of State
for India, was also absent. The coun-
Gil closed at 11:45 a. m.
Nothing definite regarding the pro-
ceedings or decisions of the cabinet
council has as yet been officially an
nounced. The Exchange Telegraph
Company says that 5000 troops will be
sent from India to protect the treaty
ports il China.
The St. James Gazette says Lord Duff
ferin, the British ambassador to France,
has been summoned to London.
LONDON, Oct. 4.-The Times, in a
leader to-day, points to the fact that
neither Marquis Dufferin nor Baron De
Courcel, the new French ambassador,
is at his post, as proof that there are no
serious matters in dispute between the
two governments, and says: "Baron
De Courcel's appointment indicates
that France desires to preserve the
best relations with Great Britain"
The Times, on the authority of its
Portsmouth correspondent, declares
that yesterdays rumors regarding the
movements of the British fleet are un-
founded.
A dispatch from Port Louis repeats
the denial previously made that a block
ade of the ports of Madagascar had
been proclaimed.
A dispatch from Paris says that Meth
er the rumor of a hitch with Great Bri =
ain nor the report ola blockade of Mad
agascar has received much creGence
there.
The Central News announces semi
officially that the proceedings of the
cabinet council were chiefly devoted to
affairs in the East.
The Westminster Gazette expresses
belief that the cabinet council unani-
mously adopted plans for the protec-
ton of British subjects in China.
PARIS, Oct. 4.-Some of the newspa-
pers of this city are inclined to attribute
the calling ofthe cabinet meeting to-day
to complications which are likely to
arise and may result in the total over
throw of China through continued
japanese victories.
PARIS, Oct. 4.-Tbe French cabinet
met to-day. The ministers decided to
prosecute the Parti Ouvirer, the news
paper which recently published an ar
ticle upon the French army man9uvres
that was regarded as insulting to the
army.
The Journal des Debats, referring to
the war alarm in England, says that
there is no question between Great
Britain and France which cannot be
settled amicably.
Tho Matin says that it is absurd to
suppose that a dispute in regard to At
rican affairs with France was the rea-
son for summoning the English cabinet
council.
President Casimir-Perier has signed
the decree appointing Baron de Cour-
eel French ambassador to London, in
succession to NJ. DeCrais, who has
been recalled.
BRUSSELS. Oct. 1.-The Independence
Beige says: "The time has not yet
come for England to interfere in
Chinese affairs. England's differences
with France are grave, but it ought not
to be difficult to arrange a settlement
of them.
LONDON, Oct. "A dispatch from
Shanghai says great excitement has
been caused in Ning-Po by the report
that FIVE japanese warships had been
seer near the entrance to the Ning-Po
river.
LONDON, Oct. According to a
Yokohama dispatch the Japanese
government has decided to float q
foreign loan, presumably for the pur-
pose of prosecuting the war against
China.
EDINBURGH, Oct. 4.-Mr. Andrew
Carnegie has opened a public library
in the town of Jedburgh, county of Ro1-
burgb, donating 500 pounds for the pur-
pose, and has received the freedom of
the burgh.
Killed by Electricity.
Boston, Oct. &C. E. Day and A..
]. Munroe, employees of the Boston
electric light company, were killed this
morning. Day was at the top of a pole
trimming the arc lamp, when, with a
shrek, he fell backward and clutched
the wires with his hands. He was
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