Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Yang Yu, the Chinese minister, ar
rived in Washington yesterday.
The report of the Secretary of War
for the fiscal year 1s94-1S95 is just out.
Francis schlatter, the "healer," is
blessing handkerchief and working
"cures" in towns in New Mexico.
Chicago University was on Saturday
the recipient of another million dollar
gift, the donor being Miss Helen Gull
yer, of that city.
There will be no further effort on the
part of the War Department to enlist
Indians, as the red men have proved a
failure rs soldiers.
President Cleveland and his shooting
companions returned to Washington
yesterday at 2:30 p. M, on the light
house tender Maple.
The Pope's messenger bearing the
zucchetto and the consistory letter for
Archbishop Satolli is expected In New
York on Wednesday.
Senator Sherman presided at mass
meeting at the Metropolitan Church,
in Washington, yesterday and declared
in favor of strict Sunday observance.
1t is understood that the populist
Senators have made dicker with the
republicans by which, in consideration
of committee appointments, the repub-
licans will be entitled to organize the
Senate.
American missionaries in Turkey de-
clare that if the European powers had
not attempted to enforce reform for
Armenia after the Sassoun massacre the
country would have been infinitely
better off.
The steamer Lord Erne arrived at
Baltimore yesterday with Mate James
Brooks of the lost ship Belle O'Brien,
who was rescued from an open boat,
after ten days terrible suffering, with
two companions at sea.
Samuel Gompers was elected Presi-
dent of the American Federation of La
Dor, in New York on Saturday even
ing by majority of eighteen votes over
John Mcbride, his only opponent. The
socialists voted for Mcbride.
Roy Zane, from West Virginia,
crawled upon the top of an iron fur
mace at Bessemer, Ala, yesterday, and
went to sleep. he was asphyxiated by
gas, and fell down on the boilers, dis
tance of seventy feet, and was literally
burned up.
1t shows that the number of enlisted
men in service on October Both was
1888. The report shows also the
number of national guard to be lis, 060.
In Virginia there are 1905 men, the
federal allotment SIC, 351 and State ap.
preparation $10,674.
William Marshall, the eighty-four.
year.old resident of Upland, Pa, who
recently married Miss Minerva Coch.
ran, who is long past three score years
and ten, has disappeared from home,
and his aged bride is at loss to &C.
| count for his Whereabouts.
In New York on Saturday Barbara
Aub, who had been held on the charge
of perjury in swearing falsely that Wal
ter L. S. Langerman assaulted her
was released on bail. The girl left
the courtroom with Miss Smedley and
her aunt, Mrs. Mitchell. They would
not say where they were going.
The representative in Constantinople
of the United Press, telegraphipg tc
London, says that advices from the in
terror showed that forced conversion;
from Christianity to Mohammedanisn
are occurring everywhere. Womer
and children whose husbands ant
fathers have been killed, and whose
homes have been destroyed, have
rather than to lead life of vagabon
dage, accepted Islamism, whereupor
they were housed and fed by Turks.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, w. W. Hay
ward, father of Harry, has relinquish
ed all claim to the $40, 900 insurance OF
Catherine Ging's life, which was as
signed to him by his son. This actor
is taken as an admission that Mr.. Hay
ward, ST., is convinced of his son's'guilt
Julia Cling, sister of the murdered wo.
man, has made claim for the insur
ance money but the insurance people
will probably contest payment on the
ground that the policies were assigned
to Hayward.