Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

1t is now said that the Corbett- Fitz.
simmons fight will be held either in
Mexico or the Iudian Territory.
Harry Wright, the veteran baseball
man and chief of umpires of the ma
tional league. died at Atlantic City yes
terday evening.
Heavy snowfalls are reported in
Scotland. More than fifty vessels and
twenty-four lives were lost in the re-
cent storm off the coast of England.
The democratic convention at Balti-
more last night nominated Henry Will
liams for Mayor and the republicans
nominated Alcaeus Harper for that
Office.
The New York Chamber OF Com
MERGE will form a committee to try 10
unite the opposition to Tammany. The
State democracy is also in favor OF
union.
Collector of the Port Wise, at San
Francisco, refuses toIadmit a returning
coolie, although the latter has been
naturalized, and has pass signed by
James G. Blaine, as Secretary of State.
Fire yesterday evening destroyed the
building constituting the mills of the
Warren Manufacturing Company, at
Warren, R. l., making fine sheetings
and shirtings, and causing loss of over
a million dollars.
On Wednesday night two masked
robbers "held up" party of four men
at Hutchins's Hotel, near the Clare
mont stock yards, Baltimore, and after
securing about 500 in money and jew
elry made their escape.
Dispatches stating that Secretary
Olney had given Great Britain ninety
days in which to accede to arbitration
in the Venezuelan boundary dispute are
pronounced at the State Department
absurdities on their face.
Free silver democrats in Ohio have
formed State committee and will
make contest with view to secur-
ing control in the next legislature of
the State and thereby influencing the
election of the next U. S. Senator from
Ohio.
Col. R. E. A. Crofton, at Fort Sheri-
dan, yesterday, narrowly escaped death
at the hands OF Lieut.. S. S. Pague, Of
Company F, Fifteenth Infantry. The
lieutenant was suffering from mental
trouble, induced by liquor cure, and
is thought not to be responsible for his
actions.
1t was announced by Bishop Keane
some time ago that students of both
the white and colored races would be
admitted to the Catholic University in
Washington. Yesterday two colored
professors registered. Thus far no
women have applied for registration
and it is not likely that they will do 50.
The South Carolina constitutional
convention, by an overwhelming ma
jority, has adopted clause forbidding
the intermarriage of a white person
with any person who contains any ne
gro blood whatever in his or her veins.
This in connection with the suffrage
clause will have the effect of disfran-
chising mulattoes. The convention
decided last night TO take recess af-
ter to day until October IA.
The reports. that Armenians who
were arrested in Constantinople for
taking part in Mondays and Tuesdays
rioting, were being killed while being
taken into custody, have been confirm
ed. 1t is known to certainty that five
of the prisoners were so killed, and it
would excite 10 surprise to hear that
others met their death in the same
manner. Doubtless the Armenians
will be made to pay dearly for the out.
burst, but having provoked reprisals it
will be difficult for the powers to inter-
vene. An earthquake shock added to
the scene of terror incident to the
bloody riots and attacks upon the Ar
menians.
In the Durrant trial at San Francis
co yesterday more evidence was pro-
duced to show the unreliability of the
roll-call book of the medical college, of
which Dulraut was entered as present
on the afternoon that Blanche Lamont
was murdered. Miss Carried Cunningham,
reporter, was committed to Jail for re-
fusing to answer question on the wit
ness stand. Henry ]. Mccoy, general
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
Association, who was cited for con-
tempt last Monday for telling Juror
Truman that if ne did not hang Dur
rant the people would hang him, was
fined $3.50, with the alternative of five
dave ~, tho no,1nfp iail