Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

An Ohio colony recently located near
Athens. Ca, is growing rapidly. 1t is
composed largely of Union veterans.
The Pope has conferred on the Rev.
Joseph A. Stephan, of Washington, the
rank of private chamberlain to the
Pope.
The colored woman found murdered
in New York is not Roberta Curtis, of
Virginia. She and her sister are en-
ployed in Baltimore.
William Steenstrand, the originator
of the great cotton corner of 1890, by
The collapse of which he failed for over
81, 10000, died in Liverpool yesterday.
It is reported from st. Petersburg
that Japan demands 700,000,000 yen as
indemnity from China and the occupa
ton of Pekin as security for its pay
ment.
Confederate Veterans of Atlanta
have accepted an invitation from the
Grand Army men there to join them in
the reception of Commander-in-chltf
Lswler Of the G. a. R.
New York politicians believe that
Mayor Strong will name Edward Mitch
ell and Col. Fred. d Grant as Police
Commissioners, to succeed Commls'
sioners Murray and Kerwin.
News has been received from Santi-
400 de Cuba that the revolutionary Gen
erals. Antonio Maceo, Flor Crombet,
and Milanes, left Port Limon, Costa
RIGA, on March 81 on an Atlas Line
steamer.
1t is reported from Havana that $50
soldiers out of battalion which re-
Gently arrived there are now in the
hospital, and sixteen of them are down
with yellow fever and great mortality
is expected.
Passengers from Havana report that
at Manzanilla the sympathy of the in
habitants was all with the insurgents
and if the latter would approach the
city the whole town would probably
embrace the revolutionary cause.
1t is now quite certain that the small
steamer City of Haverhill, which sailed
from New York for Florida several
weeks ago, has been lost with the eight
men on board. The body of Captain
w. P. Watrous has been picked up be-
low Barnegat.
Edward G. Broughton, the quarry
man who was injured Monday by the
explosion of a dynamite cartridge al
the Potomac Stone Company's quarters
died at the Emergency Hospital
Washington, at o'clock last night
after several hours of intense suffering
1t is said that the Emperor of Chins
has instructed Ii Hung Chang to asked
for an audience with the Mikado tt
thank him for the arlnistice. If L
should be too i'll his son-in. law will de
liver the message. Ii probably viii
ask that his assailant be pardoned OF
his sentence mitigated.
The British steamer Ethelred while
on her way from Boston to Port An
tonic, Jamaica, and when oil Cape
A1aysi. Cuba, was fired upon by Span
ish gunboat. The Ethelred stopped
and was boarded and examined by Off
GERS Of the gunboat, after which she
proceeded on her voyage.
1t is reported that the sloop Robin
son Crusoe was wrecked in Biscayne
Bay, off Florida, and all of her passen
gers, including William Ziegler, of New
York, and John G. Wells, of Brooklyn
were lost. The sloop left Palm Beach
eleven days ago under charter to Zieg
Ter and Wells for q cruise among the
keys.
Representatives of well-known firms
in San Francisco denounce as swind
Ter, Walter T. Won JohannseD, stated
to have been given credentials to the
Berlin authorities by Secretary Gresh'
am and Secretary Morton on the
strength of his declaration that he
would have charge of exhibits of Cal
ifornia products at Berlin.
The Spreckles sugar refinery in Phil
adelphia closed down yesterday for on
indefinite period. The refinery has
large stock of sugar on hand and
thought it advisable to shut down en-
tirely rather than work on half time
Two thousand hands are thrown out OF
employment. The other refineries are
running full time and there is no talk
of shut down.