Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Most of the business part Of the town
of Warrenton, n. c., was destroyed by
fire last night.
Speaker Crisp and Mrs. Crisp arrived
at Asheville, n c., yesterday afternoon
aud are staying at Battery Park.
The naval reserve sloop-of-war Dale,
which sunk at her pier, foot of Charles
street, Baltimore, was foated yester-
day.
The broom factories of the East, in
Guiding the one in Richmond, have
combined under the name of the Amer
Can Broom & Brush Co.
Gen. j. E. Gordon has issued orders
announcing that the next annual en-
campment of the United Confederate
Veterans will be held at Houston, Tex,
on May %, % and "a.
TIE British steamer Boston City ar
rived in the Mersey yesterday from
New York, after very rough voyage,
during which 10 head OF cattle and 200
sheep We're washed overheard.
Colonel Breckenridge is deeply cha
/
lure tour. Nothing ever before so
completely Inundated him. He has
virtually been i'll ever since his return
TO Lexington, Ky.
Mr.. Gladstone has recently written
letters to several of his former col
leagues and followers in Parliament, in
forming them that it is his intention
to make his temperance in the House
of Commons and take part in its pro-
ceedings.
The Sultan of Turkey has issued an
trade exempting the young ladies of
the American College at Scutari from
all taxes forever. All letters from
American citizens in Asia Minor are
also to be transmitted without inter-
ference.
At Coney Island, N. Y. Saturday
night George Dixon, the feather-weight,
fought Albert Gritfiths, of Australia,
alias Young Critic, to DRAWN twenty
five rounds. In Galveston, Tex, Sat
urday night Daniel Creedon, the middle
weight, Knocked out Herman Bernau
in the second round.
Mrs. Henrietta cambridge Bailey,
aged seventy-seven years, consort of
the late Gen. William Bailey, and
granddaughter of Patrick Henry, ma
tive of Lynchburg, Va, died yesterday
morning on Richland plantation, Rap
ides parish, La, which had been her
home for nearly fifty years.
A dispatch from Teheran, the capital
of Persia, states that the town Of
Kuchan, in the province of Khorasan,
which was destroyed by an earthquake
fourteen months ago, and which was
subsequently rebuilt, was again destroy
ed by an earthquake shock on Thurs
day night. There was, as Oh the previous
occasion, great loss of life. One humid
red women, who were in hathhouse,
were crushed to death by the. falling
building. The weather is intensely
cold. and this increases the sutferings
of the survivors whose houses were
destroyed.
On January 16, $4,000 Chinese troops
encountered the japanese to the north
west of Hal Chang. The Chinese were
repulsed by sundown. The japanese
loss was reported light, while the Chi
nese are said to have suffered severely
a part of the japanese feet bombarded
Ting Choo, short distance from Chez
Foo. Secretary Herbert received a
cablegram this morning from Nagasa-
XII, announcing the departure OF the
Charleston from that port for Chemul-
DO, where she will relieve the flagship
Baltimore. Admiral Carpenter with
the latter vessel will at once sail for
Chefoo, and with the Bennington
gard American interests,