Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Several case of cholera have been re-
ported in Constantinople, and one OF
them has resulted fatally.
w. B. Baldwin, cashier of the Ma
tional Capital Bank, in Washington,
died of consumption yesterday.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, arrived at New York yes
terday on the Campania from Liver
pool.
In Washington yesterday Blair Lee
and ]. J. Darlington offered for pro-
bate the will of the late Judge Holt
which was received by mail when it
was supposed no will was left by Judge
Holt.
The revenue cutter McLane, while
cruising from Bahia Honda to Key
West, came across the schooner An
toniette with seven Cubans and two
Americans on board. The schooner
was captured and brought into port at
Key West.
Ex-Commodore James D. Smith,
chairman of the Americas cup commit
tee of the New York Yacht Club, yes
terday received cable message from
Charles Rose, SON of Sir John Rose, of
London, challenging the club to race,
to be sailed in 1896.
A storm of considerable strength is
moving eastward north of Minnesota.
Snow was reported yesterday in the
region north of Montana, and the tenn
perature fell to or below freezing in
western Montana and the region to the
northward on Thursday night.
The Yadkin Valley railroad reorgan-
ization is still delayed, partly through
inability to satisfy the claims of the
bondholders and partly through a dis.
position to wait awhile in the hope that
che improved earnings of the property
will justify more advantageous terms
than at first proposed.
1t is rumored in New York that the
democratic State convention will unan.
imously indorse Senator David B. Hill
for the democratic nomination for
President. Its furthermore stated that
this is the programme mapped out by
the leaders, and that Senator Hill has
given the proposition his approval.
The engagement of the Duke Of
Marlborough to Miss Consuelo Wander
bilt, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
K. Vanderbilt, which has been repeat
eddy affirmed and denied during the
past month, was formally announced
last night. The duke himself is au-
thority for the statement. The we'd
ding will be held in New York under
the form of the Episcopal Church, be-
fore the eud of the year.
Something of a sensation was created
at the meeting in Chattanooga yester-
day evening of the survivors of the
Army of Northern Virginia and that
portion of the Army of the Potomac
that fought at Chattanooga. The visit
ing Governors were called upon for re-
marks, and Gov Woodbury., of Vermont,
spoke of the rebellion as wrong, and
said he taught his children that those
who engaged in it were also wrong.
Governor Turney, of Tennessee, re-
piled to Governor Woodbury., stating
that he did not teach his children that
he (Turney) was in the wrong for the
part ne took in the late war. 81 be-
lieved I was right during the four
years and nineteen days [ served in
the Confederate army" said Governor
Turney, land at the end of that time I
thought / was right. I still think l
was right and shall teach my children
so. No one is more loyal to the Stars
and Stripes than I, and no one is more
loyal to the government, but I never
can be convinced that the South was
wropp.n