Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-
ough have given up the Virginiau trip,
and will sail for Genoa on Saturday.
Judge Allen G. Thurman was eighty
two years old yesterday. On account
of his feeble health there was no cele-
bration of the event.
The freedom of the city of Dundee,
Scotland, was yesterday presented to
Ambassador Bayard upon the occasion
of his opening the Fine Art Exhibition.
Elizabeth Kelly, aged TWENTY-FIVE
years, daughter of a gardner in Phila-
delphia, is said to have fallen heiress to
$4,000, 900 by the death of an uncle in
Australia.
Mr.. John T. Gray, clerk OF the Court
of Common Pleas, and ex.marshal OF
police of Baltimore, died suddenly last
night of heart disease at his residence
iu Baltimore.
A man giving his name as Thomas
Hillyen, and Missouri as his home, was
arrested at the White House, in Wash
ington, yesterday, and his sanity will
be inquired into.
1t is understood that feature of the
treaty for the surrender of Port Arthur
is that it's evacur ton by Japan will not
be followed by a cession of the fortress
by China or any other power.
Rev. D. Searles, pastor of the Ire
mont Methodist Episcopal church,
New York, on Tuesday declined to
baptize the dying child of DR.. Walter
E. Andrews, on the ground that it was
not essential for the child's salvation.
Elk Speaker Crisp addressed the
Georgia Legislature 10 the hall of the
House of Delegates at Atlanta last night
on the issues OF the day. Hoke Smith,
Secretary of the Interior, has been in
vited to make similar address at his
convenience.
81. H. Holmes, convicted of the muir
der Of B. F. Pitezel, in Philadelphia,
has filed his reasons why he should
have a new trial. He bases his appi-
cation principally on the mention by
the district attorney and Mrs. Pitezel
of other crimes attributed to Holmes.
Pinkney Bennett (democrat), of Car
roll county, Md, just reelected to the
State Senate, died yesterday. 1t Is
supposed that an election for his sue
cessor will be ordered Immediately.
The fight will be hot one, as the cleo
ton of republican will give the con-
troll of the State Senate to the republic
cans.
Robert S. Chiffon and Dulany Hunt
er, of the State Department, who were
sent by this government to establish
new United States consulates at Erz
eroum and Harpoot in Armenia, have
been recalled by Secretary Olney, and
it is believed that the project on which
they were dispatched will be aban-
doned.
Private advices from Cuba state that
Maxine Gomez and Antonio Maceo
are 10 Las Villas district, the former
with 10000 and the latter with $500
men. Campos is concentrating all his
forces, about 10000 men, with four
generals, with the intention of giving
the insurgents battle, which is expect.
g i momentarily.
The Turkish minister for foreign af-
fairs, Tewfik Pasha,, has replied to the
notes of the diplomatic representatives
OF Great Britain, Russia and France,
assuring them, as he had previously as
sured the ambassadors of Germany,
Austria and Italy, that the Turkish
governments statements as to whs t
measures it intends to take for the sup
preston of the disorders in Asia Minor
will be presented to the ambassadors
without delay. The Russian ambss-
sador to Turkey has declared that Rus
STA would not accept the mandate OF
the powers to pacify Armenia.
Meagre particulars of the loss of the
steamer Kung Pal in Kinchow bay have
beep received by the steamer Coptic, at
San Francisco. The Kuug Pal belonged
to the China Merchants Steam Navi-
CATION Company. She blew up when
on voyage from Tien Tsin to Kin
chow. She was carrying troops to the
number of about / 200 and had six
foreign officers and one foreign passen
ger on board. Out of this plumber nine
Chinese and two foreigners only are
reported safe All the lest seem to
have persisted. The Kupg Pal was
fifteen years old, having been built in
Leith 10 1880, and it had long been
notorious that her boilers were in a
dangerous condition.
A FAT NEGRO BoY.-From Poca-
hontas a few days ago came to Rich
mond country darkey named Harris
and with him colored boy of IS years,
who corporal dimensions were Won
derful and fearful to contemplate. He
weighed 1856 pounds, measured IS
inches around the waist and the cir
cumference of the calf of his leg was
exactly SO inches. The man who acted
as his manager brought him for the
purpose of placing him on exhibition
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