Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

AsiaHu roauS yesterday make tne lracno
slippery and impeded trains.
The British expedition sent to punish
1 the revolving tribes near Monbassa,
Zanzibar, captured the rebel strong
hold.
Ex-Associate Judge Strong, of the
United States Supreme Court, died at
Lake Minnewaska, N. Y, yesterday
afternoon.
1t is reported in Chicago that nego-
tiations are pending for the consolida-.
tion of the Pullman and Wagner sleep
ing car companies.
Turkish officials have driven the
Christians out of their homes in the
neighborhood of Sasoun and have
given the houses to the Kurds.
a boat containing twenty-five per-
sons was run down and sunk by q
steamer in the harbor of Hamburg,
yesterday and seventeen were drowned.
1t was reported from Foo Chow that
the Chinese government had refused to
allow the British and American consuls
to investigate the massacre Of mission
aries at Ku Cheng.
Gov. Brown, of Maryland, has sp-
pointed Mr.. Ferdinand Williams, of
Cumberland, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge ii. w. Hoffman
in the Circuit Court of Allegheny
county.
A dynamite explosion on the farm of
Hiram Gaver, in Frederick county,
Md, yesterday, disemboweled farm
hand named Michael and shattered a
building in which the dynamite was
stored.
Senator Chandler, of New Hamp-
shire. has addressed letter to the in
| terstate commerce commissioners rela-
tive to reported combination of trunk
railroads to raise and maintain freight
and passenger rates.
A dispatch from Berlin states that at
the instance of the Emperor William
French tombs on German soil have
been decorated with magnificent
wreaths dedicated to "the brave sons of
France who fell gloriously for their
fatherland."
Owen Zeigler, of Philadelphia, who
claims the lightweight championship
of America, got decision over Staun-
ton Abbott, the acknowled lightweight
champion of England, last night, at the
Eureka Athletic Club, Baltimore, Oh
the 20Lh round.
Mr.. George Gould's steam yacht At
a'anta, has arrived at New York after
an extended trip in European waters.
She sailed from Southampton August
8, but owing to bad weather in the
channel was obliged to put into Dart
mouth, and sailed again on the 7th.
The fact that every applicant for
position as pressman at the government
printing office has passed has attracted
considerable attention. There is hard
ly another instance on record of a civil
service examination where one hundred
per cent. of those Offering were sue
cessful.
/ George Dixon, the colored champion
feather-weight, and Mike Leonard, Of
Brooklyn, began bout of five rounds
at New York last night. The first
round Dixon had slightly the better of.
In the second round the police jumped
into the ring and arrested the pugilists
and their managers.
Rev. Charles Wende, pastor of the
First Unitarian Church, of Oakland,
CAL, and superintendent of the Ameri-
can Unitarian Association of the Pacific
coast, has resigned his pastorate be.
cause the rich men of his church will
not give him proper financial support.
Mr.. Wende has accepted call from o
Boston Unitarian Church.
| Trieste papers report that an explo
sion recently destroyed the artillery
barracks at Toula, Russia, and that 800
men were killed. including many Off
GERS. The barracks were found to bt
completely undermined. Many arrests
have been made of persons suspected of
being implicated in the outrage, which
is supposed to have been the work of
nihilists.
The Brice and anti Brice delegations
from Cuyahoga county to the demo-
cratic State convention held meetings
at Cleveland, Ohio, last night and
formed separate organizations. The
anti-Brice delegation decided to accept
no compromise, but to make fight for
fifty-nine seats in the convention. If
refused they will leave the convention
hall in body.
The Baltimore republican conven.
ton, called for last night, adjourned
subject to the call of the chairman
without putting in nomination any Of
the numerous candidates for the posi-
tons of mayor, States attorney, sheriff,
clerk of the supreme court, surveyor
and three judges of the orphans court.
1t was decided, without much opposi-
ton, to defer the naming of a municipal
ticket until September.
Fire yesterday destroyed part of the
roof of the physical laboratory building
of the Johns Hopkins University, Bal
timore, damaged store loft on the top
floor and also the ventilators. Lower
floors were damaged slightly by water
The loss is about 81 500; fully covered
by insurance. The fire threatened with
destruction the weather bureau records
and numerous costly and delicate scien-
tific instruments.
During the progress of q social enter
tainment at the residence of Charles
Cook, in Burlington, N. j., on Satur-
day evening, the parlor floor suddenly
gave way precipitating the whole party
into the cellar. One lady sustained a
| fracture of the collar bone, and the gen.
tleman who was dancing with her at
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