Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

az mayor and i've out OF lgnJaluermen.
The Japanese forces on the Island of
Formosa have routed the main body of
the Black Flags, consisting of 10000
men.
The Clevelands defeated TIE Balti-
mores, for the fourth time, in Baltimore
yesterday, winning the Temple Cup aud
winding up the baseball season.
DIR. George c. Worthington was ar
rested in Baltimore yesterday charge d
with causing the death of Mary Ham
mond by means of q criminal operation.
Because she had demonstrated wi b
him for abusing his wife VIM. Hala u
New York yesterday dealt Mrs. Male u
blow that caused her death, and a
crowd threatened to lynch him.
The Duke of Marlborough and his
cousin, Hon. liver Guest, spent last night
in Washington. They stayed at the
Arlington and went to the New Ma
tioDal Theatre. They are on their way
to Kentucky to learn American metnods
of breeding race horses.
The Liberty Bell reached the Atlanta
Exposition yesterday. Fifty thousand
people lined the railroad tracks from
the CITY limits to the Union station.
Mayor Warwick, of Philadelphia, said
that it was worth hundred trips from
Philadelphia to witness the reception
The Atlas Line steamer Alene has
reached Jamaica and reports that she
was fired upon by a Spanish cruiser of
Cape Maysi, Cuba. The leaders of the
insurgent movement in this country
are preparing to seek the recognition OF
their cause by the United States.
Secretary Olney, it is reported, Sc
riously considers the propriety OF send
Jog q confidential agent to Cuba that
the State Department may be able to
report intelligently to the President
and to Congress in regard to the advis-
ability of according belligerent rights to
the insurgents.
Bishop Turner, of the African NJ. e.
Church, delivered an address to large
audience of colored people last night,
at the Metropolitan A. III. E. Church,
in Washington. To his address Bishop
Turner advised the negroes, not only
of the District of Columbia, but OF
America, to leave this country and go
to Africa. He wants 1000, 900 negroes
to make homes in Liberia.
Julian D. Hyne, editor of the
Ha,oaiian. who is at present in Chicago,
in an interview yesterday said: with
in eight months the Hawaiian republic
will be overthrow and Princess Kaiu-
lani, a niece of Queen Liliuokalani,
will be made queen of the islands.
Every is sick of the new republic,
and it is recognized 10 Hawaii that the
monarchy will berestored.
The republicans of Indianapolis suf-
fered the heaviest defeat in the history
of that city in the municipal election
yesterday. Fairly complete returns
show that Thomas Taggart, democrat,
is elected mayor by about 1000 plural
ity, and the rest of the democratic
ticket by about $500. Two years ago
the republicans carried the city by 8, 100,
and last year the city went republican
by 2,479.
At Snow Hill, Nd, yesterday, a
democratic mass meeting was addressed
by the candidates and Senator German.
The Senator charged that the republi-
can candidate for Governor, Mr..
Lowndes, owed his nomination TO a
conspiracy between the railroad cor
poration aud the proprietor of the Bal
timore Sun, and said that Mr. Lowndes
is tool of the Baltimore and Ohio
road.
Serious disturbances are reported to
have occurred in three of the leading
cities of Armenia. Quiet prevails in
Constantinople, but the Armenians re.
refuse to leave the churches in
which they took refuge during las
weeks riots. The number of Armen-
iens killed has been ascertained to be
ninety-fve. A council of Turkish min
listers was held in Constantinople to
consider the terms of the note submitted
by the six powers.
The Washington Presbytery conven-
ed yesterday at Kensipgton, suburb
of Washington, and the Rev. DR.. T.
Dewitt Talmage, who was present, an
nounced that he accepted the call to
come to Washington as co-pastor
with the venerable DR.. Suther
land, of the First Presbyterian
(the President's) Church. 1t was
arranged that the ceremony of in
which will be of an impress
sive nature, should take place at the
First Presbyterian Church Wednesday
evening, October %.
Sheriff Campbell, of San Antonio,
Tex, yesterday served attachments for
Jim Daily, "Billy" Delaney, Joe Cor
bett, John Donaldson and John McVey,
all members of Corbett's training party,
them to appear before the
grand jury at Austin to-day. The grand
jury will seek to secure indictments
against Corbett, Fitzsimmons and
Stuart on the charge that conspiracy
has been entered into in Texas for the
purpose Of committing felony in an
other State or territory of the United
States. The penalty for such conspiracy
by the Texas criminal code is coDfne-
ment in the penitentiary not less than
two nor more than five years.
THE DURRANT TRIAL.-The defense
in the Durrant trial in San Fran
cisco is nearing the close of its case.