Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Oranges are being shipped from Ca
ifornia TO Florida.

Oranges are being shipped from Cal
ifornia to Florida.
Mr.. Joseph S. Underwood died in
Baltimore on Sunday, aged 81 years.
Charles Robertson, negro, who
murdered Miss Laurence at Allendale,
s. c.. was captured yesterday by a
posse and lynched.
The Reichstag has rejected the En-
peror's request for credit OF 81, AGO.
600 marks with which to build torpedo
boats.
Sir Godfrey Thomas Phipps Hornby,
admiral of the British feet and first
and principal aide de-camp to the
Queen, is dead.
Rev. Peter Mccoy, pastor of st. Mary
Star OF the Sea Church, Baltimore, died
at midnight Saturday at st. Vincent's
Hospital, Norfolk.
The Misses Hettie and Mamie Logan
and Linda Field were drowned by
breaking through the ice while skating
at Sergeant, KY, yesterday.
The Brazilian insurgents IN Klo
Grande do Sui have defeated detacn,,
ment of the government troops ana
captured General Samnaio.
The democratic congressional cam
paign committee selected JET Chandler
to conduct all the contested election
cases as attorney for the committee.
1t is said that the Marquis OF Queens
berry's charges against Oscar Wide OF
unnatural practices were provoked by
Mr.. Wilde's intimacy with the mar
quiss son,
The Minnesota State House of Rep
resentatives on Saturday adopted reso-
lutions inviting American patriots to
celebrate the deliverance of the coun-
try from democratic congress.
The Baltimore annual conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, which
meets in Baltimore Wednesday next,
will be presided over by Bishop An
drews, whose official residence is in
New York.
The third fire in Toronto during the
past month occurred at one O'Clock yes
terday morning. Before the flames
were subdued $4,000 worth of pro-
perty was destroyed. The insurance is
about $4,000.
Secretary Herbert has issued an or
der for the Alert to proceed at once
from San Jose to Panama. Reports
from the isthmus indicate an unsettled
condition of affairs and the need of pro-
lection for Americans.
H. Clay Evans has issued an address
to the people of Tennessee, in which he
defends his action in contesting the ef-
forts of Gov. Turney to prevent him
from taking the Office to which he
claims to have been lawfully elected.
The fve-masted schooner Gov.
Ames, of 5000 tons, the only vessel Of
her kind, the largest schooner afoat,
had been at sea one month yesterday,
from Salem, Mass, bound for Norfolk.
She should have made the run within a
week.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Miss Mary Letter, daugh-
ter of Levi u. Letter, the well known
Chicago millionaire, to the Hon. George
n Curzon, NJ. P, eldest son of Lord
Scarsdale, OF England. No date has
been set for the wedding.
The trustees of the Lennox and As
tor libraries and Tilden trust fund have
Informally agreed to combination of
the three institutions under one man
agement to be known as the Public Lii
brary of the city of New York-Astor,
Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
The British steamer Venetian, of the
Furness Line, from Boston to Liver
pool which struck on Lower Middle
Lelge Saturday, broke her back yes
terday and is total wreck. The loss
is estimated at over $500, 900. Some Of
the crew were scalded by steam from
broken pipe and 81 head of cattle per-
ished.
Grand Duke Alexis Michaelovitch,
son of Grand Duke Michael, died at
San Reno, Italy, on Saturday, aged
nineteen years. 1t was reported Satur-
day that the Grand Duke Alexis, uncle
of the Emperor, was dead, but latter
intelligence showed that there had
been confusion of names and that it
was the death of the young Grand
Duke Alexis that had occurred.