Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF The DAY.
Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore, an
nounces that he will not be a candidate
for re-. selection.
The new White Star steamer Georgia,
the largest freighter in the world, ar
rived in New York yesterday.
]. b. Wolf, of Cripple Creek, Col,
the promoter of the recent bull fight,
was arrested yesterday and committed
to Jail for trial.
The Attorney General of Texas says
that Sheriff Cabell will have authority
to dispense those who assemble at the
orbett-Fitzsimmons fight.
The republican city and county con.
vention held at Louisville, KY, Mon.
day night to put a ticket in the field
was captured by the A. P. AS.
The document m~ysteriously mailed
to the Probate Court in Washington, as
the will of the late Judge Advocate
Holt, is likely to be contested.
The convent of Ribordone, a village
in the province of Turin, has been part
ly destroyed by fire. Eight women
persisted and four others were severely
injured.
The charred bones of a boy were
found in the house occupied by b. II.
Holmes at Indianapolis, Ind, yester.
day. 1t is believed to be the body OF
little Howard Pitzel.
In the race for twenty-raters, under
the auspices of the Royal Torbay
Yacht Club, yesterday. Mr.. Howard
Gould's Niagara beat Prince Leopold
of Prussia's American-built Isolde.
In 8 fight between members of the
Boyd and Thomas families on the Vir-
ginia and kentucky line in the Cum.
berland mountains yesterday, four men
were killed and several wounded.
Secretary of the Navy Herbert ar
rived at Portland Me-, yesterday, on
the dispatch boat Dolphin. A grand
reception was given the Secretary and
!ha officers of the North Atlantic squad
ron.
The two factions of Pennsylvania
republicans held caucuses in Harrisburg
yesterday. In the Quay caucus there
were 152 delegates whose seats are
uncontested, or seven more than the
lumber necessary to a choice.
George Dixon, the colored feather.
weight boxer, of Boston, was given the
decision yesterday evening over John.
ny Griffin, the "Braintree Lad" at the
end of a twenty-five round match held
under the auspices of the Farragut club,
in Boston.
The German-American veterans OF
the Franco-Prussian war arrived at
Bremerhaven yesterday and were en-
Enthusiastically received by the German
union of comrades in arms. Greetings
were extended the visitors all along the
route to Berlin.
The southern papers are giving
hearty support to the proposition of MIR.
Charles B. Rouss. of New York, for the
formation of a National Confederate
Memorial Association and the erection
of a memorial hall for the preservation
of Confederate relics.
Work was begun in Washington yes.
terday at the site of the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral by Andrew Glea-
son, the contractor, who has under
taken the work of excavating the
foundation for the Hearst school for
girls. This marks the first actual work
done on the grounds, and is, in fact, the
beginning of the realization of this great
project.
The New York Tribune says "There
seems to be no reason to doubt any
longer that President Cleveland has as
pirations for a third term. The talk
about his desire in that direction has
been general for the last few months,
but no veriication of the reports could
be secured. During the last few days
several democrats OF national import
ance and reputation have been in the
city, and in taking with them a Tribune
reporter cleaned enough to warrant the
assertion that a concerted effort will
positively be made to nominate and
elect Mr.. Cleveland for a third term.