Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Agricultural Department reports
poor condition of fruit throughout the
country, especially apples and peaches.
Ii Hung Chang says that China in
tends to place great loan soon, but
desires to treat directly with the banks
and not through any Intermediary.
Secretary Olney left Washington for
Gray Gables last night. He will lay
before the President the latest advices
from Cuba and the correspondence with
Lord Salisbury.
Herr Won Puttkamer, governor of
the German Cameroons, is accused OF
cruelty to the male and female natives
of the Cameroons, and an official inyes-
tigation will be made.
Negotiations for floating a Russian
three per cent. gold loan of four hun
bred million francs have been conclu-
ded with the Rothschilds and number
of German and Russian banks.
The international convention of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union at Mil
waukee, Wis. closed yesterday. The
convention of 1898 will be held at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, and that of 1899 at
Denver.
An enthusiastic meeting was held in
Indianapolis Saturday night to ratify
the nominations of Bryan and Sewall.
The attendance surpassed expectations.
Governor Matthews and Senator Tur-
pie spoke.
Edward II. R. Green, son of Mrs.
Hettie Green, of New York, is now in
the whirlpool of Texan politics, and it
said that his mother will do all in her
power with her fortune to have him
elected Governor of that State.
James Griffin, school boy IS years
! old, stabbed and killed his sixteen
year-old brother Joseph in boyish
quarrel over the possession of base
ball mask in New York yesterday
while going to Central Park to play
ball.
Forest fires are raging throughout
the country north of Spokane, in Wash.
ington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
Millions of feet of timber have already
been destroyed, and throughout nu-
merous mining camps situated in the
path of the fires great damage is being
done in the destruction of property.
The car barns of the Chicago City
Railway Company were completely de.
stroyed by fire Saturday night. One
hundred open cars, $50 closed cars, and
about so grip cars were burned, besides
so horses, q large amount of feed and
other supplies. 1t is estimated that the
loss will reach nearly S350,000 The
insurance is about $4,000.
I The town of Malvern, Ark, at the
junction of the Hot Springs and Iron
Mountain railways, was almost entire.
ly wiped out by fire early Saturday
morning. The total loss is estimated
at $250,000, only a small portion oil
which is covered by insurance. The
burned buildings include the railroad
depots, two hotels, the bank, and all Of
the principal business houses in the
place. Three men who are believed to
be incendiaries have been arrested.
With thousands of eyes riveted upon
him Charles Raymond, the young
aeronaut, who has been dropping with
his parachute from dizzy attitudes at
Washington Park, n. j., fell to the
ground from height of about so feet
yesterday evening. He received iDju-
ries which may cause his death. Ray
mond's real name is VIM. Stevens, and
his home is in Norfolk, Va. The aero
naut's plunge from the dizzy height
caused small panic in the immense
crowd of spectators.
While building a new trolley line on
the farm of Daniel Wandell on Long
Island on Friday box containing
$4,000 was unearthed. When Wan
dell's mother died twenty eight years
ago she was said to have left consider
able money. She told her son that
| after her death he would find it buried
on the farm. After her death Daniel
made a number of excavations on the
farm in the hope of finding the money,
but he was unable to locate it.
The cruiser Cincinnati arrived at
Tompkinsville, New York, on Satur-
day. She is the first vessel of the North
Atlantic squadron to arrive for the ma
neuvres. During the next week the
following ships are expected to arrive
to join Admiral Bunce's maneuvres at
sea: Flagship New York, cruisers
Montgomery, Newark, Raleigh, Co.
lumbia; battleships Indiana, Texas and
Maine; monitor Terror andram Katah-
din. 1t will be the largest squadron of
powerful ships flying the United States
flag that has ever been assembled in
New York harbor.