Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.


can missionary who was expelled from
Bitlis, has left Aleppo for Alexandretta.
The coal companies will make an ad-
vance of twenty-five cents ton on all
sizes of anthracite, to 60 into effect
next May.
DR.. ]. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, Ga,
has been rendered unanimous call to
the pastorate of the First Baptist
Church of Nashville, Tenn.
Senator German thinks Congress
will adjourn about June l. This week
the republicans will try to agree upon
programme of legisletion.
Complete returns on the Baltimore
proposition to admit women as lay del
egates to the Methodist Episcopal Gen
eral Conference show that it has failed
by is votes.
The Reichstag has unanimously
adopted Herr Adt's motion calling
upon the German government to ener-
getically combat with all the means in
its power the illegal practice ofdueling.
A special cable dispatch from Ha-
vana, Cuba, states that distress is aug
mented by the concentration of the pop
ulation in the towns in the island. In
several places the people are without
food.
At the National Congress of Relig-
ious Education in Washington vester-
day papers were read by DR.. F. B. Pal
mer, Miss Anna T. Smith, Rev. Drs.
Bailer, Gilman, Hume. Little, Otis and
Gen. John Eaton.
Special elections were held yesterday
in the two Kentucky senatorial districts
to fill the vacancies caused by the ex-
pulsion of Senators James and Walton,
republicans, by the democratic Senators.
James was reelected, but Walton was
defeated by Bale, democrat.
Foster, democrat, was yesterday
elected Governor of Louisiana. New
Orleans wiped the boodlers off the face
of the earth and despite one of the
strongest ring organizations in the
country, the citizens league won the
fight by majority of from ten to fif-
teen thousand.
Another French cabinet crisis was
forced by the Senate yesterday adopt
ing motion to postpone the vote on
the Madagascar credits until cabinet
is formed which enjoys the confidence
of both chambers. The Bourgeois cab
met has summoned the deputies to
meet on Thursday, when the matter
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The district attorney of Baltimore
has decided to enter nolle prosequi in
the case Frank and Matte Angelier,
man and wife, accused of murder in the
first degree in having shot and killed
! Charles Parker, last winter. Mrs.
Angelier claimed to have done the
shooting in defence of her honor and a
trial resulted in disagreement, the
jury standing IL to l for acquittal.
Baron de Hirsch. the distinguished
Hebrew philanthropist of Austria, died
yesterday morning of heart disease, at
his estate near Komorn. Baron de
Hirsch is credited with having given
more money for charity than any other
philauthropist in the worlds history.
More than S15, 900, 900 have been con-
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vancing the status Of the Hebrew race
throughout the world, and other large
sums have been donated for other be.
neyolent purposes. His fortune is est.
mated to have been about $100,0O0,000.
AT the Alabama democratic State
convention which met at Montgomery
yesterday Capt. Cook, temporary chair
man, made an address recommending
the adoption of a free silver plank and
exhorting the minority in the conven-
ton to bend to the will of the majority.
Among the resolutions offered were
those in favor of free silver and to in
dorse Cleveland and Carlisle's financial
policy specifically. All resolutions were
referred. The delegation slated for the
State at large to Chicago is as follows:
Senators Morgan and Pugh, Congress.
man Bankbead and General Pettius.
The contest for Governor was settled in
the primaries and county conventions,
in favor of Capt. Joseph F. Johnston.
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