Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Prof. Edison has perfected expert.
ments for the photography of the hui
man brain by means of the Roentgen
rays.
1t is intimated that satisfactory ar
rangements have been concluded with
the French government for the release
OF Consul Waller.
An ice gorge 10 the Platte river has
caused the flooding of miles OF lowlancs
in Nebraska and imperilled the lives o.
farmers and their families.
The President returned to Washing
ton Saturday night from his duckine
trip to Col. Walters ducking grounds
at Whitewater, below Quantico, on the
Potomac. The party killed 30 ducks
1t is stated that certain republican
Senators who are advocates of free coin
aSe will oppose any legislation looking
% protective duties unless they have
the promise of legislation favorable te
silver,
The residence of Jabez l.. NJ. Curry
tx Minister to Spain, in Washington
was entered by burglars Friday night
The dining-room was ransacked anc
between s400 and $500 worth OF silver
ware was carried away.
Cardinal Satolli says that he has re
ceived letter from Rome informing
him that, although q consistory Of car
dinals would be held by the Pope mex
month, he would not be recalled from
America until next summer.
A dispatch from London says :"
serious effort has been initiated BY
Italy, supported by Austria, to restore
the friendship between Great Britain
and Germany, which was greatly strain
ed By Emperor Williams recent mes
sage to President Kruger, of the South
African republic. The effort has OBJ
tanned the active approval OF the Queen
but does not seem TO be appreciated hN
Lord Salisbury"
In speech in the House of Repre-
sentatives on Saturday, Mr.. Hall, o
Missouri, announced his conversion Il
sound money and charged that elgh'
Senators who had voted for free coin
age had privately said they believed il
would bring national and lDdlvldua
bankruptcy and ruin. Mr.. Hall votec
for free coinage in the last Congress
The geaeral debate will close to day
and the vote will be taken tomorrow
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe, in
speech to the Reichstag on Saturday
declared the governments policy or
the silver question, and that Germany
did not care to take the lead in sum
moning an international conference
The German government has declared
that while a rise in the price of silver i:
desirable, it can only be accomplished
by intel n ltional agreement, which
present conditions render improbable
The cornerstone of the church of St
Anthony, at Brookland, near Washing
ton, was laid with ceremonies under
the auspices of the Catholic University
and affiliated colleges yesterday. Car
dinal Satolli read the prayers for sucf
occasions and sprinkled the foundation
and the consecrated ground with holy
water. Bishop O'Gorman gave a his
tory of the earlier days of the parish
aud said, through the zeal of Rev. D
C. De Wulf, the pastor of the new
church. the parish had grown rapidly
Mr.. Richard Croker was presented
with loving cup which cost 81, 600 ant
rendered banquet by his Tammany as
sociates at the Hotel Savoy, New Yorl
city, on Saturday night. The dinner
was given in the state dining room o
the Savoy. The dinner cost $40 plat,
and there were several hundred guests
Mr.. Croker walked into the room &C
companied by Mr.. SheehaD, the pres
ent ruler of Tammany. Senator Grady
was the orator of the occasion. Thi
is one of the very few times MIR. Croke
ever made speech in public. Once
started he seemed quite at home. HI
appealed to the minority to submit t
the leadership of John q. Sheehan ant
advised harmony. The suggestion lee
to numerous Interruptions by the op
ponents of Mr.. Sheehan.