Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Fire Yesterday destroyed half the
business section of West Palm Beach.
Fla, causing loss Of $4,000.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce yesterday adopted resolutions in
opposition to war between the United
States and Great Britain.
Rev. Brother Romuald, visitor of the
Christian brothers for the Maryland
district, died in Prince Georges coun-
ty, Maryland, yesterday of acute bron-
chitis. He was born in Belgium 66
years ago.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain says that
the report that the British government
was disposed to arbitrate the question
of the British Guiana boundary out Of
Difference to President Cleveland's
threats" was ABSOLUTELY unfounded.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, issued from the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday, shows that on Decem-
Der 81, 1895, the pubic debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to S947 .29S /,
262, or a decrease for the month of
81, 179.349.
A disagreement has arisen in the
First Presbyterian Church, in Wash
ington, between Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage and the assistant pastor, Rev.
Adde'S Allen, over which special
meeting of the Washington Presbytery
will be called.
An engagement between the Spanish
| Cnhap re- hos toHap
place at Ell Estante, south of Alfonso
MI and not far from the frontier of the
province of Havana. The troops cap
tured the insurgent positions and the
latter retired westward, devastating the
country as they marched onward.
Arrangements are about completed
for the investiture of Cardinal Satolli on
Sunday at the Baltimore Cathedral. 1t
will be most imposing occasion, and
the procession of cardinals, archbshops.
bishops. monsignors, clergy and semi.
narians, will fully equal that on the oc-
casion of the jubilee of Cardinal Glib
bons.
1t is stated that the Venezuelan COM
mission will be absolute master of its
own procedure, fixing the time and
place of its meetings and determining
for itself whether or not it shall visit
foreign countries, what class of evil.
dence may be taken into consideration
and how interested governments may
be represented before the tribunal.
For some time past there has been
bad blood between Col. E. P. Speer and
Mr.. Bennett E. Sampson, both ofwhom
are employed in the Office ofthe auditor
for the War Department in Washing
ton. Yesterday the climax was reach
ed, when the two gentlemen came to,
| gether in one round "go," which re-
suited in the defeat of Col. Speer and
the triumph of Mr.. Sampson. They en-
gagged in fisticuffs in the corridor and
Mr.. Speer was pushed down the stairs
and his face was badly cut.
Commissioner Jameson and the
forces of the British South Africa Com.
pany met with disastrous defeat in
their invasion of the Transvaal repub.
lie. In a battle with the Beers they
sustained heavy losses, and jameson
surrendered. Secretary Chamberlain
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ment be accorded the prisoners. The
British government is reported to have
informed the German government
that positive orders had been sent to
the South Africa Company's forces to
retire from the Transvaal.
A man, presumably Rev. Richard ].
Rooney, of st. Patrick's Church, Phila.
delphia, was arrested in Washington
yesterday evening for drunkenness by
Policeman Haynes, of the Sixth pre-
cinct, locked up at No. 6 police station
until sober and when released stated
that he had been robbed of about 5000
He gave the information that he was on
his way to Gethsemane, Louisville, by
order of his bishop, to go into retreat as
penance for Christmas spree, which
he INDUCED in at Philadelphia. He sub
sequently stated that he had been
drugged.
The charges against sundry officials
and workmen at the Washington navy
yard recently brought by William
Gross, discharged workman, who in
formed the secretary that he could
prove his allegations by seven witness
IS, have been dismissed. The charges
substantially were that men were dis
charged without cause, that inferior
men were retained, while competent
men were dismissed, that those retain
ed were drunk while at work, that men
in charge were incompetent and did
their work by proxy. The board de-
clared the charges were not specific
enough and declined to proceed.