Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.


injured by 6re.damp explosion in q
mine in Rhenish Bavaria yesterday.
Antonio Terry and Sibyl SandersoD,
the American actress, were married in
Paris yesterday. The bride was con-
verted to Catholicism two days ago.
John G. Sheehan, it is reported, will
be deposed as Tammany's leader by
Richard Croker, who will, it is rumor-
ed, then make him City Chamberlain.
Justice Field, who has served nearly
forty.four years on the bench OF the
United States Supreme Court, retired
yesterday. Justice Harlan becomes the
senior associate.
City Register Stone, of Baltimore,
was yesterday offered loan of $780,
600 for the city at q per cent. interest.
Several city banks offered the city
money ats per cent.
Col. Thomas S. Hodson and Mr.. Ben.
jamiu t. Gunter, commissioners to
mark the dividing line between Mary
land and Virgin la in Pocomoke sound,
will begin the work next week.
Baron Won Bulow, German minister
for foreign affairs. has assured Ambas-
sador White that out of respect for
American susceptibility Germany has
reduced her claim against Hayti to
10000.
After having considered the matter
for month, Prof. Charles A. thinner
man, of the Naval Academy Band, has
decided to accept the position as leader
Of the United States Marine Band, at
Washington.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
Gen. MARITIME Campos has declared
that after autonomy is fairly established
in Cuba he is willing to 60 to the island
as Captain General and Commander in
Chief of the Spanish Amy.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
Pope has now interviewed in the dis
pute between Monsignor Schroeder
and the Catholic University at Wash.
ington, settling matters by approving
the decision of the university directors
to force Mgr. Schroeder out.
Fire was discovered in the F. O..
Sawyer & Co. paper factory in st. Louis
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
within an hour the establishment was
in ruins and number of adjoining
buildings were badly damaged. The
general loss is estimated at over
100000.
A dispatch from Montevideo says
that an attempt was made there yester-
day to stab Senior Jose Cuestas, Presi-
dent, ad interim, of Uruguay. It was
unsuccessful the bystanders wardipg
off the would.be assassin. The man
was formerly member of the Monte
video police force.
While the American bark Pactolus
is dismantling in Baltimore, the steam.
ers of six foreign na!ions-about a
hundred in ell-sre bound there to
load cereals. All the grain that has
been shipped from Baltimore in two
years, 100,000,000 bushels, has gone out
under foreign flags.
A fire at Main and Monroe streets,
Memphis, last night entailed loss of
100000. The building was handsome
structure, four stories nigh, and occu-
pied by the Iron Mountain Railroad
ticket Office and Henry Loeb & Co. on
the ground floor, and offices above.
Several fremen were injured during
the conhagration.
The Carnegie Company, of Pittsburg,
Pa. is about ready to compete for the
worlds steel girder rail trade, as it has
made nearly all the necessary alters
tons in the plant at Homestead, and
the overwhelming tonnage practicable
will drive all competitors out of the
market, when combined with q contem-
plated change in price.
The President yesterday evening &C.
cepted the resignation of Col. Cecil
Clay, commander of the Second Regi-
ment of the District National Guard.
The resignation was sent in as soon as
it was officially known that Major Har-
ries had been appointed general in
command TO fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Gen. Ordway.
Large shipments of arms and specie
have recently been sent from New York
to the Republic of Colombia. The
presidential election in Colombia will
take place on December 5. In view of
the rumors of threatened trouble on
that occasion it is expected that the
Colombian government is making
preparations to cope with possible re.
bellion.
Gus Ruhlen, the giant heavy weight
of Akron, Ohio, defeated Tut Ryan, of
Australia, last night at the Tulane Ath-
letic Club, in New Orleans, in a ten.
round fight, John Duffy being the ref
cree. Ruhlenwas the taller and heavi
or, weighing about 100 pounds. Ryan
tipped the beam at It's pounds and,
like his opponent, was in the best of
condition.
At the Spanish cabinet meeting yes
terday Premier Sagasta read kilograms
from Havana, and from various towns
OF Spain, congratulating the govern
ment upon the insurance of the autono-
my DEGREES. 1t is understood that the
Carlists will not take any action until
Don Carlos, the pretender to the throne,
has replied to message, sent him at
Vienna, relative to the political situa-
ton.
Rev. VIM. ". Bates, an Episcopal
clergyman, was arrested at Toronto
yesterday on charge of stealing from
department store. BE was arrested
in the store. At the station house there
was found in his pockets two dozen
lead pencils. four books, package of
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