Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

pltal, In washington.
1t is announced that there will be no
court balls at st. Petersburg this winter
owing to the poor health of the Czarina.
Secretary Lamont recommends to
Congress an appropriation of 5000 for
the care of the house in which Abra.
ham Lincoln died.
Peter Maher, the heavyweight pugi-
list, was robbed of money and jewelry
to the value of 81 ITO on Sunday while
asleep at mis- boarding house in Phila-
delphia.
All the copies of the war records
published by the War Department for
gratuitous distribution have been given
away. A few hundred copies remain
for sale.
The House committee on appropria-
tions will grant the petition of southern
and western sugar planters of an ap.
preparation OF 81, 048,0 900 to pay sugar
bounty.
DIR. Fridjof Nansen, the arctic ex-
plorer, was presented by the Prince of
Wales with a special medal of the
Royal Geographical Society in London
yesterday.
Lee B. Mcfarland, the defaulting
teller of the Second National Bank at
Parkersburg, W. ", went before U. S.
Commissioner T. 0. Bullock yesterday
and surrendered.
The House committee on Pacific rail-
roads has decided to report favorably
the Harrison bill for q commission to
settle the Indebtedness of the Pacific
roads to the government.
A dispatch from Canae says that the
Christians about Canae have hoisted
the Greek flag, have proclaimed the
union of that island with Greece, and
have invited the King of Greece to take
possession of it.
Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh, the United
States ambassador to Italy, gave q
grand ball at the American embassy, in
Rome, last night. The King and Queen
OF Italy were present and the Queen
danced with Mr.. MacVeagh.
The twenty-five round bout between
the lightweight champion, George
C'Kid'O Lavigne, ofSaginaw, Michigan,
and (''Kid'O Mcfarland, of New York,
which was brought off last night at the
Broadway Athletic Club, resulted in
favor of the former.
Cablegrams received in Philadelphia
yesterday by the Marine Underwriters
announced that the British steamships
Falls of Bracklinn, Fort William and
State of Georgia and the British bark
Lord Dufferin had been given up for
lost, with all on board.
The suit brought by Frederick l..
Colwell to recover $4,000 damages
from DR.. Charles A. Tinker, for the
alienation of the affections of his wife,
mas terminated in New York. The
jury yesterday brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff for the full amount claimed.
The bali given in Washington last
night at the Arlington House by the
Washington Assembly was one of the
most brilliant events of the season and
equaled in its magnificent appointments
any of the previous balls given under
the same auspices. Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston acted as hostess.
The wife of DR.. R. M. O'Reilly,
President Cleveland's personal physi-
clan in Washington, is subject to de-
mentia, and recently sailed for Europe
without notifying her husband. A
friend cabled him of her arrival, and
DR.. O'Reilly Immediately obtained
leave of absence and sailed for Europe
to bring her back.
Representative Meredith yesterday
introduced in the House, by request, a
bill to enable individual holders of U.
S. bonds to deposit them with the
Treasury and receive the usual pro-
portion of national bank notes of new
and special form without charge. This
is designed to increase the volume of
national bank notes.
A fight is going on between the
Southern r. W. aud the Baltimore Bay
Line before the Postoffice Department
over a contract for the carrying of mail
between Baltimore and Norfolk. This
is considered big plum, and for the
past ffty-two years the old Bay Line
has landed it. This year the Postoffice
Department called for bids, and re-
ceived two of exactly the same amount.
1t CHANGED that the two rival comps.
MES were the bidders. Both named
the price at $4,000 per anuum, which
means $4,000 for the four-year con-
tract. Upon the recommendation Of
Second Assistant Postmaster Gener, l
Nelson the contract was awarded to
the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Rich
mond Steamboat Company, the South
ern Railroad Company's auxiliary or
ganization. A protest was filed with
the department and argued Saturday.
Postmaster General Wilson concluded,
however, to give the job to the South
ern, Notwithstanding the Bay Lines
claim of right and argument of fifty
two years. performance of duty. There
was a further consideration yesterday
of the case and suspension of the
contract as awarded was made. This
is not final disposition of the matter,
though. There will be some interest
ing developments within the next
week.
FROM CUBA.
Consul. General Lee visited General
Ahumada, acting captain. general dur