Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-18
NEWS OF THE DAT.

Gen. hamon blanco, the new 3d..
pointed Captain.GeneraI OF Cuba viii
embark to morrow for Havana.
Miss Cisneros was given big rec.,.
ton by the Cuban sympsthizer. !.
Madison Square Garden, in New Yo,.,
On Saturday night last.
A white man named Cole, was lyptt.
ed near Wilmot, Ark, early Fid,y
morning for the murder of james Jous:
constable, who had arrested Cole
Bettina Girard, the Actress. who W.
born and raised in Washington. is con.
fined in Bellevue. Hospital, New Yors.
having suffered stroke OF paralysis.
The ne% St. Peters Catholic Char,i
at Harper's Ferry, W. Va, was dedi.
Gated yesterday. Bishop Van de yyyg
cl Richmond, preached the dedicatOF
sermon.
1t is reported that Hon. Thoma: r
Bayard will remove from Wilmington,
Del, to New York city and becor-
the representative OF syndicate d
English capitalists.
T. B. Jones & Co. have been svsri.
ed the contract by the Southern Bal.
way Company to build rsilro.i f'cn
Mocksville to Mooresvile, y C,s
distance of twenty.seven and 8 tili
miles.
Ii Hung Chang has obtained from
the Chinese Emperor al iudeflie
leave of absence from his offcisl duties
as grand secretary of the inner .l't
council at Pekin, on account Of III
health.
Recent developments point ys'!
strongly to the fact that the Southern
Railroad is reaching cut for ID enualct
into Baltimore Oh its own account SD
a severance Of the ties that have ioF y
many years bound it 10 the Pel1;y'
vania system.
Telegraphic advices from Rio Js''Ii''
Brazil, state that servant N iae Gu
ploy of VIM. T. Townes, United ,.'e'
consul general at Rio, made 40 uaiaS'
cessful attempt to murder the col:3,
general yesterday. The assalSli IL
been arrested
1t is reported that in view Of LIN
5alisbury's desire to reign The Pc
miership, an early recons ruciioI o. ILL.,. ..'
cabinet is probable. Lord SsIl''''!
fiuds his health unequal to TIE su''.
and burden of his two offices OF pisl''
and foreign minister.
"Blendheim," the historic ma1ilo' " =.
the late Benjamin 0gle Lo~Idei, "
Gated just outside of Bladenso9s'
Prince Georges county, Nd, vas "
tally destroyed by fire yestera'y, mn h,
ing. The mansion was built IL l~s ~,
the father of B. 0. Lowndes' ana W.
the home of Bishop William PinAI'i'
of Maryland, at the time OF Dis os sn ~.
1888. It's architecture was Of lot
lonial style, the house, being 'uy''
tally built.
The coasting steamer Triton c iIso
Havana to Bahia, Honda, .. 80.
with over 200 passengers Oh BOAR: :., mr.
wrecked on the Cuban coast Oh 10 70
day. Two steamers when .s,i.y
look for the Triton returned ys;'s ain:.
to Havana, one having on board - 9' IL,
teen and the other twenty-three y. d I
members of the lost ships conp1ig5i .r.,
whom thirteen are civilians aaa so' oIt., I
The whereabouts Of the Others o. =
are unknown. :. "a. |.
Near Faircloth, Mitchell c9uai{a; int us' 4
On Saturday afternoon h VI S.aeDisr
be beautiful sixteeD-yesroIa . Jag ,si L
# planter ]. B. Hurst, was sl,t f
silied with a pistol by her '"e ssao.iss /
Mack Lewis. The two |e't I'D beea &
It target. Several rounds sl lae Ns E
ired alternately, when, it q gsa'a5ed BET
Iurst's time to shoot, Lewis ,. nsgI il lroo
ii, lis hands, he says, the pistol e5 sPn5 e. +
'ln Miss Hurst fell at bis feel '''
tired instantly. E