Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

president of the Baptist Orphanage O
Baltimore.
Japan does not protest against the
annexation of Hawaii, but wants as
surances that her interests will be pro
tected.
Repjamin B. Jones was yesterday il
Baltimore appointed receiver for the
Maryland and Virginia Steamboat
Company.
Ex.-President Cleveland, who ha;
been duck shooting in South Carolina
returned to his home at Princeton, n
j., yesterday.
The reciprocity negotiations between
the United States and Germany are
practically suspended. They never got
beyond the initial stage.
The r. NJ. Spedden Company, ship
builders and machinists, of Baltimore,
have purchased the large shipyard Of
the Brusstar Shipbuilding Company on
Boston street.
Ernesto Toscs, secretary to Consul
General Lee, returned to Havana yes
terday, having been unable TO present
in time his plea for mercy for Col
Joaquin Ruiz.
The Ohio miners, who yesterday
crossed over into West Virginia to stop
on-union men from working, were
promptly checked by being served
with ibjunctions.
The case against Miss Alice Berry,
who was arrested in Washington at a
dog fight, was disu Used yesterday. The
other defendants will be prosecuted IN.
der the humane act.
There is being built at Baltimore q
novel craft for travel on the Yukon
river, The vessel is constructed on the
order of catamaran, but has three
bulls, instead Of twin hulis.
The Supreme Court of Illinois yester-
day upheld the Chicago civil.service
Law and decided that number of ap
pointments made by Mayor Harrison
and Police Chief Ripley are illegal.
Twenty person were injured, three,
perhaps, fatally, at grade crossing on
he Delaware, Lackawana and Western
Railroad between Pas5aic and Della
ware, n. j., lfs. night. They were in
stage which was struck by q train.
j. Pierpont Morgan's plans for cor
trolling the coal trade is much more
mpreheIsive than was supposed. 1t
involves, liz addition to the regulation
of the anthracite output, a grand sys-
tenn of selling agencies for the bitumi.
nous coal districts.
All the great powers OF Europe are
anxiously watching events in the East,
each hoping by diplomatic scbeming
or force of arms to secure a liberal
share of the Chinese empire in case it
shall be decided to parcel it up among
the powerful nations Of the old ord,
The largest corporations engaged in
the cracker business-the American
Biscuit and Manufacturing Company
the New York Biscuit Company and
the United States Biscuit Company
who have been neg otiatDg for CON-
bination for some time, have announced
a general aud marked advance in the
p;i -es of their products.
Mics Adah Elan, postmistress of the
Georeia House of Representatives aud
candidate for the post of assistant State
librarian, which was formerly held By
the wife of Gen. James Longstreet, was
found in her office in Atlanta yester-
day almost dead from a dose of NOR.
phine, taken with suicidal intent
When Miss Elan found that she could
not get the coveted place she said she
was tired of life and would find her
way out of it.
The Pekin correspondent Of the Lon-
don Times says: 1.-The Chinese are pre-
visioning Port Arthur and will recon
struct the forts there, Russia supervis-
ing and furnishing the money. In the
face of this indication Of permanent oc
cupation the necessity of safeguarding
our position in the far East increases.
The Russc-Chinese Bank, which is the
agent Of the Russian government, has
offered to China 10000 Berdan rifles,
with payment FIVE years hence. China
has accepted the proposal"