Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ex. King Milan has been made com.
mauder-in. chief of the Servian army.
Gen. John M. Bittinger, United States
consul at Montreal, has been blackball-
ed by the St. James Club, leading So
cial organization of that city.
Secretary Sherman is quoted as say
ing that Russia and France will prob
ably take possession of Chineae ports,
but that the United States does not de.
sire port in China.
a dispatch from Hong Kong says
that the Russian occupation of Port
Arthur completely blocks the entrance
to Pekin, and it is imperative that the
court move to Nankin.
Continuing its attack upon the pres-
ent pension system, the New York Sun
publishes to-day list of all pensioners
receiving from the United States
Treasury more than S45 month.
Max Stern, while under arrest on the
charge of defrauding clothier. leaped
from a bridge over Wills creek, in
Cumberland, Nd, yesterday and sus-
tanned injuries, which may result
fatally.
Joseph J. Williams, Independent
democrat, was yesterday elected mayor
of Memphis over Lucas Clapp, the
present mayor, by majority OF about
500 votes. The entire independent
ticket also won by reduced majorites.
In fit of insanity Alexander Carter,
white citizen OF Greenville, Tenn,
yesterday morning killed his wife aud
eighteen-year-old daughter Monte.
while they slept, and then shot and
killed himself. He is said to have been
mentally unbalanced for some time.
A dispatch from Shanghai says that
Russia is trying to obtain from China
terms similar to those secured by Ger
many for the occupation of Kiao Chou
Bay, for Russian occupation OF Port
Arthur and the rest of the Lao Tong
peninsula from point considerably
north of Talienwan.
The Ohio republican State executive
committee last night issued an address
to the republican party of the State,
calling upon them to leave their homes
and 90 to Columbus to take part in an
immense mass. meeting called for the
purpose of bringing into line the REGAL
citrant republican members of the Leg
islature who are proposing TO defeat
the will of the party.
The first hearing of the Plaintiffs in
the North Carolina Railroad lease liti-
CATION was held, at Salisbury, n. c.,
/ yesterday, before Special Master Craig.
This is suit before the special master
to set aside the lease of the North
Carolina Railway to the Southern Rail
way Company.
Representative Overstreet, of Indi-
ana, introduced in the House yester-
day a comprehensive bill for carrying
out the plan of the monetary commits
sion for the reform OF the currency.
The bill was referred to the committee
on banking by Speaker Reed, and
Chairman Walker has arranged to give
early hearings to Senator Edmunds,
the chairman of the commission, and
perhaps to other m embers.
1t has been decided by the represen.
tatives of the Baltimore and Ohio,
Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and
Western. Pennsylvania, Beech Creek {,
and Reading roads to increase the
freight rates on soft coal to tidewater 10
| cents ton to the lower ports and 10
cents to the Amboys. The railroad
! men think that the present bulk OF the
! trade warrants either higher rate on
coal or curtailment in the shipments.
In the House of Representatives yes
terday during his speech in favor Of
the civil service law, Mr.. Johnson at
tributed the present "discordant and
disgraceful scene" now being enacted
in Ohio, with its visions of senator
ships going glimmering" to the scram.
BILE for spoils, State and national. and
said that the surest way to put Bryan
and his black banner in the White
House in 1900 would be for the reput-
lican party to be recreant to its trust
and to slap in the face those who be.
lieved in an honestly conducted ser-
vice