Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-05
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

BRASS, West coast of Africa, Mar. D.
The Royal Niger Company's forces
left Lokoja yesterday for Sokoto, to
assist the Sultan OF Sokoto to drive the
French out of his territory, should the
French forces refuse to recrOss the
Nicer river.
KoENIGsBURG, Prussia, Mar. 5.-A
dispatch from Memel says that four
fishing vessels belonging to that place
were wrecked in storm last evening.
len fishermen were drowned ana six
Others are missing
BREsLAU, Prussia, Mar. 5.-A fire
started in the Saturn and Soznowice
mine here to-day. Twenty dead bodies
have so far been recovered. There are
more below in the burning mine.
LONDON, March "a dispatch from
Tien Tsin, China, says Japan has
addressed note to Russia demanding
an Immediate and explicit statener t
on the question of the continued occu-
patton OF Port Arthur
BERLIN, March emperor William
on March %, the sixtieth anniversary
of the entry of Prince Bismarck into
the army, will confer upon the former
chancellor a signal distinction. DR..
Schweniuger, the princes physician,
has forbidden noisy demonstrations or
public speaking at Freidrichsruhe up
on the occasion of Bismarck's birthday,
April /, owing to the statesman's pre-
carious stare of health.
VIENNA, March 5.-The condition Of
the Crown Princess Stephanie took a
marked change for the worse last night.
A physician and priest were at her
bedside all night. She received the
last sacraments of the church, and has
been visited by Emperor Francis JOS
eph.
MADRID, March 5'-The floating
debt of Spain was augmented by 49,,
22G .GS1 pesetas during the month OF
February.
BARBADOS, March 5-The German
bark Cidade Do Porte, Captain Kauff
mann, last reported at Pernambuco
January 9, from Rio Janeiro, was aban-
doued at sea on fire and crew have
landed here.
VERONA, Mar. 5.-There were two
earthquake shocks here last night.
Each lasted several seconds.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Mar. st is re-
ported that Macedonian and Bulgarian
bands crossed the Macedonian frontier
yesterday.
LONDON, Mar. Accommodating on
the rumor that Japanese loan OF
$50, 900, 900 yen will be raised in the
United States through ex Minister Dun,
the Globe this afternoon says it may be
regarded as certain that, when the
loan is definitely decided upon, it will
be tloated in Europe.
MOZAMBIQUE, March 5.-Advices
received here from the Island of May.
otta, Comoro, group, says Mayotta was
swept by cyclone during the night of
February 81. The government buildings
were partly destroyed, many of the
native villages and crops were destroy
ed and large numbers Of people were
killed or injured. Many of the suffer
ers were left without any shelter and
are now suffering from famine.
LONDON, March 5.-An electrical en-
gineer 10 this city says he sold to Span
ish officers in London, several years
ago, eight or ten mines which were
placed in Havana harbor. He says he
! can identify the smallest piece of the
cable if produced.
Rumorcd Loss Of the Underwater.
New ORLEANS, La, March "a
special from Norfolk, Va, reports the
loss of the powerful tug Underwater, OF
| Boston, in storm off Hatteras.
BosToN, Mass, March 5.-The own
ers OF the ocean tug Underwater in this
city do not credit the report that the
craft has been lost in storm Of Cape
Hatteras. 1t is said that at the time
the storm came up the Underwater
should have been a considerable dis
lance south Of the cape, and that more
over she is capable of altering far
worse storms than that of Thursday.
The Underwater was proceeding 10
Havana to assist in raising the wreck
Of the Maine
SAVANNAH, Ga, March 1.-Two
schooners and one steamship which ar
rived in to- day report that they saw or
heard nothing OF the tug Underwater
which was last night reported lost.
NORFOLK, Va, March 5.-Nothing
has been heard here of the tug Under,
writer, and it is not known where she
is. She is certainly not on the beach
between Cape Henry and Hatteras.