Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-28
NEWS OF The DAY.

There was fine aIeighing in Bsl;i-
more yesterday.
American marines have been landed
at Tien Tsin, China, and will be sent to
Pekin to guard the American legation
there.
The "open-door" policy, it is be.
lieved, will continue in the Philippines
only as long as the islands are under
military rule.
MIR. John Bawden, cashier of the Sec
ond National Bank, Baltimore, dropped
dead yesterday morning in the Sunday
school of East Baltimore Station of the
Methodist E oiscopal Church.
Reports have reached Meridian,
Miss, that three negroes were lynched
last night about four miles west of Me-
ridian. Newton county farmers are
said to be on The trail of others impli-
Gated in asssulting white man and
robbing him.
Mr.. VIM. r George, founder of the
George Junior Republic, of New York,
described his undertaking at meeting
at Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Episco-
J pal Church, in Baltimore, at which
subscriptions were made 10 establish a
similar republic near that city.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, pastor of Ply
mouth Church. Brooklyn, Henry Ward
Beecher's successor, resigned his charge
yesterday morning. He gave as his
| reasons that his physician had warned
him that his strength was being under
| mined by the work and that to con-
tinue would be dangerous and unjust
to himself.
| G. W. Couldock, the actor, died in
/ Now York last MIG hit. He was born in
London on April &c, 1915. In Eng
land ne acted with Macready, Wander
| hoff, Kean, Madame Vestres, Ellen
Tree, Fanny Kemble and others. He
came to America in 1S49 to support
Charlotte Cushman. He retired from
| the stage two years ago.
Senator German is said to be watch
ing thenew plans for the Che .apeake and
Ohio canal, and there is talk Of charges
| against the Maryland Board of Public
Works. & Marylander who is under
stood to express the Senator's views
says the railroad company has made
political alliances with a view of cap
.turing the old waterway.
! Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee OF the House, mas arrived in
Washington. He will press the prepa-
ration and consideration of the regular
appropriation bills at the forthcoming
session of Congress as rapidly as pos
siole, and be sees no reason now why
any of them should fail, thus uecessi-
Eating an extra session.
Gen. Jiminez Castellaanos, the new
governor general of Cuba, desires to
hasten the Spanish evacuation. BE
intends to surrender Havana, il posi-
BILE, on or before December /, concen,
trating the Spanish troops at Cienfue-
COS and establishing the Spanish head
quarters there. If his plan is approved
by Madrid he will notify the Ameri-
cans and start right away.
1t has been estimated by the
experts of the Treasury Depart
ment, who prepare for the use
of the committee on appropria
tons the schedules on which the appro
priation bills are framed, that thi,
country will spend before the end
of the present fiscal year enough
money for expenses arising out of our
brief war with Spain to make the tolal
cost of the war about $500, 600, 900
The expenses OF making sanitary and
other improvements In Cuba will
probably be larger than the revenue
the customs will yield.
One OF the features of the Official
Thanksgiving at the national capita
was the present of a mammoth mince
pie, weighing 70 pounds, to the Presi
dent. The baker embelished the up
per crust with the American coat Of
arms in raised dough. Ga the sans
day there arrived from tie far north
west pair of eagles for Secretary Al
ger. The unknown donor had forgot
ten to prepay the charges, amounting
to $4S The birds were consigned tC
the 20, where they will consort with
those presented to Gen. Grant.