Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-09
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

a pie trust has been formed in New
Jersey with So 900, 900 capital.
1t is reported that Germany intends
to purchase the Island of Fernando Pc
from Spain.
A general strike of cab drivers in Ha-
vana is causing great deal of public
inconvenience.
Bishop Peterkip, of the Episcopal
Diocese OF West Virginia, urges the
election of a coadjutor bishop.
John W. Price, who spent more than
80 years of his life in the Maryland
penitentiary, died in Baltimore last
night, aged SO years.
Colonel Henry D. Loney. the we'll
known lawyer and veteran Maryland
State militiaman, died yesterday at his
residence in Baltimore, after a linger-
ing illness from complication of dis
eases, aged IS years.
In consequence of an agreement with
Cardinal Vaughan the Pope will short
ly publish brief instituting an Apos-
tolic Legation in Canada. The Pope at
a secret consistory, June 10, will create
II Italian Cardinals.
Negotiations looking to the forma.
ton of a banana trust, with Baltimore
as the central point, are being quietly
conducted in that city with the view OF
ettecting a combination to fight the
Boston Fruit Trust and to compete for
the West Indian trade.
A dispatch from Austin, Tex, says
The cloudburst OF Monday, which
swelled the rivers of that portion OF the
State out of their banks and caused q
great loss of property. was much worse
than was reported Wednesday. Many
people are known to have persisted
mesger reports last night placing the
number at twenty-five. Several towns
were nearly swept away by the rush OF
water.
A landslide is reported to have occur
red at Ross Hollow, Ark, and ingulfed
twenty eight men, oil of whom are sup
posed to have been killed. A large
force of workmen were engaged in ex-
csvating In deep railroad cut when
the earth above, which had been loose
ned by heavy rains recently, suddenly
came down upon them burying the
men under tons OF earth. Later advices
say there is no foundation for the above.
The farewell manifesto of Gen. Maxi
mo Gomez has fallen comparatively
flat in Cuba. The local papers have
given it little attention in the way of
comment, and public feeling has appar
emily not been much aroused. The
principal criticisms have been those
born of suspicion that the manifesto
is not genuine farewell. The Cuban
papers say the Spaniards, uncertain as
10 the future, will naturally refuse to
invest their money on the island, for if
the Americans withdraw, they claim
that the life of Spansard in Cuba will
not be secure.
The storm OF yesterday afternoon,
though it lasted little more than ten
minutes, did more damage in German
town, Philadelphia, than that historic
suberb has ever suffered from like
visitation. Houses by the score were
unroofed, hundreds of noble trees were
uproUted and the tower on the splendid
new edi6ce of the First Methodist
Church was partially wrecked. Though
there were several narrow escapes, no
persons where injured, but it is estima-
ted that the property damage will ag-
gregate very nearly $4,000. The wind
blew with frightful velocity for few
moments.
The London papers are beginning to
talk seriously OF the possibility OF war
in South Africa. Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, Secretary of State for the colonies,
in speech in the House of Commons
yesterday, announced tina his reply to
The petition of the Outlanders, which
had been held back pending the result
of the conference at Bloemfonteip,
would now be presented to the Trans
vaal. This reply is semi-officially de-
scrbed as "explici5 but conciliatory, :"
but it is believed to be in the nature Of
practical ultimatum. President Kru-
ger has been informed that Great Brit
ian will not consent to foreign interven-
tion in anglo; Transvaal disputes.