Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-27
NEWS Of The DAY.

A daughter was born to the Czarina
in st. Petersburg yes'er' ay and was
named Marie.
The Riggs Wooler factory, at Terra
Alta, Nd, was destroyed by tire yester-
day. Loss, $4,000, iasura c., $4,000
On account of the illness Of Mrs. Nc
Kinley, President Mckinley and party
left Adams. Mass, for Washington
last night.
The British House of Lords yestel .
day defeated the bill legaliz;ng he
election of women as councillo i and
aldermen.
The guphoat Albany has notified the
people of Botayap, Philippine Islands,
that they must raise the American flag
or be bombarned.
Joseph Cham berlain, in a speech at
Birmingham, England, yesterday, de-
! nounced the course of President Kru-
ger, of the Transvaal.
A fleet of auxiliary naval vessels
! will probably be formed and held in re-
serve for use in the West Indies and
Central American waters.
The international Council of Women
began in London yesterday. The
Countess Of Aberdeen, president of the
Council, made an address.
Taylor and Brown. the negroes who
we're arraigned in Rockville for the
Rosepsteip murder, have been transfer
| red to Frederick for trial July 5.
all the tinpla:e works in the country
will De closed at midnight on Friday
! next, az the result of the failure to set
/ tie the wage scale at Conference in
Chicago. Full $4,000 persons will be-
come idle by the shut down.
Five hundred pounds of dynamite
blew up in Spuyten Dnyvil, New York
yesterday afternoon. 1t damaged q
| dozen houses in the immediate neigh
borhood, and the shock was felt for
three miles around. No one was hurt
Father George D. Heldmann, Cath
Ollie priest and proposed candidate for
Congress from the Second Illinois Dis
trict, is the most generally discussed
man in Chicago today. Unless he gets
permission from Arch bishop Feehan be
will not accept the nomination.
1 1t has been discovered that two dies
! similar to those used by the United
4 States and British officials at Hong
Kong in stamping the certificates OF
| Identification given to Chinese mer
chants aud students 30 they may enter
American ports, have been made in
San Francisco.
At Toledo. Ohio, yesterday, fire en-
tirely destroyed the Michigan Central
freight house, partially destroyed the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton freight
house, and burned 100 loaded cars, the
aggregate loss amounting to over $500,
600. a very small part of which is Gov
cred by Insurance..
Designs have been completed by the
| Naval Board on Construction for six
fine cruisers of over 5000 tons displace
ment and steaming radius of action
that will place them ahead of any ship:
of their class in the q. S. service. AL
these vessels were provided for at The
last session of Congress, together witt
three battle ships and six powerful pro
tected cruisers, but owing to the diff
Guilty in securing armor no attempt has
been made to draw plans for any bu
the cruiser class.
The review of $4,000 of the fines
troops in the British army WAS held a.
Aldershot in the presence of Queer
Victoria yesterday. Not since the
Queens jubilee has finer army corps
passed before q European sovereign
Though 5000 additional troops remain
ed in their barracks the display afford
ed the Queen ample evidence of bel
military resources. All the regiment:
which took part were those which
would answer the first hurry call tt
arms for the Transvaal or elsewhere, anC
as the battalions marched past the roya
carriage their appearance evoked the
heartiest applause. Nearly $4,000 in
fantry, SO guns and $500 horsemer
made up this magnificent display.