Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-28
NEWS CT The DAT.

The Greek earthquakes are again
violent.
General Otis cables that he can hold
Manila until reinforcements arrive.
1t is said that Chicago will supply 10
600 coach and bus horses for European
cities.
A commission of Filipinos from Iloilo
is on the way to consult Aguinaldo
about the situation there.
The Penn Tobacco Company was in
corporsted at Trenton, N. ] this morn
ing with capital of 81 100000.
The Navy Department is considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of using the triple
screw system with the new war ships.
The children of Mrs. II. Brockle
bank, of Boston. claim share of the
$25, 100000 estate of James Roberts, of
Australia.
Senator Frye stated in the executive
session OF the Senate that the President
would send to the Senate important
documents relating to the peace treaty.
Mr.. w. J. Bryan will address the
Texas legislature next week, after
which, in company with General Hogg
and party, he will spend few days
duck shooting.
The Senate committee will report a
bill providing for site for the public
library building IN Washington and ap
propriating $3.50, 900 for it, the cost to
he borne by the District of Colum bia.
Trial of the suit of Nine. Henry,
| widow of Lieutenant Colouel Henry,
against N. Joseph ReiDach for calling
her husband u traitor, began in Paris
yesterday. 1t started the enti-Drey fus
! agitation afresh.
Il is stated in Havana that the Cuban
! army will disband peaceably after re-
ceiving about IS 900, 900 from the United
States treasury. The promoters of the
Cuban independence party are seeking
20 get the educated and wealthy Gu.
bans to join it.
A plot to assassinate the Sultan Of
Turkey on the occasion of his annual
visit to the palace of Top Kapu to kiss
the prophets mantle was divulged by
one of the conspirators on Thursday.
Four arrests followed, but several Of
the conspirators escaped. The Sultan
made the journey to the palace yester-
day by water, instead of land, and
nothing Of an untoward nature occurred.
Dispatches from Denver, Col, say
that another snowstorm, severe in some
portions Of the mountains, has prevail
ed the past twenty-four hours. Around
LeadviIls ard 10 every direction are
huge drifts. Al Kokomo, about eigh.
teen inches Of snow has fallen. Traffic
is at standstill. The railroads are
unable to get coal into Kokomo, and as
consequence number of mines have
been shnt down, aud residents of the
town are almost out of fuel. Fresh
meat is scarce, and as whole the
town is in bad shape. An accommo
ia ion is lost, and it is believed that ii
has been buried under the snow. The
train carried ten passengers aud crew
of four.
Gen. George Sears Greene died o
old sge at Morristowp, n. j., at
o'clock yesterday morning. He leave;
three sons, Gen. Francis V. Greene
G. J. Greene, it,, both now a
Morristown, and Major Charlie:
1T. Greene, q. S. a., retired, 0
Brookfeli, Conn. Gen. Greene Wa.
born in Apponeaug, Warwick, R. l
| May 6, 1901. He was descended from
John Greene, Deputy Governor o
Rhode Island. He waa graduated al
the United States Military Academy al
West Point, in 1923, and during the wal
between the States rose to the rank o.
major general. He retired from the
army in 1866. In 1867 he became CHIEF
engineer of the Croion aqueduct de-
partment in New York, aud at the tine
of his death was chief engineer of pub
lie works in Washington.
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