Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.


columbia" has been decided upon
as the name of the new Cup defender.
Three of of the alleged Lake City
lynchers have been declared not guilty
in the trial at Charleston, 5. G.
Entries in the famous "red book"
were yesterday admitted as evidence in
the trial of former United States Sena-
tor Quay in Philadelphia On the charge
of conspiracy.
General Fi,zhueh Lee has rented a
house at QuemadOs. and il is said ex-
pected thea that he would he made COM
rnander of military district combining
Pnar del Rio and Havana province
In the House of Commons yesterday
Wm. ST. John Brodrick, parliamentary
secretary of the British foreign Office,
stated that the British and American
authorities had found it necessary to
interfere in order to restore order in
Samoa.
As stated yesterday, Rear Admiral
Schley has been assigned TO duty on
the naval promotion board, succeeding
! an officer of inferior rank. His friends
! are indignant and say the assignment
! is an attempt to humiliate him by the
Navy Department.
Joe Cans, the veteran Baltimore
lightweight, went down before George
McFadden, of New York, in the
twenty-third round of their fight ut
the new Broadway Athletic Club, in
| New York, last night. Cans was not
| completely knocked out, hut fell from
exhaustion and was unable to gain his
feet after he dropped.
Through the good offices of the Uni
ted States the government OF Italy has
consented to forego carrying into exc
Cutlon the threat to send warships to
; Colombian ports TO enforce TIE pay
ment OF obligations incurred by Colon
bia in the CerruG case. Colombia must,
however, pay Cerruti's creditors within
| a reasonable time.
Secretary Alger returned yesterday
afternoon from his trip to Cuba and
Porto Rico, whore he has spent the last
three weeks in making personal in
vestigation of the conditions in those
| islands. 1t is land OF great promise,
! says the Secretary. Opportunities for
| investment OF American capital will be
! numerous when q stable government
F.; has been established.
Secretary Alger last night put an eli
fectual quietus on thepersistent reports
that he contemplated retirement from
| the Cabinet by q positive and uneQuiv-
oca statement that the reports were
absolutely without foundation, aud
that unless some unforeseen and I'M
looked-for contingency arises, he pro-
poses to remain Secretary Of War
throughout this administration.
There is wide discrepancy between
the figures of the Cuban army
muster rolls and those prepared
by American officers. The United
States military authorities make no at
tempt to reconcile the $4,000 non com
missioned officers and privates indi-
Gated by these rolls with the 1928
given in the estimates prepared under
the direction of the provincial govern
ors.
The fifty. fourth annual convention OF
the Southern Baptist denomination
will begin its sessions on May II next
in the Warren Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Louisville, Ky. 1t will con-
sist of delegates from missionary So
cieties, churches and other religious
bodies OF the Baptist denomination il
the States of Alabama, Arkansas. Flor
ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North
and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, the District of Columbia, In
dian Territory, Oklahoma, Mexico and
Cuba.