Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A loving cup was yesterday present.
ed to Sir Thomas Upton. owner OF the
Yacht Shamrock, by his American ad-
mirers.
Price, Mccormick & Co., one OF the
largest brokerage houses in New YORK,
who failed yesterday. carried liabilities
estimated at $13, 900, 1000.
General Wood has ordered that
every department In the government
service in Cuba be overhauled. The
solicitors bureau at Havana has been
abolished.
Dispatches from Filipino sources
through Paris say that In q recent fight
at Calublg, Samsr, the American loss
was 500. Filipinos are said to be car
rying on an active warfare outside gar
risoned towns.
The Boer ENJOYS to this country were
given a dinner by Representative Alden
Smith at the Hotel Gordon ia Washing
tan last night, at which we're present a
number OF congressman. They will
leave next Tuesday for tour OF the
principal cities OF the country.
On top of the Cuban postal scandals
it is now said by an official, who has
lust returned from Cuba, that the Gus
toms service is honeycombed with fraud
and that an investigation will disclose
a condition even worse than the postal
frauds.
10 Boston yesterday Allen Wood
took notion to eat some Little Neck
CLANS at q hotel. Attached to one OF
the shells was a white pearl weighing
80 grains. He took it it to jeweler who
estimated its worth at $4,000 if it had
the lustre.
Speaker Henderson yesterday per-
sonally notified the President that be
would not permit the army reorganizs'
Lion bill to pass the House. The Pres
ident was very anxious to have the bill
pass this session. The bill, If passed
would give the Secretary of War auto
cratic powers.
The London Times's correspondent al
Lorenzo Marquee says he has unques-
tlonable authority for the statement thai
President Kruger during the post six
weeks has transferrd the bulk, II not all
of his property in the Transvaal TO vari
GUS friends lest the British conhscate it
Rev. r. P. Baker, OF South Carolina
formerly rector OF st. Michaels Z. +
church at Charleston, s. c., and now il
charge OF churches at Cheraw and Ben
nettsville, in that s ate, has accepted {
Call to Grace church at Silver Springs
Montgomery county, Md, and will ss
sumo charge of the work on June 5tt
next. He is q native OF King Georg'
county,
A letter from Richmond says: Virgin
ia is going to be very slimly represented
at the national democratic convention
10 Kansas City. Some of the delegates
elected will be represented by their al
ternates. Very few persons who are no
delegates will 90, as all look upon thu
question of candidate and platform 81
settled In advance.
Attorney General J. c. Davies yes
terday in New York announced his de
cision 10 the proceeding against the
American Ice Company. He decide;
that the American Ice Company is ar
unlawful combination, conducting its
business in restraint of trade, In viola
ton OF law and against public policy
and be will commence proceedings
against the company to prohibit it from
doing business In that State.
A military map defining the location
OF troops in the Philippines has just
been issued by the War Department
At least three iourths of the American
forces seem to be in the Island of Luzor
as only scattered detachments are in
three or four OF the other principal isl
ands. A second glance, however, shows
the immense stretches OF unoccupied
territory between the fortified settle
ments. It ia 10 these wastes that the
Filipinos live and lie in ambush.
Important developments took place
In the strike of the electrical workers il
Baltimore late last night. In the first
place the city was in comparative dark
ness, for the reason that the electric
LIGHT company was unable to trim the
lamps. and what carDons were left IN
used were soon burned out. Ths
strikers learned that the company IL.
tended to bring q number of nonTunior
men from Pittsburg and elsewhere early
this morning, and they remained IL
session all night 10 order to meet the
expected workmen upon their arrival
Marshal Hamilton, fearing q disturb
snce, ordered out the entire reserve po'
lice force.