Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-13
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| 1t is probable that the committees OIL
Congress on the subsidy bill may deter.
mine to make no report this session Of
Congress.
A Pieterm ,ritzburg dispatch states
that the Beers have more than hun.
dred cannon between the Tugela river
and Ladysmith.
The hotel and mountain row of cot.
tages at Allegheny Springs, Montgom-
cry county, were yesterday evening de.
stroyed by fire, originating from de
tective fue.
In the House yesterday bill was
passed making universally applicable
the law now permitting the transit Of
goods in bond from certain ports In the
United States.
The Woman Suffrage Association, in
convention 10 Washington yesterday
adopted q resolution demanding that
women in this country and the new
possessions be given the right to vote.
A dispatch from Washington says
1.-THE storm OF opposition to the ratifi
cation OF the Nicaraguan canal treaty
is breaking with such force that the
President is thinking seriously Of with
drawing the treaty."
Efforts are again making In Norfolk
to secure freedom for Mrs. Florence
Maybrick, now serving life sentence
in England for the murder of her hue.
band, James Msybrick. The May bricks
lived there at one time.
Mr.. Wyndham, parliamentary secre-
tary OF the war office, stated 10 the
House of Commons yesterday that the
auxiliary forces OF 32S, 900 men would
be increased 80, 900 men, and that the
country would soon have 5l7 900 men
The 32nd annual convention of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias oil
Virginia, will convene 10 Winchester on
Tuesday, February 81, at s o'clock p
M, and continue in session until all
business brought before it is attend
ed to.
All the doctors in Weston, w. Va.
refused to attend confinement case in
the quarantine district becaus, man in
a livery stable nearby had smallpox
The village blacksmith finally went to
the womans aid, after her screams had
been heard for hours.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com.
pany electric officials at Cumberland
Nd, are looking into the matter of US
ing electric motors for pulling the heavy
freight trains up the 17-mile grade,
which starts about 80 miles west OF
Cumberland, on the main line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Mr.. Bafour denied in the House OF
Commons yesterday evening that Brit
ish Ambassador MonsOn had been TEN
porarily ordered to withdraw from
Paris. The important announcement was
made in the House OF Lor Dis that Gen
eral Roberts was now in command OF
the whole forces at Modder River.
A number of acres of land of the Cul-
pepper gold mines were sold yesterday
Mr.. Francis Doane, of New York,
being the purchaser. The various par.
ties selling to Mr.. Francis Doane were
Mrs. Gertrude V. Barnum, Hoo. A. s.
Hewitt and wife, Augustus S. Wilson,
r. Fl. Whalen. r, s. Andrews and
Msjor c. L. Andrews, all of New York.
A resolution was offered in the Ken
lucky democratic legislature at Louis
Vile yesterday calling upon Governor
Taylor to surrender the executive Of
fees to J. c. w. Beckham, the lawful
Governor After hearing arguments iD
the United States Court at Cincinnati
Judge TAFT reserved decision in the
Kentucky Injunction cases until We'd
Desday.