Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-03-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The steamship Indore arrived at
Baltimore yesterday from London with
q cargo of wild animals.
The Duke and Duchess OF Cornwall
and York left London yesterday on
their trip around the world.
Fighting lie reported from South
Africa, but Lord Kitchener falls to re-
port on the rumored peace negotiations.
General Molte was appointed captain
general OF Madrid yesterday to sue
coed General Weyler, who is now min
lister of war.
Bradstreet reports that the business
failures of the week number 2l7, as
against 2O8 last week and 100 10 this
week year ago.
Congressman Marriott Brosius was
stricken with spoplexy OF his home, In
Lancaster, Pa, last night, and died
at three o'clock this morning.
It ia declared the Senate will make
no further concession to Great Britain
than those contained ia the amend =
ments to the Hay-Paunceforte treaty.
Charles q. Duell, commissioners Of
patents, Yesterday sent to the President
his resignation, to take effect upon the
appointment and qualification OF his
successor.
This government has sent an order
to General Chaffee for tie evacuation
of China by American troops, leaving
only legation guard of loo men. Gen.
Chaffse and his staff will accompany
the troops to Manila.
Rear Admiral Sampson will get about
$4,000, nearly $1,000 more in the form
of bounty as Q result Of the Spanish
war than Admiral Dewey. sampson,
and not Schley. will receive the bounty
for the Santiago engagement,
Five million two hundred thousand
dollars ia the sum which Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie says he ''should esteem 1t q
rare privilege to be permitted to furnish
10 New York city to establish 65 free
libraries "for the special benefi, OF the
mssses Of the people"
English prisoners recently released
by General De Wet say they think he
10 q mailman. His whereabouts at
present appear to be unknown to the
British, although General Kitchener re.
ports that the mysterious Boer COM
mander has reached Senekal.
The Census Of'ce has received q con.
sular report Cd the population OF the
German Empire and its changes during
the past century. That population ia
now about Sc, 900, 000-larger than that
of any country In Europe except Rus
sis, which has In Europe alone over
LOG 600, 900 subjects.
Trouble between the British and
Russian troops Oh the disputed terri
tory at Tientsin ia imminent. The
Russians are entrenched there, and q
company of the Hong Kong regiment
Is In front. The commanders await In
structions. Lord Hamilton stated In
the House OF Commons, 10 London,
Yesterday, that the authorities were
dealing with the matter.
Three men killed, nearly q dozen
men more or less injured, and many
thousands OF dollars damage were the
results OF o fierce fire in the daily Ad-
ysrtiser and Record seven-story granite
front building in Newspaper row in
Boston last night. There was q wild
scramble OF employees to gain safety
and many were injured by drop
ping through the skylight OF an adjoin-
ing building.
News has reached Mobile, Ala, that
a turpenline camp across the bay IN
Bald win county was burned at an early
hour yesterday morning and sixty per.
sons, mostly colored, are supposed TO
have persisted 10 the fire. So far as Is
Known only one man survived, and he
was badly burned. He says he rowed
naked aud suffering across Mobile Bay
to tell of the fire. He says sixty.one
men occupied shack next to 900 bar
reIs OF raw turpentine and he thinks
the fire was started for revenge. Ia
dispatch today says there is no truth 10
the above story.