Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-21
FOREIGN NEWS.


The German steamers Saxonia and
Sparta collided nea~ Kiel today The
Saxonia sank, and the Sparta was badly
damaged.
Senators Lodge and Turner, American
Commissioners at the Alaskan tribunal,
sailed from Liverpool for New York,
aboard the Cedric, today.
Howard Elliot, vice president of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
has been elected President of the North
ern Pacific Railway to succeed Charles
S. Mellen.
The Servian government has ordered
a large consignment of Krupp guns and
ammunition to be delivered on March
LIST next. This is the first indication of
a Balkan outbreak in the spring.
The officials of Cork today conferred
the freedom of the city on Andrew Car
negie who subsequently placed in posi-
ton the foundation stone of the new
library toward the construction and
maintenance of which he had donated
$50, coo sterling.
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Ambassa-
dor to Germany has been dismissed by
the Sultan. A clique in the palace at
Constantinople, it is understood, per-
suaded Abdal Hamid that Tew6k was
secretly leagued with the revolutionary
young Turks party.
A dispatch received at Lloyds in Lon
don today announced the loss of the Bri-
fish ship Milton Park which sailed from
Liverpool on March 9lst last for FIRE.
mantle. She was commanded by Cap
tain Tumilty and had crew of "a men,
all of whom are believed to have been
drowned.
Canadian Commissioners Jett and
Aylesworth are preparing secret re-
port on the findings of the Alaskan
Boundary Commission which they will
submit to the Canadian government. 1t
is understood that they place all the
blame for the decision on Lord Chief
Justice Alyersone
President Palma of Cuba has declared
unconstitutional and has suspended the
collection of the special provincial tax on
leaf tobacco against which the planters
have been making vigorous protest.
The code committees of the Cuban Senate
and House in joint conference.-the prepar-
ing an act establishing trial by Jury in
civic criminal cases.
The Belgrade official gazette Of No
vember 9 will publish an edict recog-
nizing Queen Natalie as the heir to the
personal estate of the late King Alexan-
der, her son. There are sundry claims
against the estate amounting to about
900. 900 francs. In addition ID this,
there is debt of 1900 900 francs due
the Russian Bank, but the bank for
political reasons will not demand the
payment of this.
There is no let up in the strained re!a-
tons in New York of the 81" managers
and the employees today, the men say
they will surely strike unless the physi-
cal examination orders is rescinded, and
General Manager Hedley says the order
is made and will stand. Grand Chief
Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, and Grand Master Hannahan
of the Brotherhood of Firemen, will ar
rive today in an attempt to stay the
trouble. The men say that if the grand
officers decide against them they will
strike anyway.
There has been revival of Mormon
activity in all the German states, with
the exception of Prussia, from which state
the opponents of the cult have been ex-
PEELED. The missionaries come direct
from Salt Lake City, and seem to have
an abundance of money. One of them
named MacGregor has stated that he is
making thousands of converts 1t is al
most certain that the other German states
will follow Prussia's example, and expel
the missionaries. tits learned that 1000
Mormon missionaries landed in Germany
a Fortnight ago. 1t is also learned that
a secret propaganda is being carried on
in Prussia, despite the prohibition of
such action.