Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-02
TO.DAY'S TELEiHaPHIC NEWS.

Eight buildings were burned in Tower
City, OAK, yesterday.
Timothy Whaley was fatally beaten by
his brother-in-law in Boston last night.
The Academy OF Music and Doyle's Hotel
early this morning. The loss is about Sl2,
900.
Twenty-Five buildings of the
business portion of Howard City, Mich,
were destroyed by fire last night. Loss
$4,000.
IT, is rumored that a minister Of commerce
is about being created by the Car of Rus
sia, and that General Ignatelf will be made
lis chief
{. w. Savage & Sons, merchants Of Miles
City, Mont, have made an assignment. Ii
abilities $4,000 they say their assets will
reach the same figure.
1t is stated that the negotiations between
England and Turkey in relation TO the dis
patch of q Turkish expedition to the Sou
dan, to operate against FL Mahdi, have fall
len through.
\ Eumber Of the cab drivers of Paris have
organized strike. in order to enforce their
demand for reduction Of the rates which
they are obliged 10 pay the company from
which they hire the cabs for The use OF them
OH Sunday.
An accident occurred at the Davis Island
Dam, 9 miles from Pittsburg, at o'clock
this morning by the sinking Ola canal boat,
10y which one man is known to have lost
his life, while three others have probably
persisted, as they are still missing
Agents Of the Minnesota flour mills have
made their appearance in Ottawa for the
purpose of soliciting orders for American
flour. They are aware that there has been
short crop of wheat in Canada during the
past year and they expect TO find Il good
market there.
This morning Senators Murphy. Cullen.
Campbell and Plunkitt, and nearly all of
the New York Assembly delegation, waited
on Governor Cleveland and recommended
Amos J.Cummings Of the New York Sun for
the position of Aqueduct Commissioner.
made vacant by the death of blr. George a.
Lane.
In accident occurred this morning on the
Grand Trunk Railway, 1T Humber, Ont.
about seven miles from Toronto. 4 subur-
ban train. containing workmen, ian into
freight train coming east. Four persons,
chiefly men emplyed ut the bolt works, are
reported to have been killed. A large num-
Der are said to have been wounded.
The coroner's jury ia the case Of Mrs Re-
becca Bartholomew, who died ut Easton,
Pa. on Monday. it was alleged from the eff
fects Of injuries inflicted by her step daugh-
ter, the two women having exchanged
blows in quarrel, has returned verdict
that death resulted from peritonitis, pro-
tluced from some cause unknown to the Jury.
The step daughter was not arrested.
The official who was with Lieut. Col. Sud-
eikn, when he was killed in ST. Pc
tersburg last Friday night in q house near
the Newsky Prospect, and who was badly
wounded at the same time, has died Of his
injuries. An investigation of the circum.
stances connected with the affair shows
| there was desperate struggle between the
assailants and the two dead men. Blood
has been traced from the room in which the
attack was made to the street, afordng
evidence that one, at least, must have been
severely wounded. II has been ascertained
that four nihiii>ts committed the deed, the
principal leader thereof being an ex.artl-
lery officer named Degaril who is believed
to be Identical with Jablouski the n!h!ist.
The latter has been arrested Col. Sudei-
kin and his companion were attacked while
they were sitting with their backs 10 the
door