Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-25
Telegraphic Brevities.

Telegraphlc BreVltles.
The business portion Of Pembroke, Ohio,
was burned yesterday. Loss SIS 600
Mr.. Henry N. Stanley Is said to be very
far from being restored to perfect health.
e. M. Johnson, the noted professional
sprint ,uuuer, died at San Francisco yester-
day.
Thrift & Sons pianing mile, al Paterson,
N. J., together With the machinery, vas
burned to-day.
The strike OF coal minsrs in the Bo7inage,
Belgium, district, continues to spsesd. To-
day 4 500 men quit work.
Acting Admiral Jas. b. Giilis has been
detached from the command of the South
Atlantic station and placed on waiting
orders.
In bar room fight at Frankfort, KY,
early yesterday morning. G. R. Burnett.
government engineer, YVES fatally stabbed
several times.
The convention of the railway brother
erhoods is still in session in Terre Haute.
Railroad officials assert that no genera!
strike will be declared.
Thomas Kiyel. q lsborer, was killed at
saloon near Rock Mountain Lake, Col, yes-
terday afternoon by two Italians, who al
tucked him without any apparent cause.
Capt. Healy. of the revenue cutter Bear,
has ordered tho release of the officers OF the
se;z ID sealing schooner, and has ordered the
vessel to proceed to sitks, where the case
!! will be tried.
Ex-Governor Bowie has disposed of his
racing stable at Saratoga TO the Sire Both
err. Belle dor and Bale Meade were
among the horses sold. The state of heslth
| of Gov. Bowie compels bis retirement from
the turf.
Near Gtshen, Ind, en- Saturday night
Sam Wilson, negro, shot and killed Mre.
Mathers. q young and pretty widow who
had refused to marry him. He then placed
the revolver to his head and fired, innicting
fatal wound.
The report that Mount Bogosiov, Alasks,
is in a state OF eruption is COZ 6rmed. Vol
umes of steam aud smoke can be seen issu-
ing from the volcano, while at night pillar
of Ere thousands of feet In hsighth is dis
cernable for miles.
Admiral Brown, OF flagship Charleston,
which has arrived at Seattle from Honolulu,
expresses the belief that the next steamer
from the Hawaiian Islands will bring newa
Of revolution and probably of the declE-
ration OF new republic.
a savore hurricane has prevailed ct
Maisau. Austria. During the storm light
ping struck 20 goods trucks on the Fra: z
Joseph Railway, throwing them down an
embankment and smashing them. The
guards on the train were knocked senselees
by the shock.
The Queens Hotel at sundridgc, Ont, together
| with it's contsnte, was burned this morning. The
large number Of guests had ruth difficulty in es-
Gaping. Two men were burned to death and two
others were badly burned.
| M. do Freycinet, French Minister of War, has
appointed as member of the general staff Col.
Do sanch, who will hold himsolf at tho disposal OF
the military attaches OF the foreign embassies in
Paris
The deputy minister OF agriculture st Quebec
declares that Asiatic cholera will certainty visit
Canada next year.
Swift ard Norris pork packing houses in chi
cago shut down this morning and 5000 men were
forced to ROMAN idle.
Mr. Robert Lincoln, q s. Minister to England,
strongly denies the report that he is about 70 re.
eign his office.