Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-12-29
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIgs.

syreus @. harris, pilot, 60 years old
Jumped from fourth s'osy window III Bsua.
vue Hospital, 10 New York, this morning
and was instantly killed. He vas patep.
in the hospital.
The representatives and hackers Of Slayin
and Sullivan met at the Herald ofi.sin
Nsw York to-day &c arrange for fight be.
tween the two men. Both sides were will.
log to put up their money but they couldn't
agree.
Rev. Mr.. Shirley, OF Dsnver. who has been
on trial at Red Cloud, Nso.. for the last 10
| days on the charge of embezziug $4,000
| belonging to che Nebraska AMI X .naas Fsrm
Loan Company during his term CT office ss
treasurer, has bssn discharged By the e1aT.
| lining magistrate.
Edward NJ. Field Is alarming the keepers Of til,
| in fasting and refuses now to even take the
brandy that wss prescribed by tie jsi physi,n.
This N ,rning when he arose he WAS very We;
and nervous To questions put to him by tie
warden he made no rely. cup Of milk was
carried to him he raised the emp TO his lips sew.
eral times but did not swalog sny its contents
An Altoona, Pa, special ssys the Clesrheld Hot
livery ct able was blown ~ With dyu mite h
&C ocz this morning. The debris took . mi
spre .ding to adjoining property dc3uoycd fge
other buildings. Eight horses were also con-
suned. The greatest oxcitem ont prevails, az it ia
feared by the people th't An organized efors to
destroy the town is b.i ig made.
John Fails and Harry Boycs, fellow employees
in the Gsllipolis. Ohio, furniture factory snd ri
deadly conflict precipitated by jealousy, while at
work at work to-eay which wi prob .bly result
fatally to both. Boyos used knife and Eads
hammer. Both are n critical condition.
Trouble is brewing betws iha East Tennessee
Virgins and Georgia Railway omosny md its
telegraph operators. Tho telegrsphers claim that
the railroad authorities disclarge an cp rstor as
soon as they learn that no belongs t. the Order o
Railway Teegrapher,.
Tho Gales agents of the coal producing comps
mics in New York to-day decided 20 restrict the
pred 1ction Of coal for h, month of Jsnusry to
2 100000 tons against sn alotm mt o. 3, $50 90
tons in December aud eco ,0co tens in Novcm-
Der.
At attempt was m de ai; night at Ches.e'towa,
Ind, to ssssssinste DR.. W. N. Gray prominent
physician. Gray has been very active 10 the
PERSECUTION Of salcoo-kecpers violations o, the
law
ar. Gladstone is So years ID to-day, having
been born in Liverpool Dec %, 1909. lie Is
now at Bi.rritz, French watering p'ece, where
he is seeking to recruit his strength.
United States Marshal Wisewell has left Mil
wauKee fer the stockbridga Indi an reservation in
response to telegram stating that the Indians
there were roting.
The residence of Wan. Dalton at :renton, J.,
was guttsd by fl re carly thi, m rein.; los $50
600. ! he family had to fl in their night robes
to save their lives.
Workmen were stamping spot where powder
was stored near Danvile, ILL.,, yesterday, whon it
exploded ki liag one man and fatally 1oundiug
another.
Leah Berja in Nc Ir-gor, who, in Company
with her husband took morphine At Los Angeles,
Cal hotel Sunday morning dici last night.
By the falling of derrick st tho Worlds Fair
grounds last night two osrpenters were crushed
to death.