Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-06-05
TEI.FGRApHIC BREVITIEs.

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yards circles, stated yesterday that an effort
was being made By an Eoglish syndicate to
secure control Of the stock yards and pack
ing interests along the Missouri river He
claimed that the Omaha yards had been
sold to the syndicate for Sc 100000.
This mornings session OF the Reformed Presby'
terian Synod OF Pittsburg was devoted to an ex-
PLANTATION by DR.. George in defense of the action
of the Pittsburg Presbytery in suspenolng the
seven ministers for heressy. Said he: "Our great
aim was to save the church and, if possible, save
the young men. The church was the first consid-
eral ion, as you may we'll imagine" In spite OIL
the evident sympathy, however, there seems to
be- little doubt about the Fresbytery being BUS
tanned and the ministers expelled.
In Pittsburg yesterday the grand jury returned
true bill against F. c. Fitz immons the Cana
dian and his wife for killing detective dilkinson,
chief OF the detective bureau OF that name. Laura
Hill, alias Snowder, the cool accomplish who
"peached" on Fi,zsimons, and several other mem
bors of the gang were indicted for burglary.
Fire broke out at 8 o'clock this morning in
the Nyack, New, York, lookup and consumed the
building. At o'clock the night watchman put
man, stranger, there for the night and he was
burned to death. 1t is not known positively who
he was, but it is believed that he was an old
soldier.
The revenue cutters Rush and Boar have been
instructed to overhaul all whaling vessels, and all
whisky, except small quantities Tor medical pur'
poses, will be seiz d in order to keep liquor away
from the natives.
1t is said that the so.callei Maine Central train
attack was scare. Thoro we're no robbers
drunken crowd boarded the train at Enhela,
pulled the cord and stopped the train, jumping I'll
and firing Shots
The tug Kate Jones was run into and sunk la
night by an unknown schooner near Great WI
comico Light The officers and crew were rescued
by the revenue cutter Crawford and landed at
Crsfeld, Md.
Hereafter the wages OF the Union sailors will
be 25 cents day less than the scale dIaWh up az
tho opening of the season. This reduction ap'
plies to every po:t on the great lakos
nuriag fire in psnt shop in Mil yankee, last
III mt seyon aremen were overcome By the fumes
of the burning oil AMI paint, and had to bo
dragged ont OF the building.
The dwelling Of Samuel P. Myers, farmer OF
Summit township, Pa, was burned to the ground
last night, and two children, agod and l2yesrs'
respectively, were roasted alive.
Eev. Father Jchn Brady, rector Of ct. Joseph S
Church, Amesbury, Mass, has been appointed by
tho Popo Coaejutor to Archbishop WilliSm', OF
| the Catholic archdiocese Of Boston.
The glip is creating great havoc among the ma
| ives of Kodiak, Alaska. Hundreds have diad,
as there are no doctors on the island and no med
ica storos.
The whisky trust has Bought the shufeldt and
Calumet plants. Only one big distller in the
Uuited States, Dodswortb, of Ciccinnati, has not
como in.
There is no change to report in Sir John Mac
donads condition this morning and o new facts
| to record.
Ex-Governor Henry Lipptt, millionaire manu-
facturer died this morning at Providence, K l..
Miss Ellen Terry, the actress, is seriously i'll IN
London with congo stion of the lungs.