Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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has been completely destroyed by fire.
Aenry X. Boyer. ex-State treasurer
Of Pennsylvania. has been arrested on
the charge Of disappointing funds.
A clerl; in Baltimore drug store yes
terdav made q mistake in filling pre-
scription and killed Isaac Geleckman's
child
An important battle has been fought
on the pr;.iries ofNeneZuela. The gov
eminent forces were utterly defeated
and retreated toward Valencia.
A ycung somnambulist jumped out
of a second-story window in Worcester
county, Md. Wednesday night and did
not awake until his wife threw water
over him.
Raoul Lacourtier and Marie Loder-
mann, who had elopcd from France,
where. it is said they were highly con-
nected, sho; themselves dead in hotel
in London yesterday.
Nathan Austin, for many years a
well-known clown with Barnum's and
other circuses, died at the State Lunatic
Hospital. in Worcester. Mass, Wednes-
day evening, aged IS years.
In the British House of Commons
yesterday, in answer to question
whether proceedings would be taken
against the partakers in the Jackson
Slavin prize fight. Home Secretary
Matthews said that nc had recommend
cd the public prosecutor to inquire in
to the matter.
VIM. Dupont. son of General Henry
Dupont, the late head of the Du-
pont Powder Works. on the Brandy
wine, near Wilmington, Del, and Mrs.
George linn, daughter of Theodore
Rogers, of the Rogers Locomotive Com
pany, of Newark, \. j.. were married
in London yesterday.
Joseph Tichcon, aged nine years, and
Cashier Ticheon, aged sixteen, ascend
ed a tree at Scranton, Pa, yesterday
evening TO rob birds nest. While i'll
the tree lightning struck it and Joe was
killed. Cashier was stunned, his
clothes caught fire and he was burned
81 badly that he will die.
The Dundee docks and warehouses
in Dundee, Scotland, with thousands
of tons OF flax and jute which they con-
tanned, were consumed yesterday. The
loss OH the goods alone is $4,000.
The British bark Eliza, from London,
which was lying near, caught fire and
her topsailyard and some of her stores
were burned.
The fight between Jack Slavin and
Riordan took place in London last
night. Slavin defeated Riordan in
nineteen rounds. The match was be-
tween Jack Slavin, of Australia, brother
of Frank Slavin, who was defeated by
Jackson few nights ago, and Con
Riordan, an American boxer, well
known on the Pacific coast.
A confagration has occurred at Slo-
bodka. a suburb Of Kovno, which bor-
ders on Germany. Three hundred
houses were destroyed before the fire
men aud their volunteer assistants sue
ceeded in getting the flames under con-
troll. Most of the inhabitants of the
burned houses were workingmen, and
they lost everything they possessed.
A subcommittee of five members Of
the House committee OH interstate and
foreign commerce has unanimously
agreed to report recommending that
an investigation be made into the facts
connected with the Reading Railroad
deal. The report, accompanied by a
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton, will be presented to the full COM
mittee to-day for action.
So far the bodies of 100 miners have
been taken from the burning silver
mine near Prizibram, Bohemia. 1t is
estimated that over 100 more are still
missing, and all hopes of their being
alive are abandoned The Austrian
government will provide relief for the
families of the victims, and will prob
ably erect a monument to four Of the
miners who CALAMITY attempted the
rescue of their comrades.