Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-12
TELEGRApHIC BHEyITEs.

TELEGRAPHIC BT;EHITIF.S.
To-day at Colorado Springs, Col, the
Childs-Drcxel national home for print
crs was dedicated.
Captain Lernos, chief of the Council
of State at Bucnos Ayrcs, has abscond-
ed with 10000 pesos.
1t. G.. Robert Benson, who was Gil
his way to Sitka to take charge of the
marine detachment there, died en-
route.
A tug came into the harhor of Du.
luth yesterday towing ?. sailboat in
which were the bodies of3 men found
drifting in the ice.
The British Dehring sea patrol leaves
Victoria, B. c., about June first with
orders to seize all vessels found scaling
whether they have been notified or not.
The centennial celebration yesterday
of the entrance into Columbia river,
Oregon, was on 4 grand scale. The
cruisers Baltimore and Charleston par
ticipated.
A large skating rink in course OF
construction at Bucncs Ayrcs collapsed
yesterday. Thirty persons were kill
ed The architect and the builder were
arrested.
There is danger that the high rail
road bridge across the Missouri river
at Sioux Falls will soon be spanning Il
dry channel, rs the course of the river
is changing.
During the course of a musical festi-
Val given at Kansas City last night the
scaflolding on the stage collapsed and
500 children were pitched to the stage
and number badly bruised.
Miss Julia Schocnlcn, of Lititz Pa,
had issued invitations to friends to Gel
citrate her SD birthday to-day, and
this morning while making prepare
tions she fell down stairs, dying almost
instantly.
A dynamite bomb was exploded
alongside the residence of Minister
Mattos in Caracas, Venezuela, yester-
day. The young son ofGencral Crcspo
was rescued by friends from Il govern
ment vessel at Trinidad.
At noon to-day, with impressive GER
emonics, the great steel bridge across
the Mississippi river at Memphis YVES
formally declared open for traffic.
Over 10000 people witnessed the cere-
monies. The orator of the day was
Senator Voorhees,.
Simplicity of detail and absence
of anything like display marked
the funeral services Of Vim. As
tor, who died in Paris last
mouth, which were held to-day in
Trinity Chapel, New York. The SER
vices were conducted by Rev. DR.. Dix
and Vice President Morton was among
the pail bearers.
The pottery of Thos. A. Maddox &
Sons, the largest sanitary ware manu-
faeturers in Trenton, n. j., was de-
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
buildings destroyed occupied square
and were filled with valuable moulds
and green ware. Several miraculous
escapes were experienced by firemen.
The loss will reach $4,000. One hum
drcd and fifty men are thrown out of
work.
An explosion of dynamite under the wheels
of street car at Buda Pesth to-day shattered
the car and seriously injured several of the
passengers Seven other cartridges were
found on the track. They were put there by
Hattie Adams who WAS convicted last Fri
day of keeping disorderly house in New
York on evidence procured by DIR. Park
hurst and his agents was this morning sell
fenced to five months imprisonment.
A fire early this morning destroyed the
store OF Calavitch & Wolf at Marlboro, Md,
and the office of the Marlboro Gazette. Loss
$4,000.
A beautiful rainbow SCANNED the