Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-05
rELEGRApEIn RREYITiFS.

JsS. ieltr, WHO WAS 20 heVc DeSn nsCSau
az Cooper. Texas, yesterday for the murder
of his brother-in.lsW, has been resp t5d
Jim Van Bbter, weli-known physician
G! Balim ore, disd teddy from tae effects Of
eurgca operation performed yesterday.
Robert Harris, half breed, has been
nominated for governor oftne Ohiekseaw
nation and VIM. Ksrup fer st orney gene.
raj.
Jennie Mitchell, aged 6. IVES killed. ami
Sylvia Guthen, aged z, was fatally Injured
by being strack By train at Kaobnoster
Nc. yesterday.
The republican State conventions CT Nil
nerosa, R node Islsnd, Ksness and Illinois,
and the democratic convention OF Vermont
met to-day.
The striking dock coal handlers at Cleye-
land, o., were yesterday reinforosd by the
fuel hsndlare. making their strength 800.
Vessels are going to other ports for cargoes.
The supreme oou,t has refused t, grant
an appeal in the csses oil L D. Slaughter
and Tom Bpiey. The two negroes senteaoed
to be exscut, in Little RICK, Ark. to. MGR
row.
According TO the farmers Of thu bca;d OF
trade of Chicago the outlook for toe cereal
crops Of 1892, ,s becoming alarming I'D
vices received to-day indicated that almost
the entire western conrtry fro m the Bri,ith
POSSESSIONS to Texas Ia hocdso farmers
cannot do any seeding end much 81 the
ground already se:sd Is covered With W. ter,
drowning out tins pisgt' o; waehlng the
sesd cut OF the ground.
10 broke out in tho l,urdry in tho north
wing OF tho Grand Avenu, Hotel, Astury Park,
N. j., at o'clock this morning. B pin;c oc:ur-
red among tie gucsts sll OF waom wero asleep
when the fl m were discovered. They escaped
from their rooms in their might cljthing and
dres:ed la the parlcr and dining rooms. TIE
laundry WAS deat Dyed and tho kitchen wing bad.
~ damaged. The frtmsn tore down part OF the
wing and saved the ho.el.
Unconf mod rumors ar1 current in..Venezuels
that DR.. CassnsI, president P4lacio's comm tnder
in Chief, has been ss.s seatod by some OF Crespos
lsrcers. Another rumor Gu rront ID that Valoucia
has been captured by Mora and his army Of blacks
Fears are entertained that Ybarra ia prisoner.
This repor. doubt 81 csused by General Crespos
sudden appearance SO near Victoria.
st. Nj heel Roman Catholic Church in 80 ID
street, near Ninth avenue New York. was bedy
damaged by fire this morning. A portion Of the
the roof was burned a|sy, IN organ worth So,
600 was deitroyed and much damage was done
by water 1t is estimate! tina. tho total loss will
be $4,000.
Fire broke out at midnight in tho furniture
factory Of Enos B. Pierce at Rushv.lls, Ind. The
named, together with the saw mill
of Fouch and Moffatt, and several residences wefo
wholly destroyed. The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
The etate prohibition convention mcs at Little
Rock, Ark yesterday. platform wss adopted
tho usual prohibition plank and
eq1sl suffrsg, without regard to
race, sex or color.
In flmily quarrel last night Jack Griffin,
we'll TODD business man OF Carlisle Ind, sent
four bullets through his 19.year-old sons body,
leaving him in dying condition. 10 cause il
as. igned.
after vain attempt TO murder his wife last
night at Rochester, N. Y, : h m,s Hopkins, g
drunken cartmsn, deliberately drew razor
acroas his throat, severing it from car to car
1t has been snowi. and raining continuously
in the vicinity of Rapid City, g. D., tor as urs'
and unless change occurs tonight the cattle less
on the range will be severe.
Tho platform adopted By the roI ublican con
vention at Nashville, Tenn, endorses President
HarrisoD's administration.
Yesterday near Bonham, Tex. ]. Sickle aho.
and kill Mann Mayo. The mon had qua:rtlsd
over q woman.
During quarrel at Co1Vlle Ind, LAST night
Jack Caryin, saloon keeper, shot and killed his
con aged 21.
The dagger OF an ove,f IVY at Marseilles, H., il
past, the waters Of the rivers having subsdsd.
The republican oon7ar ton CT the Fiit1
Virglaia District met at MsrtiDsVIIso 90 Tuss.