Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREylTIPS

Phelps.
Fire destroyed the large whole.,,.
warehouse of Orr, Scoggins and HIM
this morning in Nashville, Tenn. IT,.
stock and building We're damaged oy.,
$4,000. ''''
Father Cronin, of Buffalo. y V
says that mitred heads will fall
suit of the opposition to Mgr. saroIri
II is thought that Bishop Wigper MIL
be removed first.
DR.. E. a. Stimson, pastor ofthe pr.
grim Congregational Church Of 5,
Louis, has accepted the call tepder.d
By the Broadway Tabernacle cborcs
of New York city.
The governor OF Washington Ia,
night appointed John b. Allen [
Senator to succeed himself, the lep,.
lature having adjourned early yes,e,.
day morning without choosing Sen.
tor.
Only six citizens were present at IL.
meeting in Chicago yesterday called ia
raise $4,000 to put in repair the gray.
and monument of Abraham Lncolo,,
Springfield. The scheme will nrob,pr
be dropped.
Thirteen convicts in No. 10 mine
near Tracy City, Tenn. escaped YES.
terday. There were twelve nesror.
and white man in the party. Some
of them were desperate character, and
in for long terms.
C. Young, of CrooksyilIc Ohio va,
shaking lime in bucket this morning
when the lime exploded, filling bis eve,
with the substance and, before relief
could be obtained, the sight of both
eyes was destroyed.
The defenders of Santa Ana in Rio
do Sui, Brazil, have received supplies
of arms and cartridges. This has re.
vived their spirits and they now have
greater confidence in resisting the
rebels. 1t is believed that the attack
will be made to-day.
The Tennessee legislative invest
eating committee reports a fearful con.
dition of affairs among the conyictsa a;
Coal Creek. They are in the mo.l
diseased and filthy condition and many
of them are so poorly fed that they
are starving to death.
If the 1000 switchmen employed on
the railroads entering Chicago should
go out on strike to-day the roads
would not, it is asserted, suiler more
than one day of serious Inconvenience
as enough men have been engaged 10
fill every place left vacant by the strik-
ers.
At Camden, n. j., this morning
Judge Garrison refused TO interfere in
the case of John Hill, the lS-year-oii
boy who is under sentence to be hanged
on April "A for the murder Of Joseph
Dodson. Judge Garrison said that his
crime deserved the extreme punish
ment.
A syndicate formed by r. A. l.ancai.
ter 6; Co., of New York, and John l..
Williams & Sons, Richmond, Va, ha'
just closed with Gov. Tillman, OF South
Carolina, for the purchase Of the bal'
ance of the new issue of $, 2D,OW I!
per cent. bonds made to retire Brown
consols due in July.
The Minneapolis city councilhas beer
republican by two majority, but las
night two republicans bolted, which
gave the democrats 4 majority, and
they Immediately ousted Preside.
Brazie and elected a democrat to sue.
coed him. Every city official drawing
a salary will be removed at once ania
democratic installed in his place.
A mortgage on the former house
and estate of John Randolph, Of R,s
noke, located near Randolph station
Charlotte county, Va, was signed to-
day by the present owner, Orlando
Hand, of Sag Harbor, IL. The mort
gage is given to secure debt of $2O'"
which Hand owes Mrs. Annie :. Rem
ington and Miss Elizabeth c. Merchant.
of West Redding, Conn.
An amendment to the Australian
ballot bill was yesterday introduced ID
the Kansas House. 1t prohibits iae
as election judges ofmein
beers of a party which had fused Win
party. The proposition WIS
carried by a vote of Sto 6 and the sen
ate concurred. The populi5ts support
ed the measure. The object OF 'he
is aimed at the democracy
James insolvency, one of the judge
of the democratic primary election j
Chicago, was last night attacked O' :
bowling mob of 400 excited democrats
who threatened to lynch him. It r.
quired ten policemen with drawn 's,
yolvers to get McSweeney to tue 20.
ton. The cause of the trouble was ia''
McSweeney refused to abide by the d''
cision of the other judges and began u