Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The rioting that broke out in Bresiau
on Saturday night, has been renewed.
Ex-Governor James E. Campbell, OF
Ohio, says that he shall not be candi-
date for denomination.
james Gilbert, the dynamiter, recent
ly discharged from an English prison,
arrived in New York this morning.
The Plateau Valley, COL, sheep war
is probably over; the sheep men are
moving out of the valley, and what
promised to be serious conflict is thus
averted.
By an edict issued by the school COM
missioners yesterday all married teach
ers in the St. Louis public schools have
been dismissed. Nearly one hundred
teachers were let out.
No one was injured in the explosion
at the mine near Pittsburg yesterday.
The three missing men who were sup
posed to be entombed turned up last
evening. They had not gone into the
| mine.
A dispatch from Omaha quotes Mgr.
Satolli as saying in regard to the Pope's
pronunciamento recently issued: ut
is unequivecally an indosement OF
Archbishop Ireland and there can be
no quibbling about it,"
Mrs. ]. Il. Ford died at her home,
near Richmond, Mo-, yesterday from
blood poisoning, caused by rat bite
ten days ago. She was the mother of
/ the notorious Bob and Charley Ford,
who killed Jesse James.
The Manchester murder mystery of
Fall River is cleared by the confession
of Joseph Carrie-o. The lad has con-
fessed that he committed the murder in
self defense, being first attacked by
Bertha with an axe over dispute
about wages.
The will of Edwin Thomas Booth,
the actor, who died on June 7, was filed
in New York to-day. Mr.. Booth leaves
the bulk of his property to his daugh-
ter. The value of the personal estate
which the actor left is estimated to be
worth $500, ZOO.
The bodies of Tom Cordway and his
sister Pattrel, were found at the gate Of
their home, eight miles from Logans-
port, La, yesterday. 1t is supposed
some one called Cordway from his
house and shot him, and that his sister
rushing to his assistance was also shot.
An attempt was made to-day at Lo-
DEE, IS miles southwest of Warsaw, to
destroy the residence of julius Kunit-
ger, a well known manufacturer of that
place, in split of revenge for the
discharge of number of anarchists.
None of the inmates were hurt, how.
ever.
Daniel Lord, jr., of New York, aged
% years, who was visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
H. r. Mccormick, of Chicago, while
asleep last night, walked through the
fourth story window, and falling to the
stone court below, received such severe
injuries that he died at an early hour
this morning
The size of the hand of Joe Butler, Of
Philadelphia, who is billed to fight Jim
DAILY, of Buffalo, at the Coney Island
Athletic Club, Thursday night, is at
tracing much attention among sport
lag men. He has the biggest hand of
any pugilist living, measuring Ia inches
around the knuckles.
An attempt was made yesterday
morning by Mike H. Leitch, of Pull
man, Washn., to kill Robert S. Browne,
the president of the Moscow, Idaho,
National Bank. Leitch is indebted to
the bank and after talking with Browne
suddenly turned and fired through the
screen over the cashiers desk. The
bullet glanced over Brownies shoulder
hitting him in the neck.
Adrian & Vollers, wholesale groccrs
and liquor dealers, one of the oldest
business houses in Wilmington, n. c.,
have assigned with preferences. The
failure was precipitated by that of the
Bank of New Hanover. But few de-
positors are calling for money at the
Wilmington Savings and Trust Com
pany's banking house to-day, and some
of those who withdrew their money
yesterday have already returned it.
c. B. Jewell the Rock Island rain. maker,
has . scheme on hand now which is causing
the pOpuist administration in Kansas a great
deal of worry. He announced yesterday that
he proposed to convince the people that he
could bring down the rain and would go to
Chicago, and, during the Kansas week in Sep
tember flood the Worlds Fair with great
downpours. lie said if that would not sat
isfy the most stubborn, he did not know what
would.
BAPTIST STATIsTICs.-The Census
Bureau has issued an interesting publ
cation, giving the statistics of the Bap- |