The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-01-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREVETIES.

CHICAGO, Jan 5-Four of the twenty
iremen burned by the natural gas explo-
sion at The Donahue & Henne berry build
ing yesterday will probably die from
their injuries.
DENIsoN, Texas james and Will
Nevius and Jack Langdon, all cowboys,
had fight with Winchesters and six
shooters at Three heart" ranch, in the
Choctaw nation yesterday. Will Nevins
and Langdon were killed and Jas. Nevins
fatally wounded.
LINCOLN, Neb.. JAM 5.-The Nebraska
house Of representatives. is ready to Can
vass the vote Of the state officers and can
do nothing until that order of business
is finished. The senate remains In
dead lock, and it is impossible to tell
when the vote can be canvassed.
PARIS The minister of the inferior,
Loubet, has obtained the consent of his
colleague in the cabinet to the adoption
of special measures for preservation of
order on the occasion of the demonstra-
tion which the socialists propose to hold
on tbs 10 of Jannorv.
CHICAGO, jar :. Striking telegraph
ers, on the Roc, u I'D Railroad, have
thrown . their H. Js aud admitted that
they are thoroughly beaten in the fight.
The strike was officially declared of by
Past Grand Chief Thurston of the order
of Railroad Telegrapers at 10 o'clock to-
day.
PARIS -Blondin, now clerk for Cree it
Lyonnais, but formerly in the employ of
the Panama canal company, was arrested
Yesterday by order of the examining
magistrate upon a charge that he had
distributed the funds of the canal com
pany in a corrupt manner.
PITTsBURG, Pa.-A big fire is raging
on Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth streets. The Westinghouse
machine shops, Keeches furnishing
house, ana tobacco manufsctOry, all
large buildings, are burning and the
fl .mes are still spreading. The loss will
be heavy.
AUGUSTA, Ga-J B. White, one of the
leading merchants of Georgia, purchased
to- day about 100 feet front on Broad
street, the property including that occu
pied by the Chronicle at the time OF the
big fire here He will build the most
elaborate and improved theatre in the
south.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala-At Atlanta, shortly
after midnight last night, the Queen and
Crescent southbound limited express was
wrecked, every car except the real
sleeper leaving the track. The passen
gers we're badly shaken up. but no ont
was seriously hurt as the train was slow
ing up for the station when the mishaI
occurred. Some malicious person hae
wrapped a log chain about the rails TO
the evident purpose of wrecking tn
train and the wonder is that nobody " u
killed
ATLANTA, Ga.-E ections of count,
officers were held throughout Georgi
,, vest. I'd y and In some cases party feeling
j. between democrats and third party peo
! PIE ran high. Several small fights ar
reported with more or less sensations
details, but the most trouble was at Mil
, ner's store, near Fayetteville, at tha
{ place Webster Cox, populist, was kllle
by w. s. Miner Both parties bore re
putstions of being respectable citizen
q and belong to families of prominence
, the community
e WASHINGTON, D. C.-Surgeon Wi
b liams reports to Surgeon Wyman, fror
. Helena, Ark, that after examining int
the causes Of the suspicious disease whic
!, recently appeared among the convicts
O the state prison he finds it due to impe1
!, feet sanitary arrangements. 1t appear
e from the re port that gross negligence
e the part of the authorities in that respe'
d may be justly charged. No steps seen
to have been taken to remove the caus
= ! which produce diseases.