Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-27
TELEGRAPHIC .REYITIES.

Yesterday morning fire destroyed the
Wimberly and Phillips building at
Tyler, Tex, and badly wrecked sew
eral buildings adjoining The total
loss will reach 100000.
Governor Markham's approval of the
parole bill will release from the Cali
fornia State prisons over 1000 convicts.
Many of the convicts who may be pa
rolled are desperate criminals.
John 81. Inman has purchased
twenty-five thousand shares of the
stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company, paying therefor s625,O00.
This gives Mr.. Inman control of the
company.
The Elm Park Methodist Episcopal
Church at Scranton, Pa, which was
partially destroyed by fire December 3,
last, at a loss of 100000, and which
had been almost reconstructed was
again burned this morning.
The Chicago & Northwestern Sioux
City & Pacific, and Fremont, Elk Horn
and Missouri Valley railroads have be-
gun war against the Order of Rail-
way Photographers. 1t is also said the
Western Union Company is pursuing
the same tactics in Sioux City.
The French Senate to-day elected NJ
Challemel Lacour, the well-known
writer and Senator from Boucher-Du-
Rhone, president of the Senate in place
of Jules Ferry, deceased. The election
is very satisfactory to President Carnot
and the supporters of the government.
Rev. DR.. Richard l.. Ganter, rector
of st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
church, at Akron, Ohio, died this morn
ing. He had been for twenty-three
years rector Of st, paul's church and
had long been one of the most promi-
nent clergymen of the Episcopal church
in the West.
Near Ironville, KY, yesterday; Dick
Crowder shot and instantly killed
James Member and wounded John
Harp so badly that death resulted a
few hours after. The men were inter-
ested in a still which was being con-
Quoted on the sly and quarreled over q
business transaction.
White Caps attacked the negro quar-
tiers at S. H. Bassett's plantation, near
Fort Valley, Ca, Saturday night, and
the inmates fled, when several of the
negroes nearby opened fire on the in
truders and shot two of them dead in
their tracks. The others fled precipi-
lately. The coroner's verdict was jus.
tifable homicide.
The month of March will go down
in criminal annals in st. Louis as pro-
ductive of more homicides than any
similar length of time has furnished
since the frontier days. Thirteen per-
sons have met violent deaths at the
hands of beings since the ilrst
inst. For these thirteen capital offenses
the police have in custody ten persons.
The Chinese Six Companies in San Fran
cisco have prepared proclamation, urging ali
their members to resist arrest on May 9Th by
force of arms The proclamation declares
that such resistance will create so great a SEN
sation among lovers of fair play in America
that the work Of deportiug Chinese under the
provisions Of the Gsary law will be stopped
until the matter can be pas sed upon by Inc
United States Supreme Court.
William Kisncr, retired school teacher
committed suicide yesterday afternoon in the
village Of ncthel, n. ]. 1t is said that some
months ago one OF his daughters brought dis
grace upon the family and that the man had
never been in his right mind since.
The steamboat Minnie Carncli was burned
to the waters edge at midnight last night at
Keyport, n. J. She was valued at about
$4,000 ana was fully insured.
In New York to-day tho twelfth juror was
secured in the case OF Dir. Buchanan, who is
on trial charged with having poisoned his
wife,
Two more Nashville, Tenn, banks have
failed There is great excitement in that city
to-day.