Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-05
TELEGRApHIC BREVITIES.

the Amalgamated Association were put
on trial for riot at the Carnagie works.
The jury in the case of Wesley War
ner on trial for the murder of Lizzie
Peak, at Mount Holly, n. j., returned
a verdict of murder in the first degree.
1t is said that new opal field has
been discovered in Washington that
will rival in quality and quantity that
of the Moscow in Idaho. The field is
in Garfield county.
The courts in Chicago have decided
in favor of the Board of Trade in the
injunction suit brought by Edwin Par
bridge. There is apparently nothing
in the way now of discipline for put
and call trading.
1t is said by Senator Carlisle's friends
that if he makes the great Secretary OF
the Treasury they expect, he will have
achieved such a national reputation as
to be formidable candidate for the
presidency in 1896.
Authority has been granted to mort
gage the Cathedral property in Cincin-
natl, o., to secure loan of $62, 900 to
be applied to the payment of dlvl-
dend to the unfortunate creditors OF
the late Archbishop Purcell.
The announcement made in st. Paul
that Henry Willard has severed his con-
nection with the Northern Pacific rail-
road is regarded as evidence that he has
been offered place in Mr.. Cleveland's
Cabinet. 1t was well known that the
personal and political relations of Cleve-
land and Willard have been very init
mate.
DR.. F. J. Young, President of the
Board of Health of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
died while attending a banquet ut the
Danbury Medical Society at the Turner
House early this morning. He left the
banquet table for few minutes and
was found lying on the steps leading
from the room. He died III about five
minutes.
William C. Whitney announced in
New York this morning that he would
not be q member of President-elect
Cleveland's cabinent. That does not
mean that Il cabinet place has been Of
fered to you, does it," was asked. Mr..
Whitney hestitated for q moment and
then said "Well, no, not necessarily,
but have nothing to say except that |
will not be member"
Last Saturday Charles O'Neill took
his mother, 100 years Of age, and her
husband from the county amshouse Of
Lancaster, Pa, intending to have them
accompany him to his home in VIII
mington, Del. He left them at the
Pennsylvania depot, and it was believed
he had deserted the couple. To-day it
was learned that a man killed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Christiana
last Saturday night was the missing son
for whose appearance the old folks are
still waiting.
James Samuels, brother of Giles Sam
ucls, of Dubuque, Iowa, was for twcn-
ty-six years considered dead He has
been found in the Soldiers Homo in
Grant county, Indiana. He was Il
member of the iilibustering expedition
against Cuba in 1868 and received a
wound in the head, which dethroned
his reason. He was reported dead, but
finally got well, having escaped the
massacre of the crew of the Virginius
which followed its capture. For over
twenty years he has wandered aboutin
a dazed condition, and it was only by
an accident that he was found. He
will be taken to Dubuque and cared for
by his friends.
Dr. Charles Selden, a native of Virginia,
now practfcing his profession in New York.
was beaten and robbed of $500 and gold
watch in that city Tuesday night. The doc
tor, it seems, had been celebrating the festive
season in company with 4 strange young man.
The two were in y hack together, and after
having robbed the doctor, the stranger es-
capped. In the struggle with the thief the
glass in the hack Was smashed, and the hack
man had Doctor Selden arrested. He was re-
leased on bail.
At the Sherman Hospital in Elgin, ILL.,, this
morning, occurred the death Of NJ. NJ Jones,
who was stabbed December 10th at Hamp-
shire, in an amateur play by Miss Rosa
Schultz Both Of the principals were school
teacher, and highly respected. Miss Schultz
has been i'll since the affair and is now COM
pletely Frustrated.
The livery stable OF NJ. C. B. Langley in
Cambridge, Mass, was destroyed this morn
ing and IS of the 10 horses in the building
were burned to DEATH Louis 7. Taylor one
of the employees, was kicked in the head by
horse while trying to get the animals out.
He was dragged from the burning building
but life was extinct.
No new cases Of typhus fever were reported
at the offices of the New York health board |
this morning. There were three deaths dur
ing the morning among the patients ON North
Brother Island. DR.. Roberts said this morn
ing that he believed the disease to be now I'M
der control.
John Ruskin the celebrated writer on art,