Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-08

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Company at Akron, O., was entered
last night and the safe riaed of $4,000.
In Chicago last night Henry Weber
OF Philadelphia, was robbed of 81, 500
by two women. While one of them
Was talking to him the other cut hi,
wallet from the inside pocket OF his
coat.
Mrs. Halliday, the woman charged
with the murder of her husband, Paul
Halliday, and the two McQuillan wo-
men, from Newburgh, at Birmingham
y. Y, were this morning committed to
the county Jail.
AT the last moment Gov. Stone has
interfered to prevent the execution at
st. Louis to-day of Harry Duncan for
the murder of policeman Brady three
years ago. The Supreme Court of the
United States will review the case.
A notice has been posted at the Car.
negie Steel Works that all departments
of The works. in DIquesue will be put
in operation next Monday. Two
thousand men will be given employ.
ment, some at a reduction in wages.
Mrs. Caroline Tegan, a German wo.
man, died yesterday morning, in St.
Louis, of selfimposed starvation. For
81 days nothing but a glass of lemon
ade had passed her lips. Broodiug
over domestic troubles unsettled her
reason.
A passenger train and freight train
on the Rock Island road collided near
Albright, 8 miles from Omaha, Neb..
yesterday, completely wrecking both
engines and reducing to kindling wood
the mail and baggage cars and the
smoker, besides dozen box cars Half
dozen people were more or less hurt.
Yesterday James O'Neal and wife,
colored, living six miles from Yer
sailles, KY, went away from home and
left John Banks in charge offour young
children. During the night the house
cught fire, and the four children were
b irned to crisp. Banks was painful
ly burned and saved his life by jump
ing from second story window.
For protecting her honor against the com.
mands of husband Mrs Margaret Anderson
domestic servant in New York had her face
cut and slashed with a pcnknifc last night,
disfiguring her for life To-day the woman
appeared in Jefferson Market Police Court.
Her husband, she said, had ordered her To
walk the streets TO rob men of their money,
while he would follow, watch and take the
money from her. All this she refused TO do
and left him. He found her and on her re-
fusal to return to him he thus assaulted her
woman who registered at a Chicago hotel
last hight as Mrs. Hastings but whose real
name seems to have been Pepper, shot and
killed herself Shortly afterward. The man
who accompanied her and pretended TO be her
husband was not at the hotel at the time of
the suicide The woman was from New
York.
The fertile valley along the Raysto@n
branch extending from Bedford county, Pa,
and including the whole southern section of
that county, was visited by a violent wind
and hail-storm last night. The hailstones.
which were unusually large, destroyed nearly
the entire fruit crop.
Richard NJ Hooley, the veteran theatrical
manager, is dying in Chicago. Late lest
night it was not expected that he would live
until morning J. H. McYicar, another vet
Gran manager, is said to be seriously ILL.,
While training this morning at the race
track at Gloucester, n. j., Jockey Houben's
horse stopped suddenly, throwing him oil.
He was instantly killed
The wages Of the two thousand employees
at the Pcncoyd Iron Works, Philadcpha,
will be reduced ten per cent, beginning on
the 18th instant
A special from Wlbcrton, l. T.. says that
the execution of the condemned Choctaws
will take place today aud ihata riot may
otcur.