Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-25
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIEs.

ment this morning. At nearly all the
banks there were depositors drawing
out their money.
At Clarence creek, Russell county,
Ont, today, lightning struck the house
of ]. B. Landry, killing his two daugh-
tiers aged is and 10 year,. Mrs. Ian
dry was struck but not seriously hurt.
The swell from steamer upset row
boat last evening near Point View Is
and, Long Island Sound. There We're
three men in the boat 1T the time, and
they were thrown into the water and
two of them drowned.
Last night the dead body of Cora
Wheeler, aged II years, was found in
vacant lot in Buffalo. There were no
signs of foul play and the coroner
thinks the girl was taken i'll and sat
down in the grass to rest.
The Vermont marble company, near
Rutland, W., has notified the men that
wages will be reduced fifteen per cent.
on August l. The company is the
largest marble concern in the world
and employs about 1000 men,
Over 500 negroes have arrived at
Weir City, Kas., from the South and are
installed within the stockades. All are
armed and are being put through
drill. There were six carloads of the
negroes.
Eugene D. Perry, a half-witted young
man, is under arrest at Saratoga, n. Y,
for committing an unnatural crime on
the person of Ellsworth Vines, five
year-old son of W. E. Vines, and was
committed for examination when the
child's condition will allow.
Two hundred Italians, Austrians and
colored men were shipped from Pueblo,
Col, last night to Weir City, Kas., for
the purpose Of taking the places of the
striking miners. Many OF these men
are desperate characters, and if they
are attacked they will undoubtedly
fight.
At $50 this mornings West Pennsyl.
vania Railroad passenger train, consist
ing of an engine and three coaches,
crashed into the rear of freight train
near Pine Creek, three miles outside OF
Pittsburg. Three persons are reported
badly hurt. Names ofthe persons have
not yet been ascertained.
Among the failures reported to-day are the
Merchants National Bank of Louisville, Ky.
the Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insurance
Company Bank of Milwaukee the Indianapo.
lis National Bank; the Taylor County Bank
of Medford, Wis; the Bank Of Commerce OF
indianapolis, Ind; the Louisville, Ky, De-
post Bank the G. B. Hodgeman Manufactur
ing Company of Toledo, Ohio Ripley < Bron
son, iron merchants, st. Louis; Parkhurst x
Wilkinson, iron merchants. Chicago the
Fourth National Bank of Louisville, KY and
the Farmers National Bank, of Findlay, Ohio.
Sam Newton and William Crouch filed
themselves with whisky which was sold on
the outside of the inclosure of the High
Bridge camp meeting near Nicholasville, KY.
and when they met last night Crouch fired
one shot fled, and was shot by Newton aud
killed while running away.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand d'Este, who
will presumably be the successor to the pre-.
sent Emperor of Austria, and King of Hun
gary, will land at San Francisco about the
middle of Augu:t and after short stop Will go
to Chicago to see the Worlds Fair.
Marshal Alexander Hamill, of Ashtabut.
Ohio, was shot this morning by two burglars
whom he was pursuing. Hamil had chased
the burglars some distance when they fired
upon him. His wounds are said 70 be fatal