Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-06
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

1hdudluC lPOAuOiSSSj VI -'S' ,
was robbed of $1,000 worth of jewels
Monday night at Michigan avenue,
Chicago, boarding house. No arrests
have been made.
Secretary Smith, of the Interior De-
partment, has issued an order to the
Choctow authorities to prevent the eH-
ecution of the five Choctaws who were
TO be shot tomorrow.
Vice-President Stevenson will leave
Chicago for Buzzards Bay tonight TO
consult with the President over ques-
tions which may come up during the
special session of Congress.
The refusal of the Treasury Depart
ment to accept silver bullion at the
prices offered yesterday weakened ST.
yer at the New York stock exchange
to-day and decline to 10! took place.
Three negroes were arrested at Full
ton, KY, last night for the murder o.
the Ray girls near Bardwell. One Oh
the men was found to have bloody
knife and there was blood on one arm.
The oil town of Mcdonald, Pa, on
the Pan Handle road, narrowly escaped
destruction by fire early this morning.
Ten buildings, one of which was the
Baptist church, were burned. The es-
timated loss is $4,000.
Hundreds of the Texas cattle which
have been driven into Oklahoma from
the Cherokee strip by the soldiers are
dying of the Spanish fever, and farmers
along the line are greatly alarmed over
the prospects of their domestic cattle
becoming infected. Armed forces have
gone to the line to shoot any cattle that
may be driven over.
Rev. John T. James, of Virginia, who
smashed the whisky exhibit at the
Worlds fair on the Fourth of July act
ed so queerly that the justice allowed
the charge of disorderly conduct. He
then fined the reverend vandal $25. As
Mr.. james declared he would go to jail
and pose as martyr for demon drink,
the Judge RENTED the fine.
President Cleveland reached Gray
Gables at $50 o'clock last night, few
minutes before the beginning of the
most violent thunder, hail and wind
storm that has swept over Buzzards'
Bay for years. The President was in
good health and had greatly enjoyed
his fishing excursion. The President
is confined to his room. Secretary La
mont says Mr. Cleveland has an attack
of rheumatism in his foot and knee.
Prominent parties were engaged in
shooting affair in Richmond, Ind, last
night that has caused much excitement.
Rev. John Beaver, q well-known divine
and evangelist, who has been engaged
in religious work for many years, shot
four times at Thomas G. Gray. One
ball took effect in Gray's thigh and pro-
duced serious wound. The cause of
the trouble arose from jealousy of the
preacher about his wife.
Seymour the mind. reader, is Oh his way to
Chicago, where he is going to be buried alive
after the manner of the Indian magicians
who say they can suspend animation for any
period by swallowing their tongues and con-
trolling their heart and mind. Il wont come
back to earth until September "a" said MIR.
Seymour, "and am positive can do it,
Last nights thunder shower was very Sc
we're at Elizabeth, n J. Lightning struck
the Park Methodist Episcopal Church, de-
stroying the belfry and causing $4,000
damage. The members were holdings prayer
meeting in the lecture room at the time and
they were greatly frightened.
Among the failures to-day were the Ameri-
can Savings Bank, at Omaha; l.. c. Lock
& Co., Alma, Ark; Peter Traucht. Arlington,
Ohio; Bank of Sumas, Sumas, Wash: A. e.
Leighton, Ottumwa, Ia; Mobiles County Bank.
Worthington, Mimi and Puget Sound Nat
ional Bank, Everett, Wash
After several attempts to agree on gen.
eral reduction on Worlds Fair rates the
principal railroad lines of Cincinnati seem to
have decided to act separately. The Penn
sylyania line has taken the initiative in an
nouncing the first cheap excursion to Chicago.