Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

kinds are suffering.
The factory of the Pacific Mail works
at Oakland, Gala, was burned yestel-
day, entailing loss of 100000.
Mrs. Walter 7. Fellowes died at New
Haven, Conn.,, at midnight. She was
1O1 years old and the oldest person in
the State.
Rev. Jarvis Newman was conse-
Grated in Winnipeg, Man., yesterday as
Bishop of Moosonee to succeed the late
Bishop Horden.
Gallaghers, the Trixy Cigar Com
pany, and the Loomis factory, leading
cigar manufacturing concerns of New
Haven, Conn.,, shut down to-day. The
cigar business has been unusually dull
there for Several months.
A notice has been posted by the
New York Central Railroad an
nouncing that after to-day the time OF
labor of all machinists, car repairers
and yardmen would be reduced three
hours day, with corresponding re-
duction in pay.
Samuel Matthews, employed as fire
man for the Chicago Illuminating Com
pany, last night while turning the valve
with one hand laid the other hand care
lessly on the dynamo brush. At that
moment 1900 volts passed through his
body, killing him almost instantly.
While a big herd of cattle was cross
ing the bridge over the Brazoria river
at Richmond, Tex, yesterday, the
structure collapsed, carrying with it
two hundred head OF cattle, twenty
horses and two negroes. The negroes
were killed as well as many head of
the stock.
Regarding dispatch from Chicago
that the banks of that city intended to
make mandatory drafts on New York
banks, the president of one Of the
largest financial institutions in New
York said to-day: "Such talk is alb
surd. Nothing of the sort has been or
will be DONE"
Two prominent young men of San
Juan Baptista, Mex, Aureio Amore
and Jesus Sugo, who had a quarrel over
trivial business matter, fought duel
with pistols on the street yesterday.
Both were killed and the father of Sugo
was seriously wounded while attempt
ing to stop the affair.
A young man going under the name
of John Knight committed suicide Sat
urday night in the Las Animas, Col,
Council chamber by taking morphine.
From letters found on his person it is
believed that he had been in some
scrape in this country or London and
was n fugitive under this assumed
name.
1t is said in London that should the
Valkyrie not win the Americas cup
this year there will likely be n chal-
lenge for ii in 1894 The statement is
made that an order has been placed
with designer Watson for 80 footer,
and the Scotchman has been given free
hand to get up the fastest yacht that
he can.
A special from London says that on
Friday, Lord Roseberry said to friend
that England was nearer q war with
France week ago to-day than at any
time since Waterloo From the facts
that are gradually coming out Eng
lishmen are learning with alarm how
slender is the thread by which the
sword is held over Europe.
A horse attached to carriage in
which were o. Newstrom ard child
and Mrs. z. p. Clouse and Mrs. J. P.
Nordstrom became frightened yester-
day morning and dashed upon the rail
road track near Dellwood, MINI. The
carriage was struck by passing freight
train and the occupants with the ex-
ception of the child were all instantly
killed.
The damage to tobacco from hail yes
terday in Lancaster and York counties,
Pa, is much worse than first reports in
dicated. Hundreds of acres of tobacco
were completely riddled and in many
instances will be plowed under as fer
tilizer. The barns of Frank Hiestand
and Charles Mowery, in Lancaster
were struck by lightning and
burned with the crops and other farm
ing implements.
The quarterly returns from the cor
porations in Fall River, Mass, show
that business has been in a pros
porous condition. Thirty-one corpora
tions, representing SIS, 100000 in CAPT
tai stock, have paid out in dividends
S2l4 $50, an average of 30 per cent.
Most of the mills having large contracts
them before August, and it
has since been impossible to renew
them at advantageous figures.
The looting of the Pacific Bank of
San Francisco by the sons of DIR. r. Fl.
Mcdonald has caused a sensation