Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIPS

burg, arrived at Baltimore last niob,
with the German governments EXHIBIT
for the Worlds fair.
A special from Moscow, Idaho. brjpgs
the information that the majority .,
the Indians on the Ncz Perces reserv..
ton have signed the agreement for Tho
opening of the reservation.
The Harvard and Yale colleges boat
clubs have combined and sent a cbal,
lenge to the winner of the Oxford Cam.
bridge race, TO come to this country 10
participate in an international race.
The conservatives in the British Par
lament have unanimously decided Ia
move, as an amendment to the motio,
for the second reading of the home rul.
bill, that it be read six months hence
Ex-President Harrison says there !.
no truth in the published report thar
he would write book, and that thu
probable foundation for the report i,
that he is making some memorands
for his own private use that will make
clear certain affairs of State that hay,
arisen during the four years he wa,
President.
Mrs. Eva Southerd, OF Wautagh l..
l., committed suicide by shooting her.
self in the presence of her husband
yesterday morning When she return.
ed home yesterday morning her hns.
band upbraided her for staying out all
night at church rehearsal, when sud.
denly she took a revolver from ba.
reau drawer, placed it to her temple
and fired the fatal shot.
O. X. Burbon, 60 years old, who wa.
connected with the lighthouse depart.
ment at Tomkinsville, S. l., committed
suicide last evening by inhaling gas.
During the civil war he fitted out at his
own expense three vessels, two OF
which he presented to the government.
He took command of the third one him.
self. No reason can be assigned for
Burbon taking his own life.
Mary Montgomery, domestic in the
employ of Thos. w Corner, in Pull.
man, Ill.,, was brutally outraged and
murdered by burglar about three
o'clock this morning. 1t is believed
the that thief first chloroformed the girl
then assaulted her, and finally, in order
to stihc her cries, choked her to death
After committing the murder the thief
walked out of the window through
which he had gained an entrance and
made his escape.
Matt Kelly, a well-known politician,
was shot and probably fatally wounded
by Mrs. Mary Frush yesterday at st.
Louis. The woman for many years was
Kelty's mistress. Kelly and the WON.
an separated about two years ago and
she married Harry Frush, a business
man there. Last August Frush lefthcT
on account of her unfathful conduct.
She then carried on dressmaking es-
Enlistment. Kelly resumed his former
relations with her and the couple had
many quarrels. Yesterday afternoon
Kelly visited the woman's apartments
and after a violent quarrel she shot him.
Captain Thurber Brazier, command
ing the battalion State Fcncible5 Phil
adelphia, to-day forwarded to Gen
Dechert of the First brigade, four spe-
cifc charges against Lieut.. Col. Streat-
or, of the 10th Regiment, because Of
tho latter's alleged improper conduct at
Washington last Saturday. The charges
are: First, conduct unbecoming an Of.
ticer and gentleman second, drunk.
enness; third, assault on an officer.
and fourth, melting Il riot. Lieut. Col.
Streator is the officer who ordered Pr
vate Iams strung up by the thumbs at
Homestead last summer.
Ephram Young, a director of the defund
Spring Garden National Bank OF Phi!4iel'
pha, was found guilty in the United States
District Court this morning Of conspiracy
with President Kennedy and the cashier and
with embczzling the funds Of the corporation
Peter Turncy. the bcd-ridden goycnofd
Tennessee, is hardly expected to i've more
than two weeks longer. Governor Iamey
was inaugur,ted in sick bed in January lA'i
He has had severe relapse and the general
belief is he will never go to the capitol.
The Toledo and Ann Arbor railroad eng
nccrs and frcmcn went out on . strike tbs
morning. Reports from all divisions SHOW
that all the men are out and that everything
is tied up. There is a probability that Tue
strike will extend to other roads.
20 CASES this years pack RED ElPh