Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREVI1'IES.


house of Lazard Freres, and member
of the New York stock exchange, died
to-day.
Abicl Abbott Low, leading citizen
of Brooklyn, n. Y, and father of Seth
Low, ex-mayor of that city, died this
morning.
Thieves broke into the cleak's Of
fee in the Tombs in New York last
night, and made an unsuccessful at
4empt to blow open the safe.
Oliver NJ. Sheldon, at one time one
of the foremost men of Illinois and the
confidential friend of Abraham Lin
coin, died last night at his home in
Chicago.
The last spike of the Great North
ern Railroad giving a complete line
from st. Paul to Seattle was driven
yesterday, and one thousand men have
been dismissed.
The British steamer Elton, from
Barcelona, Spain. arrived at the Della
ware breakwater last night. This
morning she showed signals of one case
of smallpox on board.
Small pox has made its appearance
among the natives of Sitka, Alaska.
The white settlers are thourghly
aroused to the gravity of the situation
and are making every effort to put
down the epidemic.
The crew of the pilot boat Edward
Cooper, of New York, which was lost
on December 23 about 40 miles from
Sandy Hook, were rescued by the
steamer La CAMPING and landed at
New York this morning.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court
has sustained the decision of the Allie
CLANCY court which granted an in
junction against the striking Pittsburg
printers, restraining them from annoy
ing and intimidating the workmen en-
ployed by the employing printers.
1t is well understood that all the
great iron pipe companies OF the coun-
try have combined, and will be operat-
ed as one company. All of the inn
mense plants of the land, including
those at Addyston, Chicago. st. Louis,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Admission and Gin
cinnati have signed the agreement.
New interest was given the Senate
rial situation by the combination of
democrats and republicans in organic
ing the upper house of the Nebraska
Legislature. 1t amounts to notice
that the man who Is elected must be
one on whom the anti-monopoly clc-
mcnts of all parties can unite.
Three persons were killed and sew
cral badly injured in q natural gas ex-
plosion in house in Pittsburg, Pa, to-
day. The neighhorhood was shaken
by the terrific explosion. The few per-
sons on the street saw the house tot
ter for a moment then the roof fell in
followed by the right wall. A man,
his wife and child, who were asleep in
the house, were crushed to death.
An opera, the music composed and written
by colorcd man, and the cast to include
only colorei people, will be one of tue at
fractions of the Worlds Fair The opera will
be new version of Uncle Toms Cabin"
It's composer is Will NJ Cook, who has made
the most of advantageous studies in Berlin
and has now won high honors there for re-
markable exhibitions of musical talent.
II is announced on good authority that
very Rev. T. S. Chatard, Bishop of Yincennes,
Ind. had been selected by the Pope TO act as
coadjutor to Archbishop Kenrick of the st.
Louis diocese Also that Father P. p. Brady,
vicar general of that diocese, viii be elevated
to y bishQpFic and transferred to Vinccnnes,
James Donlon, aged IS years, employed i'll
the Newark chemical works near Passaic
bridge was instantly killed this morning by
falling into a shaft at the works.
The smallpox scare at Homewood, Pa, has
dwindlcd into fake caused by the excited
Imagination of a few Of the residents of that
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