Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITIES.


Cholera has made its appearance
again in st. Petersburg, and it is
known that fatal cases are of daily oc-
currence.
A dispatch from Valparaiso, says
! Domingo Cana has been nominated
Gillian minister to tie Uni: ed States
in the place OF Blest Cana.
The wholesale sash, door and blind
manufacturers of Chicago have an
nounced another 5 per cent. advance in
prices, to take effect next Monday.
By the sinking of canal boat at the
foot of 9th street, New York, this
morning, Joseph Williams, one Of the
crew and Mabel Carman, the infant
daughter of the captain, were drowned.
The steamer Chester, which arrived
at New York yesterday, reports having
pa .sed ships boat capsized. The
White Star Company say it was pos
sible the boat belonged to the Marc mic.
There was great excitement in whis-
ky trust circles, in Cincinnati, yesterday
c.used by the drop in whisky trust
stock, Some of the holders say that a
receiver will be asked for and the af-
fairs OF the trust closed.
The French Chamber Of Deputies to-
day decided to retain the liquor law
amendment bill as part OF the budget,
although the government is opposed to
the amendment. 1t is understood that
the cabinet will resign.
The College Point ferry boat F. P.
James, was sunk at 6:35 o'clock this
morning in Pot Cove, off the Astoria
shore, at He'll Gaze, n. Y, after col
lision with the tugboat Dayspring.
Eight horses were drowned.
Captain Duit, of the steamship Zaan-
dam, which arrived at Baltimore to-
day, reports that fourteen miles E. n.
z. from Winter Quarter Shoal he pass
ed the wreck of schooner, three masts
above water, which is dangerous to
navigation.
John L. Sullivan, who is playing in
New Orleans, weighs 252 pounds and
is not in good health. Yesterday he
said he always believed that heart dis
case is to be his ending, Sullivan now
denies that he ever said that Mitchell
would whip Corbett.
The British ship Templemore, which
recently sailed with five other ships
from San Francisco in race to Cork,
Ireland, was crushed between two ice
bergs north of the Falkland Islands on
March 9. The captain, his wife and
the crew were rescued, but the vessel
was lost.
Daniel Sweerenger, q wealthy stock
breeder of Cherry Fork, Ohio, left his
home Monday morning with a large
sum of money for the purpose of buy
ing some stock: His body was found
yesterday in dense wood with his
skull crushed and his throat cut from
ear to ear. His money, watch and jew
elry were gone and some valuable pa
pers were missing.
The president of San Domingo on
March II, visited the French bank at
San Domingo City, broke into the safe
and took G2,000 dollars in cash. He
attempted to leave for Monte Christi,
but was prevented by two French men,
of-war who demanded reparatiou and
indemnity of one hundred thousand
dollars. The United States steamer
Kearsarge was in port at the time.
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio says: The
Forest City Varnish Works are in fan e'. Il
is reported that two men were burned t. death,
and several mo7c injured.
Mike Chambers in Jail at Sacramento, Cal,
has confessed he is the man who murdered
Fred Fetterman some months ago at Hunts
vile. Tenn