Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Nlr. E9an, u. >. MINISTER 10 IlIll, mas
decided to resign and will not wait for
Mr.. Porter to arrive and relieve him.
The Duke of Newcastle was pas.
senger on the steamship Trave which
arrived at New York this morning,
The New York Hotel property was
sold at public auction to-day. The
property was knocked down TO Mrs.
Elmer ]. Jay for 81, 100000.
Receivers were to-day appointed in
Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania
Steel Company which has extensive
plants at Steelton, Pa, and SpGrrows
Point, Md. This has been caused it is
said, by the present unfortunate conf.
sion of the money market.
In the United States Court of Ap.
peals at st. Louis this morning deci.
on in the case of the Edison Electric
Light Company against the Columbia
Incandescant Lamp Company, was
given against the Edison Company and
in favor of the Incandescant Company.
Wednesday night Vandalia, His, was
visited by veritable waterspout ac'
companied by high wind which al
most assumed the proportions of a cy-
clone. The water was three feet deep
in houses and the occupants were taken
out by means of improyised RATS and
small boats.
At the New York sub-treasury this
morning 100000 in currency notes
were deposited against the withdrawal
of an equal amount of gold. Cashier
huffman has not received any word
from Washington TO make change in
the method for receiving payment for
gold.
James A. Harding, sheriff of st. John,
n. B., city and county, dropped dead
yesterday, aged "A. Deceased was
widely known as the man who brought
out the celebrated Paris four-oared
crewe, which gained its name from
going to Paris and defeating crew
there and afterward defeating the we'll
known Ward brothers.
The storm yesterday morning ragged
furiously, at Wyandottee, south of De-
troit, Mich. All the docks and boat
houses, which stood on the bank ofthe
river along the city's front, were more
or less damaged, most of the latter with
their contents being totally wrecked
The storm still continues and other
property is in danger of being ear
ried away. A large steam barge was
sighted yesterday morning but was
soon lost to view. She was headed for
the harbor, but it is not known wheth-
er she reached shelter from the storm
or not. Reports from the upper PENN,
sula show that a snow storm prevailed
there. Fifteen inches of snow has fal.
len and railroad traffic is impeded.
Throughout the fruit belt the ther-
mometer was in the thirties. Tbs
steamer Tuxbury left Toledo Wednes-
day evening with coal for the upper
lakes in tow of the steam barge Sawyer,
which also had the schooner Rediern
The boats were struck near the Turtle
light and the Tuxbury was quickly
swamped.
Professor 0akman sprague Ste.rns, d.
died in Boston yesterday, aged 10. He vs.
regarded as the leading authority OF the Tsp
fist denomination in the country on the o!'
Testament
At the annual meeting OF the STOCKHOLDERS
of the Pullman Palace Car Company in tA''
cago yesterday it was decided to increase Tue
capital stock twenty per cent
During a fire at Beaver Falls Pa, ing
morning two peEons were burned 10 dealt
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