Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITiES.


The suspension of the st. Paul ant
Minneapolis Trust Company was an
nounced last night.
The Bedford, Ind, Stone Quarry Co.
the largest producers of limestone il
the world, made an assignment ycster
day.
Edmond Paul, n distinguished Hal
tien statesman, died at Kingston, ia
maica, of progressive anaemia Sunday
last.
The mine owners of southeastern
Kansas have decided to either keep th,
mines closed until the strike is declared
of or import miners from other local.
ties.
The Rev. D. c. John, D. D., pastor
of the Wauwatosa, Wis, Methodist
Episcopal Church has accepted the
presidency of the Clark University al
Atlanta, Ga.
Thos. Lloyd, well-known citizen O.
Keba, H., was shot and instantly kill
ed last night by Amelia Evans, who
claimed he had traduced her. The
woman was accompanied by her hus
band,
The Paraguayan Commissioner Gen
eral at the Chicago fair has closed the
Paraguay pavilion and threatens to re-
move every article contributed by hi:
government to that fair and go home
if an apology is not made him for his
arrest recently for knocking down q
guard who he claims unwarrantedly at.
tempted to arrest him.
John Sontag, the bandit, is lying in o
precarious condition at Fresno, Cal
His pulse is very high. His jaws are
set and he is delirious and moaning.
The man is threatened with lock.aw
from blood poisoning. His chances for
recovery are very slight. His mother
is with him. She has not been told
that her son George was shot at Tolson.
Three convicts were killed, one OF
two fatally wounded and several 9th
ers more or less badly hurt in battle
Yesterday between the authorities OF
Folsom, CAL, and fugitive convicts.
Not an officer or guard was hurt though
several of them were compelled to fight
from the open ground. The battle was
brought on by an attempt on the part
of the convicts to make their escape.
a fire, insignificant in its financial
loss, at Saginaw, Mich, wiped out an
entire family, with single exception
last night. Catherine Neumann and
four children, occupied the second
floor of two-story frame building.
Mrs. Neumann was fatally burned and
three of her children were smothered
by the smoke and flames. The only
person in the building saved was Alma
Neuman, aged II, who was taken out,
having sustained only slight injuries.
Argument on the liability of the
Southwestern Railroad was continued
at Savannah, Ga, this morning and at
its conclusion Justice Jackson announc-
ed his decree of sale of the Central
Railroad properties. The companies
he held, were jointly liable on the tri-
partite mortgage, the Southwestern for
one. third and from the Macon to At
lanta for two-thirds. The receiver was
ordered to give up all leased lines not
earning more than operating expenses
Placing in jeopardy fortune ofup'
wards of million dollars, Miss Blanche
Culbertson, the beautiful daughter Of
the late w. S. Culbertson, of New
Albany, KY, has followed the dictates
of her heart and entreaties of her lover
and was yesterday united in marriage
to Mr.. Leigh Hill French, of Minneap.
oils. Miss Culbertson's father died re.
Gently, and in his will was a codicil by
which his daughter was disinherited il
she married Mr.. French within period
of ten years from the time of his death
Daniel ]. Kelly, of Scranton, Pa, late chair
man of the democratic city committee, a stee1
works weighmaster, while at work this morn
ing was knocked against some red-hot rails
which burned his flesh to the bone. His in
iuries will likely prove fatal.
Mrs, Charles Eugle, 62 years old, while
picking cherries at Scranton, Pa. this morn
ing fell from q trco. She was impailed upor
picket fence and death resulted quickly.
Mrs. Ellen Pollock received ver
diet for S37 500 in the Court of Com,