Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Colburn House, large frame
hotel at Seaford, Del, was burned early
this morning with the livery stable.
About 2 o'clock this morning ten
prisoners confined in the jail at Marion,
Ind, sawed the bars of their cells and
escaped.
The American Catholics is the name
of a new sect founded at Hazleton, Pa.
The doctrines of the new church have
no relation with the Roman Catholic
Church dignitaries outside OF the Pope.
The new tariff reducing from rs cents
to 40 cents ton the duty on iron ore,
saved to the Pennsylvania Steel Co., at
Baltimore, Nd. $14, 200 on quantity
of ore which it had stored at Sparrow's
Point.
At Il o'clock this afternoon letter
carrier started on his bicycle from Chi
cago, carrying a letter to the postmas-
ter of New York. His trip is to dem
ors!rate the practicability of the bicycle
in mail delivery.
Two men entered the picture-frame
factory of S. Franklin in Chicago yes
terday during the absence of the pro-
prietor and held up the office boy at
the point of revolvers. They secured
81, 100 and made their escape.
Mrs. Johanna Hoffman, Sc years old,
was murdered about l o'clock this
morning in New York by German Ia
borer named Carl Feigenhan, who had
boarded with her for three days. No
cause is known for the tragedy.
1t has just leaked out in Boston that
John ]. Collins, legal associate of Gen.
P. A. Collins, American consul at Lon
don, is at present filling the vice con-
sulship, having succeeded Pierre J..
Grace, who went over in that capacity
with Gen. Collins.
Crawford, Sheppard and Hodges,
candidates before the democratic con-
gressional convention of the fourth
Texas district withdrew their names
last night after $500 ballots had been
taken. David B. Culberson, the pre-
mt incumbent was then renominated
hy reclamation.
Leigh and Rose, the well-known
horse owners. disposed of their stock
at auction in the paddock at Sleeps
head Buy race track to-day. Messrs.
Leigh and Rose recently had some dis
agreement over the conduct of their
affairs and they decided to dissolve
partnership, hence the sale to-day.
Jacob Frahm, one of the wealthiest
farmers in Nebraska, was placed in Jail
at Chapel yesterday for the alleged
murder of his wife, and all day the Jail
was threatened by mob. Two months
ago Mrs. Frahm disappeared. The
husband said she was visiting relatives
in the East. Yesterday hogs uncovered
grave in the woods near the Frahm
home in which the woman's body was
found badly mutilated.
large and dangerous band of counterfeit
ers has been run down and broken up by the
United States secret service detectives. The
headquarters of the band was at Bodcsn, Ne
vada county, Ark, and the organization was
composed of about twenty men, ton of whom
have been arrested and are now in Jail.
Cardinal Gibbons was seen at his residence
in Baltimore to-day in reference to his pro-
jected visit to Rome. The Cardinal has not
as yet decided when he will leave nor the
length of time he will probably be absent.
J. L. Bay has been arrested at Memphis,
Tenn, and will be taken to Little Rock to
answer four indictments charging him with
III larceny of 100000 of State scrip.
CLANCY Matthews. negress, ITO years of
age, died at Little Rock, Ark, yesterday. She
WAS born in Perry county, Alabama.
ADUEDTICINC ND EvrODV