Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-02
TELEGRAPHIC BRETITIES.

ahuTeW JACKSON, OF Snerrll, ARK,
was shot and killed by his wife yester-
day during quarrel
Tom Underwood, the negro who muir
dered Mr.. Morgan on Thursday, was
caught late last night near Wilmot,
La, and lynched.
The Illinois Central Railroad yesier-
day abandoned several passenger trains,
way freight and fast meat train on
account OF the scacity of coal. Facto-
ries in Sioux City have commenced
mixing corn with coal for fuel.
Col.W f. Steyans, a prominent citizen
of Moline, ILL.,, was convicted yesterday
Of criminal assault on Belgian woman.
The penalty was fixed at one year in
the penitentiary. He has heretofore
been regarte j as shining light of mo-
rality.
Masked burglars visited the home OF
he Misses Kate and Lizzie Fox, near
Bridgeton. y. J., at midnight last night
and forced them to give up fifty dollars.
then bound them hand and foot and
compelled them to reveal that $500
was hidden il the wagon house.
Sumner 4. Furniss. young colored
medical student in Indianapolis who,
in the competitive internal examipa-
ton. stood highest and therefore earned
his choice of positions in the City Hos
pital. was installed in his position yes
terday. There is q revival OF color line
prejudice and some expectation Of
trouble.
c. W. James, dancing master, who
was arrested on charge Of assaulting
his thirteen ycar-old daughter. attempt
ed to commit suicide Yesterday il 2
horrible manner. He ran as hard a.
he could along the hallway Of the jai.
ard butted his head against tie non
door. His skull was fractured a-d ~
will die.
Ninety-fve miles Of Northsra Pacifc
Railroad track betweeo Eo-- Pains.
Montana, and Hope. Idaho az unde.
water. Hundreds Of farms alo1.
ClarA's Fork never flooded before, are
under from four to six feet OF water.
Settlers rushed to the high lands, but
hundreds OF cattle and horses were
drowned.
Owing 10 the terrible floods in Bri-
fish Columbia and the stoppage Of com
munication with the east beef famine
has occurred in that province. To pro-
vide for it an order-in-council has
passed temporarily permitting the i'm
portation of live cattle to be slaughtered
Immediately on arrival at the railway
terminus.
Captain Randle, of the steamship
Paris, said this morning regarding the
reported racing between his ship and
the Majestic on the trip from New York
Southampton, that the Paris crossed
the bow Of the Majestic while the ships
were half mile apart. The comments
in the papers, he said, were by people
with little if any nautical knowledge.
At l o'clock this morning Joseph
Lochner shot and killed his wife at their
home in st. Louis. The couple have
been married about Eve years and have
frequently quarreled. 1t is claimed
that Mrs. Lochner neglected her home
and the murder was the result Of her
husbands jealousy. Lochner surren-
dered to the police. He claims that his
wife was unfaithful and he has no re-
gret over her death The couple have
two little children.
Jen' Crawford, coored, who murdered W.
p. Blackburn, white, of Bethesda township, |
York county, S C., last December, and who
was convicted at the recent term of court for
York county and sentenced to be hanged, vas
lynched By a mob about , O'Clock this morn
ing
Last midnight cable orders were sent to the
commander of the t. S ship Baltimore at
Nagasaki, Japan, to hurry to Chcmulpo
Korea, for the protection Of American in
iercsts.