Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-17
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Baltimore tnlS AFTERNOON.
Barry and Downipgs' private bank
at Nashville, Mich, was robbed last
night. The vault was blown open and
it is known that the burglars secured
at least $1,000 in money and $500 in
stamps.
The annual report of the Adjutant
General ofNew Jersey shows that there
are four State pensions being paid for
the war of 1912. The active military
force of the State now consists of 269
officers and 3,3O3 enlisted men.
The Great Northern officials at Grand
Forks, n. D., tried to take out train
last night and swore in force of
twenty deputies to protect them. A
crowd of 500 men assembled at the
depot and prevented the train leaving.
Last night at Meridian, Miss, two
men, detected applying the torch to the
public school building, were captured
after desperate fight a mob quickly
gathered and it was with difficulty that
the officers prevented them from being
lynched on the spot. Under the laws
of Mississippi arson is punishable by
death.
Mrs. Mary Baptiste, a Portuguese, Of
Paramount, n. j., her two children and
a woman visitor, were all found I'M
conscious in bed this morning by Mary
Fleischman, a neighbor Their condi
ton was the result Of inhaing coal gas,
which escaped into The rooms owing to
the falling of a stove pipe. All are
now improving.
The train bearing the remains of the
late Senator Vance rolled into Raleigh
at o'clock this morning. The bells OF
the city tolled and the great crowds
that lined the streets gave only a slight
indication of the universal bereave-
ment At four o'clock the train left
for Ashevlle, where the remains will
be inferred tomorrow.
This morning between 1 and o'clock
disastrous fire occurred in Millers-
town, a village of 600 people five miles
from Newport, Pa, in which four build
ings were burned. Burglars blew open
the safe in D. NJ. Rickabourg's general
store and set the store on fire. The
building with its entire stock of goods
was destroyed as were also two other
stores and dwelling.
Henry Dukers, the notorious horse
thief, who nearly killed Sheriff Bogert
while trying to escape on Sunday morn
ing, was taken from Hackensack, n. j.,
to Trenton this morning to begin his
fifteen years term of imprisonment.
No tidings have yet been received of
Gadka or Stevens, the two prisoners
who escaped at the time that Dukcrs
made the attempt on Sheriff Bogert.
DIR. Edward II. Walsh, pastor of a
reformed Catholic Church i'll Brooklyn.
an ex-priest and an editor, and Rev.
Emil NJ. Ferhas, who says he is an as
sistant pastor Of the Reformed church,
were arrested in that city last night on
suspicion of being thieves. DR.. Walsh
was released. but Preacher Perhas was
held for examination. The alleged
theft of which Mr.. Perhas is accused
took place last night at the Turkish
baths of DR.. Charles H. Shepard.
The initial celebration of Mardi Gras
at San Francisco, opened to-day and
will continue three days. Rex Felix
and retinuc made a triumphal march
through the city this morning to the
mid-winter exposition grounds, where
the keys of the city were turned over to
Rex by Mayor Ellert. There will be
tournaments and other sports to-mor-
row, followed by grand parade in the
evening. The carnival closes by bal
masque Thursday night.
Cap of tank furnace No ,. belonging to the
Scranton Pa, Glass Company fell in last
night as the result of slight fire. The tank,
which is the largest in the country, employs
300 men. These will be idle three weeks or
more, while repairs are being made.
Two masked men jumped aboard of San
| Francisco street car as il passed through an
unfrequcnted portion of the city last night.
held up the solitary passenger and the crew
and robbed them of their money and val
uables.