Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The eleventh onnual exhibition of
the National Horse Show Association
was opened at Madison Square Garden,
New York, to-day. The show was
SHINY attended. The display of horse
flesh is better than ever before.
Judge Lacombe. in the U. s. circuit
court, in New York, to-day handed
down decision confirming the sale of
the New York, Lake Erie and Western
R iroad. The road was sold few
days ago for $40, 600 900 to the reorgani-
cation committee.
A fire in B. Uhrig & Sons coal yards
at Milwaukee, Wis this morning dam
aged 10000 tons of hard and soft coal
and burned down the sheds and Offices.
The total loss is estimated at about
$3.50, 900. The fire assumed threaten
ing aspect and every fire engine in the
city and the two fire tugs were on the
scope.
Yesterday morning, on Buffalo creek,
Wayne county, w. Va, dog entered
the home of P. z. Stanley, wealthy
stock raiser, carrying in its mouth a
child apparently four weeks old. In
vestigation disclosed the fact that it
had been murdered and that the dog
had unearthed it in the back yard
where it had been buried.
The mixing house of the Lake Su-
perior Powder Mill, located about three
miles from Marquette, Mich, blew up
this morning, killing one man and in
juring another. 1t is supposed the
explosion was caused by the heating of
the bearings of the mixing wheel. The
building was wrecked, but no other
property was damaged.
Up to noon to-day no request had
been received at the New York Yacht
Club from Mr. G. Oliver Iselin, asking
that the charges brought against him
by Lord Dunraven be investigated. II
is generally known among yachtsmen,
however, that such a request is to be
made, and its arrival at the yacht club
is hourly expected. A meeting of the
club will then be held at once and q
committee will probably be appointed
to act as court of inquiry.
The steamer Niagara fro New York for
iculueRoeS uCTlNeu hb NdSSdll, IN. I ., lO-Udy
She reports that on Friday morning she ran
down and sunk the American bark William
Hales. from Savannah for Philadelphia, of
Cape Henlopen. Five seamen were lost.
One man was killed and another fatally in
jured by collision OF trains on the Louis
Vile and Nashville Railroad, hslf-a-mile
s,uth Of franklin. Tenn, about 10 o'clock
last night.
VIM. T. Iamoreaux. known all over the
country as the "Rean King" committed sui.
eide yesterday It Grand Rapids, Mich, by
shooting himself. III health was the proba-
BILE cause.
This was Illinois Day at tha Atlanta expo
sition. Gov. Altgeld was escorted from the
city to tue exposition grounds by the First
Illinois Regiment and delivered an address.
The question of the absorption fthe Ma
tional line of transatlantic steamships by the
Wilson and Hill line is entirely eff and both
companies will continue business as they have
been doing.
A report to the effect that the general off
ces of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
bug would shortly be removed to Chicago is
without foundation.
There was still further break in local in
dustrisls to-day in the Philadelphia stock
market.
The Unitei Garment Workers of America
held their annual convention in Baltimore
to-day.
Three French warships left Came, Jester
day for Turkish waters.