Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITlES.

1.-THE Liberty Bell, which has been a,
Atlanta, Ca, since the opening day. O,
the exposition left for philadelphia tbi.
morning via the Southern Railway
John r. Haines, farmer living near
Indianapolis, Ind, beat his wife 10
death with poker yesterday and then
hanged himself in the barn. He !.
supposed to have been insane.
The Louisiana republican State con.
vention met at New Orleans ,bj.
morning. A caucus of Reed men. the
dominant faction, will lie held tonight
to select delegates to the national con.
vention.
Bishop Benjamin w. Arnett. senior
bishop of the African II. E. Calrca.
was refused as a guest at he Adam.
House, at the Parker House aad 8,
Young's Hotel, in Boston, YESTERDAY
The bishop was finally admitted al The
Revere House, but there he Wa Invited
to take his meals in his room.
In the South Carolina House Of R.y.
resentatives this morning Mr. Goi.r y
Fowler introduced resoiu ion whia
was referred to tie committee Oh !et!.
eral relations, indorsing the speech
made by Mr.. Tlllman in the [. ;. Sen
ate Yesterday, and declaring that we
will sacrifice our lives if Necessary ID
resisting tyranny and oppression, be.
lieying, as we do, that resistance to ty.
rants is obedience to God.
A log house in Marengo township.
Mich, occupied by two families namd
Page, was destroyed by fire this morn.
ing, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Pare
and their two sons, one three year: Of
age and the other three months DID,
were cremated. Harvey Page va;
awakened by the flames and aroused
his brother, Wilbur, and the latter,
wife, who slept in another part OF the
house. Wilbur and his wife ESCAPED.
Harvey tried to save his wife aud chii!.
rem and persisted with them.
Early this morning a boiler in tta
Hollidaysburg Iron and Steel Wois,.
at Altoona, Pa, exploded wrec5ir,
the building. Five men were killed
and % others were injured, THEE
fatally. The boiler was blown through
the roof 300 feet into mid air and csae
crashing down through the roo. IA
another portion of the works TIE
force of the explosion was felt in eyey
part of the town. Two tramps VIC
were roasting potatoes at fuTra..
were buried under the ruins and ,lei
bodies have not yet been recovered f
The works were practically dismanilei.
The company has pay roll OF ljQ mt-.
The financial loss is heavy.
There was pathetic incident at the !lrsa.
OF Mrs. Betsy Moody at Eas; Nor;sas.
Mass, yesterday. As Evangelist Dg;.' +
Moody, standing over the open coffin T1E- {
held the body Of his dead mother. laA
touching tribute to her life OF sci; sica-a
and devotion and recounted, 10 hi, ,.li.
language, the story Of his own cary aiss
privation, the hundreds OF people VINO BIC.
the church were moved to teas
in the little town of Westport Conn. IL:
will be tried in few geeis 4 new system
street car propulsion which ifsusces;i1. vi
rcyolutiouize the electric world. Il dos
away with the overhead work altogeibeIH
will be greater commercial success lea-S
the road can be built at a much lower co;t
John L. Sullivan fell from train III H. 3.
n us yesterday. When the train was sioil@
h, threatened to fight anyone who iol.-s
MIN. Sullivan played at Springfield Ias;l.-
a I'd to-day is in very serious condition.
The barn owned by the Park Stock ii-
Company near Narraganseit Park K VI
burned to the ground this morning. and i9,,
{ ZEN valuable horses were lost. The e1.a
loss will reach $25, 700.