Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

John Craig, who murdered his wife
her father and mother, and nearly kill.
ed his brother.in. at Los Angeles.
about two years ago, was executed in
the State prison at Folsom, CAL, to.
day
A Chicago and Northern Pacific train
at Oak Park, Chicago, yesterday after
noon struck wagon containing four
men. One was killed, another serious.
ly injured and the remaining two badly
bruised.
1t has been discovered that the Balti.
more and Ohio and one or two other
east bound lines from Chicago have
been violating the interstate laws in
failing to make public large number
of freight tariffs.
Thomas White fatally shot his sweet.
heart, Bertha McKelvey, st Chillicothe
o., last night, and killed himself
White had grown insanely jealous Of
the girl and last night they quarrelled
the tragedy resulting.
]. Chase Dowd last night seriously
shot Lucille Value in a house of III.
fame in Cincinnati and then killed
himself with revolver. The Girl
will recover. She recently came there
as newspaper reporter and was an.
parently of good family.
Investigations developed the fact that
the man whose body was found in the
river near Moline, Ill.,, Wednesday
evening with a coupling link and rock
buttoned inside his clothes committed
suicide. The body was identified as that
of Henry Schwartz, of Chicago. who
was travelling solicitor for the Cath.
olic Ners, of New York.
The resignation is announced of Prof
Egbert G.. Smith as president OF An.
dover Mass Theological Seminary
after period of Is years in that posi-
ton. Prof. George Harris Abbott. Pro-
fessor of Theology, will succeed him
Consideration for his health induced
President Smith to take this action.
He will retain the Brown proiessoShip
of ecclesiastical history and his mem.
bership in the faculty.
The board of managers of the Joint
Traffic Association has taken steps 10
prevent the use in general traffic of
tickets issued for the Christian En-
deavor convention at Washington from
July 9TH to 18th. Some Of the west.
ern roads advertised tickets good to 90
one way and return another and also
good to Baltimore. The board of man.
ayers has ordered that no tickets good
to Baltimore on account of the conyen-
ton shall be sold and that all tickets
must be used going and coming by the
same route, except in the case Of the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore aud
Ohio roads, each of which has two
lines.
Sixteen to one or bust, was the answer
Governor John Gary Evans of South Caro-.
lima, gave to-day in New York to the qucs.
t on whether his State would continue to ad-
vocate free silver or not. The Governor is
there OH business for his State In the course
of c)nvt ;a!ion he said in substance South
Carolina is for Senator Tillman FOR president,
and we hope to see him nominated.
L. B. Tompkins, the proprietor OF the hotel
in Larchmont, n Y, and G W. Palmer, the
son of wealthy resident there had a fight
in the hotel last night, in which TOmpkns's
watch stopped one bullet and his mcmoran-
DUN book another. Palmer, who provoked
tho fight was wounded four times, and snow
in prison.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 12.-In the Royal
Southern Yacht Club regatta to-day the
twenty raters, The Saint, The Penitcnt, Au-
drey and Niagara started. The race was won
by the Saint. The Penitent was second.
When Mr.. ard Mrs. Dorian, of Brooklyn,
returned from the cemetery, after bnrying
the body of a suicide they supposed was their
son, yesterday, they found a telegram telling
them their son was alive.