Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-07
TELEGRAPHIC BREYITjpS

;s. Goy' Johnston, of Alabama, to.d,r
issued q proclamation modiiyin ,VG a,
quarantine restrictions against Af Al 'as
At the state fair grounds 9, SI
Ore, Yesterday Cnehalbis lowered siis n
worlds two mile pacing record ID h. Tue e
and a half seconds, maxine 10 y
lance in 4:19i. we als
1t is Pennsylvania Day at the T..
Ion. KY, t:ots, and 1900 peoDIe ~;
present. Ten of the Creates b 49, are
the trotting turf started. Over sIG% 81 o.
In the pool box. Rilma is the fe ayT,gV
ct s., 500 to IS, 900 for field. '~'O'''e
The Cody Brothers, held 8, p,
Lodge, Mont, for the North Cs,o iisl
authorities, have been released o ,O't'a
6eas corpus on the ground Of the ~ ins Ia
hclency in the sherift's return '- Tt
men are under sentence Of death :. ae
burglary in North Carolina. 1'u '0f
The st. Louis police are search.
tor an expressman who is beljeysd Y
have stolen trunk containing 81 oS -
worth OF diamonds aud jewelry' S5e@
worth OF negotiable paper and 3 c c5Cv
$40 gold pieces, the property Of NJ. II
Mary McNeff, widow Of \ we. '4sS
merchant. '''u!
The formal opening of the ppepD,.,;,
tube mail service in New York ,osn
place to day. The tube RUS bs,r roOa
the general postottice and the nrodno.
exchange sub-station. Other ,nb. e
will be started soon to BROOKLYN and
the sub-siation at 44th street and Tsy.
ingtoD avenue. " !
At this afternoons meeting If ~
Tammany Hall executive Commits a'
Richard Croker spoke for the DomiHs
ton of Thomas F. Grady for district Al.
torney. All the other leaders smoke u
opposition and Mr.. Croker hualiv con -
sented to its withdrawal. Asa Biri
Gardiner was then substituted ~
Grady.
Hugh Atkins, of Tuckahoe. Ny
to-day mistook fur cap for wood.
chuck, and, as result, blew an Itsl.
isn's bead to pieces. The dead man
mas not yet been identified. BE WA,
sitting behind a stone wall near Noun
Vernon, where Atkins was cunning
Atkins is under arrest on charge Of
homicide.
In the experience of the oldest set.
tiers in St. Clair, H., and adjoining
counties, the present drought is wi,hou;
parallel. For two months there has
been practically no rainfall in this sec
ton and the temperature has ranged
above 80 degrees in the shade almos,
daily during all that time. The damage
done by the drought in southern Hi.
nois has been great The heaviest los
to the farmers is on the corn crop
which has been cut down % to Go Per
cent. by the dry weather. 1t has also
done great damage to all la.e vegetation
and to the fruit crop generally. A
water famine is threatened over
large area of country.
William Shain shot and killed Mrs..
Freeman Lee last evening and when
cornered by officers of the law he ended
matters by shooting himself dead. tbs
murder took place at Clarion, village
eight miles from Boyne Falls, Mica.
Mrs. Lee had parted from her husband
and was on intimate terms with Shsin.
who asserted that the woman had
squandered money which he had given
her with which to procure divorce
The angry man revenged himself by
going to Mrs. Lees house and shooting
at her through window. He escaped
in the darkness and walked back to bis
boarding house at Boyne Falls, where
be was surrounded by posse. When
the sheriff entered Shain's room the
latter shot himself in the head dying
an hour later.
The Central railroad shop buildings at Ma'
con, Ga. were completely destroyed ly NE
last night. The loss willamount to ;, 5,opJ