Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-22
TELEGRAPHlC BRETITIgS

Albeit a. Cruman, wholesale notion
dealer of St. Louis, has assigned. la5ii
tiles $50, 900. ''''
The barn, power house and sir o..
of the New Orleans street railroad ws,s s
burned this morning; loss s6O,0
At Salt Lake City to-day 10. 600 cbila
rem laid floral offerings at the bass nv =,
the Brigham Young monument and
then marched in the parade.
James r. Keene, the Wall st,s.,
Spectator who lost his immense n.
tune, is said to have cleared - S"a
in sugar transactions in the past f.v
days.
The silver quotations in New yo,.
to-day OF 59s for bars and IS: for Ne,i
lean dollars are the lowest 10 some tr.
years. This is attributed to the viii, IO
drawal from the market at present W. n
both India and China as purchasers
4 company has been formed g, po,.
Townsend, Wash, which will At ono.
send buyer to the sheep ranges n
eastern Washington and Oregon 10 nv,
chase q thousand head of sheen vbios
will be shipped north and driven ~
Dawson City to supply mutton to The
miners.
Marcus Nichols, OF Daniels Farm.
small settlement eight miles uorb -
Bridgeport, Conn, was murdered h.
night by burglars, who shot him "a
death. Nicholas sister was also sbo,
by the burglars, and is reported to BE- n
serious condition. The country i: he.
ing secured for the murderers.
VIM. A. Beatty, the wealthy Ill
operator of Parkersburg, W. Va vie.
tim of the venge ance OF Mrs. E5n,
Hitchins, who threw vitriol on him
three weeks aeo. died to dsv. n.
wife left sev,Ia dry ago without So.
ing him. Mrs. Hitchins is still at lsrps
Rev. T. J. Marion, Tor % wears n...
tor of st. Patrick's Church, Audenriei
Pa, and one of the Oldest pre!a,es IN
the Philadelphia diocese, died TO-DAY
He was an eminent Latin and Greek
scholar and taught these brauche. in
the Catholic Seminary. He was re.
puted to be very wealthy.
About 730 yesterday morning q!
Baldwin. in st. Mary's parish, Ls.. =
negro, Jack Davis, alias Buddy Jack
was hung by the citizens of the towr
for criminally assaulting Widow Mar.
col, who had been during the early
hours Of the morning at the house Of
DR.. Pecot, living near Scranton. The
fend waylaid the lady and brulally
struggled with her.
The body of Ephraim Brinkley, who i've
several miles from Madisonville. XIV M
found dangling from limb nes: his hone
this morning. He had been lynchei lurl.
the early morning by mob OF citizens who
determined to put an end TO his existence On
general principles. B:inkley was suspected
of assassinating Thomas Croullias stely.
Assistant Weigher Underhil. OF the Selty
Smelling Company, in San Frsncisco. Stale
that the gold from the Yukon is no. Of
much value as that produced in Csli'ora
The bsser metals in this gold are iron eii
and & few others, and there is a large qusntly
OF silver. It is the iron that gives the Ygso.
gold its fine rich color.
Wsssell, or Terrible Pete as he was mln
fsmilisrly known, who shot and killed JOSEF.
Kupersavsge, of GEORGETOWN. Pa, on JanusJ
10, 1897, was hanged at Wilkesboro at 1903
O'Clock this morning
The steamer Portland. which sailed frz
Seattle, Wash this afternoon for ST. Mchsss
Alaska, carried 125 passengers. the fuli lint
and ia loaded almost to the danger limit VII
provisions
Earthquake iremors were felt st Ssrsioa
N. Y, st 3 and 800 O'Clock this morning.