Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREGITlRx

Fire at Austin, Pa. last ni,t.
was not gotten under control I III 'eieh
o'clock this morning, desrro o, ~ 1irs
600 worth of property. Sl9,'
A dispatch from London saw.
Francis William Newman ,bs F,oi
and philosopher, is dead, aged 10 % suia0t
ae was younger brother n - year;
Cardinal Newman. " 'ae -aie
The .. S. Circuit Court Of ~,
at San Francisco has handed dd pPTal;
decision to the effect that ts an TuSl =
shall be required to pay duty ;'I q. l lou
cents per pound as starch, u '"'
Edward McElroy, shot and 49,.
fatally injured his wife and tb! ,ef2aIs
self in their room, at Kansas Cir Cir W.
at an early hour this mornin: 10 Va
had threatened 10 leave her busS. = io'
A man gave himself up to ~,
man in Philadelphia last night ! r.,.cs'
that he was one OF three men vb I,a.la2
cred William c. Wilson, the s % 91 !;
brarian, who was killed in bis bod 49, Il
on the evening of July 10th. 0's
Judge p! Smith to-day Sc. the t,i.r !.
Martin Thorn, accused Of the .' m Mn: Q,
OF Wm. Guldensuppe, for octobe - r iS'1
the Queens County Court, Long I. !. y
City, n. Y. Mrs. Mack viii +. ., ,.,i
after Thorn's case shall be settled '''Fa
The late Barney Barnato. III. E.s.
King, who committed suicide BY tho rlr
ing himself into the sea from the - R,;,
ish steamer Scot, Oh June Il lee. u J,.'
on the passage from Cape Tow 49,, ,s
Southampton, left fortune snopntrD
to $685. sos. --''Ds
a contract for the construction =,
standard guage railroad from C. ~
City, Col, to Cripple Creek hs. bas.
lot. The road is to be thirty mils. !.
length and must be ready f. T ~. .
March 2Otb, 1898. The contrsct i. Il.
about 81 100000. . W
The San Francisco mint will At o,,.
resume the coinage OF silver dolsr. IN
accordance with instructions received
from Washington. The order pece.s;.
tates the employment OF fifteen NJ,
employees, all of whom were selected
from the eligible list under civil seryio+
rules. ''
Railroad building has been fixed
upon by Eugene V. Debs as the inn
great industrial project to be upis,
taken by the social democracy d.
America. He has sought for the priv
lege OF constructing railroad in Ter.
nessee, and if his preliminary plsr.
meet with favor, the work will he
launched next month.
Rev. Samuel Z Batten created Z. ssr.
sation in the Baptist Church in Norrj,.
own, n. j., on Sunday by exhibiting
in his pulpit FIVE to:lles OF whi.ky
which he said had bean purchased on
Sunday, some by children, He also
@ 'imeh that gambling was going on 10
thr city, but that the Mayor ard police
disclalmed responsibility.
At Dixon, Iowa, the dead body Of
Robert Parke, farmer, was found in
his burning house to-day. Parke wss
living alone and was supposed to keep
q great deal Of money in lis house.
Last week his watch dog was poisoned,
aud last Thursday night De frightened
burglars from the house. 1t is believed
he was murdered and the house SET Cd
fire to conceal the crime.
Rumors were current il New York to DAY
that at the conference Of the Tsmnany "a.
executive committee this afternoon JGis.
Van Wyck's nomination for the mayon!i!
will be cancelled and that the name Of e.
preme Justice Charles Trusx viii te ;-t-
stituted. The report lacks Confirmation
A special from Knuckle, Ky, :sy; :hil
Jacob Howard, repub lean nominee to'O;
clit Clerk Of Harlan county wss killed "a
political fight on Straight Creek. John MI
ton. democratic candidate for jsileE, We. nor
tally wounded.
The hosting works OF the Black WsfT:cf
Copper Mine near Globe. Ariz were 6.osa
u with dynamite Saturday night. D.
charged employees are suspected.