Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Pennsylvania Railroad to-day
declared its regular semi.annual divi-
der d of d per cent.
Natural gas in immense quantities
has been discovered in an artesian we'll
being drilled in San Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. U. s. Grant returned from
New York toWashington to-day. Mrs.
Sartoris and the Sartoris children &C.
companied her.
May Day is passing quietly through
out France. There is no general stop
page of work. The same state of az
fairs is reported from England and
Spain.
Frederick Lalor got mixed up in
free fight early to day in the Cable
Hotel, east Twenty-sixth street, New
York, and received fatal stab wound
in the abdomen.
A. D. Hubbard, of Topeka, Kas..
State president of the A. P. A., is I'M
der arrest there, charged with having
embezzled about $4,000 while acting
as receiver ola printing company.
The agreement for curtailment of
production by the cotton mills expires
to-day. 1t was begun on February /
by mills in new England representing
100000 spindles, and since it has been
in effect an even greater number of
spindles have been stopped.
Captain Edward Murphy, formerly
of the American steamer Laurada, was
arrested at Port Antonio, Jamaica, yes
terday on his arrival there from New
York by order of the Jamaica govern
ment on two charges of flibustering.
He will be tried on Thursday next.
Edward Lower, while attempting to
escape from patrolman Eugene Sulli-
Van, at Buffalo, n. ", last night, fired
two shots at his captor, one of which
took effect in the officers groin.
Though weakened from the wound,
Sullivan held to his man until assist
ance arrived.
Lieutenant EloG, the grandson of
President Kruger, has been reinstated
and appointed chief lieutenant of the
Pretoria South African Republic police.
Lieut. Elof was recently suspended
from duty for using insulting language
regarding Queen Victoria. The charges
against him were dismissed.
What promised few days ago to be
a general strike of all unions affiliated
with the building trades council, of
Chicago, dwindled down to-day 10 the
walking out OF about 500 hod carriers,
bricklayers and plasterers, all other dis
affected unions, including the plumbers
and structural iron workers, having
come to amicable agreement.
AT large meeting of lumbermep held
at Penetanguishene, Ont, last night
a resolution was adopted to petition
the dominion government to place the
same duty on ali lumber coming from
the United States as the United States
imposes. 1t was also urged that, III
casa the United States puts duty on
Canadian lumber, similar export duty
should be put on Canadian saw logs
and pulpwood.
The Princess Anne, the tenth vessel
built at Roach's ship yard, Chester,
Pa, for the Old Dominion Steamship
Company, was launched to-day. The
new ships length over all is 327 feet
beam, AZ feet, and depth of Il feet.
She will be fitted with triple expansion
engines. She registers 8, $50, is schoon-
er rugged, and will carry 120 first and
so second class passengers. Her speed
will be fourteen knots.
The chief event on tho programme for to-
day. the last of the current season, near San
Francisco, is tho Ingleside stake at four miles.
which is worth 81 600. Eight horses are
scheduled TO compete for it,
A dispatch from Lima, Perm, states that a
violent and protracted earthquake disturbance
caused great alarm there at o'clock this
morning No loss of life or serious damage
have yet been reported.
Tommy" White, of Chicago, to-dsy posted
in Cohoes, n Y, 800 as forfeit TO bind a
match with George DIXON. Tho deposit is
made as response to a challenge recently
issued by Dixon.
Admiral Navarro, the commander of the
Spanish naval forces in Cuban waters. return.
cd to Havana yesterday from Banes Oh board
the Spanish cruiser LegaZpi.