Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-14
TEL EGRApHIC BREYlyivx

Former United States senoto,o
Jones, OF Florida, died Mondsv ~ y; " "
Joseph's Retreat, Detroit, aosd 90 al s.
was born in Dublin. Some time a. De
his mind became impaired and I - since
came infatuated with young v0 GO os'
upon whom he squandered his foytu aa
VIM. Harold, of Data, Cal. and -
der Sheriff RadfOrd were shot and and IN T.
ed and Deputy Sheriff Stewart "s se,; Kill.
ly wounded while the officers w I.,,OIs'
tempting to arrest Harold for c %r,e a.
~ in the robbery of the Yreks and P p.a
Jones stage on September % last st fO''
Governor Atkinson, who mas bi,b....
kept still about the trial Of bis WIFI
Chenille, w. Va, for forger r,'' 81
made statement in which he ssvs,I LAY
he knows the prosecution was scins Ia;
by malice and hatred and thai t'ta'ea
clearly of the opinion that several aver, nc e. L
nesses had been induced to testifr w. "''
consideration. ut
Matthew Rogers, a grocer q, %.
west Randall street, Baltimore a 'a1
Mrs. Ida Wright, his mistress n ala
found dead in Rogers's bousa wee ~;
morning. Both had been sbor ' III NJ;
police look upon it as case OF mnr les
aud suicide, but Rogerss relatives ine;..
that it was the work OF a fo, rrS.
admirer of the woman. Her husband V ;.I
ing and is thought to be in West W.. ':''
TIL only other person in the bop.a s rsl
daughter of the dead woman w,o Mass
nothing OF the tragedy until awakened , e%.'
al hours after it occurred. '''''
May Marks, twelve-year.o,G sir -.
burned 10 death at Bridgeton, N ~.
night The girl was in the habit Of nrs. .R'
her lessons while lying in bed with q c..1is
at her side. Last night she diopped s.a.s
and her sleeve ignited in the candle g.r.
Before the fire could be extinguished cha T'i
inhaled the flame and died shortly sf ,,,-
wards. ANY
While dance was in progress % ni,.:
north of Landers, Wyo, Tuesday pgft
Mexican, who had too much whisky sbo,,a
tried to shoot out the lights, but missed ,5s-
and shot the wife of Mr. Hereford. fs,slly j.,
juring her. Hereford then shot the Me,cs-
but whether fatally or not is unknown
A dsstardly attempt at train wreckjp, ",
made last night near Newton Hamilton -
miles east of Huntingdon, Pa, Oh the Penn.
sylvania railroad. Frank Noe, one Of Il.
culprits, Was arrested and is now in the Nj.
fin county jail He has served term in h.
penitentiary.
The Toronto express on the Canadian p.
citic Railway due at ttawa at 6 a. m col.ii.
ed with freight at Stttsvile at oclrck
this morning. An engineer, one mail cer,
and two trans were killed and MANY II.
jured.
4 dispatch from Plttsburg says that $3.50
miners of the River district, who have t,,r
idle for two weeks owing to dispute oya
the differential resumed work to-day Ieuiili
settlement of the trouble by arbitiatior.
BY the death of his father IN Sco,l,rl
George Burns, until recently fireman on Il.
revenue cutter Grant receiving ssaryC
$2S per month, has become one o, the ia,
heirs to an estate valued at $1,000000
The big sugar refinery on Kent svenue. il
Brooklyn, has practically suspended opti.
lions and nearly 1000 men are witaGi
work.
heavy snow storm, beginning early 81.
terday afternoon and lasting al night, h
swept over southeastern Idaho.