Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-15
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Sir Travers Twiss, the eminent Eng
lish juris-consult, is dead.
Deputy Marshal Byrd was killed in
Breathitt county, KY, yesterday by
jacob Neace, whom he sought to arrest.
VIM. M. Roe was hanged at Naps.
CAL, to-day for the murder on February
9, 1891, of Mrs. John @. Greenwood. OF
Napa.
Two men were struck by train on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
on 10th street Philadelphia, this morn
ing and killed.
An ordinance has been passed by the
Chicago city council and signed by the
mayor making women who persist in
wearing a hat at theatre liable to
fine of So.
10 Brooklyn to-day the jury in the
suit of J. A. Trapp, against the New
York World, for libel in which damages
were laid ct 500, 1000, rendered YER
dict for Sc, $50
Colonel Charles H. Banes, president
of the Market Street National Bank
and prominent business man of Phil
adelphia, died to-day after protracted
illness. He was born in Philadelphia
on October "a, 1881.
Over three million dollars have been
placed TO the credit of the National
Bank of Illinois depositors' fund in the
subtreasury of the United States in
Chicago The money is to be used for
the payment of fifty per cent. of the
claims against the wrecked bank.
The election of the United States
Senator from Colorado will take place
next Tuesday. 1t was tacitly agreed
to-day that no name should be present
ed by either party against Senator Tel
Ter, so that be will be chosen to succeed
himself entirely without opposition.
The immense paper mills Of the Fox
Paper Company, located at Crescent
vile, o., were destroyed by fire last
night. The mill covered three acres of
ground. The loss on stock and ma
chinery at over S15O,O0O The build
ing was worth $50, 600 and is complete
wreck.
The ship Swanhilda, on which the
Australian murderer Butler is suppos-
ed to be, and for which detectives
have been on the watch at SIN
Francisco for several days, has been
snok Ell at sea and papers given her cap
tain which informed him of the charac-
ter of his passenger.
John H. Mitchell was the unanimous
choice Of the caucus held by the repub-
lican members of the Oregon legisla-
ture last evening for United States
Senator. The opposition is determined
to prevent the organization OF the
lower house and claims Mitchell will
not have majority when q vote is taken.
At o'clock this morning fire start
ed in the basement of Slack Brothers
restaurant in Milan, Mo-, and spread
rapidly, destroying the entire business
block on the north side of the city.
All the buildings were two story brick
and of modern type. The origin OF the
fire is thought to be incendiary. Loss,
$50, 900; insurance, $4,000.
The announcement was made in the
chapel of Rutgers College, New Bruins
wick, n. j., this morning that Vice
President-elect Hobart had made gift
to the college of$5, 900 to signalize his
election to the vice presidency. The
money will probably be used to endow
a scholarship. Mr.. Hobart graduated
from Rutgers College in the class Of
1863.
Ex-Mayor Frank A. Mcgowan, of
Trenton, n. j., has compromised the
suit for 100000 damages brought
aginst him by j. Albert Barnes for alien
ating the affections of the latter's wife,
and the suit will be withdrawn. His
wife secured a divorce from him in
Oklahoma where Mcgowan, at the same
time, secured divorce from his wife.
The criminal prosecutions drop with
the civil action.
Tho government has purchased site for
Notifications on the outskirts Galveston, Tex.
1t embraces sixteen city blocks and cost
$50 COO The site fronts on the gulf.
Quarters for officers and barracks, etc, costing
from $15O,000 to 100000 will shortly be
erected thereon.
The British stramer Delmar, which sailed
from Las Pslmas, on December 81, for Hamp-
ton Road, in ballast stranded early this morn
ing, two and a-half miles south of Wash
woods, n C. The Merritt Wrecking COM
pany has been sent to for assistance
Fire carly this morning in the candy manu-
factory of K J. Ruby & Co., on north Front
street. Philadelphia, damaged the place and
also the adjoining establishment OF Greavcr,
Geary & Co., coffee and spice dealers, to the
extent of 5000