Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Senator-elect Thomas G. Platt, &C.
compaDied by his private secretary.
left New York to-day, for Florida. MIR.
Platt will remain in the south probably
two or three weeks.
Louis Gimm, the champion twenty
four-hour bicycle rider of America, and
Teddy Hale, the long distance champ
ion OF the world, have been matched to
ride 100 mile race at Clevelend on
Feb. 6.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador to the United States, is now
sixty nine years old. He will soon
reach the age when the rule of the
diplomatic service will require his re-
tirement.
While crossing the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern road
last evening, near Vincennes, Indiana,
Katie and Dot Miller, aged respectively
fifteen and seventeen years, were
struck and instantly killed.
Rocco Desio, shoemaker, was shot
and instantly killed at his home
in New York, by Giuseppe Randella,
about midnight last night. Randella
also shot Desio's mother, in the face,
seriously wounding her. The murder
er escaped.
James J. Corbett has decided to close
his theatrical season at Kansas City
February and to start at once for the
Pacific coast, where he will go into
training for his fight with FitZsimmons
March 18th. Corbett expects to do his
training in California.
DR.. H. H. Holbrook, q leading ply
stefan of Defiance, o., cut his throat
this morning in q second attempt at
suicide. There is little hope for his
recovery. Last Sunday he took q
heavy dose of chloral, but his life was
saved by prompt remedies. The cause
of his acts is not known.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, in an interview
10 day, predicts better times, but says
they will become worse before they i'm
prove, and that an extra session of Con-
gress must be called to settle the poll
cies in regard to the tariff, currency
and foreign affairs before there is any
improvement in existing conditions.
Fred'k G. Riebe, real estate dealer
of Denver, Col, this morning shot his
wife and then, crazed by his mad act,
shot himself dead. Riebe had not lived
with his wife for several weeks. He
called on her this morning; they quar-
relied and the tragedy resulted. Mrs.
Riebe was taken to the city hospital,
where she is believed to be dying.
At Denver, COL. this morning, Judge
Hallett, in the United States court,
sentenced C. H. Dow, former president
of the Commercial bank of that city; S.
B. McClurken, teller, and DR.. 0. E.
Miller, customer and resident Of Chi
cago, to the penitentiary at Leayen.
worth, Kans., for wrecking the bank.
DR.. Miller was sentenced to ten years,
Dow to seven years and McClurken to
five years.
A United States mail pouch was stolen last
night from the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton depot of Lima, Ohio. 1t was trans
fer from the east on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago road, aud was for Gin
cinnati. 1t contained large amount of mail
including registered letters and other valuable
matter There is no clew to the thieves.
The students who three days ago took pos
session of the University and grounds at Ath-
ems have surrendered. Their water supply
was cut of and the University was surround
] ed by troops. The students wanted one OF
the professors dismissed.
The business portion of Stryker, Ohio, q
town 20 miles east Of Butler, Ind, on the
Lake Shore, was almost destroyed by fire last
night The hardware stores of E. G. Buclar
and Peter Charpriot were entirely destroyed.
Loss $4,000.
BoloT and the other Cuban fi!ibusters were
cont nued till next Saturday. No witnesses
appeared.