Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-26
rE1,EGRAPHIO BREvITIEs.

perienced by steamers IN the harDor anu
pedestrians were subjected to great incon-
veniece while moving through the streets.
Charged with having !cruelly beaten
Edward Jones, an insane patient, Richard
Moore and Thomas McClain, two keepers
employed in the insane department OF
the Philadelphia Hospital, were today
held in $500 bail each for a further
hearing.
Margaret Childs, 26 years old, wife of
William S. Childs, wealthy and promi
nent business man Of Red Bank, n. j.,
hanged herself to the baluster on the
second floor of her residence this morn
ing. She had been a sufferer from a
nervous disease.
Fran. A. Bearsdlee, foreman of the
Wheelwright and Carpenters depart
ment of the Eaton, Cole and Burnham
West End plant, at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
was decapitated this morning in the iron
foundry of the plant, his head having been
caught in an elevator.
Tomorrow will be day of funerals in
Cumberland, Nd. Fourteen Of the "a
victims of the wreck on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad near COnnellsville be-
long there, and all will be buried to-
morrow. Joseph Schelhouse, one of the
victims. was to have been married on
Monday next.
Two serious fires occurred in New
York this afternoon, and owing to the
high wind the firemen had hard work
subduiDg the flames. Adelphia Hall, a
fye-story building at 62nd street and
Seventh avenue, was Quilted. The second
fire burned the large flat house at Co
lumbia avenue and 68th street.
The First National Bank building at
Marietta, o., was destroyed by fire today.
The blaze started from gas explosion
in the rear of the Office of the River Gas
Company. The New York racket store
and Richards drug store were badly
damaged. The loss to the buildings and
goods will reach 1925, 600. The bank
will rebuild with 500, 900 structure.
At dance last night at Gilbert Brat
ton home, five miles north OF Stamping
Ground KY, a quarrel arose between
Otis Estes and Walter Robey. Estes
was knocked down by Roby who was in
turn shot and almost instantly killed by
]. U. Nutter, friend Of Estes, who took
the part of Estes in the quarrel. Estes
was also badly cut by some unknown
person. Nutter Immediately left
Anthony Holzen, Cumberland, Md,
blacksmith, aged S5, is dead. He was
known as the man who never sat down
for forty years prior to his death. He
never lett his home, could not stand
still. and always ate his meals walking.
Holzen worked at his trade all his time
and was robust in appearance. The
nervousness: was due to the fact that
forty years ago he came near being run
over by cars.
G. f. Lanier, an employee of the
Brooks Construction Company gang en-
gagged on the Birmingham, Ala, extern
sion of the Seaboard Air Line, who
had in his possession vouchers for about
81, 500 to be used in paying the men
on his payroll on Christmas Day dis
appeared Thursay night, and no trace of
him has been found. All the men in
his gang were left without money for
the holidays.
The striking weavers of the Nashua
Cotton Mills at Valley Falls, r. L., have
decided to return to work on Monday.
1t seems that they struck through mis-
apprehension of facts. Recently re-
quest was made by the New York
brokers to have the cuts of cloths length
eued from 81 yards to 20 or 80. The
operatives thought this meant extra
labor, without proportionate compen-
sation, and they struck.
A band of robbers broke into the
Pennsylvania railroad passenger station
at Mingo Junction, Ohio, last night and
moved a large safe, containing money
and railroad tickets, out on the tracks,
where wagon was to carry it away.
When partly across the tracks the east
bound passenger came flying around a
curve. struck the safe and knocked it
off the track. Only by miracle was
the train saved from being wrecked.
The robbers escaped.
A heavy northwest snow storm set in
at Newport, R. l., at noon. The wind is
blowing gale. The worst storm of the
season reached Cincinnati, Ohio, at 8
p. m. yesterday and ragged with unabat-
ed force all night. The temperature fell
rapidly and at daylight was close to zero.
Snow began falling at Boston at s O clock
this morning. The weather bureau re-
ports the storm central off New York
aud moving northward. The probabili-
ties are that snow will continue to fall
there during the doy and that clearing
weather will follow tonight.
To buy Christmas presents for his sick wife
and children Walter James, q steam filter,
stole box containing 500, that had been
secreted between the ceiling and flooring in
the residence of Mrs. c. A. Starr in Dayton,
O., where James was working the day before
Christmas. He confessed 70 taking the money
and handed back Sl73. He was almost insane
from remorse.
Blinded from clear view Of the railroad |
track by the drifting snow, Archie Stewart,
80 wears old was run down by an engine on
the Wabash Railroad, in Chicago, yesterday, |
and killed. He was shovelling snow on the
tracks and did not see the approaching train.
William p Carstens, grocer, 80 years old,
was killed while ice-boating on Lake Winnie |
bago Wis, yesterday. A spar broke, hitting !
him on the head and fracturing his skull. !
He was engaged 10 be married next week.
The plate mill of the Glasgow Iron Com