Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-13
TELEGRApHIc BREyITIEs.

The sea-going coal barge Oracle OF
Baltimore which was left off Cape Henry
by the tug Buccaneer in the recent storm,
was lost with all hands.
Margaret Connolly, aged go, and her
son Rochard, aged 95, were found dead
in their apartment in New York this
morning. They had been sufocated by
gas.
Archbishop Kahn is very i'll in Balti-
more. He is now unconscious and the
heart action is very weak. 1t is proba-
bic that he will live through the day,
but all hope of his recovery has been
abandoned.
The German steamer Verona, which
arrived at New York today from ports
in the far east landed the captain and
fourteen men of the crew of the Uruguay
an bark Salvador Talavora which was
sighted in a sinking condition by the
Verona, on October s.
A party composed of Lieutenant Gen.
eral Ian Hamilton, Qu@termaster
General of the British army; General
Oliver, acting Secretary of War, and
several army officers spent yesterday
visiting the battlefield of Gettysburg.
Last night the party left for the An
tietam battlefield.
The annual convention of the Bot
tiers Association of North America
opened in New Haven Conn, today.
1t is expected that the bottlers will take
important action in regard to the
recovery of bottles which are labelled
and which find their way into the hands
Of junk dealers.
Ernest and Anna Schultz, husband
and wife, committed suicide in Milwau-
kee, Wis, yesterday, by inhaling gas.
They were found sitting side by side,
holding each others hands. They sent
their three children to school, turned on
the gas and calmly waited for death. Ill
health is assigned as the reason.
Two mysterious letters and a telephone
message, all demanding the deposit of
50, 900 in a specified place, and coupled
with threat of injury if the money
we're not forthcoming. have been re-
ceived by Mrs. Oryille II. Babcock, wife
of member of the brokerage firm,
representing the ]. Pierpont Morgan in
terests in Chicago
The Stafford cotton yarn manufactur-
ing company of Central Falls, r. l., has
made an assignment. Peremptory de-
mands for money is the cause of the as
signment. The assets are said to be
1924, 600; and the liabilities, not in
Guiding the capital stock, SIS, 1000 The
officials are confident that the creditors
will be paid in full.
Mrs. Marie Layton Johnston charged
with larceny and forgery by which she
obtained nearly $50, 900 from the United
States Playing Card Company, of Gin
cinnati, created surprise in the court of
general sessions in New York today by
pleading guilty to the two indictments
charging her with grand larceny. She
was remanded for week for sentence
1t is said that Pope Plus X. will soon
settle the question of appointing Polish
bishops for the purpose Of ministering
especially to the great Polish catholic
population in this country by advising
the appointment of vicar generals in all
dioceses and archdiocese were there are
GREAT numbers OF Poles for the sole OBJ
ject Of caring for the spiritual needs of
the members of that nationality.
In the trial of former Lieutenant Gov
ernor James H. Tillman at Lexington,
s. c., today for the murder of Editor
Gonzales, E. S. Asbill, Of counsel for
the prosecution, concluded bis argu-
ment. He was followed by p
H. Nelson for the defendant,
who concluded at ABOUT noon.
Andrew Crawford, the prosecution,
followed Mr. Nelson. 1t is thought that
all the arguments will be completed by
tonight, and that the judge will begin
his charge to the jury the first thing TO-
morrow.