Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

yesterday.
Claude won the St. Louis Derby,
valued at Sl2, 900, from good field on
Saturday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has re-
fused to grant the request of its yard
men for a reduction in their hours from
twelve TO eight.
DIR. Lorenz is hurrying from the
West to New York, where he will take
a steamer to reach the bedside OF his
sick wife in Vienna.
1t is reported in New York that the
Rockefeller Gould interests have bought
control of both the Pennsylvania and
the Baltimore and Ohio railroads.
| A levee near Memphis gave way be-
fore the flood in the Mississippi, yester-
day and a big steam is pouring through
to the lowlands. The river is falling.
Alvord Cooley, of Westchester, N. Y,
has been appointed Civil Service Com
missioner by President Roosevelt, to sue
coed James R. Garfield, appointed Com
missioner of Corporations
Miss Mary Stevens of Gainesville, Ga,
and her little nephew, James Smith, are
dead, and three other persons are serious
" i'll as result of eating bread in which
large spider had been kneaded.
Lewis Nixon has resigned as president
of the United States Shipbuilding Com
pany. Charles NJ. Schwab announced
that he is ready to withdraw his interests
which are the vitals of the concern
DIR. J. T. Buchanan, of Eastman, Ga,
whose brother is a member of the legis-
lature. was shot and instantly killed yes
terday by his son, Ogletree. The father
had seized a pistol and threatened to kill
his wife and children.
Mrs. Hester Hill Heiskell died on
Friday evening at her home, Kildare,
near Oxon Hill, Prince Georges county,
Md. of heart disease. She was in the
18th year of her age She was the widow
of Peter II. Heiskell, and sister OF the
late A. p. Hill.
1t is stated that the Northern Securi-
ties Company will be voluntarily dis
solved, and that the stocks of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
companies will be distributed among the
shareholders. In this manner the prop
critics mentioned will be returned to their
former owners.
A story is published to the effect that
Prof. HofImin, who recently resigned
from the faculty of the University OF
Iowa, is Crown Prince Rudolph, of Aus
tria, who was supposed to have killed
himself fifteen years ago. Hoffman s
resignation was forced because he reius-
ed to reveal his identity.
Herbert /. Winslow, general auditor
of the Harrison Chemical Company, OF
Philadelphia, was killed by lightning
Yesterday. He was out sailing when a
storm came up, and was in the act OF
fastening the sailboat to tree on the
shore of the Schuylkill river when
lightning struck the tree, killing him in
stantly.
At Kansas City, Mo-. OIL Saturday, n
divorce was granted Mrs. Annie l..
Vrooman from lIr. Walter L. Vrooman
on statutory grounds, the correspondent
in the suit being Miss Freda Smokey,
of Kansas City. Mrs. VrOOman, who
was Miss GrafIlin of Baltimore, was
given permission to resume her maiden
name.
The new Servian ministers now ex-
plain that it was not intended to kill
Queen Draga, but to compel the royal
pair to consent to a divorce. When
they refused and the king shot Colonel
Naumovics the shooting became general.
1t is reported from Rome that the powers
will demand the punishment of the as
sassins of King Alexander and Queen
Draga.
In a fit of jealous rage, James Rogers,
so years old, on Saturday shot and killed
his landlady, Mrs. Louisa Madison, in
her home, at Williamsburg, n Y. She
was 40 years old and Rodgers became
boarder in her home l6 years ago. AT
that time her husband lived with her.
They separated seven years ago, since
which time, il is said, nothing has been
heard of him.
The twentieth triennial Saengerfest
opened in Baltimore yesterday, under
suspicious conditions. Delegations Of
German singers from all the large centers
of the east reached the city during the
day and we're heartily welcomed at the
various headquarters. The Sunday con-
cert was a magnificent success, being at
tended by representative audience that
waxed enthusiastic over the instrumental
and vocal treat. President Roosevelt
will attend tonight's concert and make
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