Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The loss of life in the Pacolet Valley
South Carolina) catastrophe, from
complete list, is found to be 5S.
Constance, the young daughter of
Archibald Oracle, of New York. was
crushed to death in an elevator accident
in Paris hotel, yesterday.
In fulfllment of promise to marry
if he was elected, Governor w. j. Bailey,
of Kansas, will tonight wed Mrs. Ida
B. Weed in Kansas City. He has re-
ceived 1000 matrimonial offers.
Baltimore was visited by severe hail
storm yesterday. The streets was flood
ed by downpour and many windows
were broken by flying particles of ice.
A portion of Greenmount Cemetery was
turned into a lake by an obstructed
sewer.
Mr.. William Henry Perot died UNI
expectedly at the Union Protestant In
Urinary in Baltimore, yesterday from the
results of an operation. He was n
years of age, and was for over half
century one of Baltimore's leading
shipping merchants.
jealousy was responsible for tragedy
in the West Virginia mining town OF
Maynard yesterday. Angered because
his cousin paid marked attention to
young woman with whom he himself
was enamored, Joseph Seachy shot twice
at Michael Seachy and killed Joseph
KoSma, a bystander, who was close
friend of both.
The July option sold at new high
prices at the New York Cotton Ex-
change yesterday. On the last advance
the record was sc cents, but yester-
day short covering and unfavorable crop
news carried the level to 1872 cents, as
compared with 11.23 cents, the closing
price of Saturday. August went to
ILL cents and September 1927 cents.
Rev. w. A. Crawford Frost was ar
rested and arraigned before Justice Gar
land in Baltimore yesterday, on the
charge of disturbing the peace by max
ing loud and unseemly noises. He had
a bottle of ether and was making an
incoherent speech. He was arrested on
complaint of persons living in the vicinity
of Holy Comforter Protestant Episcopal
Church.
As a result of an attempt on Friday to
assassinate James Boyles and Mr.. Craft
white near Mobile, Ala, four negroes
were killed Sunday night BY the whites,
one of them being a woman. Two
houses were burned in the vicinity of the
killing. After committing most afro
cious murder yesterday afternoon at Fort
Valley, Ga, negro was lynched by a
hastily-fcrmed mob.
Director of the Census William r.
Merriam, who announced to the Presi-
dent last March his intention of resign
ing his Office, called at the White House
Yesterday and presented his resignation
under date of June The President
accepted the resignation which takes ef-
feet at once. Mr.. Merriam is succeeded
by Mr.. $. n. ID. North, of New York,
who was sworn in today.
According to dispatch received in
Berlin from Lemberg, the papers in that
town publish an account of n renewal of
Jew prosecution at Boresteczko, Russia,
near Brody, Galicia. Twenty thousand
peasants assembled at the annual fair
threatened to massacre the Jews, who,
panicstricken, closed their houses and
stores and telegraphed to the Governor
for protection. A hundred of the Jews
fed to Usyn, on the Austrian border.
Before the interstate commerce COM
mission which yesterday resumed in New
York its investigation into the complaint
of w. X. Hearst that the coal carrying
railroads have violated the Sherman anti
trust law, Robert NJ. ELEPHANT, former
president of the Delaware and Hudson,
corroborated the statements of the other
coal men who have testified that the
price of coal TO the public is to be raised
| 10 cents a ton a month until maximum
increase of so cents ton is reached.
News has reached Union, 5. c., of an
accident at Broad river bridge, on the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, by which
three lives are said to have been lost.
Seven hundred yards Of trestle were
washed away from the southern approach
to the bridge, near Carlisle. Yesterday
afternoon the railroad people sent pile
driver to begin the work of repairing the
trestle. When the engine and driver
had reached the middle of the bridge il
gave way, and bridge, engine and driver
and crew. we're precipitated into the
river. 1t is said that the railroad people
report the loss of three lives.
Four thousand men were thrown ou
of employment in Pittsburg, Pa, yes
terday, and by the end Of the week it il
expected that 25, 200 more will be idle
as the result of the action of the Build
ers' League in ordering a general sus
pension of all building work until an adj
iustment of the differences between the
stone masons and bricklayers has beer
reached. No question of wages is in
yolved, and all efforts of the contractor
to bring the warning organizations to
gether having failed, they now propose
to tie up all work pending a settlement
The trouble was caused by the refusal o
the stonemasons to join the brickiayers
union.