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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

A man, who registered Sunday night
at the Century Hotel, Newark, N. j., as
James Jones, of Philadelphia, was found
dead in his room of that establishment
this morning, with bullet wound in his
forehead. He had evidently sat on a
chair facing a mirror and fred the bullet
into his brain.
VIM. H. Stearns, of New York, ended
his life in room at the Ridgeway Hotel
in Philadelphia this morning by in
haling illuminating gas through a rubber
tube. Stearn's home is in ClaremOnt,
n. H. He has had financial trouble.
His mother committed suicide by gas a
few years ago.
President William Detterey. of the United
Mine Workers, when asked If there was any
foundation for the published reports that the
call for the convention at Pottsyille, Pa,
would be withdrawn if the operators accepted
Judge Gray's Interpretation Of the concilla-
ton section of the coal commissions report
said that he had no intimation of any such
action.
Sanford II. Love, aged "a years, a clerk in 9
hotel at Marion, Ind, Yesterday shot MS
sweetheart, Miss Nora Miller, because she had
Tilted him. Love then turned the pistol upon
himself, but was oyerpOwered before he could
shoot The girl is probably MORALLY wounded
Four negro men and one negro woman
killed by mob, eight or ten badly beaten
and most of the other negroes ordered to leave
is the result of the shooting from ambush o.
Mr.. Craft and the w0unding Of Mr.. Boyles by
negroes near Forrest, Miss, last week.
Al league, of LivermOre Falls, Me-, sho
and killed his wife yesterday and then turned
the weapon upon himself and died instantly
Jealousy appears to have been the cause fol
the tragedy. His two children, aged and
10, witnessed the shooting.
The Dwight Manufacturing Company, o.
Chicopee, Mass, closed four of its cotton
mills yesterday nominally for week. The
agent says the company cannot buy cotton a
present prices and manufacture it into cloth
without a heavy loss.
In a spirit Of playful warning James Smith
IA years old, son of wealthy farmer, yester
day, near Coshocton, o., pointed gun at biz
| two brothers, and by the accidental discharge
Of one barrel both of the lads were killed.
Dr. Augustin Thompson, who invented the
Moxie nerve food, died at Boston yesterday a:
| the result of an operation on carbuncle al
the base of the brain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
HAVOC BY FLOOD.

The entire group of east side cities
lying just north of East st. Louis and
including Venice, Madison, West Madi-
son, Newport, Brooklyn and Granite
City, were yesterday under from 10 to Is
feet of water. Twenty lives are known
to have been lost. In addition to the
loss of life by the floods $4,000 people
are rendered homeless. Over 200, 600
acres of rich farming land are under
water. Freight traffic is completely par
alyzed and passenger traffic practically
so. The shipping and manufacturing
district of East ST. Louis for three mlles
along the river front is under from two
to eight feet of water Hundreds and
probably thousands of head OF stock are
drowned. EastSt. Louis is threatened with
complete inundation. st. LOuisis flooded
only along the water front. The entire
property loss is estimated at SO, 900, 600.
Dummy trains of the Terminal Associa-
ton, connecting with skiffs, yesterday
brought across the river more than 700
persons, who spent Sunday afternoon
and night on the tops of houses and at
other points of elevation above the flood
in Madison, Venice and Newport. Only
the roofs of the houses in Venice were
visible. Many persons were obliged to
flee from the food only partially clad.
1t was a night of terror. The Methodist
church was lifted from its foundations
and carried three blocks. In the school
house, which is of brick, 200 men, wo-
men and children have found re-
fuge. Unless there is rise OF another
foot or so they are safe. but they have
no food supplies. Several business
houses were carried away in the terrific
current, and stock valued at thousands
of dollars was destroyed. When the
Venice levee burst the current swept
northward to the Terminal yards. The
citizens had barely time TO leave thelr
homes. One woman who lived close to
the river put her three children in
wash tub and waded through the waters,
which kept increasing. They escaped.
At one house a man was seen to crawl
onto the roof, bearing a child in his
arms. There he remained the greater
part of the night Clinging to high
fences, roof tops and trees score o.
families were found. Somehad remain
ed in the water Is hours and were al
most exhausted when rescued.
The climax of the flood came Sunday
night when, by the breaking of leyee
near Granite City, wall of water siN
feet high rushed down upon Madison
sweeping houses from their foundations
and drowning Is refugees who wer'
vainly fleeing for their lives. Hundreds
of persons were forced to the roofs o
their floating houses and an appeal wa
sent to st. Louis for assistance. For thu
balance of the day and into the nigh
the work of rescuing refugees from float
ing or flooded houses, treetops and warn
Gus high places proceeded, and there be
ing no place to take them nearer thar
st. Louis, they are pouring into the city
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Flood Situation.

st. Louis, June 9.-The food situa-
ton today remains practically unchanged.
Much suffering exists among the tri-
city refugees, who have been brought to
st. Louis. Women and children are
SICK and in want. There is much fever
and several persons are seriously i'll.
The number of deaths by drowning is
variously estimated from twenty to
fifty. The residence and business sec
ton of East st. Louis was still dry this
morning. The island, the railroad ter
minal section of East st. Louis, IS a
scene of devastation. Expert railroad
men estimate the railroad loss alone at
from 81, 600, 900 to IS, 100000. Venice,
Madison, and Granite City are buried in
a sea. Here and there a roof and many
trees mark the sites of three thriving
little cities. At 10 clock this morning
East st. Louis was in more imment
danger of further and immense losses
than at any time since Saturday. Al
that hour the food was rushing like a
millrace against the Conlogue embank'
ment. The water was within two
inches of the top of the embankment
and rising. Thousands of men were al
work on this dyke trying to save
it. 1t protects the business section o
the city and a big break in it would
mean complete inundation of the bust
ness district.
Kansas, City, No., June 9.-The
Missouri river will probably fall to the
danger line tomorrow night. 1t regist
cred 2S. 8 feet this moring, showing TIM
usual drop of half feet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09

Fifty families are to follow soon. Cen
eral snyman explained that the chief OBJ
lection to locating the colony in the
limited States was the immigration law.
u;s people did not want to be classed as
ordinary immigrants, being impoverished
nv the war. The immigration laws o.
this country seem to be framed to keep
ont desirable and admit undesirable
immigrants. The vicious scourlngs oil
Europe have full access, while the hard
working and quietly disposed Chinese,
who would be of great assistance to the
farmers, are excluded, as would also
appear to be the case with the Beers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09

Caruthers knocked him down. They
were separated and Caruthers went
home. Since that time Ashton
made threats against Caruthers.
On Thursday evening Caruthers went
to the ''shop' on horseback and
met Ashton. A fight ensued. They
were parted by some negro men and
Caruthers went ON. Ashton told him as
he got on his horse that he would attend
to him as he came back. Caruthers
borrowed pistol at the "shop." On
his return he found Ashton seated on the
road with a heavy hoe in his hand.
Caruthers was invited to dismount and
fight. This he refused TO do, when
Ashton advanced with the hoe in hand.
Caruthers warned him that if he struck
him he would shoot, at the same time
pulling the revolver. Ashton continued
to advance, when Csruthers shot him, as
stated above. Both youngmeu are high
ly connected and the occurrence is a
source of general regret in the county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
FLOODS IN VIRGINIA.

The food in James river has reached
its height, and a recession will probably
follow today. The low-lying section of
Richmond is flooded, and the steamship
wharves are under water, but the indica-
tons are that the damage will not be
great. as the steamship companies and
merchants in the exposed section had
vacated in favor of the increasing waters.
The failure of the second rise in the
Riyanna, which was feared but did not
come, kept the flood from being as Sc
rious at Richmond as was anticipated.
The Chesapeake and Ohio suffered sew
eral washouts and the running of trains
has been interferred with. Three houses
in the east end of Richmond were struck
by lightning Sunday, though not SER
iously damaged, and the lower part of
Fulton is cut off from the city by the
high water.
Petersburg was visited Sunday by
some half dozen or more separate and
distinct electrical storms, which were ac-
companied by heavy rains One of the
storms. which occurred about 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon, was terrific, and the
seyerest known in Petersburg for years.
During this storm stable on Pearl
street was struck by lightning and set
on fire. One Of the electric cars on the
Old street line was also struck by light
ming and disabled. The heavy rains
have caused considerable freshet in all
the streams, and the Appomattox river
at Petersburg is over the wharyes. In
telligence from places nearby report
heavy rains and hail storms.
The heaviest rain for years fell at
Gordonsville early Sunday morning. The
streets we're flooded with water and many
bridges and fences were washed away.
Washouts are reported at several points
along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
The washout near CampbelPs station oc-
casioned by the heavy rains of Saturday
and Saturday night, was more disastrous
than at first thought. An engine and
caboose which started out from the scene
of the washout late Sunday evening for
Gordonsville struck two cows. The ca
boose broke loose from the engine and
rolled down 20-foot embankment.
Conductor Smith, who was on the real
platform. was injured. Two Western
Union linemen were in the caboose, and
one of them, Mr.. J. b. Cleaton, of Char.
lottesvile, had his left foot crushed, and
is now at his home under physician
care. He received bruises about the
head and shoulders.
As aresultof greatly swollen streams
in Page county, MIR. John Racer and
Miss Rena Tacoma, both of Page
county, had narrow escape from
drowning in Dry Run, near Luray, Sun
day evening.
The heavy rains Of the past few days
have swollen the Rappahannock much
beyond its banks. Damage and incon-
venience has been caused at Cape May.
Mr.. Milton Clinedinst, of Edinburg,
Shenandoah county, narrowly escaped
drowning in the Shenandoah river while
returning home from attending County
Court yesterday. His buggy was over
turned by the swollen stream, and he
with his horse was washed considerable
distance before being rescued A heavy
rain and hailstorm passed over part Of
Shenandoah county at Mount Olive and
vicinity yesterday afternoon, causing
much damage to crops and washing
fields and gardens badly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
GOOD ADVICE.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint. More than
seventy-ive per cent. of the people in
the United States are afflicted with these
two diseases and their effects: such as
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Heartburn, Water-brash, Gnawing and
Burning Parns at the Pitof the Stomach,
Yellow Skin, Coated Tangue and Dis
agreeable Taste in the Mouth, Coming
up of Food after Eating, Low Spirits,
etc. Go to your Druggist and get a
bottle of August Flower for % or rs
cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Try it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
The Ponies Indisposition.

Rome, June 9.--Despite reports to
the contrary, the Pope is far from well.
His recent indisposition has so weaken
ed him that he remains in bed for the
greater part of the day. While he rises
for his regular audiences few hours
each day, the prelate becomes so easily
tired that often he can scarcely speak or
hear what his visitors say. Several
times the audiences have been curtailed
and he has been taken to his apartment
in a state of prostration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
Desperate on the Rampage.

indianapolis, Ind, June e.-The
sheriff of Martin county has sworn in
nearly 200 farmers and laboring men as
deputies and for the past three days
squads of ten or dozen have been
searching for Arthur Lyons, who muir
dered his stepmother on Friday evening.
At Indian Springs yesterday he held up
the entire village, entering it as the peo-
pie were leaving church and riding up
and down the streets, daring any one to
attempt his arrest. Lyons is armed with
a rife and pair of revolvers and is
dead shot. The Martin county authori-
ties have offered reward for his capture,
but no one believes he will be taken
alive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
. SHOOTING IN KING GEORGE.:

The Fredericksburg Star gives the
following accounted the recent shooting in
King George county:
Near Ninde's store in King George
county, last Thursday evening, Veola
Caruthers, son of DIR. V. o. Caruthers,
shot and wounded Tucker Ashton, son
of Judge c. II. Ashton, severely in the
shoulder with a revolver. Medical at
tention was rendered by Doctor Caruthers
and Ninde. The trouble commenced
the week previous at Colonial Beach.
As far as can be learned these are some
of the particulars which led up to the
shooting: Saturday, May 30. both OF
the young men were at Colonial Beach.
Caruthers was not there with Ashton,
but az he was about TO leave Ashton
came up and insisted on riding home in
the buggy with him. This Caruthers
refused 10 allow and Ashton cursed him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
The Work ola asweil" Burglar.

New York, June 9.-This morning
about 1870 Mrs. Mary Nc Allister, house
keeper for the family of L. E. Clark, of
q West 47th street, one of the most
fashionable districts of the West Side,
was awakened by a noise on the fire es-
cape. Looking out she sawa man passing
her window on his way to the roof with
a bundle tied about his neck. Her cries
aroused the people in the house and a
hurry call for police was sent to the sta
ton. When the police arrived the burg
lar had disappeared, but on the roof was
a table cloth in.which we're 200 pieces of
silverware. The police searched all
the houses in the neighborhood, which
include the homes of Perry Belmont,
Ogden Goelet, Commodore Kane, and a
number of other wealthy persons but
found no trace of the marauder. Their
theory is that the man is 'swelP'
burglar, who has home in the district
and climbed over the roofs TO that of the
Clark house. They expect to apprehend
him before the day is over.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
The CUP Defenders.

Highlands of Navesink, N. Y, June 9.
Almost dead calm and heavy mist
gives dreary outlook for the race be-
tween Reliance, Constitution and Column
bia today, over the Americas cup course
off Sandy Hook. The race today will be
Is miles beat to windward, and run
home. The start will be made at IL
O. clock if weather conditions are propi.
tious.
Highlands of Nayesink, June 9.-Tht
race for today has been declared of
owing TO the fog.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09

REPRESENTATIVE SLEMP, the republic
can member of Congress from the Ninth
district. has been in Washington for the
past few DAYS, during which time he has
been frequently interviewed. He states
that Virginia at the next election will
send four republicans to Congress, and
yesterday while at the White House he
divulged to the President his plans for
electing republican members. He told
the President of the plan of prominent
members of the party to carry on cam
paign of education for the next two
years through the medium ola State news
paper to be called the Virginia Press,
to be published at Roanoke. Through
this paper republican policies, he says,
will be exploited TO every corner of the
State. Now Col. Slemp should know
that instead of Virginia sending four
republicans to Congress next year she
will probably send none. Col. Slemp
was elected by very slim majority and
this was secured by the Oyer-cOn6dence
of the great majority of the friends Of
Judge Rhea, the democratic candidate
and by the sulking in their tents of a
number of Judge Rhea's personal
enemies who refused to support the
ticket after the Judge had secured the
democratic nomination. The colonel
had best make his own election sure be.
fore he talks about electing other re
publican Congressman in Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
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preparing Tor ID6 w cuuIHB'

Cleveland, o., June 9.-For the past
week many gifts for Miss Ruth Hanna
who tomorrow is to wed Joseph Medill
Mccormick, of Chicago, have been con-
stantly arriving at the Hanna residence.
The gift of President and Mrs. RoOse-
welt is a set of gold after-dinner coffee
cups and saucers, plain and elegant in
design. Mrs. Mckinley sent beautiful
and costly vase of rare Italian ware.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna have not yet
made known their intention as to a gift.
Preparations for the floral decorations of
ST. Paups Church for the Hanna-Mc-
Cormick nupt;als are even now we'll I'M
der way. Two of the most prominent
florists in the city have been engaged to
do this work, one at the church and the
other at the house. The plans for the
decorations have been made to conform
with the elegance and simplicity which
characterized all of the wedding prepa-
rations. The entertainment of the we'd
ding guests will not end with the we'd
ding ceremony. Wednesday, after the
wedding breakfast Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Ireland will entertain at their country
home the out-of-town guests and the
Hanna family.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
Ladies and children Invited.

All ladies and children who cannot stand
the shocking strain of laxative syrups, CA
thartics, etc, are invited to try the famous
Little Early Risers. They are different from
all other pills. They do not purge the system
Even a double dose will not gripe, weaken
or sicken many people call them the Easy
Pill w. II. Howell, Houston, Tex, says
nothing better can be used for constipation
sick headache, etc. Bob Moore, Lafayette
Ind, says all Others gripe and sicken, while
DeWitt's Little Early Rises do their work
we'll aud easy. Sold by Z. S. Leadbeater q
Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09

THE northern papers are catching
on" to the Presidents reasons for ap-
pointing colored men to prominent posi-
lions in the South as will be seen by the
following from the Philadelphia Record +:
South Carolina can send Roosevelt
delegates TO the republican national con-
vention, but can give no electoral votes
to the republican candidate for the presi-
dency, so Mr.. Roosevelt insists on hav-
ing a colored man for collector at Charles
ton. But in Maryland the negroes
will not select the delegates, and the
States electoral vote might be secured
for Mr.. Roosevelt This explains why
Postmaster General Payne decided not
to establish pOstoffice for which col
ored man had been appointed postmas-
Ter. The white people Of the place pro-
tested, and as Maryland is a doubtful
State Mr.. Payne decided to put the viii
lage of Quindocquia on a free delivery
route instead OF giving it postofiee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
COURT OF APPEALS AT WYTHE-
WILLIE.
Thomas ID. Gold, receiver, VS.. i

Thomas D. Gold, receiver, vs.. Paint
er. Argued by Marshall Mccormick
and R. T. Barton, for appellant and A.
B. Pugh and Judge A. A. Phlegar fol
the appellee and submitted. The ques-
ton of the statute of limitations as to
stock subscriptions is the main point in
volved in this case.
The Court elected w. w. Scott
librarian for the court, to succeed
Charles Turner, who has held the
position for many years and is now in
capacitated by poor health.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-09
TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE g 1903.

NEWSPAPERS throughout the ciViiized
world have during the past few weeks
entered vigorous protests against the
barhorous manner in which Jews have
been and are still treated in portions OF
Russia. while the cabinets of most OF the
leading nations have discussed the
matter. A Jewish refugee who has
arrived at Berlin describes the recent
anti-semite outbreak at Bialystok, Po-
land "a part of the Cars Possessions),
as equalling in some details the massa-
ere at Kishineff. The mob forced an
entrance to the Jews houses, pitched
ont their furniture and set fire TO 1t IN
the streets. One hundred and fifty-hve
houses and "a shops were looted. The
mob seized Rabbi Kohen, shaved one
half of his head and led him through
the streets dressed as a clown. Inc
populace Knocked the rabbi, spat upon
him cursed him and his race. A prom
inent Hebrew was compelled to abJure
the Jewish faith in the public market
place on pain of death. While many
of the Hebrew race have refuged from
such inhospitable scenes to the United
States, the mass of them cannot, for var
ious reasons, get here, although it seems
to be their hearts desire to do So
In this connection sad story
comes from New York. In trying
to save enough money to bring his
family from Russia Nathan Longbart
deliberately starved himself to death
and died Saturday. He reached New
York three years ago from Waikedisk,
Russia. a town near Kishineff, leaving
his wife and five daughters at that town,
and a sister at Kishinef. Since then
he had sent money at regular intervals
10 his wife and had stinted himself IN
endeavors TO get them to THIS country
In his efforts TO accomplish this
purpose he sacrificed his life. Hatred
to the Jewish race is on slow but
steady increase throughout continental
Europe, and the victims of massacres
and outrages find but little sympathy IN
most of the benighted places where
bigotry and fierceness rule instead OF
conservatism. common sense and human
ity to say nothing of Christianity which
many oppressors of the Irsaelitish race
profess. The outcome of it all is oe'
casioning much discussion among think
ing persons in all nations, and the
movement which is growing toward
placing Palestine again in the hands OF
the Israelities is meeting with favor
We are told that many mighty scenes
in the future history of this people are
to be enacted in the land of their birth
and from the signs of the times it would
seem that the preliminaries are about to
be arranged, the most significant o.
which will be their restoration to the
promised land.