Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

victim at Butler, Pa, last night.
Robbers entered the bank Of Tower
Hill, ILL.,, this morning, blew the safe
open and escaped with about S., 900.
The New York board of aldermen to-
day granted a franchise for the second
tunnel under the North river connecting
with the foot of CORTLAND street.
The German feet in South American
waters arrived at Havana today. The
officers were shown about the fortif-
cations of the city and expressed great
admiration.
Daniel Christian, formerly superin-
tendent of the Neversink Mountain Rail-
way, near Reading, Pa. was electrocuted
this morning while adjusting apparatus
at the car barn.
The Louisiana legislature at its special
session yesterday unanimously adopted
resolution directing the two United
States Senators from that State to vote
for the Panama canal treaty.
The store of J. H. Wissler, at Bruno
vile, Pa, was entered by burglars last
night and $3.50 worth of merchandise
stolen. The postoffice in the same
building, was robbed of small amount
of cash.
The interstate securities company OF
New York, with capital of 81, 500, 600,
was incorporated today to carry on the
business of financing and developing
commercial and corporate enterprises in
Guiding railroads, water, gas and cleo
trio works, etc.
Mrs. Daniel Green, who left Plainfield,
Mass, several weeks ago in company
with her husbands hired nan, and who
was fortified for the journey with $3.50
belonging to Green, has returned
to her husband and children and recon-
ciliation has been effected.
Dominick Cesar and Peter Gravetti,
guests at the Hotel McHenry, Latrobe,
Pa, were asphyxiated in their bed last
night. The men lived in Wildwood.
They missed their train and retired to
their room at 10 o'clock and are sup
posed to have blown out the gas.
Dan O'Harre, in a fit of jealousy,
shot Ethel Penny, a variety actress, and
Jake Shebina, her escort, last night in
Saa Francisco, and then committed sui
eide. The woman was formerly the
wife of Major Penny, U. S. A., retired.
She and Shebina are seriously wounded
The Hamburg-American lines steamer
Belgravia arrived at New York today
from Hamburg and Boulogne after pro-
longed voyage of Is days from the latter
port. From the time of leaving Boulogne,
the steamer encountered terrific gales
from the west with squalls of hail and
high heavy seas.
While the ferry boat America, bound
from Williamsburg, for the foot of Grand |
street, New York, was in midstream
today, it collided with the torpedo boat
Winslow. The bow of the ferry boat was
stove in and there was a panic among |
the passengers, but it isreported that on
one was injured.
From humble position OF spinner III |
a cotton mill to the possession of $780, |
900, within a month has been the ex
perience of David H. Entvisle: of Albion,
R. l. Entwistle's sister-in-law, who
died in England, left the entire
fortune of her husband, who died IL
years ago, to David.
In Newark, N. j., today Judge
on application of Receiver
Tatnall, of the Asphalt Company of
America, signed an order to levy an as
of eighty per cent. against all
stockholders Of that company. The
total amount to be thus collected is
s24, 600, 600, that sum being due to
creditors of the insolvent Asphalt Com
pany.
In police court this morning the two
young New York girls, Fannie Lewis
and Celia Gibson, who had been looting
school houses in this city and New
York, pleaded guilty and were fined $50 |
and sentenced to so days in Jail. The
sentence was afterwards RENTED and
he girls were turned over to Special
Agent Massie, of the Prisoners Aid
Society, by whom they will be taken to
New York and given into the care of
heir parents.
J. Sskai, an enterprising native Of Japan,
5 in ST. Augustine, Fla, seeking site for
Japanese colony. Several hundred japanese
will likely be located on the east coast.