Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Masked men robbed the railroad sta
ton at Mcfarland, Kan, yesterday
morning They stole money, watches
and nearly everything portable ana Deaf
the railroad men into insensibility.
News has reached Roanoke, Va, from
Wyoming county, w. Va, ofthe killing
of Noah Sloan by Bass Cook, near the
town of Ocesna. The alteration wnlcn
led up to the killing was dispute over
30 cents which Sloan alleged was que
him by Cook.
Mayor Albert w. Mills, OF seymour,
Ind. was fatally shot by Policeman
John Reddinger yesterday. The latter
with Officer Baughman, for some cause,
had ordered the Mayor to 30 home. Inc
Mayor resented the officer action ana III
the row which followed Mills and Ofhcer
Baughman we're shot.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Neckar. which sailed from Bremen Thurs
day with 1900 passengers for Baltimore
nut back to Bremen yesterday with q
main steampipe burst. Two engineers
and Eve stokers were killed and two
stokers injured. None of the passengers
was injured.
At noon today the mimic war, waged
off Portland. Me-, since midnight Tues
dav with all manner of maneuvers by
the navy. came TO an end and the several
thousand men hurried to the defense oil
the city we're Withdrawn from the har-
Dor defenses. The land forces claimed
to have been victorious during the
mimic war.
Because she refused to marry him
Jack Williams YESTERDAYS afternoon IN
| WEIGH. w. Va, shot and instantly killed
Mamie Shafer He gave himself up to
the authorizes. Williams was desperate
| " in love with the girl and had before
asked her to marry him, she had always
refused. He finally told her yesterday
morning that if she did not consent to
marry him he would kill her She refused
and the tragedy resulted.
| While the meeting Of the delegates
| of the Ingram Carpet Weavers' Union
was at its height in Dahlgren Hall in
Philadelphia yesterday morning, the
| plaster of the ceiling came tumblIne
| down and fell upon the heads of those
assembled. The crash of the plaster and
the shouts of the men created wild excite
ment. and for few minutes panic pre-
vo;Ied The hall was filled with flying
dust. and when it was cleare | Away half
dozens delegates were nursing scalI
wounds.
A cyclone passed over Connellsviile
Pa. and vicinity yesterday leaylnl
, death and destruction in its wake. 4
peculiar looking funnel-shaped clonC
appeared over Connellsville and de
scended upon the town and immediate
vicinity without moments warning
People were lifted off their feet ant
houses were moved off their foundations
Five minutes later the storm disappeared
as suddenly as it came. Mrs LizA
Levowitz, a Slav woman, was struck D
lightning and instantly killed Will
gathering coal.
The Baltimore and Ohio passenge
train due at Hagerstown from Baltimor
at $40 last night was wrecked at Funk'
town siding, two miles from Hagerstow,n
Fireman Edward H. Murphy, OF Bait
more, was instantly killed. Enginee
Epharim F. Provance of Baltimore, wa
thrown about 20 feet out of his engln
and was landed in lot Of bushes. IL
escaped with a few scratches and sPra j,
ed wrist. The other members OF tn
crew escaped injury, as did also the pas
sengers, although some Of the latter wer
badly shaken up. The wreck was cause
by the top of box car standing on tn
siding blowing off and falling on tn
main track during severe windstorI
yesterday.