Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-15
rELEGRApHIo BREviTlEs

Mrs. Catherine Hunt, aged 40, was
burned to death and Thomas Golf and
John Golf were severely burned in
FIRE on Summit street, Brooklyn, early this
morning. The fire was cansed by the
upsetting of a burning oil lamp.
The opening of the trial of Nan Pat
terson, the actress, charged with the
murder of Caesar" Young, the book
maker in cab in New York last June,
was postponed this morning until tomor-
row because of sn unfinished manslaugh-
ter case.
This mornings attempt to start the
mills at Fall River, Mass, ended in an
other failure. About fifty of the sixty
seven factories affected by the strike, at.
tempted to resume operations, but it is
estimated that not more than 500 per-
sons went to work.
A shifting engine on the Pttsburg,
Virginia, & Charleston Railroad, ran
into an open switch at Brownsville, Pa,
this morning, and was overturned. The
engine was caught under the wreckage,
and instantly killed, and the fireman
was crushed so badly that he may die.
The New York horse show continues
to attract large crowds. Among the
horses which will come up tomorrow are
several which appeared yesterday, in
GLIDING Up-to-Date, Sutherland. Topaz
and Garnet Ripple, owned by Mrs.
CORTLAND II. Smith, of Alexandria, Va.
The Standard Oil Company has de.
clared dividend of 81 per share, paya-
bic December Is. The previous dividend
was IS share. At this time last year
$l2 share was declared. Today's divi-
dend makes 36 per cent. declared this
year, against A per cent. declared
in 1908.
Counsel for Philip Weinseimer, the
labor leader who was sentenced to Sing
Sing prison yesterday to serve term of
not less than one year and eight months,
for extortion, to day procured temper
ary certificate of reasonable doubt re-
turnable November 18th. On that date
argument will be heard on the tempo
rary stay.
The jury in the New York supreme
court which has been hearing testimony
in the suit brought by Miss Idslin
Cameron Hayes for $25, 600 for alleged
breach of promise against Henry Clay
Sayers, of Waynesburg, Pa, this morn
ing returned a verdict in favor Of the de-
PENDANT. The plaintiff is 81 years old
and the defendant 65.
Judge Thomas Rutledge, who died in
Salta Rosa, Gala, after a long illness,
won national reputation by defending
the Younger brothers, When he en-
tered the case, they had pleaded guilty,
and were sentenced to death. Rutledge
raised the point that the men could not
be executed except on conviction by a
jury. The point was sustained, aud the
men given life sentence.
The mill owners at Telluride. Col.
last night. posted notices that by Dec.
|, every mill in the Telluride mining
district would be placed on an eight hour
work day basis. The men will receive
wage Of SO instead of So so per day.
The Telluride millers have been on
strike for year for an eight hour day 10
the mills. The owners have agreed to
an eight hour day but not TO union
recognition.
/. Jeff Millhourn an advertising agent
of Baltimore and the uncle of Miss Mer-
tie n. Lester, the young piano demon
strator Of that city, who committed sui
eide yesterday in New York, arrived in
this city this morning. He called at the
coroner's Office, claimed the girls effects
and made arrangements to have the re-
mains shipped to his homein Baltimore.
Mr.. Millbourne said "My niece took her
life because of her dread of sharing n
similar fate of near blood relations who
died of consumption before reaching the
age of "A years."