Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-14
News Of the Day.


and Cromwell Varley, his British step
son, may be released by the Moor ban
Raisuli, tomorrow.
Lieut.. Nathaniel T. Bower, Eng. neer
Corps, of Fort Leayenworth, Kan, was
killed yesterday near the target range
by lightning, which struck his rifle.
Rev. f. D. Tinney, pastor emeritus
of the Presbyterian Church, of Belair,
Nd, died early yesterday morning at
the Union Protestant Infirmary, in Balti-
more.
Secretary Of the Navy William Henry
Moody undoubtedly will be appointed to
succeed Acknowledgement Philander c.
Knox as head of the Department OF
Justice when Mr.. Knox retires to be-
come United States Senator from Penn
sylvania.
In free fight at Brands Springs,
near the Wilton county, Ga, line in
Gwynett county, near Logansville, Sun
day morning, Bert Smith shot his
antagonist, James Weathers, aud, miss
ing his aim, killed John L. Smith, a
prominent citizen of Gwynett county.
Cardinal Satolli will visit Washington
next Saturday. becoming the guest of
Mgr. Dennis J. O'Connell, rector of the
Catholic University, in Caldwell Hall,
of that institution, until the following
Tuesday afternoon. He also will be the
guest of the President at luncheon and of
Secretary of War Taft at dinner while in
the city.
A post-mortem examination on the
body of Joseph Muldutus, "a years old,
a bartender at the Hotel Damukaetes,
Baltimore, who died several minutes
after being brought to the Maryland
University Hospital Sunday evening,
was held yesterday, when it was found
that the young man died from blood
poisoning superinduced by an abscess at
the root Of tooth.
On a train nearly three hours late,
the body of Levi Z. Letter, with the
members of the immediate family, ar
rived in Washington a few minutes be-
fore IL O'Clock last night. The body
was borne Immediately to the mansion
on Dupont Circle, and will remain there
until removed to st. Johns Episcopal
Church for the funeral services in the
afternoon.
Alexander Skies, young man seven
teen years old, was instantly killed by
his little five-year-old brother yesterday
afternoon at the Highland Park mills,
Charlotte, n. G. The two boys we're
watching some other boys throw horse
shoes. Henry Skies, the 6ye-year-old
boy, held shotgun He was playing
with the gun when it was discharged,
and the entire load took effect in Alex
ander Skies left side.
Police Judge John ]. Riley, in Lex
ington, KY, yesterday revived the old
whipping post regime, when he sentenced
Simon Scarce, a ffteen.year-old negro
lad, to be whipped in the public square.
Scarce had struck a small white boy.
The court decreed that the boys mother
take the negro to the public square and
give him twenty lashes with a buggy
whip. The MOTHER in the presence Of
large crowd, administered the punish
ment as directed.
Disguised with the inhospitable re-
ception he met with in London, John
Alexande: Dowie suddenly determined
to leave England and started yesterday
afternoon for Boulogue-Sur.M er, France,
with his wife aud son. 1t is understood
that Dowie has decided to return to the
United Stated by the first steamer In
strongly-worded denunciatory editorials,
the London papers yesterday morning
expressed unbounded satisfaction with
Dowie's speedy departure.
Application has been made before
Chancellor Nicholson, in Wilmington,
Del, for the appointment Of a receiver
for the Ruby Match Company, con-
Germ chartered by ]. Edward Addicks.
The petitioner is Edgar B. Stocking, a
lawyer of Washington, who alleges that
the company owes him $4,000 in fees
and is insolyent through mismanage-
ment. OF the 81, oOO 600 capital stock
of the company, Stocking alleges that
Mr. -Addicks took SO, $50, 600, on which
he never made any payment. Chan
cellor Nicholson will give hearing on
Wednesday.
The body of James w. Baker, who
died in Hemlock, n. c., on Friday, was
last night taken to his home in Hamp-
shire county for burial. A pathetic fea
ture of his death is that he was married
only few days ago on his deathbed. He
was engaged to a young lady in West
Virginia and he was taken sick with ty-
phoid fever in North Carolina. He tele-
graphed for her to come to him at once.
She hurried to his bedside, but he was
two weak to go through with the cere
mony. Finally he rallied and they we're
married. The young groom then suffer
ed a relapse and died.
IL became known yesterday that an
attempt had recently been made to blow
up the church OF st. Anthony, in st
Louis, which is; in charge of Francis
cans A stick of dynamite was discov-
cred under the altar, attached to fuse
running to a candle. Inability of an
attendant 10 light the candle to which
the fuse was attached led to the discov-
cry of the fuse and the dynamite. The
fuse was so arranged that if the candle
had burned for a certain time it would
have ignited the fuse and caused an
explosion which might have destroyed
the building and caused great loss of
lee