Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-11
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will be held in Hagerstown Sunday,
July 8, to nominate presidential cleo
tors
While standing on the scaffold await
ing the adjustment OF the moose, Iheo-
phile Ballenger died from fright in Mon
treal yesterday.
Charles P. Dewey, of Chicago, mil
lionaire iron and steel manufacturer,
died Yesterday morning in Wheeling,
w. Va, while visiting his niece, Mrs
B. Walker Peterson
A warrant for the arrest OF L. julius
Schaumloefe, the well-known lawyer
and real estate agent of Baltimore was
sworn out yesterday, charging him
with obtaining 81, 500 from Mr. OTTO
Bregenzer, a cigar box manufactured
Miss Joujou Edith Converse, daugh-
ter of Admiral George Converse, and lie
Baron C. Colt, of Providence, son OF
Judge LIE Baron B. Colt, Of the United
States Circuit Court. were quietly
married in Bristol, r. J., yesterday
afternoon. The bride, who is decid-
eddy pretty woman, is prominent IN
Washington and Newpor. society circles.
In the course of IN acrimonious dis
cussion In the French Chamber OF
Deputies yesterday between Premier
Comes and NJ. Millerand the socialist
ex- Minister it was stated that in Deem
Der. 1902. the Premier was offered two
millions francs if he would bring in a
bill authorizing the Carthusian monks to
remain at Grande Chartreuse. The
matter is to be investigated by commits
sion.
A special to the Gazette at Little
Rock, Ark, from Rector says Early
risers in Rector yesterday morning saw
an effigy of Governor Davis hanging
from pole in a conspicuous place.
This expression of disapproyal of the
of the governors refusal to save Mart
Vowel, who was executed for the
murder of William Lovejoy, from the
gallows, came from an unknown source.
Attached to the picture of the governor
wore several playing cards.
Cardinal Gibbons was present at the
annual commencement of the Baltimore
Academy of the Visitation in Baltimore
Yesterday, and awarded the diplomas
and prizes. He also made IN address in
which he said that after hearing music
of the standard given in the programme,
he was sure that it would be regret
able move to Danish the feminine mu-
stefan from the church choirs, as is the
desire of the Pope, and said he hoped
that it wonld be long time before
such course was followed in this
country.
Asa precautionary msasure, and to pre-
vent possible Iynching, at a late hour
Thursday night Sheriff Julian spirited
Dock Arthur, colored, the alleged train
wrecker, out of Salisbury, n. c., and
kept him under guard all night. Arthur
is known to have held grudge against
Jim Watkins, the fireman who was
killed in the wreck of No. 40, the
Southern's fast mail, early Wednesday
morning. He is reported as having
said that he would kill Watkins if he
had to throw switch to do it.
The case against Hannah Elias
proved so hollow when it came up for
examination yesterday afternoon it was
thrown up by Assistant District Attor-
ney Rand, in New York, in disgust, and
the discharge of the woman followed.
TLo.o mae n dramatic coann in pourt
when Magistrate Ommen said: "Han-
nah Elias, you are discharged" and
the police we're unable to cope with the
mob. 1t took nearly 90 minutes to get
the woman away from the surging
crowds. Old Mr.. Plat had told his
story on the witness stand and Lyman
Warren, his lawyer, had been examined
when the end came The woman was
retreated in a Civil Suit, and released on
$40, 600 bond.
The japanese advance in Manchuria
is being pushed vigorously. They have
taken Sluyen, an important place, and
are advancing upon Haicheng, which Is
on the direct road TO Liaoyang and
Mukden, the headquarters, respectively,
of General Kuropatkin and Viceory
Alexieff. The Russian forces driven
back consisted of several thousand cayal-
ry and six guns. The Russians have
again suffered severe losses. They were
driven toward Kaiping, which is also on
the road to Liaoyang. 1t appears that
large portion Of the japanese army
recently landed at Takushan co-operated
with General Kuroki's forces. General
Kuroki has received large reinforce
ments.
Although stabbed ten times by her
husband Thursday, Mrs. Rosie ChiOd o
is still alive in the hospital in Morris
town, N. and j., the doctors say that she
has slight chance of recovery. The
couple sixteen-year. old son is held as
witness, and Carmino Catazone, fifty
years old, with whom the woman lived
since she left New Britain and went to
Morristown, has also been placed under
arrest. Chiodo is sixty-twO years old,
and his wife is about rorty-fve The
son said that they lived unhappily in
their home in New British, and that his
mother, finding that it would be ex-
pensive TO secure divorce, determined
to run away. She went to Morristown
last week, aud her husband followed her
Sunday. ChiodO has been arrested.
The Market.
GEORGETOWN, June ll.-Wheat sSa$l.0S.