Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-11
News of the Day.

to the Archbishop of Canterbury at the
General Episcopal Convention, in Boston.
Ex-President.. Cleveland will preside
and make a speech at great democratic
mass meeting in Carnegie Hall, New
York, October 81.
Confederate veterans of Texas yestcr-
day celebrated on Sunday the eighty
sixth birthday of Judge John II. Reagan,
the only survivor of the Confederate
| Cabinet.
Chinese troops have defeated large
body of rebels at Lochengshien after a
three-day fight. The Boxer mo yement
is reported TO be spreading in the north
ern provinces of China.
A idle rumor that the Dime Savings
Bank of Canton, o., lost s75, 900 by the
failure of the Aaltman Company started
run on the bank yesterday. All credi-
tors we're promptly paid.
A suicide pact has resulted in the
death of Miss Minnie Ifand, 20 years
old, and Lulu Cook, IA years old, dsugh-
tiers of farmers 20 miles south of Kanka-
kee, I'll. Clasped in each others arms
the two drank the contents of an ounce
bottle of strychnine. Death came be-
fore medical aid could be summoned.
The reading of trashy novels is said to
have led to the suicide.
A hundred workmen were buried by
the fall yesterday of walls in course of
erection for an extension of the Casa
Pra stores in Santiago, Chile. Fifteen
corpses and forty wounded have been re-
moved from the ruins. The walls,
which were constructed of iron and ce-
ment, had reached a height of four
stories. There is much indignation
against the architect who had charge of
the work.
William Jones, of Mole Hill, Richie
county, w. Va, cut his throat with a
razor Sunday in the presence of his
brothers wife and died almost instantly.
He had but recently been released from
the Weston Insane Hospital. About a
year ago his son Creed was assassinated
in his nome by some one who crept up to
the window at night and shot from out
side. A week later Ard Jones killed
himself on his brother Oreed's grave and
left note confesslng that he killed his
brother.
A third attempt by childron to wreck
Norfolk and Western trains occurred
Sunday at Willis, w. Va, station
about eighty miles west of Roanoke.
Willie Cleburne, an eight-year-old boy,
placed a piece of iron on the track in
front of passenger train No. and the
pony trucks of the engine we're derailed.
The boy was considered TOO young to be
arrested. but he was given a sound fog
ging by his parents in the presence Of
Norfolk and Western detectives. This
is the third attempt by children at
wrecking trains on the Norfolk and
Western within two months, two oil
which we're successful, one at Dunlow
last week and the other at Oakvale,
seven weeks ago.
The epidemic of river suicides in
Wheeling, w. Va, continues. At noon
Sunday the body of Miss Rock. who
leaped from the bridge about a week ago,
was taken from the Ohio river, and q
few hours later Mrs. James Reese, a
young married woman, who had found a
letter from woman in the pocket Of her
husband, walked out to the same spot on
the steel bridge and started to climb the
railing. Her nerve evidently failed her.
She then walked t. the levee and
plunged into nine feet of water. Jack
Doyle, swan out to her, catching the
woman by the hair as she was sinking
the third time. She was taken ashore,
aud alter being restored sharply repri-
nlanded her rescuer for not permitting
her to die.