Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-21
News Of the Day.


King Peter, of Servis, whose corona
ton took place in Belgrade today
received a personal letter from the Gar,
written, it is said, in a friendly tone.
liussia, however, was not represented at
the coronation.
Because she was denied by her parents
the right to marry the man of her own
choice, Miss Rachael Grasse, the beauti
full daughter of J. H. Grasse, st. Louis
millionaire, arrived in New York yes
terday to begin a life CT self-sacriice and
religious devotion as nun in the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart.
Two daughters of S. G. Stuart, a
prominent farmer of Falls county, Tex,
who was found dead in bed with his head
almost severed from his body, have con-
fessed to the crime. They are thirteen
and sixteen years old. They declare
their father threatened to exterminate
the entire family of four girls.
James Reilly, the bell boy at the
WaIdorf-Astoria Hotel in New York,
has been arrested in Chicago. He is
charged with stealing jewelry from
apartments in the hotel. Within the
last three months guests at the Wal
dorf- Astoria have lost more than
$3.50 worth of valuables through
theft
Two more Washington merchants yes
terday filed voluntary petitions asking
to be adjndged bankrupt. They are
Charles Ernst, of the paperhanging and
decorating firm of Charles Ernst q Co.,
| IIl3 Fourteenth street northwest, and
Clifford p Herring, a dealer in shoes at
100 Seventh street northwest, both OF
whom have Baltimore creditors.
Rumors of the formation Of filibus-
tering expedition in the United States
directed against one of the Central Amer
lean republics has caused considerable
agitation among them. Honduras and
Guatemala are particularly apprehensive
and the minister of one and charge daft
flares of the other have asked the State
Department in Washington to prevent
the formation and departure Of any hostile
expedition.
Mrs. Edward G. Ellis, the young
widow of Millionaire E. Q. Ellis, promis-
ed her husband on his deathbed never
to wed again. She will receive about
81, 600 900 by his death. The young
widows husband was the last of the
male members of the Ellis family, which
established the great locomotive works
Of that name at Schenectady, n. Y,
and be died at the Hotel Bellclair, New
York, yesterday.
The trial of the alleged members of
the negro Before Day Club" was held
at Talbotton, Ga, yesterday before Judge
Raines. After a careful examination Of
numerous witnesses the negroes were
given their freedom. 1t appears from
the evidence that the report of the club $
existence was given out by a negro woman
in fit of jealousy and was not reliable.
From careful inquiry it does not appear
that there is any "Belore Day Club"
Early yesterday morning messages
we're received by the hardware stores in
Hawkinsville, Ga, to rush by express
ammunition and arms to Pitts, Wilcox
county, in anticipation of an expected
outbreak among the negroes who live
there in large numbers. On Saturday
night Cecil johnson, a white man, shot
and killed negro, and since that time
the negroes have been holding secret
meetings $50 strong, many quitting their
work to attend. The situation in Pitts
is said to. be serious.
The mystery surrounding the murder
of Mrs. Fannie Porter, who was found
in room in Louisville, KY, with her
throat cut, was cleared up yesterday by
the arrest and confession Of William
Van Dalsen. Van Dalsen was found
at the home of relative in New Albany,
Ind. He admitted killing Mrs. Porter,
of whom he was enamored. The bloody
razor was found in Van Dalsen's pos
session. Van Dalsen's only defense
was that he and the woman quarreled,
and that she drew razor, whereupOn
he wrestled the weapon from her and cut
her throat.
An unknown man in a buggy vas at
tackled by a mob of 500 persons in Chi
cago yesterday after he had run down
and painfully injured Molly Nemkow-
sky, aged six. Hundreds of Ghetto Jews,
celebrating the Feast of Yom Kippur,
pursued the buggy for blocks and bonn
barded the driver with bricks and stones
until the police, brought by riot call,
fought their way through the crowd with
clubs and rescued the driver. A score
of persons were injured in the attack,
and one man was made iDsensible by a
blow on the head. Four were arrested,
charged with disorderly conduct.
Owing over a million dollars and with
assets of 81 200, William B. Smith
Whaley, the financial supporter of seve-
raj cotton manufacturing enterprises in
the South, filed voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States District
Court in Boston yesterday. Mr..
Whaley's total liabilities are$1, ia, 125,
The secured claims amount TO 81 ,0S7, 951,
and the unsecured to $40, ia, In his
petition Mr.. Whaley states that his only
assets are personal property valued at
81, 100, real estate worth 800, and
household goods. There are ninety-one
creditors.
The bodies OF Mary and Lizzie Kehrer,
who lives on a small farm near Bucyrus,
Ohio, were found Yesterday morning by