Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-17
News Of the Day.

Five vessels with 10000 punches of
bananas. arrived at Baltimore Yester.
day from the West Indies and Central
American ports.
The motion to advance the hearing in
the case of the State of Kentucky VS..
James Howard. convicted of completely
in the murder of Governor Goebel,
made in the Supreme Court of the
United States last Tuesday, was yester-
day denied by the court.
Seventeen passengers, one of whom
may die, we're injured yesterday by the
wrecking of the westbound st. Louis
Denver flyer on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, near Sugar City, sixty miles
east of Pueblo. The accident was caused
by spreading rails. The last three cars,
Pullman sleeper, tourist sleeper, and
a day coach, we're overturned.
Charles Dana Gibson will soon cay
good-by to America, and to large de-
gree to work 10 black and white. He
is going to Europe to become student
again and to work in colors. For twenty
wears his desire has been to be por-
trait painter, and now, at last, he is in
position to crafty this ambition. Mr..
Gibson intends to remain away about
three years.
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador
Yesterday was received by the President,
to whom be presented "a confidential
message of thanks" from the Emperor.
1t is understood the message concerned
the cordial tone of the Presidents recent
note accepting the invitation of Emperor
Nicholas to the Washington government
to participate in a second peace confer
ence at The Hague.
The First Presbyterian Church, at
McKee's Rocks, a West End suburb of
Pittsburg, was blown up by natural gas
about noon yesterday and demolished.
The explosion is said to have been the
result of leak in the basement of the
building, which was sought by the jani-
tor with a lighted candle. David Lead
er, the janitor, was badly burned by the
flames and was caught under the crumb-
ling walls, but was not fatally hurt.
The loss was about $4,000.
With her head resting on bank of
flowers intended for the funeral ofanother
child, ei2ht-year.old Isabel Walker was
carried Sunday night 10 Chicago by the
automobile, which had struck aud fatally
injured her, to the office of physician,
where she died on the pillow of white
roses. The girl was fatally injured while
crossing Ashland Boulevard. L. f.
Stevens, driver of the machine was ar
rested. Mr.. Stevens, with his brother,
Thomas f. Stevens, was burrying to the
home of friend, and his brother held
in his arms huge floral pillow for the
funeral of the friends little daughter
While her boarders were at dinner yes
terday Mrs. Caroline Buehler, of ST.
George, S. l., suddenly excused herself,
and, going to her room, shot herself
through the head with revolver. When
Mrs. Buehler left the table her daughter
Maud followed her upstairs ard asked
her if she was i'll. Mrs. Buehler replied
that she was tired of life and was going
to kill herself, and the girl, thinking that
her mother was only jestiDg, returned to
the dining ROOM A moment later shot
was heard, and when the door of the
room was opened Mrs. Buehler was found
dead. 1t is supposed that she had be-
come respondent through grief over the
death of her four-Year-old son, who was
accidentally killed last winter.