Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-12-10
News Of the Day.

A Seattle dispatch states that vessel.
name unknown, has been wrecked oil
Cape Flatiery.
Former Judge William Sheppard
BRYAN. of the Court Of Appeals, OF
Maryland, died 10 Baltimore yesterday Of
old age.
Representative Mann, Of Illinois, viii
Introduce bill this week to compel rail-
ROADS to carry passengers at ? cents n
mile, mileage books or no mileage books.
Fifty canaries, all ongs tiers, were
smothered TO death by smoke during II
fire which occurred yesterday afternoon,
at the home of Mrs. Kate Moore, in
Washington.
DIR. William Osler, who arrived in
Baltimore, Saturday afternoou'lor short
stay to attend meeting of the Medical
Journal Club, On that night gave an
interesting talk upon the Oxford UNI
versity.
Adolpb ]. Davis, who was arrested in
New York at the instance OF his finance,
Mrs. Helen Ddveia, southern beauty,
who accu sed bin ofstesling her 81 900
necklace after he had broken their en-
gagement, is again anxious to marry her.
The steamship Gsdsby went ashore in
the fog in the lower New York bay about
half past Two this afternoon. Tugs have
been rushed 10 her assistance and are
irving to take her Of. IL ia thought
there is no great danger to her passen-
gers and crew.
An immense Jewish mass meeting in
Durland's Riding Academy in New
York last night nearly ended in panic
when part Of the speakers platform col
lspsed, dropping Jacob II. Schih, the
presiding officer, aud about forty other
persons in a heap on the tan5ark floor.
No one was seriously hurt.
Miss Alma Roberts, who keeps a
boarding bouse in New York. Saturday
filed suit demanding Sl5, 900 damages
from 7. r. PeIl, young sou-in-laR OF
Edwin s Cramp, the wealthy Philadel-
phia shipbuilder. Seduction and breach
Of promise OF marriage are alleged as bas
for the suit. Pell, who is % years old,
has been married for about three years.
After attempting TO rob the Brinkman
Company Bank at Great Bend, Kan,
Saturday single-handed George a.
Lewis. of Kansas City, VAS surrounded,
and surrendered. Several shots were fred
into the room in which Lewis sought
safety in an attempt TO disl,dce him.
One bullet struck and instantly killed n
man, who was in the express Office on
the street door. Finally, after parl5ying
for an hour with bis pursuers, Lewis sur
rendered and was taken TO jail.
In 40 minutes Friday afternoon the
breakwater at Fort Macon Life Saving
station SINK from an elevation of three
fee! above high water to depth Of %
feet; the long pier in front OF the station
sank uutl it rested on the water, the pro-
tecting bank crumbled away and cracks
were mqde in the hills adjoining the
beach. The subsideuce is attf;bn'ed to
an underground current from the ocean
setting against the point 10 l')at of Fort
Macon, which is at the entrance Of Beau
fort harbor, North Caroline
Raging at his accusers and crying
only "Hang me. Hang me- to the
Judges questions, Herman Billik, byp-
otist and fortune teller, was held with
out bail in Chicago Saturday on the
charge of numbering bis friend Martin
Vtzsl, the laiter's wife aud their five
children. AIrs. lIillil was also arraigned
az an accessory after the iacl. She had
engaged a personal attorney and fou h:
for liberty, but, like her husband, was
denied bail. Toe Billiks will he rear
raigned in 10 days for their preliminary
hearing.
With the $50, 600 fund raised by Chi
cago labor unions TO defend the leaders OF
the teamstors' organization from conspi-
rscy charges exhausted, President Fitz-
patrick, OF the Chicago Federation Of
Labor, has named a committee to secure
$40, 600 more, and even this, it is adj
mitted, may not be enough to conclude
the case. The teamsters' treasury is
completely exhausted, and an attempt
was made sometime ago to borrow $40.
900 from the Street Car Mems Union, a
proposition which the latter organization
promptly refused.