Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-23
News Of the Day.

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,arse Max Birenbech, 7 years Of
small and weighs only IL pounds,
mot get into school, in New York,
cheers are afraid ne might get lost
the children.
John Dorau, arrested at Williamsburg,
a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa, sunday,
charged with attempting to cremate his
wife, narrowly escaped lyuching yester-
day at the hands of an enraged mob OF
neighbors.
The partner 10 Havana OF Manuel
Silyeira denies the statement csbled from
Caracas, Venezuela, where Sil7elra now
is. that he left the firm solvent. The
partner says Silveria left nothing and
took away $6S, 900 in cash.
Payments on war claims, together
with increased taxes from corporations,
has put the Madison Wis.,, state treasury
10 such shape that even the one mill tax
for schools will be cut in two. No gen.
erai State tax will be levied at all.
The body of q man who died at police
station at Newark, N. j., yesterday, was
identified later as that of Samuel Heap,
aged 81 years, formerly proprietor OF a
large tin warehouse in Philadelphia.
His widow lives in Fredericksburg, Va.
The steam yacht Josie, on which Gov
ernor Terrell, of Georgia; Mrs Terrell
and Msjor Williams. the owner, were
cruising and for the safety of which
some fears we're entertained, put into st.
GATHERINGS Island in the recent tropical
storm. All the party are safe aud well.
The United States can take no steps
TO bring about the extraditiOn of Silvelra,
the Cuban banker wanted in Havana
and now said to be in Caracas, Venezue-
Ia. There is no extraditiOb treaty be-
tween the Republic of Cuba and Vene-
zuela, and the United States cannot in
terfere in any way in the case, accord
ing to State Department officials.
Jimmy Callahan's Logan Squares,
Chicsgo's best semi-prof' ssional club, is
laying claims to the baseball champion
ship OF the world Callahan and his
men have some reason for the extraor'
binary state of affairs, Saturday, Gala
hans men, with Jimmy pitching, de-
ieated the worlds champion White Sox,
and Sunday, with "Long Tom" Hughes,
the Washington refugee, in the pit, the
Logan Squares took the measure of the
Cubs by the score of to 0, with 'Three-
fingered" Brown pitching for Chances
men
Three Austrian miners we're killed and
fourth was probably fatally injured
esterday by an explosion of powder in
mine of the Southwestern Development
Company, near Mineral, Kansas. The
miners were engaged in getting shots
ready for the shoot fires, and had several
open "jacks" of powder, each contain
ing II pounds of pow Ter. Aspark from
a pit lamp in the cap OF the men fell in
TO one or the open kegs of powder, caus'
ing an explosion. Sheets of flame which
swept down the entry burned every man
in the entry. The dead men were roast
ed alive.
The entire country from the Rockies
to the Missouri river, Sunday and yes
terday experienced snowfall almost
unprecedented in severity for this season
of the year. At many places the Their
mometer dropped far below freezing, and
even below.gero weather is reported.
Nearly ali the telegraph and telephone
lines in Colorado were demoralized and
the train service came almost 10 stop.
Various wrecks are reported in conse-
quence of the heavy snowfall. In Utah
80 cars of freight train were blown OF
the track. Six inches OF snow is also
reported from Minnesota.
In the presence of courtroom packed
with curl us people, and twelve-year
old daughter who has never been away
from her mothers side, Mrs. William
Dittmar, pretty, refined and attractive,
of SOmerville, n. j., yesterday told a
story Of her intrigues with David How
agd, repulsiye ironworker, who was
murdered by her husband, that she
might attribute a sufficient motive for
the killing of Howard and save the life
of her husband. Few, if any, in the
room believed the womsn's story. and
her husband Was sentenced to serve
twenty years in the penitentiary. The
crime was due to jealousy
There is much Apprehension felt by
the agents of the Bishop steamer Arab
istan for her safety. She has SO, 900,
900 in gold on board. The Arabistan,
Shich sailed from Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo late last month, was last re-
ported as having sailed from st. Lucia,
on October II. The Arabistan was then
bound for San Juan, p. X but no news
of her arrival there has been received in
New York. 1t Is feared that the vessel
was caught in the cyclone that devasiat'
ed Cuba and the West Indies. The
gold represents shipment by South
American bankers to the United State'
aud in transit to Europe.
Reunion of Eighth Virginia Regiment
The reunion of the members Of th'
Eighth Virginia Regiment, held at Lee
burg yesterday, was largely attended By
the survivors of that command. Th'