Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-19
News of the Day.

OF Philadelphia, died at
his winter home, at Gillian, near Deland,
Florida, yesterday.
The work Of building the new ware
house and extending the pier Of Mutual
Ice Company will be completed within
the next day or two.
Nine violent deaths, besides long
chapter at minor accidents and shooting
ARRAYS, were reported by the police OF
Greater New York in one day.
Mrs. Anna T. Florence, widow of
"Rilly" Florence, the comedian, and in
her time famous dancer and sketch
artist, died in New York, yesterday.
Several young men in San Francisco
have organized partnership tor dealing
in human skin stripped from corpses,
tanned aud made into purses and articles
of wearing apparel.
Mr.. Marshal Thomas, a merchant OF
Pamunkey, Charles county Md, died at
his home Friday night. Mr.. Thomas was
about sixty years Of age. The deceased
had many friends here.
Chancellor Won Buelow has sent to The
Reichstag a bill for the extension to the
United States of the tariffs given by
Germany under reciprocal treaties TO
certain European states.
The activity of Mount Vesuvius is
increasing. Loud explosions are heard
and incandescent stones are being
thrown to height of 100 feet. A stream
of lava threatens the wall which was
erected to protect the station OF the
FunicuIar Railroad Many tourists are
gathering there to witness the spectacle.
The entombing of the remains OF King
Christian in the old Gothic Church, al
Roskilde, Denmark, yesterday, was at
tended by imposing ceremonial in the
presence OF Emperor William, King
Frederick, Queen Alexandra of England,
the D6wager Empress of Russia and
ether members of the royal families OF
Europe.
A young woman who gave the name
of Ada n. Garner, and who said she
was from Arlington, Va, is held
in a Baltimore police station on the
charge of shoplifling. She was arrested
afternoon in a large depart
meut store and quantity of goods was
found secreied in her clothing when
"A M tho Of
The three masted schooner Jennie K.
Slubbs is lying at the shipyard taking
aboard a cargo of railway tires for Bos-
ton, and it is expected she will sail
early in the week. The Stubs is the
first vessel TO load railway ties at Alex
andria since last fall, but it is stated
that as fast as vessels can be obtained
cargoes of ties will be shipped north.
The Slubbs will take about %, 900 ties
in her cargo.
A dispatch from Asheyille, n. O.,
says that Conductor Hough and Brake
man Simpson were killed and Engineers
Keeyer and Reuche and two fremen
seriously injured as the result: of col
iision on the Southern Railway at (
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Tie sec.
ond section of passenger train bound
for AsheviIle and light engine came
together between Swanannoa and Black
Mountain. No passengers were seri-
ously injured, though number OF them
we're severely shaken ~.
j. Houghtaling, father of five chill
dren, WAS yesterday summoned to New
York hotel, where he found his wife
dead in bed, and her companion, a man
whom he believed to be one of his best
friends, also nearly suffocaied by gas.
At first he could not realize that 1t was
true. Houghtaling braced up sufficient
ly later on to give orders to have his
wife's body removed TO an undertaker's.
"Whatll tell the children'" he said
to the police as he started in a dazed
sort of way for the ferry that was to
take him back to the little fiat be had
left in the morning. The woman's COM
panion, a man named Anstett, recovered
at the hospital, and was held for the
inquest
Startling disclosures are made in the
report of the committee composed OF Dr.
Charles M. Enmous and Attorney Rich
ard P. Evans, appointed by the Medico-
Legal Society to investigate affairs at
st. Elizabeth's Insane Asylum near
Washington. The committee re,ards
the condition of affairs in light so serious
that legislative action will be asked to
remedy the evils. 1t is said the grand
jury may take up an investigation. The
committee say autopsies are held at the
asylum three hours after death, and
patients have been kicked and cuAed by
attendants. The report will go to the
President.
In a statement made public at Pitts
burg, Pa, last night President Dolan,
of the local district, United Mine Work
ers of America, scores the methods of
John Mitchell, national president of the
mineworkers. and charges him with try
ing to shirk the responsibility for the
position in which the mineworkers are
at present. Dolan also accuses Mitchell
of "plsying to the galleries" by threat
ening the operators with a national
strike, but that the operators "called
the bluff" Mitchell is further charged
with sending organizers into the local
field to defeat Dolan, and that money
belonging to the organization was used.