Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-25

John NJ. Barrett, aged 80 years, oi
Jersey City, died today in the Jeh'ason
hospital, Philsdelphis, as the result OF
AN auto accident while on bis way 10
atlantic City.
Richard Fowler, an inmate OF tpe
National Soldiers Home, Washlngtons
was sentenced in the Police Court in
that city yesterday to pay a me oil Szoe'
for an alleged assault upon Mary YER
non, l3.year-old girl.
The Federal grand Jury at Jamestown,
N. Y, yesterday afternoon returned IN
dictments against the Standard OIL Com
pany and the New York Central Rail
road Company charging violation OF the
Elkins law. There are 126 counts IN
the indictments against the Standard.
The grand jury completed its investiga-
ton of the alleged law violations by the
two companies indicted and the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company.
A bogus baron is under arrest at
Hamburg charged with deserving his
wife, an American girl of good family,
whom be married at Mantle, May last,
and taking with him her jewelry, valued
at $S, 900, and sum Of money. The
identity of the wife is being kept a
secret. The prisoner calls himself Baron
Won Donnersmark, but he is said to be a
German metal worker named Conrad.
A great part of the wife's jewelry had
been disposed OF, but the police seized
the remainder.
"Jim" Tucker, aged 90 years, shot
and instantly killed his l7-year old bride
at Thayer W. Va, yesterday morning
He gave no reason for the crime,
further than saying she had angered
him and that she was his property, and
he had right to shoot her if he wanted
to. Immediately after the killing he
took to the deep forest of Fayette county
heavily ar rcd, stating that he would not
be taken alive. A posse was armed and
started after him. -Four hours after
ward he was surrounded in a cave six
miles from the scene of the crime and
surrendered,
A csblegram has been received at the
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge,
Mass, from Professor Krentz, at the kiel
Observatory, announcing that comet,
visible through a small telescope. was
discovered by Professor Kopf, at Hell
delberg University, August %, II
Greenwich mean time "Wednesday even.
ing in eastern standard time), in right
ascension % hours 40 minutes 32 seconds
AID declination plus To- 29/. The daily
motion In right ASCENSION was given as
minus no minutes "A seconds. and
decination, plus no degrees and min-
gies.
Thomas A. Stewart, Gfty-four years
old, proprietor of general store 10
Claremont, Sussex county, Va, is miss
ips, and the New York police have been
asked to look fop him. Mr.. Stewart
went to New York on August 2 to buy
supplies. He registered at the Broad
way Central. He was around for two
days and then disappeared In a letter
to his vile, during biz known presence
in New York, he complained Of the heat
and said he would probably stop few
days at some resort. Detectives who
have Gearched the different beaches have
been unable TO locate min.
The health of the Shah of Persis, ac-
cording to advices from Teheran, is the
subject of the gravest alarm, The Per
sian ruler was greatly enfeebled by his
.ecaut spOplectic stroke, and late events
have aggravated his malady. IN spite,
however of the serious nature of the
crisis through which Persia is nov pass.
ing. diplomatic circles are convinced
that the demise Of the Shah will not be
accompanied by serious conyuls ion
in the umpire, as Great Britain and
Russia are acting in harmony to pre-
serve order in Persia, and their in
euence will have great weight with the
cobfpndjng factinnn.