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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
YESTERDAYS STORMS.

Heavy rains throughout western
Pennsylvania during the past As hours
have caused considerable damage, aud
in a number of places the showers were
veritable clOudbursts. Over an inch
was recorded as the precipitation. In
Allegheny county the storms were parti
cularly severe. In number of the
smaller towns the creeks and rivers were
swollen to such height that factories
on their borders were obliged to close
down because the water flooded the en-
gine-rooms OF the plants and extinguish-
ed the fires AT West Elna the bar and
plate mills Of the Spang. Chalfant Com
pany were closed down, throwing 600
men out OF work. A bridge on the com
pany's property was saved from washing
away by placing q car of iron on it. Tue
heavy concrete retaining walls of the
Baltimore and Ohio rnadbed, opposite
the plant, we're washed out. Through
out the entire county the creeks rose Eve
and six feet ia a few hours, washing
sand on to trolley and railroad tracks
and delaying traffic in many places. AT
Greensburg there was one death-that of
six year.Old boy, who was carried
away BY a stream while trying 10 cross a
footbridse.
With an official maximum Of 81 de-
gFees and street temperature nearly 10
degrees higher, New York suffered az
severely from the heat yesterday as at
any time this summer and before re-
freshiDg shower in the afternoon brought
relief three persons had persisted from
the combined heat aud excessive humid
isy, and several scores were Frustrated.
some Of whom may die. The thunder
and wind storm of the afternoon was
severe one. Trees we're uprOoted in va
rious sections of the city and seYera
small boats III the bay were oapsized, bu
without loss of life. The only fatallt,
due to the storm was reported from
Staten Island, where a man was killed
by lightning.
Rain, amounting to cloudburs. in in
tensity swept OHIO and Belmont counties,
w. Va, from midnight last night until
8 O'Clock yesterday morning, causing
damage amounting to many thousands
of do lars. Water YVES from two to three |
feet deep 10 the streets Of Wheeling |
and street car travel was blocked Crops |
throughout Wheeling creek valley were
washed Oft the hillsides, and many farm.
ers saw their whole seasons work |
iuined. Many small bridges we're swept
away. There were three washouts on
railroads.
A tornado hit the Stanford Motor
Works at Stanford, Conn, yesterday
afternoon aud tore off The roof, carrying
with it the shafliog. The whole mass,
about 1000 pounds in weight, was car
red of the building some so feet One
piece of shsfting 200 pounds in weight
was carried 400 feet Eight men were
at work on the top floor, and hey es-
capped injury by lodging beneath long
bench which was protected by brick
wall. Many marine engines aud costly
machinery are ruined.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Telegraph Rates,

General Superintendent +. G.. Payne,
of tie Postal Telegraph Company. de-
clared before the Corporation Commits
sion in Richmond yesterday that the
adoption Of the commissions schedule
of rates would run his company out OF
the state. He said the Postal was max
iDg no money in the South "a account
Of lhs cost OF maintenance, and that the
company had spent in Virginia last year
$50, 600 more than it received. He de-
clared that if the plan Of repeating mes
sages was adopted it would break the
company.
Mr.. Payna appeared without counsel.
saying ihat he did not believe be would
need any, feeling sure that as soon as
the Corporation Commission knew the
condition, it would recede FIR, N its be-
mands on his CON pany.
The Western Union appeared in more
formidable array, with General SuperiD-
tendent j. Levin, Superintendent Will
lam Holmes, New York division; A. T.
Benedict, attorney, New York; Super
l.. J Maxwell Richmond
division; j. 2. Slith, chief clerk, aud
Judge Holiday, llcal attorney for the
Both companies asked for a postpone
ment until August 10 prepare answers,
and this was granted,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
TOday's Telegraphic News
RevOlutiOnIsts to Attack COnsulates,

hefoAuhVhist5 " Attdtk COnSGlatess
st. Petersburg, July Is The Gar
learns fiom Russians in Warsaw that
revolutionaries plan to make attacks
simultaneously on sll the consulates,
their object being to cause the interyen-
ton OF the powers.
Vienna, July lS-Advices received
here from Cracow, Austria Hungary, are
to the effect that anarchy in Russian
Poland is increasing, aud that the officials
are somewhat alarmed over the situation.
A few instances of depredations COM
mitted by the "reds" are given. At
NikoGef a mob attacked the cashier of
a sugar factory in the street aud after Sc
curing 10000 roubles escaped. At
Grenmkof a number of revolutionists
stormed Catholic Church during Ter
vices, and 10 the fight which followed
between the revolutionists and members
Of the congregation two persons were
killed and forty were injured. The
revolut'onists also still retain possession
of church in Crecow.
Tihis, Trans Caucasus, July IS
While the Chief of Police, Col. Maxi
moff, was passing The Georgian Mobiles
school today bomb was thrown at him
from a window of the building The
bomb exploded near the Chief, seriously
injuring him. Soldiers who were at
tracted to the scene by the noise of the
explosion surrounded the building and
fred volley into it, killing the author
of the outrage.
ST. Petersburg, July Is The view
is taken that the resolution passed by
the Douma yesterday is nothing less than
an appeal to the nation on the part of
the Doums against the ministers and
the crown. It is conceded on all sides
that the resolution is almost certain to
act as revolutionary measure. The
speakers who discussed the resolution
yesterday likewise recognized the measure
as being revolutionary 10 its nature. ln
this connection it is significant that the
resolution was introduced following the
SCATTERING of the hopes of constilu.
tionsl ministry. The conservative
papers today take The stand that the
appeal to the people invites fresh out
break of the revolution aud expresses
the greatest alarm tor the future. 1t is
reported that the government sill dis
solve the Doums if the appeal is pub
lished Messages have been pouring in
today on the Minister of the Interior
giving details of widespread agrsran
disorders which seem to have broken
out 10 every part of the empire The
trouble is more serious in the govern.
ment Of Voronezh than in other regions
There a district of 100 square miles
has been reduced TO ashes. The land
owners have fed panic stricken to save
their lives. The material losses as a re-
suit of the outbreaks are estimated at
of roubIes. The governor has
brought in force OF Cossacks and dra-
goons, but the local authorities are pow
erless. lndescribable horrors have been
on numerous victims.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Land sales.

Major E. S. Ruggle has sold bis fine
estate. "Dissiugton." in King George
county, to Mr.. G.. Beckwith, of Mime
sofa. Mr.. Beckwith aud family will
take immediate possession OF the proper
ty. "Dissington" is located on the.
RspPahsnnock river about ten miles
from Fredericksburg, aud is one of the
handsomest estates IN that section.
Mrs. j o. Chase has sold her hand
some estate, known as "KeDmOre, near
Guineys, 10 Caroline county, TO Mr..
Chastine w. Colbert. Terms private.
This is considered one of the prettiest
places in the Guineys neighborhood.
1t was formerly owned by Judge Rich
ard Coleman, who conducts large acad-
envy there.
Mr.. W. w. Finley, one Of the vice
presidents Of the Southern Railway Com
Pany, has sold his estate near Lynch
burg, containing 400 acres, to James b.
COlsgrove, of Washington city, for
$20, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18

Tx GENERAL congress of socialists
interparliamentary committees which
opened in London yesterday morning
under the presidency of James Keir Har-
die, socialist Member of Parliament aud
chairman of the independent labor party,
seems to have struck frost. The first
evidence of the weakness of the gathering
WAS the expulsion of the newspaper men
present. The attendance was not large.
The Continent was represented by about
twenty-five delegates, including mem.
Der of the Russian parliament. The
general purpose seems to be to attempt
60 unity the aims of the socialists in the
various parliaments. Neither Herr Bebel,
the German socialist leader, nor NJ.
Jsures, leader of the French socialists,
was present. Several women delegates
attended the session. A resolution WIS
adopted changing the title of the Orgsni.
cation TO socialist and labor interpar.
liameutaTy committee"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
In New Quarter.

Twenty clerks, sienographers and ems
gineers Of the 81 thern Railway arrived
in Danville yesterday from Greensboro,
n. O., from which place the offices of
Assistant General Superintendent f. d.
Ooapmsn and Thomas Bernard, chief
engineer OF the maintenance Of way,
were recently ordered moved to Ddnyille,
Handsome Office quarters have been fitted
up by the Southern 10 tina; city. On
the frat of the month the car record Of
fee at Washington will be moved to
Danville, which means an addition OF
between Is or 20 men to the town.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Tbe ArrestofLawver CIhson.

New York, July Is The arrest Of
Burton w. Gibson, a young Brooklyn
lawyer, marks an important period in
one of the most mysterious and battling
crimes New York has had in many
a day. The coroner's jury 10 its verdict
last night, alter finding that Mrs. Kin
nan came 10 her death at the hands OF
some person unknown, recommended
that Lawyer Burton W. Gibson be held
FOR further examination. Coroner Nc.
Donald Immediately ordered Gibson's
arrest, and held him 10 $25, 900 bail.
Gibson was unable TO furnish the bond
and was locked up in the TOmbs over
night. He was still 10 prison this morn
ing aud was visited by COUNSEL. There
ae indications that the lIwyers will to.
dsy try to secure Gibson's release on
writ OF habeas corpus on the claim that
he is not charged with crime and that he
is illegally deprived of his liberty. The
case with its many unusual features is
attracting much local attention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Alleged Diamond Robbery.

New York, July 1S.-A morning
paper prints a story today that one OF
the most astounding diamond robberies
in the history OF the detective depart
ment is being investigated by head
quarters men. 1t embOdies the loss Of
gems, the description of which reads
like an Arabian Nights tale. Scores OF
diamonds, the greater part OF them as
large as pigeons eggs, were secured in
the robbery and their value is said to be
more than $50, 600 1t is understood,
that the Jewels we're stolen from wOm-
an very well known in New York So
cieiy, and that the theft occurred either
at her town house here or at her villa
in Newport. Inspector Mclaughlin, of
the Central Office, refused today to deny
or affirm the report.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
LADY CurzOn.

London, July l8.-It has developed
that the illness of Lady CurzoB of
Kedleston, formerly Miss Mary Letter,
of Chicago, is an acute attack OF her
former serious indspOsitiOu and her cou-
ditiop 10 regarded as serious. Lord Cur
son has cancelled his engagements. The
dinner to have been given in his honor
at the Constitutional Club, tomorrow,
has been postponed indefinitely.
LADY CURzON REPORTED DEAD.
Chicago, July ls.-A dispatch re-
ceiVed from london this afternoon SAYS
that Lady CulzOn died today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Hartie Divorce Case.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 1S.-Miss Ida
Scott this morning proved to be a star
witness for her sister, Mrs. Mary Scott
Harlje, in the divorce suit instituted by
.he lstter's husband, Augustus Hartje.
Miss Scott was on the witness stand for
the greater portion of the forenoon. She
picked out number OF the letters igur
ing in the case as having been written on
stationery belonging either to herself or
one OF her sisters. She swOre that Annie
Luiz, a maid, had been given this kind
o. leltef paper and that she wrote letters
quite frequently, Attorney j, Scott
Ferguson, of Mr. Har.je's counsel, said
al one point Of the testimony, that it
may be proved that Miss Ida Scott wrote
the address on the envelope. If this is
proved it will contradict the testimony
of the experts that have terrified for Mr..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
stabbed His Father.

New York, July lS.-COnreid .Schir-
mer, who all his life 90 husband and
father has lived by the stern book of dis
cipline, is lowering between life and
death in the Harlem Hospital, as the
result of stab wound inflicted by bis
eldest son and namesake, COnreid, aged
10. The cause Of the gtgbbing was Clara
Lazarus, pretty eighteen-year old girl.
When Schirmer discovered that his son
was paying attentions 10 the girl, he for.
babe their meeting and declared that the
young man should not marry until he
reached his majority. The young peo-
pie continued their couIship, however.
Last night when at IL o'clock Conreid
had not returned home Schirmer went
to the Lazarus home, ae found Con-
reid there and attacked him aud pro-
oeeded TO give him humping for dis
obedience of orders. Ia the struggle
young COnreld drew pen knife and
stabbed his father in the left side, in
6icting serious wound. The police
then arrived and the young man was
taken to the station house and the father
vas sent 10 an ambulance to the Harlem
Hospiial
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
steamers tOlIide.

During violent wind and raia storm
which swept over Newport News yesier-
day afternoon about 6 o'clock, the Nor
wegian Iurret steamship Guernsey dgsgp-
ed anchor and crashed, stern-on, into.
the starbOard side of the battle ship.
Rhode Island, then at anchor of Chesa
peske and Ohio Pier No. 7. The battle
ship at once got ander WY and steamed
farther OCT into the harbor for anchor
age. Several plates on the side of the
Rhode Island are said 10 have been
slightly benz, and hoh was stove ia
the side OF tbs tramp The Rhode Is
land was loading coal before proceeding
Up the coast to join the A,!sntic feet
1t is possible that she viii go to The Nor
folk navy yard sor repairs. The Guern-
sey is waiting orders from her owner,
aud II is certain that she will have to be
repaired before she goes to sea again.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
The GIidden Tourists.

Hotel Champlain, n. Y, July 49,
The Glidden tourists lett here this morn
ing on the run to Montreal, the next
stopping place. Only twenty-five of the
tourists had clean records when they
took their departure from here, ten hav-
ing fallen down on the hard runs of the
last two days from Saratoga to Elizabeth
town and from that point here. The
run yesterday was over narrow lumber
camp roads on which drivers had to be
particularly careful to avoid being ditch.
ed or sent down a couple OF hundred feet.
Corduroy, sand, rocks and ruts abound
ed nearly all the journey and-it was not
not until Hotel Champlain was ten miles
away was the hard mscadam road
reached.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Banner Year For Railroads..

According to a preliminary report OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
the gross earnings of the railroads Of
the United States, covering approx
mstely 2l9.000 miles Of road, will
probably show for the fiscal year ended
June 30th. an increase of 10 per cent
over the 81, 07S, 600, 900 earned in 1905
This will prove a banner year for Ameri-
can railroads. The official figures will
not be available for sll the roads for
some months yet, bat the increase that
has been shown month after month
give reason to expect the 10 per cent
increase.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Virginia News.

Judge Scott summarily dismissed three
Henrico county constables yesterday for
making trivial arrests for the sake of
the foe.
Ex-State Senator, w. r. Barksdale,
of Halifax, Is in Richmond on business
and says he is now out Of politics, as
his law practice keeps him too busy to
indulge in such luxury.
DR.. Robert French Mason, who recent
ly married the youngest daughter Of
Chief Justice Fuller. of the United
States Supreme Court, has been visiting
his brother, Mr.. George Mason, at
edge Hill" King George county.
The Prohibition and Evangelical AS
ISOLATION of Loudoun county will begin
its annual meetings, fsmiliarly known
as "bush meetings." on July 81 at Pur-
cellyille, aud will continue until Au
gust s.
j. B. Queensbury, merchant OF
Forest Depot, who is charged with the
murder OF his wife, was in Richmond
yesterday with his eight-year-old son for
the treatment of the latter by Dr. Stuart
Mcclure. Mr.. Queeusbury denied that
there were the slightest grounds for the
charge, and said he had ascertained that
the SANDER emansted from q woman at
Forest Depot, an enemy of his, who hss
suffered from ALTERATION of mind.
The strike at The Riyerside Cotton
NJ lis, at Danyille, Monday, which was
caused by the employment of II Ger
mans TO work in the mills, reached
climax yesterday when the foreigners,
on coming to work, were stoned by the
strikers and driven from the grounds. |
The Germans arrived from New York |
Sunday, and their coming was due to
scarcity of labor. About half the new
corners have left the city. The officials
of the Riverside Mills declare that the
Of the Germans was due to
scarcity of labor, and it was not intended
to supplant any of the old workmen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY IS. 1906.

TIE OFFICIAL inquiry into the de-
railment of the American Line special
train from Plymouth to London leaves
no doubt as to the cause of the disaster
at Salisbury, which was attended by such
fatal consequences Search for any de-
feet in the locomotive, such as broken
axle, and anything which might have
been wrong with the track has proved
futile. On the other hand, the testi-
mony relative to speed proves to be
unfortunately conclusive. The very
general suspicion which was entertained
at the outset, therefore, is now con-
irmed. The wreck was due to eKces'
sive speed. Generally speaking, the
rolling stock in England is lighter than
tits in the United States, and hence
more liable to jump the track.
1t has been observed repeatedly in this
country that 10 certain crises the Pull
man coaches will stick to the rails when
day coaches and smokers are displaced
The terrible accident at Salisbury will
recall to many Americans anxiety they
have experienced on English express
trains. Tourists have often believed
they encountered less danger in crossing
the Atlantic than 10 their railway trips
from Liverpool or Southampton to Lon
don. The steamer train from Liverpool
10 London is scheduled to make the run
{ POI miles in less than four hours, and
it passes through large cities at rate OF
sixty miles an hour. A spreading rail,
broken axle or any one of the many con-
tingencies that conld arise would bring
certain death and injury to hundreds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
The ArmIstice.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July ls.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt received dispatch this
morning from United States Charge
d. Affairs Brown, at Guatemala, convey
ing the information that the armistice
between Guatemala aud Salvador would
90 into effect at 6 a. m. today. The
cruiser Msrblehead, aboard which the
peace commissioners are to neet to set
lie terms, will arrive at San Jose Thurs
day morning. After returning from
Sycamore Hill, today, Secretary Loeb
announced that Wm. Il. Gale, of Vir-
GINA, has been appointed consul at
Porto Plata Dominican Republic.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18

The republican Congressional CON-
mittee has resolved to make the cam
Psign for the next House upon the rec
ord of the Roosevelt administration and
its success in securing such measures as
the railroad rate, the meat inspection
and the pure food acts. By this plan
OF campaign it is conceived that the
solid phslsnx of "stsnd. patters" 10
defense of the fairfield trusts will not
be disturbed in the next elections. The
democrats will gladly meet their op.
pOnents on this ground. 1t was The
democrats who supported the President
in taking the initiative for every one
of these popular measures. 10 the Sem
ATE the lead upon the railroad rate bill
was surrendered to the democrats be.
cause of republican disagreements, as
was clearly revealed by the Roosevelt
Tillmsn-Chandler controversy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
The EIks,

AT the convention OF the Benevolent
and Protective Order Of EIks in Denver
yesterday the following officers of the
Grand Lodge were elected: Grand Ex-
allied Ruler, Henry A. Melvin, Oakland,
CAL; Grand Esteemed Leading knight,
r. L. Quiesser, Sanyille, Ohio; Grand
Esteemed Lscturing Knight, w. w.
Mcclellan, Ptttsburg; Grand Trustee,
Dr. W. H. Hsvi}and, Bate, Mont ;
Grand Secretary, Fred @. Robinson,
Dubuque, Iowa; Grand Treasurer, John
K. Tener, Charlsroi, Pa
BY the adoption of the proposed new
constitution three forms OF government
will be established: Executive, judicial
and legislative. This will put all the
executive power in the hands OF the
grand exalted ruler, while the judicisl
duties, such az the arbitration of all
questions pertaining to the order, will be
placed ia the hands Of board of gov
ernos, or similar body. The legisla-
tive power, of course, will devolye upon
all delegates upon the convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18

MIDSUMMER weather is nov prevail
ing when high temperatures and humid
ity are bringing discomfort to both
man and beast. II 10 always . critical
period for the little ones who are 10 con-
slant danger from arrows which fly thick
aud fast at this season. About Que hall
of the infants born manage to avoid these
shafts, or to escape with slight wounds
The other half, we are told, fall from the
many infsntile disorders which prevail
during the heated term. IT is therefore
incumbent upon parents to exercise
great care of their little ones during
these critical periods, and to do so may
require some thought and doubtless
trouble. At the beginning of every
summer rules concerning the care of in
fants are published Many parents
read the same aud by following them
ward off doctors bills and probably fu
nerals; but there is every reason to believe
that some do not, and thereby make
themselves in a measure responsible for
the troubles which come upon their of
spring. A large number Of adults, by
thoughtlessness, aud often by tempting
providence, pay severe penalties during
the heated term. Over-eating, always
dangerous, is especially so during the
dog days, and should be strictly avoid
ed. There is at present considerable
sickness in Alexandria in the form of
stomach disorders and accompanying
headaches. While the cases 80 far have
not developed into anything serious,
these troubles may be precursors of
Others more grave should we fail 10 take
proper precautions in eating and drink
ing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Suicide nfalIerL-

Washington, July l8.-Mrs. George
d. Williams, aged so years, a clerk 10
me Treasury Department, aas found
dead in her apartment, 23s Delaware
avenue, northeast, this morning with a
rubber tube connected with the gas jet,
in her mouth. Dependency is sup.
posed to have caused the act. She came
here originally from Essex, Conn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-18
Chauffeur Dismissed.

ondOH, July Is Nicholas Mori, cha uffer
for Whitrlaw Reid. United States Ambasss-
dor 70 Great Britain, was summoned before
the Barnet police court, today, on the charge
of Speeding his car over thirty miles an hour
when be was driving Mr.. Reid. A represeD.
tative Of the American Embassy In Morris
behalf, pleaded the privilege of the Ambassa-
dor. He quoted aH act Of 1905 exemptinR
Ambassadors and their servants from arost.
The legal process and summons we're then