Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-12-26
News Of the Day.

cropof l9V9 ana the peasahlIy IL 'niea'-
.ened with famine.
ID. J. Bsre-f I'D, younger brother OF
Lord Bere-fmd, admiral IN the English
navy, was one Of the victims OF the wreck
on Sunday at EnderliD, n Dakota.
Sixteen persons we're drowned by the
capsizipg of ssibOst near Montego
Bay, Jamaica, Monday. A gale has
caused serious damage in the banana
districts in the West Indies.
The assassin of General Count Igua-
tief, member OF the Imperial Council OF
Russia, has been identified as student
named Fiddler, who was leader OF the
instruction al Moscow last year.
Miss l.. r. G. freeman and uncle, f.
8. Lsrrimore Of Atlanta, Ga, were firing
cartridges yesterday in celebration OF
Christmas. 10 firing one OF them Miss
freeman was accidentally shot and died
yesterday afternoon.
A mass meeting of citizens Of San
Francisco, Monday evening, denounced
the position of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Metcslf on the California school
question, declaring that states rights is
now the paramount issue.
A special from Mansfield, Ga, says
jim KY, negro, was killed by Marshal
John Coyander, 10 defense OF the lstter's
life in q murderous attack Key had
attempted to precipitate riot among a
party Of negro church people.
Paul Lyman shot and killed his
brother, Nicholas Lynab, about seven
miles from Warrenton, Gs., Monday
night. The coroner rendered verdict
of iustihable homicide. Both we're eX'
tensiye farmers and ,awmlil men.
Five hundred horses and mules were
burned in Harper Brothers livery stable
10 Atlanta, Ga, yesterday morning
The lass is about $1,000 The fire
was started by saieblO 6ers, who expl' ded
the safe in tho Office, the shock over
turning lamp.
Col. James H. Pepper, of Lexington,
XIV, the wel-known distiller, med At
the Waldorf. Astoria ia New York, Mon
day. His wife is in serious condition
in the same hotel, suffering from an a.
tack OF bronchial pneumonia.
According to dispatch from Paris,
mutual cooperation Of France and Great
Britain in face Of an aggressive move
against either nation is regarded as as
sured. 1t Paris. the Franco British al
li4nce ia regarded as q check upon the
ambitious designs of Germany.
An automobile containing Mrs. Levi
Z. Letter, of Washington, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Remington, Of New York
city, and driven by Chauffeur Charles II
Raymond, yesterday morning knocked
down and instantly killed Samuel West,
colored, II years old, at the corner OF
Fourteenth street and Columbia road
Washington.
r. Grant Barnwall. of Washington,
who recently protested against the hold
ing OF a political mass meeting in
church building, submitted another lei
ter to the Commissioners, on NJ ndsy, de-
claring that as two concerts were recently
given in a church, the property is, under
the act Of Congress OF March 3, 1877,
subject TO taxation.
Railroad officials in Raleigh, \. c.,
say it may not be very we'll known, but
it lie, nevertheless, fact that very much
Of the belated operation of both Seabolrd
and Southern trains for the past several
days has been due to the handling Of
vast numbers of jugs of Christmas
whisky" shipped into North Carolina
"dry towns"
Believing that he can preach the mes
cage of God By singing better than by
the spoken word, Rev. Everett Marshall
Waterhouse, a widely known Episcopal
clergyman, of New'Y ork, has abandoned
the pulpit for the choir lot. He hes re-
signed IS assistant rector st Chrisps
Episcopal Church to become tenor SOL
Isl of All Angels Church.
The Buffalo Piltsburg flyer yesterday
struck a trolley car on The Ash!sbnla
Rapid Transit Line at the Lake street
grade crossing of the Lake Shore Rail
road, 500 feet from the scene Of the
scene of the AshtaGula, Ohio, disaster
of 1876. The street car was demolished.
One person was killed and fifteen in.
jured
Two cans Of powder exploded in Will
liam Lindssy's store al Clinton. Ark,
last evening, and totally wrecked the
store and injured eight persons Will
liam Lindsay, the proprietor and John
Massey Will die. Massey struck a match
to light a cigar, while Lindsay wss
weighing powder and the match head
few into the powder.
1t became known to the authorities
today that the condensors Of the battle
ship Connection, which came into the
Chesapeake yesterday are not working
satisfactorily. Whether this has any
thing to do with the reported failure of
the ship to be subjected to q speed test
ia not known. The vessel will coal at
Newport News on Friday.
A. Flobert rife, Christmas gift to
Thomss Moss, a colored boy, fifteen years
old, caused his death in indianapolis,
Ind, yesterday morning. Delighted
with his gift, the boy took the rifle over
to show his young friend, Noah Streets.
The Streets boy picked up the rifle, an',
pointing it at his friend, pulled the tTil-
ger and the shot pierced the Moss boys
heart. He died almost instantly
That the passengers on train OF the
Southern Railgay that arrived in Wash
ington Saturday night Is hours late are
determined IN obtain redress from the