Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-17
News Of the Day.

Daniel ID. Keim, OF Asburv Park,
bsoke his engagement to marry Elizaoelh
l.. Bryan because she placed some wine
in glass of milk she gave him.
Born without bone 10 his body and
absolutely helpless. Antonio CoDgro, OF
Brooklyn, lived for 81 years, and died
on Friday and was buried yesterday.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth rep
resenting the First Ohio district was re-
nominated for q third term Saturday by
the republicans of Hamilton county.
A collision of two street cars at Turk
and Devissdero streets, San Francisco,
Gala. early yesterday afternoon, scraPed
eff oil the men hanging TO one side OF
the river and resulted in the death OF
two and the injury of score OF Others.
Jeane Legute, servant who was to
have been married in Paris Saturd y
evening, but whose sweetheart broke Oh
the IN stch at the last moment, made three
desperate attempts to commit suicide
SATURDAY., and ultimately went raylng
mad.
James B. Brady's $45, 600 colt, Ac-
countant, at to s, won the $26, 600
gross annual championship stakes, two
miles and a quarter, at Sheepshesd Bay
Saturday, H. P. Whitney's Ironsides
was second with Bedouin third. The
time was $3.50 30.
The Union News Leader, an afternoon
daily newspaper, of Cumberland, Md,
founded early in the year, suspended pub
LEGATION Saturday. The paper was the
outcome of the printers strike and for a
time seemed to flourish. but it soon lost
patronage aud had to go under.
Former United States Senator James
Smith, jr., b made formal announce
meht of bis retirement from the position
in letter to VIM. B. Curley, rendering
his resignation as chairman of the execu-
tive committee aud member at large OF
the Jersey York State democratic COM
mittee.
Thomas w. Alexander, head Of the
largest cotton firm 10 Augusta. Ga, who
two months ago disappeared after having
delaulted for sum approximately $780,
900, has been arrested by a private de-
tective agency TO Pittsburg, Pa, and
has agreed to go back 10 Augusta with
out requisition papers.
Gen. Dmitri Peodorovich Trepoff,
commandment of the imperial palace and
the Cars trusted adviser aud protector,
died at O'Clock Saturday evening 10 his
villa at Peterhof OF angina pectoris,
aged 81 years. He had survived eight
attempts upon his life. Gen. de Diou-
lin, former perfect of st. Petersburg,
will succeed General Trepof as CON-
mandant of the imperial palace.
On the Gettysburg battlefield Sat
urdsy the survivors OF Gen. Picketts d.
vision of the Confederate army met In
lraternal reunion the survivors of the
Philadelphia brigade which was composed
Of four regiments of Pennsylvania VOL
unteers. A feature Of the gathering was
the presentation OF Gen, Armisteads
sword 20 the men OF the South. Gen
Armistead fell during the charge and bis
sword has since been in possession OF
the Philadelphia soldiers.
Annie Afford, the lS-year-old daugh-
ter of T. J. Afford, a lumber dealer OF
Sandersyil.e, Ga was accidently killed
Friday night while Deputy Sheriff Heath
and an escaped negro convict were en-
gagged in a pistol duel. The tragedy oc.
cured in the commons where "Wild
West" show was having an exhibition,
the child being inside Of the tent. The
bullet crashed through her skull and
killed her almost Instantly. Neither the
officer nor the negro was hurt. The
negro escaped.
The hundred or more passengers and
seamen of the steamer Oregon, which
ran on the rocks at Hinchinbrook Island,
Alaska, Thursday night, took TO life
boats the morning after the steamship
struck and we're picked up several hours
later by the lighthouse tender Colum-
bine, which was surveying those waters
Tor the lighthouse on Hinohinbrook.
The captain Of the Oregon maintained
good discipline and threatened to shoot
men who we're attempting to get of in
a llle-boat, after which his orders were
obeyed without question, and all got OF
,y;,b,,t accident