Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-09
News Of the Day.

yesterday, al Baltimore, on neI ScOVn"
trip with 2, 5OOIdozen piueapples from the
Bahamas.
A water tank in Pittsburg yesterday
crashed through a three-stoIy building,
knocking out the rear wall aud iDjuring
seven persons.
To mitigate the danger of typhoid
fever the District Commissioners are
considering the proposition of the per
manent closing of all public wells in
Washington.
Emperor William has invited the
American government TO send army Of
ficers OF high rank as guests of the En-
peror TO the autumn maneuvers Of the
German army.
The metal sword in the hand OF the
figure representing Military Courage, on
the Cathedral street end of Mount Yer
non Place, Baltimore, has been broken
of at the hit and carried away by
vandals.
Lieut. Col. Percy f. Hobbs, chief
instructor of the Army Service Corps
School of Instruction at Aldershot, has
been appointed by the British govern
ment TO proceed to the United States and
inspect all Tins of meat intended for the.
British army.
Mrs. Mamie NuckaIs, who killed
Mrs. Visns Black in the presence Of
10, 900 people on Berea Cole campus
Wednesday, had her examining trial in
Richmond, KY, Yesterday and ~as ac-
quilted OF the charge of murder. The
evidence was of character TO show that
Mrs Black had interfered with the do
nestle happiness of the accused woman.
aud had gone so far az to threaten her
life.
The Senate yesterday listened to two
set speeches-One by Mr.. Morgan, ca
the Isle of Pines question, and the other
by Mr.. Hopkins in opposition to 3 sea-
level canal. Consideration of the DIS
trict appropriation bill also was begun.
The House concluded one-third Of the
sundry civil appropriation bill Messrs
Champ Clark and Fitzgerald followed
Mr.. Sullivan in attacking the policy OF
Secretary Meicslf in refusing 10 yigor-
Ously prosecute the Chinese exclusion
law.
William II. Pitcher was Instantly
killed by lightning at 6:S0 O'Clock
Thursday morning while standing in
the door way of his home, on the farm
OF Dr. Philip Briscoe, near Parkers
Wharf, on the Paiuxent river Nd
He WIS son of Joseph Pitcher and
was "A years of age. He lfave- widow.
The storm early Thursday morning wss
very severe at a number of points along
the Paluxent river, considerable damage
having been caused by wind and light
ming.
The Bryan boom struck Chicago, yes
terday. "Wm. Jennings Bryan Tor
president in 1909 was the theme wher-
ever democratic politicians gathered
Observers see the unfolding of an in
'teresting political drama in the rise OF
Bryan and the decline of Hearst. Mr.
Hearst is believed by the politicians 10
have been prepared to attack any formid-
able candidate whom tbe conservatives
might have brought forward, but is at =
loss to see his way clear to strike at Mr.
Bryan, whom he has. supported in two
campaigns.
Chief Justice Charles B. Lore, OF the
Delaware Supreme Court, local preach
er 10 the Methodist Church and one Of
its most prominent laymen, yesterday
made a public statement in which be
dissgrees with the clergymen who are
trying to prevent the running of SUD-
day trains on the Delaware Railroad and
its eastern Shore branches. The chief
Justice regards Sunday trains as
necessary OF modern times, aud believes
the Lord provides them for public use
and benefit. He also remarked that
he did not think the old "blue laws
could he enforced to stop the trans.
Because his wife, Margaret Esehbocb,
had declined to admit him to her home,
a; Fort Schuyler, on Long Island Souna,
Edmund Eschboch Yesterday shot aud
fatally wounded her and fred several
wild shots at her daughter, Mrs Lena
Kern. Both EschbOch and bis wife
are 90 years old. Mrs Eschboch owns
the farm on which they lived, and a
year ago ordered him 10 leave it. which
be did Yesterday he went to the farm,
demanding to be allowed to return, aud
began shooting. Eschboch fought on
three laborers who tried to stop hin
aud threatened the police who arrested
him where he was hiding in barn
He also tried to cut hls throat.
Yesterday evening John Runyon, who
was under the influence OF liquor, was
toufishng and shooting of his revolver
at Dingess Run, two and halt miles
south of Logan. William Cook, of Wv
oming county, w. Va, constable, who.
was present, attempted to take the weap-
on from Runyon, when the latter shot
Cook through the heart, killing him
instantly. Will Dingess, who WAS as
sisting Mr.. Cook in an attempt to disarm
Runyon, was also fired upon by the
latter, the bullet missing the mark.
whereupon Dingess emptied his revolver
in Runyon, shooting him seven times,
each ball passing through the latter's
body. Runyon lived but 10 minutes
after being shot,
The State capitol building at Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, caught FIRE late
Thursday night. The flames spread
so rapidly as to threaten the entire des~
truction of the building. The roof OF
the Senate chamber fell in soon after the.