Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-08
News Of the Day.

"A United States surgeon has been sent
to investigate the case of George Rashid,
the Syrian leper, who is now in the
mountains near Elkins, w. Va.
The Iowa democratic State convention
Yesterday nominated a full state ticket,
headed bp Claude K. Porter for COVER
nor. Bryan was Endorsed for president
in 1908.
Statements sent out yesterday from
Fort Worth, Tex, that large loss of life
has been caused in Texas by floods are
greatly exaggerated. Heavy rains have
occurred in western and central Texas,
but no news ss serious as reported has
reached Fort Worth.
Several of the allegations contained in
the suit to make the Catholic University
of America refund securities said to have
been taken from Waggaman's "list No.
l." filed last Monday, we're characterized
as false by counsel for the university
yesterday in Washington.
A dispatch from Dutch Harbor,
Alaska, dated July rs, says that five
japanese we're shot and killed on the
Island Of st. Paul, in the Priblof
group, by order OF the agent of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor on
July IL. The engagement was the re-
suit of raid by four japanese schooners
on the seal rookeries. The revenue cut
ter Mccullough reached Dutch Hasbor
on the 26th ultimo from ST. Paul with
y prisoners. two of them seriously
wounded. They we're turned over to
Deputy Marshal Harmon.
Marcus Snyder was gathering wild
cherries in tree along the banks of the
Morris canal, near Centreville, N. j.,
Monday afternoon when limb broke,
and he struck a wssps' nest and fell in
tc the water. The wasps didn't 90 into
the water, but waited until Snyder came
to the surface, and then attacked him
savagely. They stupg him on the head
and kept him ducking under water uhtil
he was almost exhausted. But for the
arrival of a canalboat Snyder might
have been drowned. He seized the
rudder, however, and was dragged along
with the boat to a point of safety.
A. o. Jones, candidate for governor
of South Carolina, was arrested at the
State campaign meeting al Chester yes
terday by order of Mayor Hardin, who
WAS seated on the platform. Jones had
made his speech along with the other
candidates for governor. When j.
Fraser Lycn. candidate for attorney
general, was delivering mis- speech, Jones
interrupted him with question. Lyon
replied with question. Jones then de-
manded TO he head. but the chairman
refused the demand. Jones persisted in
being heard, whereupon his arrest was
ordered, two policemen coming from the
audience and making tue arreat,
While sitting at the dinner table ridi-
culing his wife because she covered up
her face to hide her eyes from vivid
electrical display during storm at
Hartford City, Ind, Monday, William
Fennsr, IS years old, a farmer, was
struck and instantly killed by bolt of
When previous loud clap |
Of thunder, accompanied by a sharp |
fash of lightning, burst over the house
the members of the family jumped from
their chairs in fer, snd the wife hid her
lace in her hands. Fenner jokinely re-
marked "You might as wen sit still, |
for yop can't dodge lightning" An
instant later another crash came, killing
Fenner.
DR.. E. II. Dens Nv, of Southbend,
Ind, husband of the demented woman
who gu Monday night saturated her
with gasoline snd set fire 10 it,
lied yesterday from burns received while
rying to save his wife's life Miss Eu
gene Balfour, sister Of Mrs. Denslow,
.lso died yesterday from the burns she
received ia an effort to extinguish the
DANES that we're burning Mira. penslow
o death. Mrs. Denslow, after saturat-
ng Der clothing with gasoline, threw
lan of the liquid on her busbani, and
when he 6ndsavored to smother the
lanes eny-lopigg his vie, he was in
family mass of Ere, Mrs.. Denslov
vas burned to crisp.
The first detailed statement of the in
lebtedness of Zion City was given to
he investors at meeting in the college
at Zion City Monday night,
how a total of nearly So, 600, 900, which
I is proposed by Overseer w. g Voliva
o pay by funding the entire indebted
less for eighteen years with bonds bear
ng per cent. interegt. The proposition
las been accepted by vote Of the $50
but two persons dissenting.
t is proposed to relieve the present
difficulties by a NOR gage on
he 4, 900 acres of undivided land of the
ity. Twenty-Five per cent. of The gross
arnings Of the city will be set aside tor
sinking fund to psy off the principsl