Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-08
News of the Day.
he baseball season has closed.

During the last fiscal year 4, 5S6 trials
by court-martial were held; AZ officers
were convicted.
Among society ladies in London the
fashion of riding horseback astride is be-
coming more and more popular.
The President Saturday stated that be
would not fill the Supreme Court vacancy
until after he had conferred with Secre-
tarv Taft.
A negro attempted criminal assault
on Mrs. Ketchem, at Basin, Miss, Sat
urday. He was captured by posse,
and lynched.
1t is understood that the President has
determined to with draw from entry under
the land laws, all the public coal lands
not already taken up.
The betrothal is denied of the Grand
Duke Michael, only brother of the Gar,
to the Princess Patricia of Connaught,
niece of King Edward.
John r. Walsh, the Chicago capital
ist, whose failure carried down three
banks with him, has made a railroad
deal which be believes will place him on
his feet again.
Despite the objection of her parents
Miss Dorothy Potter married Moro
Phillips in Philadelphia, yesterday.
Both belong TO wealthy and socially
prominent families.
Anna Kunpsk, eight years old, was
found murdered in field near Monessen,
Pa, Saturday, with her throat cut.
From the appearance of the body the
child had been assaulted.
The trial OF Rear Admiral Nebogatofi
and the captains of the Third Baltic
squadron on the charge of surrendering
to the japanese without fighting was be-
gun at st Petersburg on Saturday.
Mrs, Elizabeth Dundas has brought
charges before Superintendent Armstrong
in New York that doctor, the head
nurse and the matron at Bellevue Hospi-
tai had maltreated her while sick.
In the wreck of train No. 6, on the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, three
miles north If Dalton, Sunday, fireman
William S. Hughes, of Atlanta, was
killed and Engineer @ hsrles Barrett was
badly injured.
Mr.. Frank Walker has sued Alder
man Peter F. McCooi, the Pittsburg oil
baron, charging desertion aud non-sup-
port. She claims that McCool, though
married man married her. McCool says
his arrest was for blackmail.
Twenty dwellings we're destroyed
and twenty-seven families rendered
practically homeless with loss of about
1925, 900 Saturday night in spectacular
and disastrous fire which visited Renn-
salaer, Just across the river from Albany
n Y, and at one time threatened to
wipe out the entire lower end of the
city.
More than 600 sous of Ireland gath
cred in Washington yesterday afternoon
to do honor to Matthew Cummings, Of
Boston, the newly elected national presi
dent of the Ancien: Order of HiberDians.
The reception was given By the members
of the order who are residents OF the
District, and guests were present from
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
York, and Ohio.
Mrs. Phillip Sprouz is dead from a
broken neck, and her. baby daughter, a
child in arms, is so badly injured that 1t
may not recover as the result of her
stumbling over her husband as he was
kneeiug in prayer at their home in
Wonkomiss, Okla, last Saturday. Pass
ing the darkened sleeping room, Mrs.
Sprouz did not notice that her husband
was kneeling at the bedside. She stumbled
over his feet, and in trying TO save her
baby from injury, struck her head
against the washstand as she fell, break
ing her neck.
Fire which originated last night in
the Packham Cottage at Cape May Point,
N. j., destroyed $50, 900 Sorth of prop
erty before it was placed under control,
with the aid of the Cape May fire de-
ITO HtfShi1
from the Packham cottage to the Cape
House, the second largest hotel in the
resort, valued at $50, 900, and thence to
the cottage owned by Mrs. E. E. Sup
pie, the cottages owned by Mrs. John
Kroner, Mrs John Balm, VIM. Porter,
John Springer and Mrs. John Manages.
From the latter cottage the fire spread to
the public school building, hut this
structure was but slightly damaged. The
only buildings which were completely
destroyed we're the Packham cottage and
the Cape House.
J. f. Gaillard, one Of the three white men
shot by Henry Adams at Manning, s. G., Fri,
day evening, died from his injuries yesterday.
Adams was an employe Of Cole Brothers Cir
Gus. At sumter a mob was formed to lynch
the negro, but Muldrow evaded the mob by
placing Adams in the p~nitentiary.
Woman FrightfulIy Scalded.