Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-10-11
News Of the Day.

successive baseball game from the De-
troit Americans yesterday 10 the world
series at Chicago by 8 to l.
@. w. Archbold, brother of John ID.
ArchLold, of the Standard Oil Company,
is 10 a critiosl condition at Parkersburg,
w. Va, today as result OF runaway
accident yesterday.
Prior 10 adjournment at Atlanta, Ca,
today the National Convention OF Rural
Mail carriers reelected sll OF their old
officers and raised the annual bi-cspita
tax to one dollar.
Sixteen men were sentenced 10 death
by a court 10 Haiti recently for con-
spring to overthrow the Government OF
| The republic. Mail advices state that
the country is quiet, but many person
fear revolution soon.
The committee on arbitration at the
Hague conference yesterday adopted the
report on the international high court
Of Justice by a vote of S8 to 8, aud q
resolutions for it to 60 into effect as soon
| as the Judges ressleCltu'
Seven men comprise the force engaged
in the newest "Uprising" in CUBA against
the United States authorities. TLey are
now in arms 10 the Msnsinillo section.
Rural guards are in pursuit and are ex-
ptcted TO surround them shortly.
Cholera in Russia shows no signs Of
diminishing, but, on the contrary, it is
spreading steadily. Every province that
suffered from famine LAST year Ia nov IN
the grasp of the scourge and every day
hundreds OF new cases are reported.
An order directing Joseph Day Lee,
a lawyer, to produce the alleged mar
rage certificate and letter in which his
client, Mae Wood, alleged Senator
Thomas @. Plat admits his marriage lo
her, was made by Justice Mccall in
New York yesterday.
The Pope has granted dispensation
permitting the marriage Of Princess
Marie Bonsparte, WHO is Catholic, 70
Prince George of Greece, who is men,
Der of the Orthodox Greek Church, on
the condition, which ia TO be set forth
10 a signed document, that any children
resulting from the union shall be brought
up as Catholics.
Miss Ethel E. Stcklsy, of Woodstock,
Va, had her purse stolen yesterday
while riding on New York avenue,
| Washington, car. Miss Stickley told
the police that she was siIting on q front
seat, when three men boarded the cal
and sat down beside her. She was some
what crowded, she said, but thought
nothing of it until she aligh'ed aud dis
covered Der pure was gone. Ii contain
ed about 81. so in change and return
ticket from Washington to WOODSTOCK.
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, whore amsz
ing financial transactions culmioated in
the wreckirg of an O5erlin, Ohio, bank,
died in the women's ward at the Co.
Iumbus, Ohio, peniienIiary last night at
1915 Mrs. Cbsdwick had been in a
c matose condition many hours previous
to her death and the end came peace
fully. No friends or relatives waited al
her bedside, only the prison physician
and hospital attendants being present.
Her SOD, Emil Hoover, had bsen sun'
moned from Cleveland.
There is reason 10 bel ere, according 10
the police, that Philip Msstriano, the
nine.year old boy who was found
strapgled to death 10 Bridgeport, Conn.,,
Wednesday,, was murdered by kidnappe's,
one Of whom was a woman, and that the
child's death was 20 cover The tracks Of
those who bad stolen him. Philip was
the son of Nicholas Mastrisno. The po-
lie, are of the opinion that efforts were
being made to extort money from the
father by the Black Hand, and that
when he refused to pay the kidnappers
killed the child.
Purchasing Agent Trainor, of the
Standard OIL, yesterday declared on the
witness stand that he had never received
any of the $40, 900, 900 paid to him, ac-
cordipg TO the Standard OIL books.
Loans Of over s32, 900, 600 made by the
Standard of New York last year to "out-
side interests" also attracted che atlen-
ton of Kellogg and he said he might
call William O Rockefeller to the stand
and ask him to explain them. Mr..
Trainor, also said that the market price
of the commodity is fixed daily by John
D. Archibald,
Believing that the use Of his watch and
chain and 81 in cash would help to get
change for a $50 bill found on the street
by two strangers, in Washington, John
Cunningham found that waiting is weary,
and yesterday reported the matter to the
police. He said that two men approach
ed him at the intersection OF Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Second street. One OF
them explained that he had just picked
up q purse containing $50 bill. They
explained that inssmuch as Cunningham
had seen them pick it up, it wis proper
that he should share in the find. But in
order to change it be was required to
lead his personal property until be heard
them whistle twice. He has so far not
heard the whistle.