Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-08
News Of the Day.

| Three men lost their lives IN q p0Wuel
explosion today Ia the plant Of the
Burton Powder Company near Hills
vile. Pa.
Col. Isaac z. Noise, a Confederate
veteran, who fred the first gun on Fort
Sumter, died very suddenly near Pitts
burg, Pa, Saturday night.
Adgices from Venezuela confirm the
earlier reports that President Castro has
suffered a relapse. tits stated that he is
again in a very serious condition.
A canvass OF the States indicates
strong sentiment among republicans for
the denomination Of Roosevelt, and par
ticuIsrly in the middle and western
States.
The International policyholders COM
mitlee in New York charges that frauds
we're committee 10 the recent elections
by managers of insurance companies,
| aided byslate insurance officials.
Former President Jose Lizsudor Bar
rillas, Of Guatemala, was assassinaled last
night at the House OF Commons, in the
City of Mexico. His slayer vas a young
Guatemalan named Cabrera, IS years
DID,.
Frank J. Tibbets, aged sixty-fVe
years, one Of the best-known business
men Of Grand Junction, Col, formerly
Of Washington, committed suicide some
time during Saturday night by inhsliug
gas. -
Anton Biswel, blacksmith, OF Paier'
SOD, n. j., went insane yesterday morn
ing and cut his wlfe's head 10 nine
pisces with a small hstchet He SfleT-
ward went to the garnet of his homo and
hanged himself.
Charles A. Hiss, prominent 10 business
circles, committed sniclde yesterday by
cutting bis throat at his home, 1927 Lin.
den avenue, Baltimore. His wife fonnd
him dead on the bed in his room just
after breakfast. Temporary insanity was
the cause.
A published latter. from MonsignoF
Moniagninl, x-secreIary OF the paPal
nunciatnre in Paris, to the Papal Secre-
tsry OF State, dated February 10, de-
scribes Protestants and Jews In France
as Disconnected over The separation OF
church and state.
Attorney General Stead, OF Illinois,
has given an opinion that the Chicsgo
and Alton or any stockholders might
proceed against the Hartman syndicate
10 force them to disgorgo the $24, OOO,-
600 they made while loading the CON-
pany with a big debt.
Grover Cleveland, counsel for the
Association OF Life Insurance Presidents,
in an opinion declares that any at
tempt by state legislatures to limit the
salaries Of insurance officials is viola
ton of the Fourteenth Amendment Of
the federal Constitution.
At \ meeting in Paris yesterday OF a
committee OF the Allied Provisions
Trades Union, comprising butchers,
bakers, grOeefs, d., ii was decided to
call general strike. No date Was spec
III I'd for the slIike's commencement, but
there is every reason 20 believe II will be
April IL.
Mrs. Ids 81. Won Claussen, who had
threatened to have United States Minis
ter Graves recalled from his post at
Stockholm, Sweden, because of his and
Mrs. Graves interference in preventing
her from being presented to the King Of
Sweden, arrived in Washington late Sat
urday night.
Two men were Instantly killed and
az injured early yesterday morning near
the Bond street end OF The Union tunnel
In Baltimore by workman Of the
Northern Central Railroad. Four OF
the men are italians aud the others Bo-
hemians. They were working in the
tunnel when the accident occurred.
Theodore d. Buhl president of the
Bull Mslleab!e Iron Works, OF Detroit;
president OF the Detroit National Bank.
aud also of the firm Of Parke Davis &
CO., chemical and drug manufacturers,
OF New York, dropped dead on the street
near the Waldorf-Astoris Hotel yester-
day where he had been a guest. Death
was due 10 spopleSy.
In a farewell speech at Panama John
Z. Stevens, former chief engineer of the
Panama canal. Last night minated that
politics at Washington In connection
with the canal job caused the submission
OF his resignation 10 the President. and
that he bad decided 10 quit when he re-
deemed his promise to get the work IN
der way by the first Of this year.
All OF yesterday sober-faced little boys
ard girls came into the home Of little
Viola KleinschmIdt in Newark, and
took last look al the body OF their little
playmate. The death Of the child was
due to congestion OF the brain, brought
on by skipping the rope leo times on
Wednesday In one Of the contests so
common among little girls.
a disastrous wreck occurred OH the
Southern Railway about one and one
half miles from Middleton, Ga Saturday
night, by which eight or moro negroes
were killed, and twelve or fifteen injured,
several probably fatally. Eight bodies
hayo been recovered, aud tits, believed
more are under the wrecksge. An open
switch is reported 10 have caused the
wreck, allowing west- bound freight to
crash into another freight train standing
on the main track.
The Congressional exenrsiOnisis, head
ed by Speaker Cannon, who have been
seeing the Greater Antilles and regions
contiguous, including the Panama Canal