Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-06
News of the Day.

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wells Island declares "Abe" Humme
to be dying man.
President Roosevelt is expected ia
urge upon Congress the building of 6
great naval base at Subig Bay, in the
Philippines.
That Germany it is said, is to arrange
secret treaty with the United States
before the latter takes decisive action
about Japan was reported in Berlin.
The receipt of new potatoes in Balti'
more is increasing rapidly and they are
now selling at $l.75 per barrel, old poto-
toes are sold there at 40 and IS cents a
bushel.
The Russian government is fastening
to carry out the recent order for 3istri-
button of land to peasants on easy terms,
and has ordered the relaxation OF meas
ures against the Jew.
A bold attempt 10 kidnsp Paul Peters,
the l | year old son OF School Director
VIM. @. Peters, of Chester, Pa, was
made yesterday by an unknown negro
who seriously cut and bruised the boy.
The negro made his escape.
Superintendent McQuside, of the
Pittsburg, Pa, police, has the names OF
FIVE Pittsburgers. who dropped, collec-
lively, 5000, 900 in the New York gam
bling house at which ID. @. Davis, OF
Marietta, Ohio, lost $50, 900. By fail
ing to get A. I. Nye properly interested
the New York gang lost 500, 900.
A tidal wave from Lake Michigan
swept over the north shore at Chicago
shortly after daybreak yesterday, and
before receding it had reached height
OF eight feet. During its rise, following
an alarm by fishermen, who had been
routed from their quarters, the residents
of Lakeyiew gathered on the shore and
watched in trepidation the onconing
waters.
The Montgomery county, Nd, agri-
cultural fair, scheduled for next month,
may not be held. 1t seems certain that
the Circuit Court will refuse to grant the
management of the fair license to per-
NIT pool selling on the grounds, and
President OAfutt, OF the society, said that
he would be in favor OF letting the fair
60 by the board This year if the license
be not granted.
Dr.. II. X. Hoy, So years old, who
financed Cobbler John EImOre's ash
burning discovery, worried over his f.
nancial failures until he committed sui
eide in his Office yesterday by drinking
a mixture Of laudanum and carbolic
acid. He had been interested in oil
lands and fast horses. DIR. Hoy was
the last person TO be convinced that Ell
more's invention was not wonderful
thing. Then his friends began to twit
him, until soon letters began to pour in
from all parts of the country, ridculiDg
the doctor. He could not stand the rid
isule, and for the past two weeks has
been unable to sleep.
With his skull fractured and face terri.
bly, beaten up, George Mcclure, reporter
for Bradstreets, was found in dy ing con-
dition yesterday in San Francisco. He wss
taken to the receiving hospital, where be
died a few hours later. According to the
story told to the police, Mcclure alighted
from a street car and started to walk to
his home, short distance OF three blocks.
As be started up the street he was accos-
t d by couple of men, who, according 10
a woman who witnessed the affair, asked
Mcclure If he had ridden on the car.
Upon his replying in the affirmative, he
was set upon by the men and beaten into
Inconsistencies. The police have no
clews as 10 his assalants.
Judge Charles Swayne, OF the United
States Court for the Northern district of
died at University of Pennsyl-
yaniaHospital 10 Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon aged G5 years. Judge Swayne's
name became familiar to the public year
Or two ago through an attempt TO impeach
him for "high crimes and misde-
meanors." His trial took place in the
United States Senate toward the close
IF the first session of the Fifty-niuth |
Congress and was the first impeachment
proceeding in that body since the trial of
secretary Of War Belkuap, under the
Grant administration. The trial result
ID 10 his acquittal by vote which was al
most strictly along party lines. The orig |
nal charges against Judge STayne were
made by Representative Lamar of Flor
da.