Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
News of the Day.

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Three railroaders lost their lives by the
blowing up of an engine of freight on
the Pennsylvania railroad near Urbans,
Ohio, today.
Bran Goodwin, farmer, near Amer
icus, Ga. dropped dead in the field To-
day. When his brother Arthur, saw
the liieless form he dropped dea 4 across
the body.
John J. Leslie, waiter in the Old
Vienna Cafe, Atlantic City, is richer by
ten cents than he was. He found a
pocket book containing 81 800, owned
by handsomely dressed woman, who
gave him ten cents for his trouble.
Unessiness is felt for the steam yacht
Msjestic, owned by James A. Moore OF
Henry w. Savages staff, which left New
York for Bar Harbor last Friday with
twenty-one persons aboard, including a
crew of seven. The Majestic was due al
Bar Harbor Sunday.
A bomb, hurled at the entrance TO the
dwelling occupied by Joseph Bienni, an
Italian laborer in Philadelphis, shortly
before 2 o'clock yesterday morning, did
considerable damage to the building and
shattered the windows in houses a square
distant. 1t is thought that one of BIZ
ennis boarders was the object OF the at
tack.
The report of the medical experts who
made an analysis of the contents of the
stomach of Mrs. Pet Msgill, the first
wife Of Fred Magill, the banker, was
received in Clinton, ILL.,, yesterday, and
States Attorney Miller announced that
The report is to the effect that Mrs. Ma
gill died from chloroform poisoning. A
trace OF arsenic was also found. The
belief is growing that Mrs. Magill did
commit suicide.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,
says that Mr.. William Jennings Bryan
has decided to accept third nomination
for President, and has asked the sup
port of the Ohio delegation to the ma
tional convention. That is the purport
of the message which Chairman CARRIER,
of the democratic State executive COM
mittee, yesterday evening brought from
Mr.. Bryan, whom he met at the Miami
Valley Chautauqua Assembly.
The executive board of District No.
8, United MinewOrkers of America,
which embraces the Pittsburg, Pa, dis
trict, last night authorized President
Patrick Feehan to call strike immedi-
ately of the miners in that district, al
leging that the Pittsburg Coal Company
has been violating the wage agreement
repeatedly. President Feehan has an
nounced he will give the Pittsburg Coal
Company a few hours in which to ad-
Just matters. Over Il, 900 miners will
be affected in the event of strike.
Lieut.. Col. William F. Tucker, pay
master of the Department Of the Lakes,
with headquarters at Chicago, will not
be court. msrtisled upon the complaint
preferred by his wife, Mrs. "Dolly" Lo-
gan Tucker. The report of the inspectors
general charged with the investigation
Of the affair establishes that the pay
master has not been guilty of any VIC
lation of the Law or army regulations.
This ended the official inquiry but Mrs.
Tucker, however, still insists she will
win. She refuses to believe that the
War Departments investigation does
not substantiate her accusations Of i'm.
proper conduct.
Amos r. Rumbaugh, who shot him.
self at Colorado Springs, COL, Tuesday,
it was supposed, rather than testify
at the inquest over the body of his
friend, Miss Laura Mathews, died early
yesterday morning as was stated in the
Gazette. Coroner Richardson stated
that, in his opinion, both Miss Laura
Mathews and Amos X. Rumbaugh COM
milted suicide. He said he believed
Miss Mathews killed herself because Of
unrequited love on the part of @. A.
Coey, the Chicago millionaire, and that
Rumbaugh, who had been drinking heav-
lily, had killed himself because of infatua-
ton for the girl. The coroner's inquest
rendered verdict that Miss Mathews
committed suicide.
The so-called negro Acknowledgement
bill was passed by the Georgia Senate
yesterday by a vote Of 81 to G. The bill
will 20 to the House for action tomorrow.
The bill, which follows closely the Ala
bams law, provides that in order to vote
a man must own or pay taxes on $500
worth of property, or be able to read,
write a paragraph Of the State or federal
constitution, or he must be descended
from a house who has fought in sDy
war in which the United States or he
Confederate States have been engaged,
or he must have proper conception OF
his duty to the state and the nation.
The adoption Of the hill by the lower
house is said be a certainty. 1t follows
the recommendations of Governor Smith
in his inaugural message.