Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-03-30
News Of the Day

Miss Florence franklin Croker ~
years old, iavorite niece Of Richard
Croker, is dead ct her home in Brook
Ign.
As the result of ''black hand" feud
in Chicago, Frszio Gotta is dead. Six
men are under arrest and Dominic Dat
tsllo, another supposed member OF the
band, ia fugitive.
Stripped Ct his uniform by Captain
HoIspsn, and lodged in Jail as common
lslon with charge of highway robbery
lowering over him, was the fate OF Po-
licemsu George w. Dswkias today.
1t is learned today that Mayor Schmitz,
of San Francisco, has made overtures to
several members of the board OF super
yisors to resign in order thst he may
have en- opportunity to appoint their
successors.
Charged with being SlS 600 short In
his accounts, George E G;fiin, manager
Of thu Enterprise Construction ComPa-
ny, was arrested at Altoona, Pa, TO-
day. He was committed 10 Jail in de-
fault Of bail.
Yesterday afternoon a Woman CARRIED
in black crawled throu b the iron rail
ing at Prospect Point, Niagari Falls, aud
Jumped over the American Falls. She
left nothing behind her by which she
might be identified.
Preaching bis own funeral sermon on
the scsfold, Thomas Harris, young
white man, formerly Baptist preacher,
was hanged yesterday for the murder OF
Mrs. Hortense Morgan, an aged white
woman, at Gaaney, 8. q.
Mrs. Florence Mcdonald held By The
grand jury for the murder of Webster
| Q Gusrio, was released under $50, 600
bonds in Chicago today. The surety
fur his wife was given by "Mike" for
mer gambling king ofChicago.
Ripe peaches, gathered months ahead
OF time, sro belDg pickedin Plsquemine
parish, La. The mildest winter in 30
years vas the cause Of the early ripening.
and samples Of the fruit will be saved
for exhibition at the Jamestown EXPOSE
ton.
One of the most important recent dis
coyeries Is that commercial turpentine
can be derived from practically all OF
the southern pines. az well as from q
number Of western species, sources
which have hitherto been discredited or
unknown.
Charles G. Bauer, former city auditor
of Springfield, Chic, hiss been indicted
for embe2zlement OF "a, 262 Of the city's
funds. He WA released on s.. 600 bond.
His wife is the daughter OF Col. James
Neal, former United States Consul at
Liverpool.
Although frequent denials have been
made that the Duchess OF Marlboro ugh
would visit the United States. it is now
reported in Paris that the duchess, &C.
companied By her two sons and her
father, William X. Vanderbilt, will sail
for America on April IL. She will spend
some time in New YORK and Newport.
a dispatch from Ossin ming, n. Y,
says that Albert L. Patrick, the convict
ed murderer ofthe aged millionaire VIM
NJ. Rice, whose death sentence was COM
United to life imprisonment by the late
Governor Higgins, is on the verge OF
collapse, and, according to the prison au'
lhoritiea is not expected to live out the
year.
Robert B. Armstrong, Hho was for
merly Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury, has resigned as president OF the
Casualty Company Of America. MI
Armstrong had been president OF the
company sincs March, 1905. A recent
severe attack Of typhoid fever is given as
the cause for his leaving the lucrative
position with the New York concern.
Mrs. Polly Weed Baker, OF Boonville,
ind, widely known az the most mar
ried woman in Indians, was yesterday
granted a divorce from her eleventh hus-
band, John Baker. Baker is the ninth
of her eleven husbands, from whom she
has secured q divorce, one having died a
natural death and another committed
suicide. Mrs. Baker ia sixty-fige years
old. She was first married back In the
early 60's.
Charles A. Riley, who Gays he came
in from Rock Springs Maryland on a
freight train at O'Clock this morning,
called at the White House to see the
President at six. The President did not
happen To be receiving at that time, and
Officer Bramlett took upon himself the
task Of representing the head OF the ad-
ministratiop 'sThe President summon
ed me by wireless telegraph, " said Riley,
ito come to Washington TO testify in
murder trial am here and would like
70 see him at once" Officer Bramlett
conveyed Riley to police headquarters
where he will be held for examination.
One man Is dend, one dying, while half n
| dozen are badly burned, es the result Of an
explosion at the Lowellville furnace Of the
| Ohio Iron and Steel Company, ct IouDgs'
town. Ohio, today.
Two submarines built for the United States
navy we're launched from the Fore niger
Company yard, ct Quincy, Mass, today
and we're chrislened the Viper and the Tann-
\ fula.