Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-15
News OF the Day.

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The rededlcation exercises at Car
negie Institute closed Saturday with
the comforting of degrees on distinguished
foreigners.
The Catholic Church authorities are
considering the regulation of The Cath
olic membership In vsrlons fraternal or
ganiza,ioos in the United States.
Mrs. Howard Batiy, of Baltimore, on
last night had an exciting experience
with burglar who entered her bedroom
and after taking sos, forced her at the
point of revolver, to accompany him
to the lower floor OF the house.
The British armored cruiser Invincible
was launched at Newcastle, EDgland.,
Saturday afternoon from tie Elswick
shipyard She is one of tho trio oflsrgest
cruisers in the world, of which the first,
the Indomilable, Was launched March
Is.
With no quarter asked or given and
with assurances to his friends that there
will be no let.up until he is either vic
torious or vanquished, Senator Foraker
hiss opened his active campaign for con-
troll Of the presidential delegation from
Ohio.
The new Catholic Cathedral Of 81.
John tue Baptist, at Charleston, s. c.,
was consecrated yesterday by Monsig-
nor FalconiO, the apostle delegate.
Cardinal Gibbons and a hundred other
prelates and priests took part in the
ceremonies.
Enrique Chavez, considered the most
desperate bandit Of recent years in
Mexico. has jast met death near Psscho-
tetan. He tell only after having been
pierced by eight bullets. In the last
Eve years Chavez hsd systematically
terrorized tho whole country north OF
JaliscO.
| George Schumacher, q real estate
dealer, was fally wounded in his apart
ments in New York early yesterday
morning. He told the police and one of
| tho surgeons in the Flower Hospital,
whore he died seven hours after be had
been wounded, that n burglar had fired
the shot,
| 1t Is declared thst the Pope has ap-
pointed Cardinal Merry de Val. the
papal secretary OF state, temporarily 10
| ill the position Of secretary of apostolic
briefs, made vacant by the recent death
of Cardinal Luigi Macchl. It is limited
that this Ia a way TO relieve Cardinal
Merry del Val Of the state secretsryship.
Senator Charles Dick denied pub
| lished statement that he was inclined to
be neutral in the contest between Secre-
tary Taft and Senator Foraker for
Ohio's Endorsement in the next nat.
ional campaign. lie declares that he
intends returning homo this week and
get into the thick Of the fray for his col
league, Senator Foraker.
| A disastrous freight wreck occurred
yesterday at Coddle Creek, near Con.
cord, n. c., On the main line Of the
Southern Railway in which sixteen cars
loaded with vegetables for New York
we're ditched aud torn TO pieces. EDgi-
neer Worth who was at the throttle, and
other members Of the crew saved them
selves byjumping The tracks we're bad
| ly torn up.
| A cheap grade Of candy caused the
death, in Camden, N. j., yesterday of
George Kennedy, two years old. Beg
ging for candy Saturday night, the boys
sister gave him what is known as a
"priae bag" which contained cheap
grade OF sweets and pieces of coCOsnnt.
| ia short time the child was taken
violently i'll, aud suffered terrible agony
until he died.
| With FIRE raging beneath them. and
their home filled with sufoca,ing smoke,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Berger and their
five children escaped from death about
| 4.l6 O'clock yesterday morning by crawl
Ing oVor a cornlce from their home in
Baltimore to the adjoining house. The
members Of the family felt the cold
weather severely, as their escape was
msde in their nightclotbes.
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says that Sheriff Barry has captured two
taeu who robbed Mrs. Louis Lelscha of
I&2, 200, aud subjected her to bsibsr1ns
indiguities. The woman had 1t strapped
around Der waist beneath her garments.
The money represented tho savings for
years of her husband and herself. They
had been afraid to put it in the bank,
and the woman carried the money on her
person. Tho husband had previously
told "fTiend" how tho money was kept.
John Perault, n wealthy liquor NOR
chant, and his wife Mario were found
dead in bed on the top floor of l770
Madison syenue, New York, Saturday
afternoon under circumstances which
point to double murder. The tragedy
was not discovered until . O'Clock, when
Marcel perault entered bis parents
apartment and was almost overcome by
the volume of gas that gushed ont into
the hallway. It Is believe that tho two
we're chOlorOformed and a9phyxiated
from gas by burglars.
James II. Eckels, president of the
Commercial National Bank Of Chiesg0
and formerly Comptroller Of the Cur
reney, died ct his home In Chicago yes
terday Of heart disease. The death OF
Mr. Eckles occurred apparently while he
was asleep. While studying Law in Al
bany q friendship had sprung up be-
tween young Mr.. Eckels and Grover
Cleveland. On April 8, 1898, Presi.
dent Cleveland surprised tie financial
world BY appointing Mr.. Eekels Con