Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-12-02
News Of the Day.

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More than four hundred workuen
were discharged Saturday at the navy
yard at Chsrlestown, Mss.
At Philadelphia on Saturday, the
Naval Academy football eleven defeated
West Point by score Of 6 to 0.
Congressman George w. Smith, of
the Twentv-filh Illinois district, died at
his home at Murphysboro, Saturday
night Of typhoid fever.
Eleven miners are imprisoned BY q
FIRE in the Fremont. Cover gold mine,
near Drytown, Gal, and it is feared that
they have persisted.
The census bureau has completed 8
blue book, which shows that there are
now 3O6, l40 civil employees on the
government pay rolls.
James J. Hill says New York cannot
handle the exoort trade chesply enough,
and the ives. will have to seek some
other port for shipping purposes.
The gross deficit in the postal reve-
nues, according to the report OF the
third assistant postmaster general,
amounted to nearly 100000 during
the past year.
Chairman Fowler, of the house COM
mittee on banking, predictes a still
more serious crisis if the present policy
OF resting bank deposits on credit re-
serves Is not stopped.
Johu Aston Moorehead, son of a
rich Piusburger. who eloped with his
mothers French maid, gained forgive
ness when football ,esm coached by
the young man won.
Miss Minnie Rudisill, Of Hanover,
Pa, Ieaped from a fourth-story window
of the Union Protestant Iu6rmary, In
Baltimore early yesterday morning. She
died in half au hour.
Fire in the business district of Hous-
ton, Tsxls, starting about miduighl
caused loss of over $500, 900. The
buroed buildings include the govern
ment building and theater.
Frederick Burkhein, wealthy grocer
of Newark, N. j., killed himself with
Illuminating gas in his store, SIG and
SIS Newark avenue today. His rell-
lives cen assign no reason for the deed.
Senator Culbersou, OF Texas, is to be
The leader of the Senate democrats. The,
caucus will not be held until Tuesday,
but IT il already settled that Mr.. Culber-
son viii oe chosen the chairman. This
carries with it leadership on the floor.
Neal Dancers, young negro, WAS
shot 10 death near Opp, Ala Saturday
by an angry crowd of Covington county
citiz Ds after he had been identified by
Mrs. Ellis, a tanners wife, who charged
hat he had assaulte | her near there on
that day.
Secretary OF the Navy Metcslfbas made
public his report to the President 10
which he recommends the construction
of four more big battleships and naval
programme involving $40, 900, 900. THIS
is the largest recommendation ever mads
by any secretary Of the navy for naval
increase at one time.
Surgical experts who opened the ear
of 9.year-old boy of Bakersville, N. j.,
to discover the cause Of headaches, which
had been worrying the child for months,
found dead beetle in the inner ear.
Removal of the bug was followed by i'm
mediate departure of the pSio, and the
lads hearing will not even be affected.
Rev. George g. Ware, for years rector
of the Episcopal Church at Desdwood,
South Dakota, will this week be carried
to Omaha end lodged in the county jail
there to serve 8 twelve months sentence
for conspiracy to defrsud the United
States out of valuable grazing lands in
Nebraska and for perjury and suborns-
ton Of perjury.
Gladys Ashe-Gourand, divorced wife
of Powers Gorrsud, who by marriage to
the latter became the sister-in-laW of her
own mother, whose husband is Jackson
G ,uraud, aroused the interest of society
in New York yesterday, by the annouce-
ment of her marriage 10 Louis Hooper,
who was named iu the divorce suit
brought by her former husband.
Between so and 60 miners are en-
tombed In the Naomi mine, of the
United Mine Coal Company, at Fayette,
CITY, Pa, as the result of an explosion
of black damp at o'clock last night.
It is thought many are dead behind tons
of rock and coal which fell during the
conclusion and blocked the entrance.
The explosion was caused when a miner
with an open lamp entered one of the
old workings.
A dispatch from Wheeling, w. Va.
ssys William Mullins, who recently
cams into possession of fortune through
coal deal, is dead and Lee Williams
is said to be dying IS the result of re-
volver duel at Cranberry, in southern
West Virginia. The fight was the re-
suit of an old gru1ge, starting when
Mullins entered divorce proceedings
against bis wife, naming Williams as CO.
respondent. They met on the street,
aud within a few feet of each other
they began firing.
A FIRE which for a time threatened the
block bounded by F, G, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets, Washington, wss
discovered shortly before O'Clock yes
terday morning on the fourth floor of
1880 g street, the building occupied by
Z. N. Richards, wallpaper dealer. The
fame, which originated from crossed
electric wires, we're got under control
after heroic eGnts of the 6remeD. The
damage is estimated at IS, 200 on the
building aud $25, 900 on the stock, fully
Insured.
Rev. Joseph Buch lost his life and