Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-11
News Of the Day.

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to be opened June Is.
General Eugene Griffin, frst president
Of the General Electric Company, died
suddenly in Schenectady, n. T., today,
1t ia reported that Gen. Zee Christ
mas, the American army officer in the
service of Honduras, had been Gu: 10
pieces by Nicaraguan- soldiers.
At the trustees meeting in Washing
ton yesterday over which Cardinal Glib.
hons presided, reports-showed the Cath
| ole University to be in. ilourishIng
condition.
At Rochester, New York today Fred
Schultz, yegman, was sentenced to
Auburn State prison for life Tor the kill
ing of Waterman Edward Pnllmap, at So
dus, Wayne county on March %, 1906.
The discovery OF new cOuuterlei; $40
| Buffalo United States note ia annonnc-
ed by the United States Secret Service.
Il is OF the series Of 1901; check letter
A; Lyonp, register; Roberts, treasurer.
Mrs. T. II. Ismay, wife OF the founder
OF the White Star Steamship Line, and
mother Of Joseph Bruce Ismav, presl-
dent Of the international Mercantile
Marine Company, died in London on
Tuesday.
Mr.. j. P. Morgan had an interview
Tuesday with Minister of Education
Rsva, 10 Rome, for the .purpose of tell
lug him be had nothing to do with the
alleged removal from Italy OK The paint
ings BY Yandyke,. which have disap-
peared from Genoa.
Gordon Taylor Hughes, Of the law
firm OF Lawrence g. Hughes, OF New
York. and son.in : Law .of former Gov.
Frank Brown, Of Maryland, Died Tues.
day night at his home, In New York.
He had heen lit OF heart disease since
last December. He was born IN Hamil.
ton, Ohio ia 1871, aud was the sou OF
Joseph p. Hughes.
Miss Gertrude Schwsb. sister of
Charles NJ. Schwsb. the millionaire steel
magnats, WAS married yesterday In 81.
blichaels Roman Catholic Church, a.
| Loretto, Pa, which was presented By
her brother TO the congregation, to David
Barry, cashier Of tho First National
Bank OF Johnstown. Among tho guests
was Charles NJ. Schwab and his wife,
and among the many presents received
by tho bride was s., 900. 900 In stocks
| and bonds from Mr. schwab.
Benjamin Allen, q conductor of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, was killed instantly lGst night
while switching his car into the Ecking-
ton barn, near Fourth and L strec.s
northeast in Washington. Allen Was
standing on the rear bumper of his car,
guiding the trolly, while the moIorman
backed the car over switch. The
trolly pole slipped from the wire, and
the rope threw the conductor upon the
track. He was run over by the car,
dying instantly, Allen was tWenty-ono
years old.
Howard Nicholas aud Leonard Leo
pold we're Tuesday in Chicago convict
ed of the murder of Mrs. Margaret Les
lie, the actress. Nicholas was sentenced
ID life Imprisonment, while Leopold wss
given l4-year term inprison. Robbery
is said to have been the motive for the
crime. On tae morning Of October 10
last the desd body Of Mrs. Leslie was
found in her room at the Palace Hotel,
| with an undergarment tied around her
neck. The room Was filed with gas,
| which came from an open jet. A verdict
OF suicide by gas poisoning was rendered
bat subsequently Nicholas confessed the
murder and implicated Leopold.