Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-29
News Of the Day.


Lord Albert Kirby Fairfax, who is a
native OF Maryland, hiss returned from
England on a visit to his latives.
The Delaware, LackaWanna ard West
err Railroad today declared the custo-
mary annual dividend of 10 per cent.
Hugh Murray, grand secretary Of the
Masonic Grand Lodge OF Canada, died
suddenly of apoplezy at Hamilton, Ont,
yesterday.
More than ESQ, deaths from the
pIsgue in India have been the result Of
the refusal of Mohammedans to evscnale
infected villages.
A fire that last night began the de-
slruction of the town of Granite, COL,
is completing its work today. Volunteer
6remen were unable 10 check the flames.
Seven men are dead and two fatally
injured as the result of FIRE in a two
story brick house 10 Karsas City, No,
yesterday, caused by az explosion OF
gas.
John Van Fossen, mayor OF Ypsilsnti,
Mich, killed himself today by shooting
himself in the head. He was fifty years
old. Van Fossen, yeats ago, was an in
mate of an asylum for year.
Mr.. Frank Brown, it,, son of ex-Gov-
ernor Brown, was arrested in Baltimore
yesterday 10 connection with the killing
Of a colored man by an automobile at
2:45 a. M, at Baltimore and Fremont
streets.
After pinniug a note On the cofiin he
had KEPT prepared in his home for over
year In which he b'gged to be buried
con the quiet" John Davis, 50, re-
tired farmer, killed himself 10 Lcckport,
N. Y, today.
A jury to try Caleb POwerq, charged
with the murder of William Goebel, was
completed ct Georgetown, KY, yesterday.
There are eight democrats and four re-
publicans on the jury. Eleven are from
Grant county, and one is from Harrison
county.
The United States marshal at Mont
gomery, Ais, was occupied yesterday in
swearing in deputies in anticipation of 3
conflict between the State and federal
authorities in the enforcement Of the in
Junction granted that day against the
special railroad legislation.
Preparing to attend the funeral of his
wife, to whom he had been welded for
fifty year,, Joseph NJ. Williams, of Phil
adelphia, was stricken with paralysis
Wednesday IT noon, and died an hour
after the body of his devoted spouse wss
removed from their home to the cemetery.
Fire, which jumped block in
spectacular leap from one brewery to
another, practically wiped out the plants
of the Toselti and Mullen brewery COM
panies, with q loss of $500, 600, in Chica-
60 yesterday afternoon, while it did COM
psrstively little damage to the ware
houses and factories between these plants.
The Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany hiss laid off nearly 1000 workmen
aud has reduced the working hours in
the HsgerstowD, Nd, Union Bridge,
end Elkins shops from ten to nine hours.
This action is due, it is said, 10 the diff
liculty in getting funds to carry out The
construction work contemplated. The
shop hands have been laid of Temporal
rily for the sams reason. 10 order to
keep as large force as possible employ
ed 10 the shops it was decided to reduce
the working Cay by one hour.
Acc riding to the advance sheets from
the Office of the director of the census
concerning the "blue book" which con-
tains the names of sll the government
employees, there are %, 947 such workers
in the District Of Columbia, and Of this
number 8, 96i are accredited to the Dis
trict. New York is second on the list,
1928 residents of that State holding
pieces in Washington; Maryland is third,
with 2, 1872, while Arizona is last, with
but 10. To all these employees in Wash
ington there is disbursed annually the
sum of s9l, SAL, 235 annually in salaries,
making the average 81, 0S9.
After crossing the Atlantic in ship
fitted with stalls especially for their voy-
age, the Sultan of Oakland, prize bull,
and eight of bis daughters arrived at the
Pensburst Farm, the property OF Per-
cival Roberts, at Narberih, near Phill-
delphia, yesterday. From New York TO
Narberth they travelled in palace care.
The Sultan is tn be king Of the herd Of
registered cattle which were on the mead
ows of Penshurst before his arrival. He
cost his owner $4,000, aud YVES pur-
chased by Mr.. Roberts when he and
Mrs. Roberts were abroad last summer.
They came to New York from Liverpool
in stately stalls, padded and equipped as