Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-09
News of the Day.

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900 school children in New York are
suffering from physical defects.
The building of the Observer, at Char
lotie, n. c., was destroyed by fire to the
extent of SIS, 900 yesterday morning.
The armistice ordered by General
Dude, in command at Csssblsnca, was
fruitless, as the Moorish tribesmen failed
to send delegates.
In quarrel over a hog, Rev. John
Grant, a Methods! minister OF Galloway,
Ark, SATURDAY shot and killed Rev.
Martin Glenn, Baptist minister.
A tornado passed over Des Moines
Saturday night, causing damage of $780,
900. A terrific haistorm accompanied
the tornado, doing great damage to crops
in that vicinity.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton,
chairman of rivers ana hsrbors, committee
was on Saturday nominated by acclams
ton for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, at the
republican city convention.
The divorce evil has been growing
among Roman Catholics as among Pro-
testants in recent years. 1t was announ-
ced at the Vatican on Saturday that
Pope Plus will take steps to stop it i'm
mediately.
Senator Depew, who has returned
from Europe, says that the slump in the
American stock market has prevented
the contamination of many important
deals in America in which foreign cap
itsl was interested.
Mrs. Ruth Ada Claggett, wife of
Charles Claggett, WAS held up on the
road and robbed and had her head cut
BY her assailants near her home, near
RaDdallstOwn, Baltimore county, Nd,
early yesterday morning.
Secretary Root, who has been patient
at the health institute of William Null
doom, at White Plains, N. Y, left there
last night, having been discharged as
completely cured from his recent nervous
breakdown brought on by overwork.
The text of the modus vivendi to reg
ulate fishing by Americans in the treaty
waters of Newfoundland, which was con-
cluded in London on Saturday, has been
made public at Washington. 1t is 3
substantial renewal of last years agree
ment
The large bank barn, detached stable.
hoghouse, carriage-house, icehouse and
| two silos on the farm of Edward Z.
Thomas at Sandy Springs, Md, were
destroyed by FIRE Saturday night,
together with 60 tons of hay, 600 bushels
Of wheat and other prOvender.
John ]. Griffin, aged "a years, a
former assistant paying teller and run
ner of the Fhst National Bank Of Cations
vile, Nd, was committed by Justice
GrannoD, in Baltimore, Saturday, for
the Gainesville authorities, on the charge
of embezzling So, $50 from the bank.
The Cliff House, San Francisco's first
attraction for tourists, was burned to the
ground Saturday night. The Cliff House
wss built on a rocky promontory directly
above the washing waves of the Pacific
Ocean, and its broad yerandss afforded
view of the seals sporting on the rocks
near the shore.
With hundreds of negroes crowding
about him and crying for vengeance,
James Nicholson, colored, 80 years old,
narrowly escaped death from lynohing
| in Baltimore late Saturday night, when
arrested ugon the charge of criminally
assaulting three colored girls residing III
his neighborhooG.
The Bureau of Labor has issued q
statement which shows that the advance
10 wages has been greater than the in
crease in the cost Of living. The report
shows an increase of f.. per cent. in
wages in manufacturing and mechanical
industries, and an advance of % per
cent. in the price OF food.
James r. Keene scored double tri-
umph at Sheepshead Bay Saturday even
ing, when, in the presence of 80, 900 en-
thusiastic spectators, Colin and Celt,
both by the great Commando, ran first
and second, respectively, in the Flatbush
Stakes for wo-year-olds, seven furlongs,
while Ballot was victorious in the race
for the Century Stakes.
The new Lusitania reached Queens
town at 1926 yesterday morning, and the
Lucauis, of the same line, which sailed
four hours ahead Of the big turbiner,
got in 10 minutes later. The Lusitania
| left Queenstown at 1911 p. m. yesterday.
The Lucauia sailed at II: 40. The Lus-
ilania passed the Lucsnia several hours
after the two steamers left Queenstown
When the Presbyterians of Breesport,
village north of Elmira, N. Y, wen'
to church Yesterday week they found q
note pinned on the door reading: "Thi:
church will be burned" Tuesday morn
ing the church was burned. On Satur-
DAY note was found on the door of the
Methodist church reading: "If Presby
terians are allowed to worship in this
building this church will also be burned. .
The Presbyterians will have the use Of
the church in spite Of the threat.
The body of young woman washed
ashore, at Narssko Beach, near Mount
Winans, Nd, yesterday gave, mute ev-
idence Of tragedy of the river that oc'
CURED some time between Friday night
and yesterday morning. The body was
identified as that of Miss Gertrude Shau-
messy, who had gone out rowing on
Friday night with another young WON
an and two young men. As nothing has
been heard of any of them since they
started out on Friday night, it is be-