Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-10
News Of the Day.

A private dispatch received in Mexico
CITY states that President Cabrera, OF
Guatemala, was assassinated yesterday.
The news cannot be confirmed.
James E. Price, a newspaper and peri
odical writer, was found dead in bed
about O'clock yesterday evening, in
his room in clearinghouse in Wash
iDgtcn.
Two more deaths may result from last
nights accident in Brooklyn, when a
fying automobile ran down victoria,
killing one man and iDjuTing ten other
persons.
Chancellor Day, in his bsccslaureate
sermon at the University OF Syracuse,
yesterday, predicted an appalling disaster
rs the result OF what he considered the
destructive policies Of President Roose-
welt.
Details of a disastrous fire in the
Walters mines at StrathcOnd, Alberta,
in which six men lost their lives reached
O:tOwa, Ont, today. The fire occurred
early yesterday morning and caused
about SIC, 900 damage.
1t is said that while putting on Ma
sonic apron during the ceremonies Incl
dent to the laying of the cornerstone of
the Masonic Temple in Washington on
Saturday, President Roosevelt inadvert-
antly exposed a pistol which he carried
in his hip pocket.
1t is reported in Paris that j. Pier
pont Morgan has secured the great Ro-
dolph Kann art collection, which will
be brought to this country. Advices
received from Europe indicate that be-
tween So, 600, 900 and S4, 900, 600 will be
paid for the Kann collection.
Miss Julia Magruder, the well-known
Virginia author, died at St. Luke's hos
pital, Richmond, late Saturday after
noon, after an illness extending over
several weeks. She was flty-lwo years
old. She was the daughter of the late
Allen Bowie Magruder.
Although the report that Prof. Hau
had confessed that be had killed his
molher-in-law is officially denied in Ber-
lin, it is believed that when his wife
last visited him be made certain admis-
sions which definitely convinced her
that he had murdered her mother.
"New York is for II 1osevelt, the coun-
try is for him, and, in my judgment, be
will be nominated and reelected" There
were the words Of Representative Sher-
man, of New York, the chairman of the
republican congressional committee, as
be left the White House Saturday after
an interview with the President.
Messages received in Winchester an
nouace the death OF Lewis b. Moore in
hospital in New York on Saturday
from lOcCmOtor ataxis. He was the
eldest son Of the late Col. l. T. Moore,
of Winchester and was about thirty.nine
years old. He leaves a wife, several
children, mother, two brothers and a
sister.
The closing exercises of the eiRhty-sec-
Dad session of the University of Virginia
began yesterday with the baccalaureate
sermon, by Rev. W. w. Moore, presi.
dent of the Union Theological Seminary,
at Richmond. Last night the annual
address before the Young Mems Chris
tian Association was delivered by Rev.
Henry Lcuis Smith, president of David
son College, North Carolina.
Twenty-niDe known dead and forty
persons seriously injured constitute the
list of casualties resulting from storms of
wind and lain which swept over south
ern Illinois, Indiana, and central Ken
lucky Friday night and early Saturday.
These fatal visitstions came in the shape
ofcloudbursts, high winds, and electrical
disturbances. The property damage is
many thousands of dollars. Houses were
swept away, bridges demolished, and
thousands of acres Of growing crops de-
The schooner yacht Deryisb, owned
by II. A. Morse, of Marblehead, Mass,
arrived first at Bermuda yesterday in the
race from New York city. Her time for
the $50 miles was 81 hours and so min
utes. The yawl Hyperion crossed the
line second, nine hours later. The Der
wish. gives time allowance to all other
entries except the Priscilla. With the
arrival at Hamilton today of the schooner
Priscilla FIVE of the twelve yachts which |
started from Sandy Hook last Wednes-
day on the $50 mile race are now in
port there. While the other yachts have
not been heard from, no anxiety is felt |