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

Saturday between Princeton and The
Carlisle Indians, the former won By q
score Of Is to 0.
Mr.. Henry Bishop, widely known IS
"Bishop, the Bird Man." died at bis
rosd:nce in Baltimore yesterday. HI
was born in Germany 81 years ago.
F. Lsppenburg, Hamburg banking
and brokerage firm, also engaged extern
sively 10 exporting and importing, sus'
pended today owing to losses through
customers.
Isaac d. 5urratt, whose mother wal
executed for alleged completely in the
assassination Of President Abraham Liz
coin, died in Baltimore yesterday aged
sixty-six years.
The American Tobacco Company hiss
ordered the closing down OF practically
all its cigarette-making plants in Bslti.
more, throwing between 500 and GOO
employees out of work.
The Emperor and Empress Of Ger
many, accompanied by Chancellor Won
Buelow and other German officials, will
be the guests of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra for week from November
IL at Windsor Castle.
The anniversary Saturday Of the birth
day Of King Edward of Great Britain
will be marked by The presentation 10
him on behalf of the people OF The
Transvaal of the great Cullinsn dia-
mond, the value of which spproximstes
| $500, 900.
That the death of Col. Leveret II.
Walker, U. 8. A., commander Of the coast
deienses In the vicinity of Boston, was
caused by the, Is mile horseback test
ride ordered by President Roosevelt, is
the declaration Of DR.. Ben. II. Metcalf,
of Winthrop.
John Sweeney, a married man, 35
years old, narrowly escaped lynching at
Marietta, Ohio, yesterday, following his
attack Oh Anna Koon, IA years old. The
police rescued Sweeney on the river
bank and fought the crowd all the way
to the station house.
1t is rum ofed that Scotland Yard has
unesrtbed plot to attempt the Kaiser's
life during his coming visiilto London
with his consort. That English socialists
adIplanued hostile demonstrations along
the line of the procession from Padding
ton station to the Guild Hall is asserted.
An extra west bound freight train got
beyond The control OF the crew on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Gran
berry grade, at Mcmillan, w. Va,
seventy m les west of Cumberland, e3rly
yesterday morning, and collided with a
fast freight, resulting in the death Of
two men and several injured.
Lying side BY side, Michilina Balls
dino and Juliette Fillito, two pretty
Italian girls, aged l6 and Is respectively,
who recently came to this country, were
found dead Saturday from aSpbyxiation
in the home OF their uncle, Frank Bal
lsdino, in New York. The gas jetin the
room was turned on and the windog
closed. Balladino says the girls either
failed to turn off the gas completely or
| else blew the gas out.
Samuel Gompers, president Of The
American Federation OF Labor. chsrac-
terizes the present financial furry as
nothing n ore nor less than gamblers
panic" and warns employers Of labor
against attempting wage reductions at
their peril, because, he says, labor will
~ I'll lA Ia do hat
labor and civic organizations, which
have Withdrawn money from the banks,
help "defeat the gamblers scheme" By
investing In government bonds.
Rsffaelle Ruffa1o and his wife, Ar
toinetle, were murdered in Garfield, II.
j., Saturday night. Esrly yesterday a
ceighbor found the woman's body on
the walk in front of the grocery store
which The couple owned. In The kitchen
Ruffano's body was found lying on the
floor. Both hsd been shot in the besd.
Rsffano had evidently been killed in
stantly, but trail OF blood showed
where his wife had crawled through the
store and to the walk. There is no clue
10 the murderer.
Sixteen lives are said to have been
lost ard fifty houses were destroyed by 8
cloudburst at San Jose. Del Csbo, in
Lower California, on October IA, ac-
cordiug to Capt. Psulson and passengers
on the steam or Curacao, which arrived
there from Mszstlan Yesterday. The
raiu was prcc'dtd ny hurricane which
blew with great fury for upward of
twelve hours. Small craft in the har-
Dor were sunk aud a number of large
vessels badly damaged. Several persons
we're carried out to sea &. Two new wire
less stations were destroyed and orange
and lemon groves were ruined.
As result of the murder Saturday
night of tom" Thompson, assistant
chief of police, at Talledega, Ala,
Fred Singleton, negro. was riddled
with bullets by pursuers early yes
terday. Policeman Dwell was shot
in the leg. Two other negroes, i'm
plicsted in the killing of Thompson,
were placed in the Jail at 5ylSclugs for
safe keeping. Thompson Saturday night |
arrested three crapshooters. They told |
him they knew where big crap game
was 10 progress, aud directed the officer
to the chemical plant. When Thomp-
son arrived there he was fred on stimuli
tsueously from several directions.
William Frederick John, a stouesetter,
who lived With bis family in the fashion,
able Dyker Heights section Of Brooklyn,
shot and killed his wife yesterday and
then put a bullet 10 his head. The
woman died instantly, and John Was re-
moved to q hospital, where his death &C.