Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-27
News Of the Day.

Col. Rogers Q1srles Mills left the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, late
yesterday afternoon.
Tuesdays democratic primsry In
South Csrolins renomlnsted Governor
Ausel BY not less than 10, 900 majority
over O. L Blease.
Colonel Joseph E. willard, who hiss
been travelling 10 Europe for some weeks,
arrived in New York Tuesday and will
resch Richmond today.
There was heavy frost all through
the section of West Virginia in the
vicinity of Thomss, Davis and Parsons
yesterday morning.
The largest mountain lion ever killed
In southern California was shot Thursday
last by William Dewey, Of Riverside,
CAL
Following quarrel with members of
her family, X Uterine Sspp, sged 18
wears, OF Spar VS. Point, Mo-, ia alleged
10 have a cup ID su'clds yesterday by
shooun hsr.-if ~ NJ b5ea-'.
Oscar Singer, 2S YER old, br tner 81
the prominent lumber dealer OF ths
name at Huntington, w. Va, commit
ted suicide yesterday afternoon by drink
ing carbolic scd.
Andrew Carnegie yesterday afternoon
donated 81, 900 for the relief OF the fam
lilies If the 20 miners who lost their
lives as a result of an explosion which
occurred in the MsypOle, Eng, coal
mine on August Is.
The dead body of an unidentified
Italian was found early yesterday morn
lug on the west side of Garrett Island,
Md, under The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad bridge, by wst;hman. The
man was about 40 years of age, and had
evidently been struck By train.
ADtonio (Tony) Pastor, the tbes'r'csl
manager, died at Elmhurt, L. L, last
ght, after an illncss of several werks.
He was IL years old. He WAS knowo
Ill over the world and introduced to the
public Lillian Russell and other cele-
brsted opera stars.
The explosion of barrel of oil, acct
IDENTIFY ignited, fred shalting OF the
Hailey-Ols Mine at HsileyviIle, Okla,
Yesterday, and the flames spread with
such rapidity that twenty-eight miners
working on the lower tiers we're cut of
from escape. -Four are known TO be dead.
Exactly GO hours after their arrest for
attempt pg to assault Mrs Maud Taw-
zar, the II year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geor!e Tswzer, of York, Pa, two
Of the three Workers charged with the
oaerse we're tried aud sentenced tothe
Eastern pententiary, while the other
was held for the Juvenile Court.
A farmer named Turner, living about
ten miles from Jacksonville, Fla, was
shot and killed Tuesday night by bis
son. 1t is alleged that the men had
quarreled because the younger Turner
WAS in love with his stepmother, young
girl whom his father bad married short
time ago. The son was arrested.
A report comes from AlbertS, Canada,
thst the Target buffalo herd in the
world, which is corfalled near the town
OF Lamont, has wintertd well. From
tue time the roundup of the herd COM
menced In Montana last year less than
IL per cent have been lost or died. Ac-
cor1ipg to Fur News, arrangements are
being msde to bring up another 800.
Meredith P. Henderson, an employe
of the Washington Iron Works Com
pany, fell from the fire escape of the
Fred A. Schmidt building, on Ninth
street, yesterday, and died at the Emer-
gency Hospital 40 minutes later. Nesrly
every bone in bis body was broken and
his skull was fractured.
Yesterday was the coolest August day
on record In New York city. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon the lhermome->
ter stood at 81. Added to the cold, rain
fell nearly all the night before and yes
ter1ay, flooding the streets and cellars.
The unique combination OF straw hats
and heavy topcosts under rain-soaked
umbrellas was to be seen everywhere.
John ]. Greenough, inventor scientist,
lawyer, student of medicine, philosopher,
author of book on the origin of super
stitution, and q man credited with hav.
ing made 800, 600, 900 for other people,
died Tuesday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. William L. Chase,
near BrOokline, Boston, In his ninety
seventh year.
Miss Charlotte Forster, Of San Diego,
CAL, daughter of t1othpiek msnufsct'
urer of P,r.land, Me-, plunged from the
third floor of the Angeles Hotel TO toe
roof of the lobby Tuesday during a fit OF
temporary insanity and frictured her
skull. Her recovery is doubtful. She
il sc years old and has been sn invalid
for over a yesr.
John Lynch, q New York sewer depart
me employe, had one Of his feet caught
ia a cellar pipe while working In q sewer
yesterday and was drowned. Two COM
psnions who had gone with Lynch in t.
the Dsrrow msnhole to open choked
pipes, stood on the iron ladder leading
iuto the sewer aud ssw the man engulfed
by the waters, despite their frantic eff
forts u drag him out.
Mrs. Mary Mays, wife of Mr.. Edward
NJ. Mays, Of Baltimore, took her life