Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-17
News Of the Day.


Nelson a. Miles, died at her husbands
home on Center Island, N. T., Tuesday.
George Mitchell, aged %. shot and
iDsa ntly killed Miss Georgia Pratt,
aged 80, at Easipori, Me-, yesterday,
and then blew out his own brains.
A powder magazine at the Samples
Mining Company, at McAlesier, o.,
was yesterday struck By lightning and
exploded, killing one man aud seriously
iDjuripg eight others.
The pope yesterday received COM
pauy OF pilgrims from Venice, under the
leadership Of Cardinal Oavsllsri. The
pope spoke feeliugly of bis happy days
10 Venic.. al will alwsys sigh for dear
Venice" he said.
A heavy frost in the Georges Greek
region and along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad main line, between Gambler
land and Grafton, Md, did much dam
age Tuesday night TO the fruit and yege'
tables.
Martin L. Hellings, who was head Of
the United States Signal Corps at Ha-
vsna during the Spanish American war,
was struck by a train and killed near
his home, st Devon, Pa, a suburb OF
Philadelphia, yesterday.
William ]. Bryan travelled through
New York state, making II speeches,
the last being delivered at Rochester.
Mr.. Bryan tslegrsphed congratulations
to Mr.. Ohanltr and said the nomination
would aid the national ticket.
Captain A E. Maxwell, general agent
of the Sesbosrd Air Line, with head
quarters in Jacksonville, Fla, aud one
of the best known railroad men in the
south, died suddenly st Gainesville, Ga,
ytslerd'y of hesrt trouble. He was 65
years old.
Thomas B. Mcfarland, fer many years
q justice of the Supreme Court OF Cali
foroia, died at San Francisco yester lay,
after long illness, superinduced by 8
cancerons growth Of the throat. Justice
Mcfarland was bora at Mercersburg,
Pa, 10 1928.
While the hay wagon OF Mr.. Charles
Nash was crossing the tracks of the
Western Maryland Railroad at Glen
Morris, Md, early yesterday morning.
three OF the horses were struck Dy q
rain and instantly killed. The colored
driver of the wagon escaped injury.
Lamont McEhaltsn, a painter, Of Oil
City, Ps., who had been separated from
his wife for several months, forced his
way into her apartments early Yesterday
aud shot her 10 the breast. He then
turned the weapon on himself and fired
a bullet into his brain. Physicians say
both will die.
Owing to the District smoke law, the
hygienic ics-making plant of the Amtri-
Ca n Ice Company, at Sixteenth and E
streets northwest Washington employing
26 men, and with q weekly pay roll of
about $500, was shut down yesterday by
order of s. A. Kimberly local manager
of the company.
The venomous ratler which attacked
Rodney Rose, q Zoo keeper, several
weeks sgO, was killed Monday by at
tendaut, at the biological park, Wash
ingion, according to inf5rmstion received
last night by physicians ct Emergency
Hospitll, where the injured man is
being ir4sted,
John Leonard, a wealthy iron and
steel manu-. uIer, was 'hJt dead by an
accident ST his home at Mount Clair, n.
j Yesterday. 1t was said his secretary
found q revolver on bis way to the house
and was handing the weapon TO Mr..
Leonard. The chief of police was sum-
moned after the accident. Mr.. Leonard
died soon after being shot
Failing TO receive the sum of 81, 900
they had demanded OF Santa Reda, r
w4ll-to-do real estate dealer Of New Yo7k
black nsilers for the fourth time 10 a
month sought early yesterday to kill him
aud his family by setting fire to bis
home, 10 the upper part of the city. Ex-
traordi1ary measures were taken to pre-
vent their escape, including the wiring
OF all the outside doors OF the home.
Grieving over a divorce suit that had
been 6led against her by her husband,
from whom she had been separated but
a week, Mrs. GerIrnde Nsumann, took
a dose OF strychnine while riding in
street car in Baltimore, Maryland, yes
terdsy afternoon. She hsd carefully
covered her face with her handkerchief
while taking the poison, and nothing
out of the ordinary was noticed about
her movements until she fell back un-
conscious.
The government lost its largest post.
mater and Adams county its biggett
citizen 10 the death on Tuesday of Sam
uel L. Devine, thiIty-one years old, a
well known merchant of Edge Grove,
near Hanover, Pa. Mr.. Deyiue was
six feet four inches tall and weighed
nearly $50 poundo. Although demo-
ocrat, President Roosevelt appointed
him postmaster two years ago. Mr..
Deviue also held the position of assessor
OF ConevagO township.
The old Seventeen mile House, on the
east eide Of the York pike, about a mile
west OF Sparks Station, on the Northern
Central Railway, and about three miles
north of OOckeysville, Md, occupied as
a dwelling by Mr.. George r. Ensor
ard which had an interesting history
during the civil wsr, was completely
destroyed by fire Tuesday night, to-
gether with all the contents. Mr.. Ensor
and his family had narrow escape.