Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-19

Au0IcW Cltitrt tuu EEeC WOuc, tO-
liceman James Degenan aud motor
man, are dying today aud Adolph Riog
is badly hart 10 IT. @sry's Hospital 10
NeS York, following crash of trolley
into loaded track ct Richmond Hill,
L. /. Half q dozen other policemen
were injurei.
Mr.. Bryan spent todsy st Fair
view, Lincoln, Nebraska, completing
the set speeches which he will de ivtred
on the fortnight tour which begins to-
morrow night. He also welcomed the
trick mule presert ted to him by The
Minnesota state agricultural society,
which arrived 10 Lincoln during the
night.
An official of the Manufacturers and
Traders Bank left Buffalo, N. Y, this
morning for Philadelphia In company
with Pnkerton detectives to identity il
possible the man arrested there under
the name Of John Cunnlf, bat whom
the Pinkertnns allege il Michael J. Cav
ley, alias James Scsnlon, wanted In this
city for forgeries Of several large checks
aud draft for $1,000.
John Guek. millionaire brewer and
his wife today we're Instantly killed by a
Minneapolis and st. Louis train, which
wrecked their big motor car st Oottsge
Wood, Lske Minnetonka, MINI. Their
bodies we're terribly mangled. Tso Of
their children, who we're 10 the car were
badly Injured. Mrs. Guek's sister,
snoihsr of the party, Is believed TO be
dyirg as result Of her injuries.
Only the presence Of q big posse of
deputies prevented the lynchiug today
Of two negro strikers arrested at Pratt
City, Ala, foi dynamiting the house of
Thomas Duggau, prominent official,
this morning. The dynamite YVES
thrown against window inside of which
Duggan's two daughters we're sleeping,
who bsrely escaped death. The house
of a negro miner nearby was also
dynamited.
! A committee OF fifteen members Of
negro Law and order league Of Chi
csgo is today preparing q const tuition
following the temporary organization
last night. A declaration of principles
sets forth that their ideas Is to promote
law snd order among the respectables
class OF negroes and briog about a
better class of affairs among them as q
race. II is stated that the better class
of negroes suffer more than the crimes
among the lower classes than the whites
suffer because of the criminals Of their
race.
To arrest the governor, former Su-
RENE Court Justice Bennett Van Syck
aald 8 young son of Qusrtermsster &C., =
eral O. Edward Murray, was an sc'iOn
that fell ID the lot Of Constable Van
Note at Point Pleasant, N. j., late last
evening. The notsbles were In an su-
tomobile driven by young Murray and
which was exceeding the speed limit.
| Upon the declaration of Governor Fort
that be was immune from arrest. Sheriff
Jeffrey ordered his release along with
| the others in the csr.
l Augustus Alpermann was badly
burned in Pittsburg today while rescr.
ing two children from a burning build
ing. To addition to Alpermsnn, Laura
VALLEY, sged IL. received burns from
which 'he may die. Mrs. Wslly and
sarah Wally escaped from the building
W th slight burns. Laura and Jessie,
however, became bewildered and we're
unable to find their way out Of the kit
cien. When Alpermsnn broke into the
kitchen, the girls we're enveloped in
flames. he carried them from the
building and in beating out the flames
WIS badly burned about the hands.