Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-02
News of the Day.


Fire In The business section of Batavia
N. Y, early today destroyed $50. 600
worth Of property.
Liquor dealers aud many hote!-keep-
ers 10 New Yo,x are in q state Of snx-
ietg today lest the State excise board re-
fusGs to renew their liceDs s.
With a gas tube in her mouth The
the body of Mrs. A. Muller was
found today in the kitchen of her home
on West sSfd rect, New York. As yet
the police have been able 10 ascertain
no Gauss for the apparent suicide.
State Bank Examiner Scofeld viii
take charge Of the First National Bank
of Maussqusn, N. j. The institution
was closed following the suicide Of it's
Pnsid snt Morgan d. Msgee, whoee
b dy was found near the mouth of the
Manasquan river.
Three unidentified men entered the
iswelry store OF Frank @. Hart, at Ia
c1ms, Wash, yesterday, and, while the
attendants we're in back room, stole q
wallet containing $1,000 worth of dia-
monds and other precious slones. They
made good their escape.
Jesse Briggs, a prisoner 10 the Stale
peniienliaIy at Moundsville, w. Va,
COR smned to hang for murder was shot
and instantly killed by James Dawson,
acting warden. Briggs slipped out Of
his cell when the d Dor was opened for
moment ard hurled big ston's at the Of
6ceTs who tried to reach him. Captain
Dawson shot and Briggs dropped dead
on the spot.
The Congressional contingent of the
South, the fair southern girls who are
students at the various finishing schools
of Washington, as well as The prUmi-
uent southern people Of Washington
turned cut full force to make the
ball of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
at The Arlington last night a success. 1t
was one Of the most successful functions
of the kind ever given 10 Washington.
A rumor printed in an evening paper
in New York that former President
Grover Cleveland, who is i'll at Lake
wood, N. j., is afflicted with cancer OF
the stomach caused much anxiety yes.
terday among the personal friends aud
business associates Of the distinguished
patient. This report lacks confirmation,
but has not been specifically denied BY
Mr.. Clevelsnd's physicians.
The stsrboard cylinder head OF the
naval training ship Hartford blew out
yes eTdsy as the vessel was under steam
Tor Annapolis 10 take aboard corps of
midshipmen for their annual summer
cruise The accident occurred of Lam
berts Point, within half an hour after
the vessel had left the Norfolk navy
yard. II is reported that no one was
Injured by the accident nor was the SHIP
otherwise injured.
From their home, blown to atoms by
dynamite, E. A. Carlson and wife have
reached Kingston, eight miles belt "
Wardner Idaho. The Oarlsons had ju
completed large house 90 their ranch.
Just after retiring a terrific explosion
took place, completely demolishing the
house and furniture and throwing the
occupants many feet through the air,
iniuring them. The bired man WAS
found fifty feet from the house in dszsd
condition. All the animals in the BAN
we're killed or Injured and the barn torn
down. II is said some Finos in the
woods near by have been making threats
against the settlers.
Fatally injured, when run down by a
train in The yards at Union Station in
Washington yesterday afternoon, Joseph
d. Carroll, thirty years old, of High
lard Falls, N. Y, met with second
accident when the ambulance 10 which
he was being hurried 20 Casualty Hos
pitsl collided with street car and was
partly demolished. Physicians at Cas-
ualty Hospital believe the mans frat
injuries would have proved fatal, al.
though the second shock tended TO hasten
death. Carroll was run down by the
engine about $3.50 O'Clock In the after
DooD. Death resulted four hours later.
Carroll is said n have formerly been 8
ysrdmsster of small branch railroad
in Virginia.
The lazy worm" or book worm Of the
tropics has migrated to the United States and
is now said to be claiming thousands of vic
inns ia the south.