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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

wss srned with rife. he refused to
surrender and attempted to shoot, but
the officers were first ard shot him to
death.
Prices OF fresh meat have taken q
tumble at Omaha and packing house
managers report that still further re-
duction will be msde 10 beef, pork and
mutton next week.
After having been free for two days at
Philadelphia. Pa, John Berger, who,
With John Edwards, escaped from the
Eastern penisentiary Tuesday afternoon.
was captured by policeman and several
citizens in Chester last evening.
The Grand jury of Atlantic City, N.
c., yesterday ignored Gov. Forts threst
to sebd troops TO Atlsotic City to close
up the resort and also refused to indict
thoss accused of selling liquor on Sun
day.
It's understood that decree will be
granted shortly in Circuit Court No. 2
10 Baltimore divorcing Mr.. William d.
Fisher absolutely from Mrs. Edith
Ridgely Fisher, who, it is alleged, left
the city few mouihs sgo With Mr.. Will
liam B. Rsyner, sn of Senator Rsyner
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher sre both we'll
known socially. They were married Nc
vember Is, 1884, and lived together
until March IA last. They have three
children,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
The Southern Floods.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 28.-Rscediug
floods throughout Georgia and the Caro-
linas today reveal moro fully the damage
that has been done. The loss of life
hiss not vet been fully determined, but
it is thought that 1t WAS not so great
az st first believed. The rains have
ceased in the upper Savannah valley,
and the river at Augusta has begun TO
fall. The death list there includes
about fifteen persons, most of whom
were negro lsborers. The property loss
in Augusta is estimated at 81, 900, 900,
principally to stocks of goods in stores.
A city bridge and railrrad bridge over
The Savannah river were washed away.
The greatest loss was in the rural dis
tr.ct'. p rtial reports from the + r ing
sections show that the crops we're dam
aged in all parts of the state, and 10
the river valleys were TOTALLY destroyed.
No estimate of the loss has been made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
KILLS A GRAMPus IN WEIR.

When the Blatchford weir crew went
Of to their harbor trap nesr Boston yes
terdsy they found an lS.foot grampus in
the netting.
Having but limited room, the creature
could not exert its strength to the best
advantage, but it made things lively for
its assailsDts for the ensuing halt hour.
The fshermen's weapons we're an axe
and big hook, and WITH these they en-
gagged 10 combat.
The hook was thrust into the head Of
the grampus. At once the cetacean put
10 a vigorous pr. test. II it could have
turned it's head downward it would have
quickly torn loose from the fishermen
aud probably have forced its way out
through the weir, bat the rope fastened
at one end TO the hook and at the other
to the boat prevented this.
The fear and fury of the creature were
confined to terrible thrashiDgs OF its
flukes and plungings of its body. Once
the erampns reared sloft, threatening to
tumble bodily into the boat, but il fell
to one side, simply dsluglng the craft aud
its occupants. Holding hard to the hook
rope, Blstchford, Baker, Raymond and
Freeman used the axe with vigtr, d.
recting their tff)lts to the crushing Of
the thick skull. Again and sgain the
axe, swung with, all strength Of the
welder, descended, aud al lat the great
sea animal turned upon its side, dead.
David O. 5tult bought the grampus and
had it lowed to his, shore front.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
RoDY NOT IDENTIFIED.

The body of isshionsbly dressed
virl was found in Lske Michigan, at
Chicago yesterday. Watcher she had been
siaip. committed suicide or drowned
accidentally is net Enowu. The girl
was about % yesrs old. She was dressed
in an elaborats brown dress aud brown
stoeklnqs aud shoes Her bst contained
the mark of "Block & Turner, Ricl :
mond. Va" The only clue TO her
identity is a small gold pin found at The
back Of the neck, on which were en-
grsyed the initials an. F. NJ" There
was a scar on the right side OF the body,
Indicating thst the girl bad once been
operated upon for appendicitis.
The identity of the young woman
found drowned 10 the lake at Chicago
Yesterday cannot be established 10 Rich
mond. Block & Turler, milliners,
from whom the hat worn by the young
woman had been purchased, can throw
no light on the mystery. The police
and detectives have no record Of any
missing Richmond girl susV ering tb'
description OF the drowned woman
Block & Turner sell many bats not only
in Richmond, but all over Virgins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.

As stated in yesterdays GsEetts, Mr..
Charles B. Roberto, jt, president Of the
National Supply Company, of Baltimore,
was shot and seriously wounded on the
boardwalk at Atlantic City late Wed
nesdsy night. He was in a rolling chair
with woman, said to be Mrs. William
s. G. Williams, of east Madison avenue,
Baltimore. Mr. Roberts, 1t is said,
believes his masked asssilsnt was rob-
Der, but the police suggest that jealousy
may have been the motive.
Roberts and Mrs. w. s. G. Williams
are widely known. Mrs. Williams has
long been one OF the bellies of Baltimore.
she was a Miss Belle De Ford, the eldest
daughter of Thomas De Ford, family
that was in the wholesale hide and
lesther business for years and amsssed q
fortune.
When seen at his country estate at
Long Green, Nd, yet rlay, Mr. W. 5.
G.. Williams, whose wife was with Mr..
Roberts when he was shot, stated that
he was surprised to hear thst his wife
was at the sesshore, as he thought she
was ia Boston.
According t. the police, Mr.. Roberts
and Mrs. Williams have been together
frequently since her arrival 1T Atlantic
City. They din,d together Wednesday
evening, and soOn sfterwsrd went out on
the boardwalk in a closed rolling chair.
A heavy Northeastern had driven many
of the promensders from the boardwalk,
which was nesrly deserted when they
entered the chair. Just as the pair
reached Rhode Island avenue man
sprang out of the shadows and shot
Roberts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
Atlantic CITY.

Atlantic City, N. j., Aug. 2S.-Msy.
or Stoy and his kitchen cabinet who have
been charged with the responsibility for
the Sunday wide-openness of Atlantic
City have apparently been smoked out
by Governor Fort and his strenuous
methods of law enforcement. Alter
what was virtually an ell night session
OF the mayor and his retsiners, including
Chief of Police Woodruff and Sheriff
johnson, ths decision was arrived at tC-
day that the excise law will be Obeyed
next Sunday. The force which brought
about the decision was the stand of Gov
ernor Fort, who threatened to suspend
Stoy firm Office, and place man in the
the mayors chair who would enforce
the laws, and the appointment Of spe-
cial grand jury by the supreme court IN
inquire into the cases two grand juries
have refused to act in. A business mems
and citizens meeting is to be held in
Morris Guards Hall next Monday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
The Ffaluess Held.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Csptsin Peter
@. Hains, who SHIT and killed William
E. Aunis ct the Bsyside Yacht Club,
August Is, and his brother I. jenkins
Hams, the author, were bound over to
the grand jury today without bail, bv
Magistrate Gilroy, 10 the Long Island
City police court.
The most startling evidence brought
out wss the testimony Of Charles u.
Roberts, who said that Immediately
following the shooting T. Jenkins Hsin'
said to him that be was sorry his brother
hsd shot Annis; that he tried to dissuade
the captain irJm such rssh course and
only consented to accompany him when
be found that he could not be deferred.
Roberts said he asked I. jenkins
Hams Why be himself had drawn 8 re-
volver and threatened 70 shoot anyone
who interlerred and bis reply was that
be thought this the best way to prevent
further bloodshed.
John F. McIo.yre who represented
the Hams brothers made a motion that
the charge against T. J. Hains be dis
missed. Magistrate Gilroy promptly
oveuuled the motion.
Toere we're but three witnesses ex.
amined, Charles Fl. Roberts, Ohsrl
Baker. the officer who made the arrest
and DR.. Fye, the corouer's physician,
who held the autopsy.
At no line during the hearing VI
there the slightest rsfereuce made 10 toe
ause that led up TO the shooting o, oil
the alleged intimacy bet tween Mrs.. PeIeI
O. Hains and William E. AnniS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
FLOODS SUBSIDING.

Dispatches from the flooded distric' &
in the south state that the waters
are sub,iding but thst great damages has
been done.
Only once, in 1888, did Augusta,
Ga, experience flood as disastrous as
that OF Wednesday. 1t is estimated
that from 10 to Is lives, mostly colored
laborer, have been lost in and near that
city. The urban property loss is esti-
mates at $500, 900 to 81, 900, 600.
Destruction perhaps equally as great
was caused among crops and to factories
and railroads outside the city.
Train service aud Communication by
telephone aud telegraph we're entirely
interrupted for time.
Great damage was also done 10 GEN.
r,l South Caroline and other southern
states.
The heavy rims which have been
falling in eastern Virginia almost in
cesssutly since last Sunday continue,
and last night we're accompanied By a
northeast gale, blowing at a velocity OF
thirty-s.x to forty miles an hour. Seven
inches OF water has fallen since the
downpour commenced. Acres Of farm
ing lands are inundated in the Norfolk
section. Ia Danville, Petersburg ana
Richmond the waters are falling and Inc
worst is over.
All damages to tracks of the eoutnern
Railway bttseen Richmond and points
south, caused by the recent hard ana
long rainy spell, have been repaired and
trains ere COW being operated through
from the north to the sou'h and there
T. no further delay anyEhere on the
liues of the system between Washington,
Richmond and Atlanta.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
POLITICAL INToN&TIoN.
From the RichmOns1Jtjrnall


Judge William HoSgestMsnn was
rushed in at the meetiugosi6s Farmers
Convention to discuss ,Ta subject of
agricultural education, re2RIsrsy assigned
on the program me to theI9sSsfintendent
OF Public Instruction, VIII sss net pres
emit. The subject was gts;stiDg; the
audience expectsut; but ttls occasion for
q political hsrsngue was tSS, tempting,
and the opportunity couldlpSt be lost.
Possibly at some futurs the CUR friends
will be enlightened on The subject.
As the Farmers lost te:s is In no
sense q political organic tipp. the pro-
priety Of the peril rmanch. might seem
questionable; but we refrain from COM
meDt on the matter Of good. tsstc and
manners. ~
Judge Mann wss eloquent du telling
the farmers how he had cbampioned
their every interest in the Senate, and
of the bill providing for agricultural
education in the rural districts. The
newspaper reports Of his speech quots
him as saying: "FOr lack OF d legislative
committee from the farmers TO back up
the fight we we're making, the plsn to
create FIVE great agricultural high schools
In the different sections OF tue Stats was
stricken out"
DR.. Charles u. Gravstt, who repre-
sented the Caroline district 10 the
Senate OF Virginia, followed the elC-
quent Judge. Now it seems that Dr.
Gravatt introduced bill known as
Senate bill No. 1877, to provide for the
development of agriculture by the e..
tablishment OF branch experime,
stations and agricultural high schools In
connection Herewith. The friends Of
this MEASURE syailed themselves of the
only possible chance of securing It's pas.
sage, and we find the record on pfges
| 1876, OF the Senate Journal, under
date March 5, 1908, where 1t is shown
| that this bill was defeated by the vvte Of
Judge William Hodges Mann.
The Judge is now candidate for Of
fee. He hes been csndidsts many
times before; and the good people of
Virginia have said no. Here is the re-
cord of his office-seekiug:
A candidate for Circuit Court judge.
A candidate fer Congress.
A candidate fer att roey general.
A candidate for Judge of Court of APP
pesls
A candidate for g)verncr.
And again candidate for govtrnHr.
The only offices he has secured W 70
county judge of Nottoway before sd
during tina resdjuster regime and st to
Senator from the Nottowsy district.
The Good Book exhorts Us to be tenn
/ persie in all things, and temperance
means much more than total abstinence
from intoxicauts. We should be tenn
ptrate In our statements, and especially
so when official records are available.
81 was your champion, says the Judge
to the farmer; but the memorable record
rises, like Bsnquo's ghost, to testify
against him.
The lust for office has made our friend
Intoxicated. He is saturated, drenched,
and is irrepressible.
Lsssatus necdum satiatus-worn cut,
but not satisfied
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
TELEaRAphIc RREYITIss.

Mr.. Taft and his family will leave
Hot Springs at $50 o'clock today and
will go to Middle Bass Island, near Put
Iu-Bsy, for weeks stay.
The suspension OF the 6rm of Il.
w. Davis was announced on the New
York Consolidated Stock Exchange this
morning. The failure is said to be an
unimportast one.
The Cunard line steamer Mauretania
which arrived ct Quarantine, N. Y,
today fran Liverpool and Queenstown
made the passage in days and SO min
utes, at an average speed of % knott an
hour.
A message from Fee says that Mulsi'
Hafd, the newly proclaimed sultan Of
Morocco has been captured by Ouled
Diems, a tribal chieftiin. and is being
held for ransom, but later the report
was disproved,
Determined to ont do every other
country in its welcome to the American
feet when il steams into the hsrbor or
October II, the japanese government has
decided to send the entire navy to act as
an escort for the sixteen American ships.
Alarmed at the prominence given by
newspapers, both at home and abroad,
to st ries Of Russian discomfort, plots
and executions, the car today ordered
the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency,
practically the only channel through
With such news can reach the public,
to stop giving ont such stories.
Artist Ferdinand Pinney Earle and
Mrs. Earle, with their three weeks old
child are sgain united at the srtisr'
home "AffiDity Hill, at Monroe, n. Y
1t is rumored today that Mrs. Esrle's
mother is soon to join her daughter and
the neighborhoOd is wondering whs'
effect "soul mate" motber-in-law viii
have.
The schooner Zicheus Sherman ar.
rived today at Quarantine, N. Y, from
Norfolk with cargo OF coal for New
Haven, When off Sea Girt, N. j., Au.
gust 26, about 4 O'clock in the afternoon
she was 10 collision With the steamer
Lirimtr, bound from New York to Port
Artiur The steamer stood by the
steamer 10 afford assistance. The
steamer had her bowsprit carried away
and anchored until the steamer /. j.
Merritt made fast to her and towed heI
TO port.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

The compliments OF many people will
be extended to Chancellor Howell,
of New jersey, for declaring tast the
blowing Of factory Shislles is nuisance
which msy be stopped on complaint OF
those whom it sunoys The notion
that men must be summoned from their
homes to factories and dismissed from
their workplaces 10 their homes with
blasts Of whistles or sirers which may be
heard for miles is ssvsgery. This Is sn
age of clocks and other devices which
make those ear splitting signals as out of
date as town criers AID watchmen's rat
ties,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
New York Stock Market.

New York, Aug. 2S.-The trading
has been sctive ell through the first hour
and was attended With irregular move
ments in prices. At The outset tue buy
ing by shorts was resumed aud this WAS
largely responsible for advances made
during the first hour. At the high level
considerable realizing was induced which
resulted 10 reactions 10 several stocks.
Lat the upward movement WAS re-
ahmed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
Cioudburst.

FL PAso, Texas, Aug. 2S.-Eleveu
are known to be dead and many Cthers ere
reported to have persisted or are Injured
as The result OF a cloudburst which in
undated Folsom, N. NJ, early today.
Many houses we're swept away and
mesgre reports say every house wss
dsmfgad. Many persons living In the
Canyons above the city through which
the foods swept are believed to be lost.
Sesschirg parties are at work now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

THE superintendent of the Arkansas
division Of the Rock Island Railroad has
issued bulletin notifying all employees
tba. cigarette smoking would not be per-
mired aud that the viOlstOts would be
discharged. Tie superintendent prob
ably holds TIA. The ciglreita Fl ends are no
the proper persons IN whose hands to
trnsi the lives Of passengers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

A WOMAN, So years old, Was arrested
at Dayton, o.. yesterday, on charge O.
speeding hsr automobile. When tN'
aged woman wss brought into police
headquarters, the chief aud attaches were
surprised st The knowledge she had oil
the mechanism Of 40 automobile. An
old fool il The biggest fool.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

The latest news from Morocco, while
it may be reversed tJmortow, really
sesms to indicate the dOwnfall OF the
legitimate sultan aud the triumph OF the
usurper; 10 which Gaze, assuming that
achievement to remain achieved, we
shall have to regard the usurper as hav-
ing become, Ly virtue OF successful usur-
pAtlon, the actual and legitimate occu-
pant Of the Shereefau throne. 1t will
now be interesting, says the New York
Tribune, to see what the powers will do
about it if Hsfg fuldils his pledge,
promise, threat or whatever it was, to
repudiste every foreign compact and OBJ
legation which his predecessor made and
to expel every foreigner from Moroccan
soil. If he does it, there may be 81
quol to Aigeciras. Bu. then he may
have been merely talking for buncombe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
TOday's Telegraphic News
Fire at Manassas.

Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette. j
Msuassss, Va, Aug. 2S.-Fire at
l:3O this morning at Manassas destroyed
the Enterprise bakery and sn adjoining
building occupied by Messrs Thomas
a. Lion, EdEtrd Conner and Nash q
Co. The loss is 500 about half In
aurpd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

CHAIRMAN HITCHCOCK, of the Ms
lioual republican committee, wss told
yesterday Of the plans Of some southern
republicans to carry some of the close
district, 10 Virginia and other southern
states. Mr.. Hitchcock had better keep
his hand on his pocket book.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

THE New York World, after exhaust
Ing every tfj't 10 prevent the nomina-
ton Of Bryan at Denver, has come out
10 support Of his candidacy as the only
chance Of opposing Roosevellism. This
"a certainly the surest way.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

Manager Jim Mcguire, Of the Boston
American Baseball Club, resigned from
the leadership OF the club today OF TIE
request of President John l. Tsy loT.
Fred Lake, owner of the Lowell and
Lynn Clubs, has been named as bis sue
ceesor,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

Democratic State Chairman W. j.
Oonnors today formally opened the
state headquarters 10 the Hoffman Houss
at New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
DIED.

Sud 'euly, on August Goth. 1908, at Cane
Rozier, Maine, MERRIAM f. HOFFER,
daughter of the late James Hotter. Inter
ment in Carlisle Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

Kernedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is es-
peeislly recommended for children. 1t tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold by W..
L. Creighton & Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28

THE cold weatbe, has had most de-
pressing effect upon the watermelon
mark, tin fact it has gone t. pieces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
PROFESSORS WANTED

We have good opening to qualified in true
tors ia W. theology, an ollege courses.
Apply st once, OR eTAL UNIV Err
sITY, Alexandria, Va. len sug25 WOW
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

summer home st Long Green, Nd, dur
ing his absence. Williams went directly
10 Baltimore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
HOW THEY STAND.

ST. Louis, 3; Boston, l.
st. Louis. 8; Boston, /.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-28
TIE Market,

Georgetown D. c., Aug. Is Wheat ss-sa
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-04
REMAINS THE SAME.
Well 6rewed Postum Always PaIatabIe

The favour Of Postum, when boiled
according to directions, is always the
same-mild, distinctive, and palatable.
1t contains no harmful substance like
caffeine, the drug in coffee, and hence
may be used with benefit at all times.
believing that coffee was the cause
of my torpid liver. sick headache and
misery in many ways" writes an Ind.
lady, Il quit and bought a package of
Postum about year ago.
MY husband and l have been SO
well pleased that we have continued
to drink Postum ever since. We like
the taste of Postum better than coffee,
as it has always the same pleasant
favour, while coffee changes its taste
with about every new combination or
blend.
Since using Postum I have had no
more attacks of gall collie, the heavi-
ness has left my chest, and the old,
common, everyday headache is
thing unknown" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
are senuire, true, and full Of human
Interest
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-04
Now as the mere mechanism of the

Now as the mere mechanism of the
game requires very great familiarity
with methods as well as men, 1t fol-
lows that the politician is a close stu.
dent of the various cogs and wheels,
the shafts and pulleys of political ma
chinery. He finds, II a novice, that
he cannot butt in" and run things
right off the reel" because he does
not know how. He finds that the nom
nation of candidates, the whole rou.
tine of political life, is governed by
fixed rules and statutory laws, and
that he must OF necessity famillarize
himself with these things else remain
mere tyro In the art.
This means that he will have te.
study books. read up the laws, keep
posted In the changes which are con.
tinually occurring in the laws relating
to elections and nominations, and in
various ways get next" to the legal
aspects of politics. Then he will have
to learn his ward; know its various
precincts and their boundaries; know
the location Of the polling places, and
who the people are in whose shops
or stores the polling places have been
placed, their politics, and everything
about them. He must serve as clerk
and judge of election. and learn the
duties OF challenger He must know
The Springfield herald., 1908-09-04
FULLY FILLED THE BILL.
Aunt Mandy Was Thoroughly Satisfied
with New Husband.

Aunt Mandy is an old colored wom-
an who for years has done washing
for several families. She has had
several matrimonial experiences, and
when her last husband died one of
her customers attempted to condole
with her.
81 was very sorry to hear Of your
husbands death, Aunt Mandy" she
said.
"Ya'as, maam." said Aunt Mandy.
"He was pow'ful good man."
What did he die Off"
"Ah really don't know, ma'am."
"You don't know Gracious!
Couldn't the doctor tell your"
"Ah didn't have no doctah. ma'am."
said Aunt Mandy. "He jes done died
a natch'ral death"
1t wasn't long. however. before Aunt
Mandy had another husband.
II hear you are married again." re-
marked her patron one day.
"Ya'as, ma am" giggled Aunt Mandy.
II was done married las Sunday"
"And is your new husband equal to
the last?"
"Ya'as. indeedy. ma'am." said Aunt
Mandy. Hes jes as equal. IL not
equalizer"