Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-03
News of the Day.

bands mother haunts her.
Mr.. Bryan has completed his speech
of acceptance. He will devote most Of
il t. bank deposits and ipjunctiops.
Eoglsnd will send large delegation
TO attend the international congress on
tuberculosis, to be held in Washington
in September.
In riots between Italians and Slavs at
the II. @. Frick Coke Company plant
near MasonlowD, Pa, yesterday, man
was killed and rs severely iDjurtd.
Lcr,t'a Rice, sged 10 YeSrs, OF New
York, walked out the wrong windowyes-
terdsy in search OF the fre-escape and
fell FIVE stories to her death.
Thireen.yesr.old Veronica Os'idy,
who was abducted from her home, 10
Chicago, has been sent back. Her ao-
ductUr has not yet been found.
Judge Taft in interview on Saturday
declared that the prompt and cheap ad-
ministralion OF Justice was the greatest
question now before the public.
Nearly million men will take part in
the German army msneuvers this fall,
the strength OF the srmy to be increased
for the time being by 269, 742 men from
the reserves.
The Hsgerstown, Nd, police have in
formation which leads them to believe
that j. w. Plat, who was found MUIR
dered in a field, was the leader of gang
of crooks and house thieves.
1t Is estimated that fully 60 900
baskets of peaches will be taken of the
trees of the Allegheny Orchard Com
pauy at their Knobley orchard of ll9
acres, near Keyser, W. Va, this season.
A Viennese newspaper says: Reports
received from Russian sources cay that
King Peter of Servia intends TO msrry
bis two sons to American women OF
great wealth.
The identity of two men who were
rescued 10 a sensational manner from a
laundering launch on the 3arnegat
Shoals Friday night became known yes
terday when, after six hours Of persist
emf work, physicians resuscitated them.
Both Protestant and Catholic clergy
men 10 Baltimore fatty contradict the
recent stitemen: of Prof. Herbert l..
Wilette, of the University of Chicago
Divinity School, that the miracles de-
scribed in the Bible sre the crsftion OF
the imagination of the writers.
Mrs. Sallie Galloway, aged 80 years,
died at Laurel. Md, yesterday from pa
rslysis. Her eldest daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Cannon, and her dsnghter.in-lsw,
Mrs. John Galloway, were paralyzed
about the some Time as their mother and
are now in precarious condition.
The internal revenue collections in
Virginia during the fiscal year ended
June S0th aggregated 81, sci, 52l so. OF
this the Second V rginia District con.
tribuled SO, sos, 2S7 50 and the Sixth
Virginia District 81 O56, 2S3 As. There
was a falling of of slS, 200, 900 in inter-
nal revenue from 1907.
The recent acquisition of the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail-
road by the Pennsylvania Railroad will
be followed in few days by the COM
plate absorption of the former line and
the disappesrance of the name. The n
Y, P. & n. runs from Delmsr, Del, to
Cape Charles City.
Plans are on foot for the erection 10
Richmond OF sn immense building in
which it is intended that all commission
merchant, shall be segregated. A COM
psny known as the American Terminal
Warehouse Company has been organized
for perfectiug the enterprise.
Great excitement has been caused at
Mines, Sin the south of France, over the
abduction of 40 lS.yesr.old orphan girl,
named Agnes Toulouse, from a local
convent The girl wss novice in the
convent, and is ssid to have been car
ried off by her second cousin, Leon
Gr5s, man of &c, who has been d.
vorced from his wife.
The borough of Winsted at Winstsd,
Ct, was visited by a fire yesterday in
which the state armory, containing the
largest hall 10 noithweste Connect
cut; the Odd Fellows Block and the
Manchester building we're destroyed
and fully a dozen other buildings, caught
ire and were badly damaged, the entire
loss being placed at $50 600. During
the course of the FIRE fully dozen per-
SONS were taken from windows.
Death having robbed her of her sweet
heart, Susan Marker, 17-year- old girl
of pbilsdelphis, attempted suicide yes
lerdsy afternoon by drinking a mixture
of gycerin and sudauum. After heroic
measures had been resorted to the CIR
partly recovered consciousness, and on
being ques toned as TO why she took the
poison said. 81 could not live without
him. He is dead. | want to go to him.
Please let me diel"
The preliminary report OF the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has beer
made public and loss Of Sl7, 998, O72.
81 10 revenue Is shown for the yea
which ended June 80 last. The tota
receipts were $25I, Cos. $50 04, as agsins
1868, ga, 022.S5 June 80, 1907. From
the figures given it ia apparent that thu
consumption Of whisky and other arden
spirits is on the decrease, and the con
sumption of beer Is increasing.
Fire late saturday night in Norfoli
completely Quilted the brick building OF
Roanoke dock occupied by the Norfolk
Commission Company, A. r. Lawrenc'
& Co., commission house, and the
Wilkinson PresF, enIailiDg loss est
mated at between 500, 900 and $40, 600