Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-10
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Charles K. Lord, president Of the
Goldfeld and Tonopsh railroad and for
mer vice president of the Bait more and
Ohio, died at Philadelphia today.
At daylight today q party Of searchers
found the body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey
wife OF a New York attorney who
disappeared from her home early last
evening in South Lske near Short Hill,
N. j.
AS a partial compensation to the vine.
yard owners OF France fer the practical
destruction Of this years crop, 1t was an
nounced today that, the State had ex.
empt,d the vineyards from taxation.
The l)ss tn the vineyard owners Is now
placed at 500, 100000.
Alton B. Parker and former
Judge Morgan J. O'Brien will be the
temporary and permanent chairman
OF the democratic State convention OF
New York. Mr.. Parker and Mr..
o. Brien will be allowed to decide be-
tween themselves who shall be temper
airy and who permanent chairman.
R. Fl. Thomas, president of the New
York Exchange, announced this morn
ing that the governing commitee had
ordered the sale of the stock exchange
seat of John G. McIntyre, of the bank
rupt firm of T. A. Mcintyre & Co., who
recently failed for approximately mil
| lion dollars.
Fearing an stack on the j,il BY the
increasing number of citizens In their
efforts to get Henry BushmaD, confessed
asssilant of Miss Anna DOherty, OF Ke-
noshs, the sheriff early today threw an.
other Gordon OF special officers around
the Jail at Racine, Wis. Bushman was
brought there from Kenoshs last night
alter he had been identified by Miss
Dohtriy. He was arrested while asleep
with shot gun al his side.
President Roosevelts African hunt
ing trip will be drsmStzed before the
trip has been made. Next year while
the president Is chasing lions in darkest
Africa, New York theatrical audiences
will be laughing at the adventures he il
supposed to hsve encountered. Ine
trip will he made the subject for tue
"Mimic World of 1909, "Whose billbosrd
alias will be "Teddy 10 Darkest Africa. y
Addison Burkhsrjt will writs the book
and Melville Ellis will furoish the music
Henry G.. Oalliott, the operator at the
Iron Mountain Depot at Bismarck, Mo-,
successfully resisted two masked rob.
bers early today but may die IS The
result of the encounter. Shortly aftel
midnight Oslliott was startled by the
command to throw up his hands. To-
stead of complying, he made dive fol
bis revolver aud opened ire on the
bandits. Ia the duel which followed
Calliott was probably MORALLY wounded
The robbers fed without attempting tC
crack the station safe. A posse is IL
pursuit.
The wedding jewels of Mrs. John
Ward, who WAS Miss Jeane Reid
daughter Of the American ambassador
almost fell a prey to burglars last night
Thieves entered Mrs. Wards apart
meuts in Guildford, England, during
her absence and secured gems and wed
ding gifts worth vast fortune. They
had laid their booty on table, prepare
t1ry to packing it in grips, when theJ
were scared away and escaped through
a window. So hurried was the fight o
the burglars that they took with them
only a few small pieces, worth abou
$500.
1t was officially confirmed in Paris todal
that Emperor William will go to the Frencl
| frontier tomorrow, making flying visit Z
the edge Of the province Of Vosges' 1t WI
be the first visit Of German emperor U
French territory since the Franeo-PrusslsI
war, nearly forty ears sgo. The empero
has been following the German army ma
nueyers in Alsa'e-Lorra ne, territory takeI
from the French. He is close to the Frencf
frontier and has decided TO touch French so
again. Preparations are being made to glV'
the kaiser a welcome as BELTS his rank.
The color liue was drawn today at High lane
Park College at Des Moinss, Ia, when Presi
dent O, II. Longwell dismissed the negr'
students and announced that no more would
be admitted. The feeling against the black
| in Dies Moines is strong. LOngwell says thu
white students take exceptions to the socis
J equality in permitting negroes to attend th'
college.