Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-30

University, before three hundred physi,
Clans at the international Congress oil
Tuberculosis In Washington.
At London Sir hiram Maxim, using
the roulette system of Monte Carlo de-
ieated the Earl of Rosslyn in the con-
test to ties. he value of The lstter's
scheme to beat the bank.
The total ASSESSED valustion OF real es-
tate in the District of Columbia TOR the
d,csl year ended Jnne 80, wss $780,
924, 1874, an increase Of IS, 0l8, $40 over
toe preceding year according to snnusl
report of the assessor. The totsl real
e,tate tax for the year was SO, 1929, S72.-
SO, an increase Of $l20, 275.I0.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin yes
terdsy declared unconstitutional the
Wisconsin eight-honr railroad telegraph
ers' law which was enscted at the 1907
session of the legislature. The law is de-
clared unconstitutional on the theory
that it is 10 coDHiet With provisions Of
tue federal constitution.
Thomas J. Brerton, Of Hsgerstowp,
Nd, master engineer of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Company, has been
notified that 10 his mothers will, which
hes Just bren admitted to probate In
Philadelphia, aud which disposes OF an
estste valued at over one million dollars,
he is named as one of the executors aud
is made trustee of q portion OF the
large estate.
DespoDdeDt because be had chronic
heart trouble, Henry Clay Freed, eyed
Al years, a'bsr5er by trade, went TO his
bedroom 10 Baltimore, yesterday morn
ing, and after fastening ell the windows
and doors, turned on the gas and lay
down on his bed TO wait until death
came. He was found dead about 1920
o'clock last night BY his wife.
Michael Derosso, fruit peddler, was
yesterday eectrocuted 10 sight Of scores
of people in Vanderbilt avenue cOncourse,
Staten Island, yesterday, by contact with
an electric wire, which WAS broken in
Monday nights storm and hung from a
tall pole. 1t was crossed with feed
wire of the trolley line which runs
through Vanderbilt avenue, and carried
a current of /, 700 volts.
The B. and D. Hotel, located at Ben
wood, Marshall county, w. Va, was
deslr Jyed by FIRE yesterday. The origin
Of the bltzs is thought to have been s
cigarette csreltssly thrown among some
oli clothes. The FIRE was fierce one,
and for time it threatened to spread to
other buildings 10 the neighborbood. A
wall fell with half dozen fremen, bu
none of them was seriously injured.
Ten children were inocula;ed in Wash
ington yesterday with the baclli OF tuber-
culosis, human aud bovine and with cul-
ture OF Koch's tnberculip, to prove the &C.
curacy and correctness OF the new method
OF diagnosis advanced by DR.. d. LasziOs
Detre, Of Budspesih, Hungary, leading
scientist 10 his county. His method il
one OF the features OF the InterHationa
Congress on Tuberculosis now 10 session
ia Washington.
Pattolman Luther Parker, of tbr
Salisbury, N. c., police force, WAS th'
victim yesterday of 3 vicious attack BY
Tiny Simms, Of Charlotte. who slashed
the officer in dozen places, when th'
latter attempted to arrest Simms for dis
orderly conduct. Bystsnders rushed II
the assistance of the officer, who hsC
been set upon by band Of rowdies
Simms, the leader Of the gang, wa
landed in jail and later in the day de
molished the cell With piece Of sewe
pipe.
So far as reports on yesterday loca
option elections 10 Ohio have been re
ceiVeG every county that voted on tn
question decided for prohibition. Clever
counties held elections, the strOnges
and most interesting fight being il
Athens county. Athens, with 5000 pop
ulation, the largest city, is dry" bu
the mining towns snd hamlets sre "wet.
Among the eleven sre all the countie
compo.iog the Tenth congressional dis
riot. This is the largest mining section
OF the Hooking valley.
A new phase of the discussion OF tn
so-cslled "Slandard Oil correspondence
made public recently by William R
Hesrst, was entered upon in New Yorl
, Yesterday when John d. Archbold, vice
president of the Standard OIL Company
made statement setting forth details o
the alleged theft OF letters from his file
md letter copying books. Former Unite'
States Senator John Lowndes McLaurin
of South Carolina, also entered the 6elC
With a signed statement as to his altltud
concerning the correspondence between
himself and Mr.. Archbold for which b
saws he has no apology to make.