Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-12
TELBoRApnIc BRHyITIEs.

Grand Turks island has been devas-
tstsd by hurricane and many lives are
believed to have been lost In Grand
Turk, the capital.
G,egori, who shot Captain Dreyfus 10
the Pantheon at the lola Qualification 10
Paris last June, was acquitted yesterday,
and not convicted as the kilograms Of
that day stated.
Fire is today sweeping over the Belle
Ayre Mountains 10 the vicinity Of Pine
Hill, nesr Roudout, N. Y. A large
force of men Is fighting the flames. The
sun Is obscured by the dense smoke.
At LIE Mans, France, today, Wilbur
G. Wright said that defects In his motor
are all that have kept him from equal
ing the flights made by his brother, Of-
vile, at Fort Myer.
On orders from union headquarters
1900 employees of the Great Northern
Paper Oompany's mills at Millinocket,
Me-, and at East Millinocket have gone
on strike and the mills have been closed.
The seroplane of NJ. Bleriot fell today
while making fight over the drill
ground at Issy, France, and was wrecked
Bleriot escaped unhurt. Bleriot lost con-
ttol of the machine Ia making turn alta
height of 32 feet.
Signs are that Eis to be personally
conducted campaign by William r..
Taft. 1t is Tafps fight and he proposes
to make 1t. He has ideas OF his OVID.
He believes he can break the solid south,
q I'D he Is going to force 1t If he can.
Coming t, Wilmington, DEL, ct ex-
press train speed, on its last trip from
Philadelphia last night the Wilson Line
stssmer City OF Chester rammed land
sunk the Philadelphia tugboat J. 8. W.
Hollep. The accident resulted In the
death Of two of the crew of the lsltsr
vessel.
The Dorset big woods, large tract Of
forest land across the Crawford county,
Pa, line 10 Ohio, is being swept by ere
and farmers in that section are making
desperate efforts to check the spread Of
the flames. The fire is now regarded as
being beyond control. Women sre Gerry
ing food ID the men who are lighting the
flames.
Great interest Is manifested at the
headquarters OF both parties In New
York over the election In Maine on
Monday. Reports indicate the result is
going to be closer than usual. The re-
publicans claim 10000 to $4,000 ma
jority. Four years ago they carried the
state by $4,000. The result is now 10
doubt.
Ten masked man entered the residence
of Johu Ashton on the borough line near
the NorristoHn, Pa, reservoir, early this
morning, and after clubbing Ashton with
black jack until be was insensible,
ransscksd the house. The robbers did
not attempt to molest Mr.. and Mira.
Charles Mason who were also 10 the
house.
The success attending the Eucharistic
Congress reached its climax 10 London
las! night, when some 10000 Catholics
received the blessing at the hands of the
legats. The reception was mort bril-
liant affair. There we're no speeches,
but the organist played selections
throughout the function. Among those
with Cardinal Vsnnutelli on the plat
form was Cardinal Gibbons.
The orce iron clad rules of the Sinton
Bo.el In Cincinnati against negroes has
been shat cred. As the result of the To-
eating the Taft quarters In the big hotel
promoted by Charles P. Taft, there was
quite q Terror when 1t was discovered
that one of the nomination committee
was q negro and he had taken quarters
at the Sinton but now negroes have free
entry, except to the dining rooms.
Attorney General Bonaparts who has
been spending the summer In Lenox,
Mass, is today at his county seat, Glen
arm, Baltimore county, Md. The attor.
ney general announces that the govern
ment would take an appeal at once from
the decision OF Judges Gray and Dallas
Ia the case of the commodity clause Of
the Interstate Commerce act In which
that clause was held to be uncoustitu-
tional. The appeal will be made just as
soon as the Department Of Justice can
prepare the papers in the case.
James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of the Great Northern Railway, In New
York, yesterday, discussed the political
situation, saying that the farmers
through the west never have paid much
sttentloD to Bryan until the last yer or
two, but that just now there is 8 strong
Bryan sentiment among the farmers.
He said that the democratic vote through
the west will be larger this year than
ever before, and that II the republican
campaign managers do not put 10 the
hardest kind OF work Mr.. Taft may be
defeated.
ct. Petersburg is threatened with the
wort cholera source 10 It's history as q
result of the peoples opposition to the
sanitary and restrictive measures which
the police and health officers are trying
10 enforce. A number of health officers
have been mobbed by the ignorant peo-
pie, vino are unaware Of the spread of
the disease. Thoroughly alarmed at the
outlook, the government today called out
soldiers to aid the health authorities In
their fight against the disease. There
have been 40 deaths 10 st. Petersburg
already and $50 cases are now under
treatment.
Winston Spencer Churchill, formerly
colonial secretary and now president OF
the British Board Of Trade, was married