Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-05
TELEdRApHIc BREyITIEs.

The American feet weighed anchor 81
Melbourne at s O'Clock this moraing and
sailed out of Hobson Bay for Albany.
Parker Booth, 20 years old, died 8,
the Chester Hospital at Chester, Pa,
today from wounds received while ex.
perimerting with an old gun.
A. F. Msrtel, w. B. Nash and L. ].
Ravens, the president and former cash
iers of the defunet Market street bank
are today in jail in San Francisco. They
have been indicted by the grand jury OF
tech 1ical charge of making false re-
ports to the bank commissioners.
Mazdiesm, or Sui Worship, has claim
ed Mrs. Ellen E shaw, who for year
hiss bsen prominent in the social life o
Lowell, Mass. Mrs. Shaw has just sol:
her handsome home here and will 90 &
Denver to aid in establishing the cult II
that city.
The seroplane OF Wilbur G.. Wrigh
suffered second serious accident at Ia
Mans, France, today when one Of the
wings was broken 10 a fall shortly aftel
Wright had started on a sail. Ii vii
be several days before Wright can re-
sumo his fights.
Thomas M. Richards, vice president
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, died at his home in
Philadelphia today. He was 70 years
old aud had been interested in the an
thracite fields for more than fifty years.
10 q last effort to avert the impending
strike OF Z, 900 trolley men employed by
the New Haven railroads system, and
which probably later would involve the
%, 900 trolley employees throughout New
England, delegates from the Is divisions
are meeting at New Haven, Conn.,, to.
day.
Wholly Indifferent until within the
last few days to the widespread misery
and suffer ng among the hop pickers OF
Kent county, the London authorities
have st last been brought to realiza-
ton of the terrible conditions and are
overwhelming the victims with aid.
Forty thousand men are idle in the hop
picking district.
Although the country experienced un-
precedented prosperity for the four years
prior to the panic last fall the number
OF destitute children in public institu.
lions steadily increased during thai
period according to statistics made pub
lie today by the New York state bosrC
of charities ss the result Of an inve'ti
CATION of the case Of the juvenile home
less.
In order to avoid q repetition of th'
scandalous stories of the union between
the late Lord 5sckville- Yves, who dieC
Thur day near London, snd JOSEPHINE
Duran de 0rtego, while the former wal
an attache OF the British legation q
Madrid, an effort is being made toda.
to compromise the suit of Eruest Heur
Sackville-West, who claims to be sol
OF the bachelor lord. MAJOR Lione
Sackyile West is the heir to his larg'
frlune and unless be compromises with
the Claimant be will have to defend hi
fortune in law suit
z A. s. Blake, contractor, accused Of at
empting to bride John N. Kelly, talesmar
il the Rlef trial, is To-Day out o DO. DIS il
San Francisco following the finding Of an in
dictme 1T against him. Blake declares tina
he is The viz tim Of plotters 10 the district at
{ rney's office who, he says, have determined
on the ruin of every man who seeks to defend
Ruff against their persecution.
Lea 'ers of the AmalgaInsted Association o
Street aud Ele.tric Railway Employees o
merica will have to stand trial at Media
Pa on charges of conspiracy and destroying
C RS Of the Chester Traction Company. Sine
the roting during the Chester strike in whcl
dynamite was freely used, detectives hav
been seeking evidence against those who IN
stigated the disturbances.