Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-31
News Of the Day.

phis, aud the baby she attempted to kill
are dead.
James H. Budd, former governor OF
Californis, died at his home at Stockton
yesterday.
David B. Hill. of New York, arrived
in Wiesbaden yesterday, where he will
take the waters.
The sultan OF Turkey proclaimed am
nesty yesterday TO all political refugees,
of whom, it is estimst d, there are 30
900 10 the United States.
The bill demanding The arr st and
Impeachment of the Franco cabinet,
passed its second reading at the Portu-
gese cabinet yesterday.
Mr.. james E. Tate, one OF the best
known clubmen In Baltimore, died yes
ierday st the Union Protestant IDhrms-
~ from pneumonia.
A scientific analysis OF the conte1t' Of
the stom schs Of Mrs. Belle Guinness and
children, of Lsports, Ind, shows traces
OF strychnine.
Fifty thousand men Of the building
and allied irad,s vent on 24-hOur
strike 10 Paris yesterday as protest
against the killing OF strikers by troops
in the labor tioubles at Vienna.
Gold nuggets weighing half pound
each, were found by Morris Hsrwitz
while digging at Moulta aud Santa Bsr-
bara avenues Los Angeles. Four Of the
yellow chunks are worth $500 each.
The damage to roads and bridges In
Maryland by the recent heavy transforms
will amount to about $40, 900. There
were % bridges washed away and large
number Of roads badly gutied.
Mrs. Estella NJ. Il. Merrill, formerly
widely known as q newspaper writer I'M
der the name jean Klucaid," and
prominent also as cIubwoman, died at
her home, 10 North Cambridge, Mess,
Thursday.
A son was born at Monroe, N. Y
Wednesday to Mrs. Ferdinand Pinney
Earle the affinity wife of the socialist al
fist. The first Mrs. Earle who was dis
placed by the soul mate is living with her
son in France.
A woman was killed and nine other
persons were Injured in panic on
3 trolley Car on the Brooklyn bridge last
night, when fuse blew out. Had the
passengers kept their seats no one would
have been hurt.
A Wall street house yesterday took
out a policy for 100000 with tie
Lloyds, OF Lcndop, on the life of Judge
William II. Taft, to insure them against
loss in case OF Mr.. Tsft's death within
year. The rate was FIVE per cent.
Alfred L. Lauterbsch, son OF E1wsr1
Lau terbach, one of the leading lawyers
in New York, was killed instantly yes.
lerday in an automobile going close to
60 miles an hour when 1t struck rail
on temporary bridge near West Ches.
ter, just below the Woodmansten Inn.
Frank A. Day, private secretary to
Gov. John A. Johnson, received word
Wednesday from the governor that he
had accepted w. j. Bryan's invitation
to act as a member of an advisory COM
mit,ee of Is In the presidential cam
paign.
Late yesterday afternoon the slate
executive council issued certificate OF
nomination for Representative J. A. T.
Hull, Of Des MoiDes, Iowa. This makes
him the republican nominee, and is the
lsit official step in his nomipsIion by the
Seventh district primary.
During heavy thuuderstorm last Sat-
urday, the light stationed at Thomas
poiut, on the Chesapeake bay, was
struck by lightning and badly damaged.
Although the keeper, Capt. H. O. Win
gate, and his assistants wtrs In the
building, they escaped injury.
Six members of the United States
Monetary Commission will leave New
York for London on Tuesday next.
The parry wi consist of Senators Hale,
of Maine; Aldrich, Rhode Island, and
Daniel, Virginia, and Representatives
Vreeland, New York; OverHret, Indi-
ana, and Psdgett, Tennessee.
The Rev. Edward Trail Helfens.e in,
of Ellicott City, Maryland, has been
called to the rectorship OF St James
church, Wauent)n, in succession ID the
Rev. VIM. II. Laird who removed few
months since to Delaware. Mr.. HELEN
s,en is q graduate Of the VirSioia
Theological seminary.
The first information which gave even
The least promise eff lesdiug to an identi-
fcatiOn of the body of the woman which
was found burned almost to crisp in
Greenpoint, New York, came to the po-
lice yesterday. 1t was given by Mrs.
Josie Jimbroeki, who told the police she
believed the body is thst of her cousin,
Mrs. Mamie Muskovit:h.
The West Virginia democratic con-
ysntion at Charleston yesterday nomi-
mated Louis Bennett for governor,
Adam B. Lt!lepage for secretary OF
state, Oscar jenkins for auditor and /.
B. Bush fer superintendent OF schools.
The platform contains planks fayoriug
the Acknowledgement Of colored voters
and advocating jimcrow law.
Four women were arrested In the
section of Washington known as the
division Wednesday night. Two OF
them are aliens. They were held in
heavy bond for the action of the grand
jury. The alien women, il convicted,
will be deporled, while the American
women, who are charged with har
boring alien women, If convicted, will