Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-04
News of the Day.

er-in-chief of the Grand Army Of the
Republic al Toledo, Ohio.
Acting Attorney General Hayden
Clement, Of Raleigh, N. O., has de-
clared that bis state cannot accept OF
care for John r. Eirly, of Lynn, n.
O., leper, now quarsntihed in the
District Of Oolumbis.
The champion psuper Is dead st
Utica, N. Y, after being q public charge
for IS years Hezskish Monk was born
in the Herkimer county, N. Y, poor
house IS years ago, spent all his days
there aud died In that institution yes-
terdsy.
Despondent over the death of her
mother, which occurred about two weeks
ago, Mrs. Josephine Kosche, 81 yesri
old, housekeeper for Mrs. Gutekunst,
1856 Rhode Island avenue northwest,
Washington, took strychnine tonic pill:
Yesterday afternoon and died at the
Emergency Hospital at 5:98 o'clock.
w. @. Dicken, OF Fairmont, W. Va,
was killed yesterday afternoon at Jsyenn.
Dicken was 10 the employ ofthe Fairmont
OIsrksburg Traction Company and had
worked for the company 10 years. While
examining machinery at the power house
be came in contact with live wire. he
was killed instantly.
Mrs. Lottie Harrison, 40 years old,
of New Orleans, was hurried from the
platform of dining car on Southern
train as it was proceeding through the
tunnel in southeast Washington yester-
day morning. She died in Casualty
Hospital at 4:9O o'clock in the after
noon.
Judson NJ. Thomson, aged n year,,
one OF the most frugal millionsires in
st. Louis, NO., and for many yeSra
a CONSPICUOUS figure in st. Louis 6nan-
cisl affairs, died Wednesday night al
the home OF his son in Old Orchard, q
suburb. 1t was bis custom to buy
clothing at little outlay Of expense and
wear the apparel as long as 1t would
last.
Walter Beckham received six months
in the woikhOuse in police court OF
Washington yesterday. Beckham YVES
convicted OF having slashsd the throat
of his sweetheart, Blanche Davis, near
the NJ street bridge, in June. The
Davis gill was in the courtroom, her
neck aud face being badly SCARED.
A local hotslkeeper declared that
Thomas L. Hisgen, independence lea
que candidate for president, played bis
violin 10 Binghsmton, N. Y, in 1908
to draw crowds and then sold axle
grease, sometimes eating a bit of the
grease to demonstrate its harmlessness.
The hotel man produces registers with
Hisgen's Signature to prove his story.
Timothy Buckley, 80 years old, an
employe of the Howe London Circus,
which exhibited at Cumberland, Md,
Wednesday, is at the Western Maryland
Hospital 10 a serious condition from
having been trod upon by the large
elephant belonging to the show. Sew
eral ribs are broken, and he is hurt in.
tsrnally.
After FIVE sttempts to commit suicide,
three times with gas and twice with
laudanum, Mrs. Daisy Irene Griffith,
seed Is. Of Baltimore, Nd, killed her
self last night by taking csrbolic acid.
The girl brooded over the death Of her
infant, which occurred eight months ago,
aud her grief affected her mind. 10
agony after taking the poison, she
begged pitsously to be saved.
Dependent because of Ill health and
believing that he had bone 10 his
throat, which he must cut cut, Joseph
Onsmer, sged AZ years, Of Baltimore,
cat his throat with a razor early yesttr-
day morning in an effort to remove the
imaginary bone. He is now patient
at the University of Maryland Hospital.
The injary is not q serious one, however,
and the physicians say he will recover.
George NJ. Spiegls, widely.known
lumber merchant, of Philadelphis, shot
his brother, Henry Spiegle, during
quarrel 10 the Office yesterday. George
Spiegle, who is q member of the firm Of
George NJ. Spiegle & Co., was arrested.
The police, VIII are investigating the
shooting ssid thst from what they
learned, George Spiegle was not respop-
sible for the quarrel aud that he shot bis
brother in selfdelense.
After jOusting in the municipal courts
with Joseph Letter, millionaire coal
man, in suit of several thousand dol
lars back salary, Hugh Crabbe, former
steward of the Letter family, WAS him
self sued yesterday for $25, 900 by Miss
Mary Mates, a yeung and pretty girl Of
Chicago, ILL.,, who alleges breach Of
promise to marry. This is the second
time that Crsbbe has been made defend.
ant 10 breach Of promise ault.
A daring attempt at assault and rob-
b'ry Was made on Miss GoIdie Silver
stsio, the 16-yesr.old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Harris silvers.eiD, Of BslIi-
more, on Wednesday afternoon, 10 one Of
the large Office buildings on Fsyelte
street by man whom the police refuse
to name. The fact that the man was
foiled 10 his attempt was due only to the
ceverness of Miss Silverstein, who re-
fused to be enticed into an empty Office
on one ofthe upper floors.
Weak from the loss Of blood from q
self-iDhict d cash In his throat, Peter
Karl, Sgd AZ yesrs, cigarmsker, who
has for several years made his home
3, 1901 west Gross street, Baltimo .,
staggered up to the kitchen door of the
residence Of Mrs. George Lauten, on
Queen Anne road, Windsor Hills, about