Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-15
News Of the Day.

The storm in Jamaica has subsided,
bat the extent Of the damage is not vel
known.
Nicarsgusn revolutionists have dyna-
mited two Of the government vessels ct
Grey.own and burned various buildings
in the city.
In Dismal Swamp there Is DOW but
little water save 10 Lske Drnmmond,
and the water there is lower than 1t has
been for years.
Three persons we're killed and score
more burned, seven perhaps fatally, in a
fire which destroyed three-stOIy restau-
rant and clearinghouse 10 Pittsburg yea
terday.
The convention of the Atlantic Deeper
Inland Waterways Association will con-
vene In Norfolk on Wednesday. Many
prominent men, including President
Taft, will attend.
Forest fires, which have been burn.
ing 10 southeastern Virginia for ten days,
bsve swept over thousands Of acres Of
land, completely depicting large sec
tions Of all underground, and even de-
stroying timber.
Accompanied by her twenty-four
children aud her thirty-two graudchil-
drep, Mrs. Hannah Gould, 80 years
old, passed through New ORLEANS yes
terday en- route for Berkeley, GAL,
where family reunion will bs held. At
Berkeley, Mrs. GOUld's home, those fifty
nine will join the other lie descendants
of the remarkable woman In the first
family meeting Of the tribe.
Three me1 and q woman In Pbiladel-
phia on Saturday tried TO end their lives
and two of the men succeeded, while the
other man and the woman are In the
hospital with bare chances OF recovery.
Illness and remorse we're the causes
given for wishing to get out Of the
world, while the fact that 1t was the
thirteenth day of the month gets some
blame for the suicidal mania.
The dedication Of the new Masonic
Temple in Baltimore tomorrow will be
a memorable occasion, for II will attract
to that city one Of the greatest gather
Ing Of Master MasoDs ever witnessed 10
this country, and probably in the world.
The important event will also mark the
twenty. 9Th anniversary of Gen. Thomas
J. Shryock as grand master OF the Grand
Lodge OF Maryland.
Lsdy Orofton has run away sgaiD With
young MoDagu, this time to New Ira
land. They left London Just forty-eigbt
hours after the woman bad returned to
live with her husband, Sir Morgan
George Orofiou, who had forgiven her
for going to New York with Montsgu.
The reconciliation bal been brought
about by Montagu's younger brother,
who brought the pair back from Amer
lea.
The body OF 5-yesr.old Frank de
Rosa, who, 1t WAS supposed, had been
kidnapped 10 days ago and for whom
wide search had been made, was found
yesterday jammed in the top Of CHM
ney at his aunts home on east Sixty.
third street, New York, where he bad
been visiting with his mother when he
suddenly disappeared. 1t was the coro-
uer's opinion that the boy bad been
strsngled and pushed down the chimney
Joseph o. Squires, an employe OF
the pension office and a resident Of
the District of Columbis for more than
40 years, was shot in the breast and
almost instantly killed about 1915
O'Clock yesterday morning in stretch
of woods near the intersection of Four
teenih street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast, Washington. Mystery sur
rounds the identity Of the person who
fred the shot, although 1t Ia the general
opinion OF the police that the shooting
was an accident on the part Of gunner.