Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-27
News Of the Day.

King Alfonso arrived at Ferrol Yester-
day and oficisted at the laying Of the
keel of the first bsttleship of the new
Spanish navy.
Two A. snists and the White Plains
Jail physician yesterday declared Harry
K. ThAw sane at the hearing IS to his
mental condition.
Making bis way to the surf through
hundreds of bathers at Atlantic City,
DR.. Albert W. Curry, 8 well-known
Brooklyn physician, suddenly topPled
over on thl beach ST the height OF the
noon bathing hour yesterday and died
before he could be picked up.
Miss Anna Msier, of Newark, n. j.,
the fiaucee Of Benjamin Nittinger, who
was found dead with a bullet in his
brain in vacant lot In that city yester-
day morning, has given to the police the
name Of man who, she says, swore she
shonld never marry anybody bat him.
Miss Maier and her family and friends
refuse 10 believe that there Is the reno
test possibility that Nittinger committed
suicide.
After returning from a days outing
with several comrades, Lloyd Jenkins,
Is years old, son OF Mr.. w. W. Jen-
kips, of Baltimore. was shot and
killed shortly after 6 o'clock last night
with 40 air rife By Ellis Spence, Is
years cd, son Of Mr.. William G. Spence,
Deighbor. Young Spence was ar
rested AID locked up at the southern po'
lice station. He ssys the shooting was
accidental.
The First National Bank OF Tiptou,
Iud., ia closed, and it's assistant cashier,
Noah R. Maker. is gone, taking with
him between $50, 900 and 100000 all
the cash that was in the banks vaults al
the close of business Saturday. Marker
left a note on the desk OF his brother.
William Marker, cashier OF the bank,
saying that he had gone forever and tbaI
be had taken "enough money to pay his
expenses. National Bank Examiner
Fraser today assumed temporary contro
OF the bank.
J. A. McNulty, president, and Fl.
Van Vleet, secretary and treasurer, o.
the American Civil Service Institute,
incorporated, who for the last two
months have maintained suite Of
deliberately appointed Offices in the
Munsey lniIding, in Washington, were
arrested yesterday afternoon by post
Office inspectors aud central Office detec'
tivss, charged with using the mails tC
defrsud. The authorities say they have
fOiled a gigantic scheme. They 3D.
vertised for superintendent, but re.
, quired applicants to purchase $500 Of
stock before receiving appointment.
Hides will be put on the free list il
boots sod shoes and other manufactures
of leather are reduced below the rates
fixed by the House bill. Unless the sd
vocates of free hides are able to carry
out this bargain the whole programme
ia to be called of. A decision to this
effect vas reached by the tariff cOnferees
yesterday evening. 1t hiss been officially
reported that duty OF SO. 75s ton would
he sgreed to on print print paper, but
Mr.. Mann, after coming from the con-
ference room, said: II will not VOTE
for the conference report il it provides
for duty on print paper that is above
SO ton.
Messages today from Stavropol, Russia, say
that eight villages were badly damaged il
the worst hsil storm that ever visited tha
part OF the country. Seventy persons wert
injured, several Of them fatally, snd 80 ,0C(
acres Of cereals destroyed. Eighteen hundred
sheep were killed and other live stock sui
fered. The nail stones we're so large tha
twenty four hours after they fell they still lay
on the ground unmelted by the sun and heat
The State Department has instructed Min
lister Squiers to demand reparation from the
government of Panama for Outrages commit
ted on citizens Of the United States.
James J. JsfIries, with his wife end mana
ger, sam Berger, left Chicago today for New
York. where he says he will post his forfeit
Of s., 900 to fight Jack johnson.
general strike was called in Barcelona
Spain, yesterday, in protest against the war
and the government decreed martial law,
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