Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-20
News Of the Day.

OCOtkC w OAtAf OuO Va VIZ
and best known citizens of Baltimore,
died yesterday following an operation for
sn intestinal PerfOration due to typhoid
fever.
After b urs of greet suffering Ms. Myrs
Armour, OF Clayton, n. j., who was
burned when bottle OF hair tonic ex-
plOded in her home Sunday night, died
yesterday morning.
II Is reported from Hsvsns that Cuba
may issue IS, 900, 900, 10 bonds, that
British synd cate may take the refund
ing of the national debts out Of the hands
of the Spegers snd that & new poliu-
cal party might be formed.
Without denying or admitting the al
legations 10 his wife's suit for divorce,
Frank Brown, son OF former Governor
Brown, of Maryland, yesterday in Bali
more flied an answer which indicates
that be will not contest the suit.
Representative Hobson, Of Alabams,
in the House yesterday apologizsd for
having made uncomplimentsry remarks
about Ambassador O'Brien, who rep
resents this country at Tokyo, last Feb
rusry. He said he had been misin-
formed.
Heatherbloom, a horse, for which
Howard Willets, of White Plains, N. Y
recently refused sn offer of $50 600,
Jumped over 3 fence at the farm at Great
Burlington, Mass, Saturday, and re-
ceived injuries of ouch a character that
he had to be shot.
All the republican members of the
tariff conference have been invited by
President Taft to take dinner with him
tomorrow night at the White House. 1t
Is assumed that he expects to be ready
to report progress in getting votes for the
abolition OF duties on raw materials.
The Wright brothers gave another
q ght last evening at Fort Myer. Their
new aeropIaBe, with Orville aboard,
made two successive fights within an
hour and half. The first lasted little
more than rs minutes. The second
lasted exactly half an hour, During
the two flights the machine covered a
distance of approximately S5 miles and
was under perfect control.
Cannon balls fred into a blszipg
oil tank at Marcus Hook at 2
O'Clock yesterday morning aided
10 extinguishing serious oil fire,
which destroyed crude petroleum from
Oklahoma valued at $4,000. The
tank, which was filed With % feet Of
crude oil, WAS struck by lightning at
7:30 O'Clock Saturday night.
Several hundred JeIseyItes, COM
ing in 80 their work In New York,
on the ferry boat Suffern, we're
thrown into 8 panic yesterday when
there WAS a collision with the siugle
screw Sightseeing yacht, Commodore.
of Goth street. The yacht tried TO cross
under the bow of the ferry boat which
crashed into 1t, knocking down all the
passengers 90 both boats. Women
screamed and one or two of them tainted
Both vessels we're damaged, but managed
to make their docks.
A desperate hand.to-hsnd struggle,
with bank president and cashier on one
side and q would-be thief on the other,
followed yesterday bold attempt to rob
young woman patron OF the Dydock
Bank, at Third street aud the BOWery In
New York yesterday. The man was
captured and taken into the Office OF
President Mills. While being ques-
| toned be suddenly threw himself on bis
capton and fought wildly to escape.
The bank va, 10 40 uproar, aud fright.
ened women depositors rushed to the
street.
The destb, in Berlin yesterday
OF four more injured persona, brings the
death total in Sundays motor cycle
accident, to eight, while 33 others are
seriously injured The accident occurred
when q motor cycle, ridden by one Of
tie pace makers, 10 bicycle nc &c, struck an
oiled place 10 the track, clipped, became
uumauagable and dashed over the railing
and into the crowd of spectators, it's
gasoline tank in flames. Two women
we're killed instantly, and their bodies
burned to crisp. The wooden stands
about the track caught fire and there
was a wild panic among the spectators.
The plant of the Nilson Yschtbuild-
ing Company, at Winsus Cove, South
Baltimore, was destroyed by fire yester-
day evening along with five pleasure
vessels and valuable records, pat
ierus aud models, involving a damage of
$50, 900, covered by insurance. The
adjoining buildings OF the Maryland
Motor Boat Club and the free bath
narrowly escaped similar fate, due to
the gallant work OF the hremen and
volunteers. The 6remen we're hsndi.
cshped by lack of plogs, and but for
the timely arrival of the Cataract the
FIRE would have spread to the surround.
ing property.
With q big issue OF three per cent.
Pansms Canal bonds impending, Con-
gress is much puzzled over the problem
of preventing slump 10 quotations for
the many millions of government two
per cents, now outstanding. 1t is fesr-
ed that if some measure of protection is
no. devised the tWos will fall below par
when the new tbrees are marketed, Ow-
ing 10 the rush of investors TO get rid Of
the low interest bonds and buy The new
s1es instesd. The covert me % inter
est.besriDg debt at this time aggregates
approximately 1913 600 900, Of which
nearly 1871, 600, 600 is in two per cent.
bonds.
Declaring thst the uonuDinn mine
workers are bogus American citizens and
are like the tories who aided the British
during the revolutionary war, Rev. j. j.
CuYran nsator of the HOLY Saviour