Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-12
News Of the Day.

| O., late Saturday afternoon of South
ern Railway train to Asheville eleven
persons we're injured, bat none fatally,
Dawson Hopes, prominent in the
social and industrial world of Philadel-
phis, has sued his wife for divorce, al.
| leging indiscretioDs with Charles A.
Newall, a well-known Germantown
crlcketer.
NJ. Sskao, president of the Japan
Sugar Company, convicted during the re.
cent trial of the so-cslled sugar scandal
cases committed suicide in Toxic yester-
day by shooting himself through the
head with revolver. Sakao was one Of
the % persons on whom sentence was
pronounced few days ego.
William F. Downs was released on
bail from jail in Baltimore on Saturday
evening, more surety being offered than
was demanded by the court. The young
man wss greeted by great crowds at the
jail, at the Office of Attorney Wolf and
at the home of bis parents, who cheered
him and offered their congratulations.
Conflict between federal aud state
courts of Georgia which was threatened
in connection with the assets of the
Electrical Supply Company has been
ayerted by the agreement Of both Federal
Judge Speer and State Judge Carlton to
refer the case at issue to the Supreme
Court of Georgia for adjudication.
Preceded by suffocsting heat all day,
phenomenal electric storm occurred
Saturday night in Panama, lasting three
hours. The wind blew with hurricane
force and there we're dazzling liz htniDg
flashes and violent thunder reports.
TOrrential rains fell all night. 1t is
feared that shipping suffered much
damage.
Prof. Simon Newcomb, the famous
astronomer, died at his Washington resi-
deDce 1T an early hour yesterday morn
ing. Professor NeWcomb was retired
officer of the navy, with the rank and
title Of professor OF mathematics. Pro.
fessor Newcombs death was caused by
cancer of the bladder. The deceased
WAS born in Wallace, Nova Scotia,
March II, 1885.
With bullet hole through his temple
and revolver lying near. the lifeless
body of W. O. Hamilton, q prominent
merchant of Oordele, Ga, was fonnd
yesterday in bedroom at Hsmilton's
country home 10 Seville. Domestic
trouble is said to have existed for some
time 10 the Hamilton home, Mrs. Ham,
ilton not having lived with her husband
for some time.
A dispatch from La Paz, Bolivia, says
the guards protecting the Peruvian and
Argentine legations we're suddenly
Withdrawn Saturday evening for some
unknown reason. When this became
known street mobs renewed their ATTACKS
on the legations, causing serious dam
age. The Argentine minister, Senior
Fonseca, and his wife had a narrow es-
cape from injury.
Ira Powers. a wealthy farmer living
near Huntington, W. Va, was assaulted
While returning home yesterday morning
and he is now lying from the injuries in
hicted, which consisted OF a compound
fracture of the skull A bloody coat be-
longing to O. W. Ferguson, OF Colum-
bus, vas found, and the police are
searching for Ferguson. sam Adkins,
companion of Ferguson, is 10 jail
charged With being an accessory to the
crime. Adkins and Ferguson lef. Hunt
ington together Saturday night.
IIMary Leppiu, pretty Irish girl, 20
years old, walked up behind Joseph
Thompson, q West India negro youth,
in a downtown apartment house in New
York where he ran the elevator, and
shattered HE spine yesterday with a bull
let. She fred four shots, three Of which
lodged in the negro's body. The girl,
who becsme hystsrieal after the shooting
said that she did il because Thompson
had ceased to care for her. The negro
will die.
The Senate aud House conterees on
the tariff bill on Saturday disposed Of
about 300 Of the Senate amendments 10
the bill. The greater part Of these
amendments were unimporlant, and re-
lated merely to phrsseology or form.
However, the cOnferees did 60 over the
amendments to the chemical schedules,
the earlheuware schedules, and half way
through the amendments to the metal
schedules. The contested amendments
to these schedules we're passed over and |
left for further consideration.
Persian COssacks commanded by Rus-
sian officers, and other troops OF the
shah numbering altogether / 200, yester-
day morning made gu attack upon the
on ted nationialis' forces under Sipsh-
dar and Ssrdarssa1 at point 10 miles
from Teheran. Although the royalIsts
shelled the Dationalisis' position With
four gups for two hours they failed 10
ilslodge the enemy. Two hundred Of
the Cossscks advanced to within halt a
nile of the nstionslists, keeping up q
heavy FIRE with msxims and quick-6rers.
The na,ionalisis replied at intervals with
/ single gun, dropping a number OF
bells among the Oossacks and compell-
ng them to retire.
Market.
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