Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-23
News of the Day.


Rain and sleet driven by a wind
which at times registered velocity Of
As miles an hour marked the storm
which ragged yesterday on Lake
Michigan and Throughout! the region OF
the great lakes.
While walking on the streets 10
Spencer, N. O., yesterday, John Poe,
cOlored, while 10 fit Of jealousy, saok
knife toto the heart OF bis wife aud
fed. The woman fell dead, and officers
are In hot pursuit OF the murderer
Gen. James g. Clarkson, Surveyor Of
the port of New York, will retire from
that Office on January l. The EXPLAIN
ton 10 given tia! this arrangement was
q matter Of long standing, aud not to be
construed ss rejecting on Gen. OlarksOn
10 any way.
Dominica Fslssco, the Italian charged
with having twice tried TO wreck trains
10 the Union s alton tunnel 10 Wash
ington was held in 900 bail for the
grand jury by Judge Kimbsll in the
Police Court yesterday afternoon, and
10 the absence of bondsmea was remand
ed to Jail.
Mrs Mary Sherman McOallum,
adopted daughter of The late Senator
sherman, yesterday fled suit for sbsc-
lute divorce In the Supreme Court OF The
District OF Columbia from James l. Nc.
Oallum. They we're married December
IL, 1894, In Washington, sud have two
children, IA aud II years old.
The heaviest earthquake recorded
since the gres! shocks OF April IL,
1906, was felt at Salipas, CAL, at an
early hour yesterday. No damage was
done, but many people rushed Into
the streets because Of the violent sway
Ing OF buildings for fifteen seconds.
Shocks ere reported at Berkeley, also.
Andrew Brgson Taylor, 26 years old,
son OF DR.. John Y. Taylor, medical
director of the navy (retired) and Mrs
Belle BysOn Taylor, Of Washington,
was killed and William Maxwell Moore,
sged "a, of Wilmington, Del, was
seriously inbred IN 20 automobile &C.
cident on the Kennel! turnpike, near
Greenville, DEL, early yesterday morn
Ing,
Mrs. Evelyn Short, the chorus girl,
whose stage name Is Evelyn Howard,
shot 10 front of the Union station, In
Washington, on October "a, by her bus
band, William Short, who committed
suicide, left Washington yesterday morn
log at IL O'Clock, going to New York
city, where she will reside ct her
mothers home. When che has sufti'
clently recovered her strength she will
resume her profession on the stage.
Preparations are being made for 400
marines to sail from Philadelphia either
for the Canal Zone or for Nicaragua,
next Saturday. This will constitute the
first armed force 10 land 10 Nicaragua,
II Developments In the situation there
within The next few days require such a
course to be pursued. All will depend
upon the action to be taken by the S,s,e
Department, which is marking time
pending the receipt OF additional details
Of the killing Of The two Americans,
Groce and Cannon.
Following two days Of tense excite
msnt, with race riot Of serious pro-
portions threatened because of the
Wholesale wouudIng Of deputy's posse
by drunken negroes 10 the eastern sec.
ton OF UuioD, 8. O., Saturday night,
quiet prevails and the officials believe
they have the situation we'll 10 hand
there nov. The negroes who did The
shooting made their escape, and this
probably accounts for the fact tina. fur
ther disorders we're not recorded yesIer-
day and today. Late yesterday one
of the negroes charged With the shoot
Ing Wss arrested and lodged 10 all. Three
others, for whom warrants were issued,
have not been apprehended.
Although many conferences between
A. McGilllyray, district president Of
the international Association Of Ma.
chinisls, and the 100 striking machin-
lsts at Spencer, N. O., were held yea
terdsy no settlement has been reached.
The men, who walked cut OF the shops
Saturday, charging brutal treatment on
the part OF a foremen, have returned
in an orderly way, and declare they
will follow the advice Of the Information.
al officers. The strikers demanded the
removal of the offending foreman,
but the Southern Railway officials
denied that there was sufficient Gauss
sad The strike followed. 1t Is believed
the mAlls5 will be adjusted within the
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