Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-14
News Of the Day.

Underwriters yesterday reported sn-
nusl fire losses Of 5000, 900, 900 10 their
convention in New York.
A 81. Lonis syndicate has hoatfd a
loan Of S15.000,000 in New York
to pipe natural gas from northern Lou
isiana to New Orleans.
The Red Gross yesterday cabled to
Ambassador Leishman, at CONSTANT
DopIe, through the Slate Department,
IS, 600 contributed for the relief work in
Turkey by the Christian Gerald. This
makes q total of nearly $4,000 sent
from the United States for this purpose.
Mrs. Frank B. Vrooman, daughter Of
General John O. Black, Of the Civil
Service Commission, has paid SO, 900
for the pew next to that occupied by
Mrs. William Il. Taft in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, in Washington. The
church officers say this is the highest
price ever paid for pew in that edifce.
National League games yesterday re-
snlted At BrooklyD-Brooklyn, 2; st.
Louis, l. At New YOrk-New York,
4; Chicago, 1 At PhiIsdeIphia-Pitts-
burg, 7; Philadelphia, 4. At Boston,
Boston, 8; Cincinnati, 2. American
League games resulted: At Cleveland
Boston, s; Cleveland, l. At Detroit
New York, 6; Detroit, 4. at Chicago
Chicago, /; Washington, az iunings).
At Pbiladelphia-Philsdelph Louis
postponed; raiu.
AT Louisville, KY, last night, Mr..
Joshua lowering, Of Baltimore, wss
unanimously reelected president Of the
Southern Baptist Convention, iu session
IN that city, the successful slate being
a. follows: President, Joshua Lever
ing, Baltimore; vice presidents, J. B.
Marion, Of Louisville; P. G. Bush, Ala
bams; B. F. Riley, Texas; j. a. Scott,
Oklahoma; secretaries, Lansing Bur
rows, of Georgia, and o. F. Gregory,
Virginia; treasurer, G. w. Norton;
auditor, w. P. Harvey.
Revelations ct the coroner's inquest
in Chicago today, into the death Of Jos.
Bioz, who yesterday murdered his vile
and then committed suicide by leapipg
under an elevated train, started police
Investigation into the mans past. The
coroner found that HIM murdered his
wife during fit of jealousy. According
to testimony given at the inquest, HIM
bad had four wives, and the police now
suspect that besides his latest wife he
may have killed two OF the others.
A dispatch from Dublin says Cardinal
Logue has issued a strong condemnation
of certain practices of the Ancient Or
der of Hlbernians. He says that IN
some places the Hibernisn society is
pest and practices cruel tyranny, its
members indulgiog 10 drinking and
dancing, and compelling people by force
to Join the organization through threats
of boycott and even personal violence.
He forbids the priests from this time on
to give sbsolulion to those guilty Of such
practices.
A dozen business men and shippers
had the car Of the president yesterday
for the purpose Of urging changes in the
interstate commerce law which will COM
pei the railroads to live up to their
agreement regarding rates, will compel
the lines to route goods according to the
way the shippers prefer, and will give
the interstate commerce commission
power to order the roads to refrain from
putting unjust rates into effect. The
delegation represenIatiDg the National
Independent Traffic League WAS headed
by J. @. Lincoln, of St. Louis.