Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-25
News of the Day.

The gold mines OF tb9 Unlted States
produced $94, $50, 900 worth Of precious
metal 10 1908
President Taft and bis advisers have
decided on proposed changes in the iuler-
state commerce laws and the creation of 8
Commerce court.
President Taft has promised his sup
port to the bill which Representative
Mann, OF Iilnois, will intrducs for The
purpose OF bftaklng up the "White slave
traffic."
Leonard Elller, aged l3, died at bis
home 10 Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday
from tlOod posing caused BY an itjnry
to his knee while playing football. John
Peters injured 10 q football game at
Sioux Oily, Iowa, Ia dead 10 a hospital.
Buyers Of turkeys from PittSburg and
Philadelphia hsVe established head
quarters al Osnge for the purchase OF
live turkeys. Monday Of this week more
than 900 turkeys were sold there. Pros
poets are that very few will be left for
Christmas.
Dependent because Of the loss OF her
eight, Miss Psnsy Dement, eighteen years
old, and a ssleswoman In department
store 10 Washington, swallowed q quantity
Of creosote yesterday afternoon aud Is now
in Emergency Hospital lowering between
life aud death.
Jsmes L. Davenport, fret deputy COM
missioner OF pensions, has been selected
for the Office of commissioner, made
vacant BY the Resignation OF Vespssisu
Warner. Mr.. Davenport Is from New
Hampshire, aud has occupied the posi-
ton OF deputy commissioner for II years.
Lying on his back at the bottom Of
an elevator shaft In the Snail B uildiug,
Fourteenth and g streets northwest
Washington, the body OF George Town.
send, fiity.fiVe years old, was discovered
last night by friends who had grown
alarmed at his absence Of nearly twenty.
four hours, and we're searching for him.
His death is thought 10 have been &C.
cidental.
The steamer City of Para, which ar.
rived at Siu Francisco yesterday from
Central American ports, brought a re.
port that 40 ciiz,ns OF Corinto we're
shot tn death recently by order Of PfesI-
dent y laYs, for having received With
cheers tho news oil au insurgen! victory.
OOriDto was under heavy guard while
the Oily Of Para was there, aud The
passengers made no sttsmp! to go
ashore.
John w. Llugdsle, the aged assistant
superintendent of parking Ia Washing
! tor, who was arrested Monday night for
cutting the throat Of negro who hsd
followed and assaulted hIm, died sud.
denly last night a! Georgetown Unlver-
city Hospital OF paralysis OF the neck.
Bernard BrOwp, the big negro whose
throat vas cut from ear to ear by Lang.
dale, is still olive, patient at the CAS-
uslty Hospital.
Pieir0 Falletto, who murdered Fam
uel Lavine, a 90.ytar.old clothing mer-
chant OF Port Chester, N. Y In Az.
gust last, was convicted yesterday aud
sentenced to he electrocuied during the
Teek beginning January 8 at Sing Sing
prison. The crlms committed by Fal.
letto was brutal. He threw an over
coat over Tim head OF Laviue, while pre-
tending to examine Il, aud then forced
Lsvine 10 the AJor and cut his threat
from esr to ear With q big kulTe. All
that Falle!to obtained for the murder
{ was two cents and jscknlfe. 10 reply
to qcestiou as to whether he had any
thing to cay why sentence should not be
pronounced, the pr;soser said: "Your
honor, II you think l deserve 1t, l AN
ready to take my medicine"
After the jury had been out only two
minutes, F. W O,terle, en- employe Of
the American Seating Company, Of
Obicsgo, vas stqlltted 10 the Hastings
Court Of Richmond yesterday Of the
technical charge Of having broken into
room Of the old High School building,
and stealing therefrom q sample chair
alleged to have been contracted for by
The city school board and which
was to have been used 10 the audi
torIum OF the John Marshsll Hi1h
School, Eugene II. Riley, Of Charlotte
N, O, the agent through whom the con-
tract for seats was made aud j1inily
indicted with OserIe, will not be tried,
as a uollo prOstqai was entered In bis
case soon after The jary's verdict wss
Announced