Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-14
News Of the Day.

DAY alteInoOh AZ us nVno Az N0"
York.
A split in the republican party aud
new political slignments are predicted
as result of the tariff contest 10 the
Senate.
One hundred and forty-four British
warships, aggregating in value $780,
900, 600. took part in maueuvers OF the
E0glish coast LAST week.
Il has been officially announced that
The University City was first and the
New York second in the national balloon
race out of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Lydia Clark, 70 years OF age, is
dying at her home at Fort Branch, Ind,
az a result OF belief that stumbling over
black cat pressges an early death.
Right Rev. John P. Fsrrelly was for
mally installed az bishop Of the Oleve-
land, Ohio, Catholic diocese yesterday,
the fourth since the diocese was estab-
lished.
A report comes from near the town OF
Raleigh, w. Va, tbat eight railroad
laborers died on Saturday night from
drinking beer from a barrel into which
a rattlesnake had crawled.
Two divers have persisted in the st
Temps to rescue the crew Of the Russian
submarine Kambsla, which sank of
Ssbsstopol after colidiug With battle
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A great revival meeting at the Blp-
fist Church at Boston, Ca, was 5'oken
up yesterday by the swarming of yellow
jackets which had built nests back Of the
pulpit and which stuug 500 persons.
Senator AldrIch hopes to get final
vote on the tariff bill by the end Of this
week. The proposed income tax is at
the rate of 2 per cent. on all incomes
over s., 00c of both corporations and
individuals.
Four men we're killed shortly be-
fore noon Saturday, in the collapse Of
floor at the big factory Of the
PeniusuIar Stove Works of Detroit.
The collapse caused panic among the
hundreds Of employees. Several we're
slightly injured in the rush to escape.
Two revenue cutters continue Cd
watch 10 the vicinity of Beaufort, N. O.,
for any 6libusting expedition against
Venezuela So far ss can be lesrned,
secret service agents have been unable
to discover any expedition for the ship
ment of arms by former President Gas.
tro' friends.
Oscar Wabl and Miss Abbey Lesvilt
were drowned when an automobile In
which they were riding skidded on
bridge aud overturned into creek near
San Jose, ILL.,, on Saturday, Both we're
pinioned under 1t when their bodies
were found at daylight. Both were
members of prominent families.
A conference was held In New York
Saturday between U. S. District Attorney
Wise and others at which was discussed
the question of criminal proceedings
against the sugar trust iolloging the
compromise 10 the suit brought by the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company,
against the American Sugar Refining
Company
Forest fires are still raging through
out the province of New Brunswick
Yesterday and the spread of the
flames threatens to sweep every lam-
Der camp sloog the st. Johns river.
The entire province is circled by flames.
The township of Presque Isle, which was
partially burned on Monday, is again
threatened
John w. Guy ia the father of thirty
children, twenty sons and ten daughters,
of whom there are tweDty-one living,
his eldest child, 500, being SO years
old; his youngest, q daughter of 2 years
Mr.. Gay ia farmer and resides at Melfa
station few miles south OF Philadelphia.
he was rs years old oI April 6 last.
He has been married three times.
The Holy Gross Church at Bay settle
ment, FIVE miles from Algona, Wis,
was struck by lightning yesterday dnr-
ing the singing of mass. One man was
killed instantly, two we're probably
fatally burned, and fourteen others were
slightly burned. The lightning struck
the chimney and ran down the walls OF
the church, burning those near the
walls. Ia two cases shoes Of worshipers
we're burned off.
Mark Van Deusen, sged Sc years,
Saturday shot and killed his brOther-in-
Law, George E. Baker, aged 81 years, at
the latter's BONE, about three miles from
HOoesdsle, Pa, and then committed
suicide. Mrs. Baker had been Ill for
several weeks, and her husband bad told
Van Deuseu that he must ind another
home. 1t is believed that worry over this
order unbalanced bis mind and caused
him TO commit the horrible crime.
John R. Early, the young North
Osrolinisn, who has been detained in
Washington since last August as q sup
posed leper, is expected to be In New
York early this week for examination 10
the New York Skin aud Cancer Hospi- |
tai. DIR. Duncan L. Bulkley, who in
terested himself 10 the case sometime
ago and who has made three examina-
tions Of Early, says be feels convinced |
that the Washington btsrd Of heslth |
will realize presently that he is not a
leper and will let him go.
Thattwo new world religions will soon
take the place of the present Christian
denominations was predicted Thursday
by Prof. George Burman Foster, OF the
University of Chicago, whose resignation
from the Baptist ministry is demanded
by Rev. tombstone Myers and other
members OF the Chicago Baptist MIN
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