Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-11
News of the Day.

soul OF the mathematician Euclid is re-
incsroa'ed 10 William j. Sidis, Hsr-
wards prodigy.
james, alias Reddy" Gallagher,
notorious turglar with long prison rec
ord, wss killed with club In Philadel
phIs yesterday morning, after sdespefa'e
struggle, by Samuel Zssnquenlsn whose
house be had entered.
Samuel Gompers was cut short In a
speech at the spGusl meeting OF the
American Academy of Political and
S )cisl Science in Philadelphia Saturday
By o. p. NELL, Commissioner OF LABOR,
acting as chairman.
Mrs. Taft hiss ammo uucec that series
Of garden parties, similar 10 those she
gave last spring at the White House,
will be given sgsin this season. Friday
afternoon, May 6, Is the date "t for the
| fret one.
According to published report, the
Stlte OF Colorado will receive Sl6O. 600
from the estate OF the late Thomas +.
Walsh % an inheritance tax. The estate
Is valued at IS, 900, 900, aud the inheri-
lance tax Is computed at per cent.
Matthew D. Doss, who t,ld the
| Chicago police last Friday that he killed
his wife, Lillian Doss. ct their home, 10
Washington 10 Jsruiry, 1909, has re-
puiistsd this confession. Doss says be
wanted to secure free transportation 10
Washington.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has declared the Pullmsn sleeping car
rates to be excessive, aud has also Order
ca that upper bsiths should not cost s.
mach SIS lower berths. A reduction IN
rates 10 some instances has also been
made.
A Baltimore and Ohio express, west.
bound h Ohlcsgo, and westbound
freight locomotive crashed yesterday
three miles west OF Feitermsn, which is
a short distance from Grafton, W. Va.
Ooe man was killed and FIVE we're To-
jured.
After an exciting chase, franklin Fair,
an artist and alleged bigamlsf, who
Jumped o $4,000 bail bond In New
York, was captured on the roof OF 8
boarding house In Rockledge, Pbilsdel'
phis, at midnight. BE is being held
pendiDd the arrival ofrequisition papers,
There occurred yesterday The mos
extensive 6re-in point OF sfia covered
that New York city hiss ever known.
Two miles OF buildings we're burned, and
yet With only nominal loss. The
structures destroyed ware the stable, 10
the old Morris Psrk race track. That
the fire was Of incendisry origin Is be-
lyoDd question.
Eight men we're instantly killed and
three badly Injured by the premstnre ex-
plosion OF heavy charge Of dynamite
at construction camp on the Iexco ex-
tsnslou OF the Santa Fe Railroad near
Newt, Texas, yesterday afternoon. One
man is missing. The bodies OF the mer
wtrs tern almuit into shre6s BY The force
OF the explosion.
| One dwelling was burned to the
GROUND, FIVE we're barely saved, and
| hundreds of dollars dsmsge was don't
| by forest FIRE iu the vicinity OF Bowie,
| Nd, yesterday. The fire started al
Lauhsms, and burned its way through
ltSe the thickly wooded forest to Glen
| dale, q distance OF 8 miles. Ties burn
| ing along The lines OF tae Pennsylvania
Railroad spread Gre TO the woods. The
flames were under control at 10 O'Clock
last night.
| Oae policeman will he dismissed and
three others probably will be severely
reprimaDded as the result of an irvesti-
Cation which Msj. Sylvester, superln'
teudent Of police oil Washing too; H.
spector Boyle, snd Oapt. George Will
Jams have made OF charges against three
men regarding their conduct toward g
young white girl who was prisoner oil
the Filth precinct police station on the
nigh! Of April 2,
At the close OF his sermon yesterday
10 the Fifth Avenue Bsptist o. urch In
New YORK, Rev. Dr. Charles F. Akec
asked the members OF The congregation
for conlritut ons for building tbs neT
$500, 900 CT urch, and 10 hsli an hour ht
had received written pledges amout ting
10 1852, 900. John d. Rockefeller, wht
vas preset vita bis SOD, promised ,t
give $3.50, 900 for himself and family
provided the other $3.50, 600 EEs PLEDGE
', oy others Of the congregation.
Chinatown, New York, bad two high
" successful murders yesterday, &c
attempt, that msde brave beginning
but miscsrried by resson OF faulty shoo'
log, and one sborIive bolCup Ohupl
! Fook was shot taree timts In the ches
while standing on stree, corner, aut
! died before he cou'd be carried 10 hos
: piisI. Ohtu Hen was arrested. log Mon
S lsundrymap, was found dead 10
store 10 Doyer tttset, with bullet holt
10 his right side. Nobody hss been or
rested.
Losing control OF a Cu'tiss blplane
D which he Was operating at Memphis, q
I a height OF rs feet, ]. O. Msrs p'u1gtt
q downward with terrific speed into III
| intisld OF the aviation course yesterday
alIgLt Dg on top Of touring automobile
: 10 which we're seated thtee women and
two children. TIE canopy tip over tb
touring car ta7ed the lives OF ii occu
: pants, only one Of whom YVES slight
J injured. The biplsne SMASHED int) bit
e snd Msrs was csught uuder the Wreckage
bu escaped with slight Injuries.
John P. Cudahy is on hi' way from
Los Angels, to Kansas CITY ana