Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-03

II Salu once DclOTe W nave dJ0tLlputu
suicide with rat poison.
A storm which ragged over several
mountain counties in Kentucky Thurs
day night has caused the loss of at
least one life and many thousand dol.
lars worth Of property which has been
swept away by floods.
Charged with the murder of her two
weeks old baby, Mrs. Elena Stemple,
Of New Philadelphia, o., was lodged in
jail yesterday. Mrs. Stemple confessed
that her husband left her five weeks
ago and that when he did not answer
her letters she grew discouraged and
gave the baby carbolic acid.
Thomas +. Watson was howled down
last night at the Auditorium in Atlanta,
Ga, by an audience OF 5000 people
when he began an attack on form
Gov. Hoke Smith. Watson was so oge--
come by the hos tile demonstrate thar
he tainted, and was carrie" iaU
platform. After being t'Eeo u.o h.
air. he soon revived, and Sequel l0n'
the worse FOR his experience,
Spectators and witnesses n
Judge Grosscup's court in CGc 2o Fo-
terday i'm attendance on the heArH1 ~
the Western rate cases before sp> aI
Examiners Brown and Hillyer, Of t. ,
Interstate Commerce Commission were
thrown into tumult and a fist fight was
barely averted yesterday when f. f.
Pierce. counsel for the Rock Island.
called Attorney Frank B. James liar
during the cross-examination Of Frank
Nay. comptroller OF the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific.
While on its way to succor a man
fatally injured in an automobile acct
dent. an ambulance dashed INTO a crowd
awaiting cars at the rush hour in the
public square at Cleveland, Ohio, last
night, killing one person, injurng
another, and causing panic. This
occurred shortly after the driver had,
at great risk, stopped a runaway, saving
another crowd from certain injury.
Juan Amer, editor of the satirical
weekly Chantecler, Of Havana, OF which
the first issue appeared yesterday morn
ing, was shot and killed yesterday
evening by Jose Pennino, liberal can
didate for city councilman in Havana.
The cause Of the shooting was a scar
'ious article in the Cbantecler concern
ing n young woman prominent in society
| to whom Pennino is attentive. Pennino
was arrested.
Miss Maids Carroll, a 16-years-old
girl, of Middletown, N. Y, and David
Bolton, of Hoboken, were drowned and
five others nearly lost their lives yes
terday afternoon, when a motorboat
in which they were cruising on the
Hackensack sank after the gasoline
tank had exploded. 1t is said that
the owner of the boat was smoking a
pipe while searching for the trouble in
the machinery.
Norman Fleeson, "a years old, was
shot and killed almost instantly while
out cunning for reed birds Yesterday
afternoon with two companions along
creek near Philadelphia. Fleeson
was in a boat with William Campbell
and Charles Schaefer Campbell fired
at flock OF birds, and Fleeson, jump
ing suddenly to his feet, received the
charge in the back Of his head.
Lockout notices were posted at all
the federated shipyards in London at
noon yesterday, advising the members
OF the boiermakers' society that their
services would be dispensed with. Fifty
thousand men are directly affected. The
trouble is due to a strike Thursday OF
the riveters employed at the Walker
shipyard at Newcaste-on-Tyne. The
employers hold that this constituted a
breach OF the agreement between the
owners and workmcn, land declare that
those locked out will not be allowed to
resume work until the boilermakers
society guarantees a fulfillment of the
terms OF the national agreement for the
prevention Of strikes and lockouts.
During a terrific electrical storm
Thursday night four men were struck
by lightning and instantly killed near
Lamoure, n. d. The men were mem
bers OF threshing crew, and with four
companions we're sleeping in small
tent, with their heads toward the door,
the wing OF which had been blown
open by the wind. Their companions
lay with their heads to tire rear end OF
the tent, but so close that their feet
touched the others. That they escaped
with severe shock and only minor
injuries seem miraculous. They were
unconscious for time,
Gov. Harmon, by letter yesterday call
ed upon Attorney General Denman TO
take up a grand jury investigation OF
the Columbus, Ohio, street car strike,
as he did in the graud jury investiga-
ton OF the Newark lynching. Gov.
Harmon also issued statement, in
which ne declined to call on the Colum-
bus Railway and Light Company to
arbitrate the strike, as requested bv
state labor leaders. The governor gave
out a proclamation, in which he urged
the people Of the State to attend the
state fair next week, assuring them OF
perfect safety"
Make a note now TO get Ely's Cream
Balm if you are troubled with nasal catar-
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