Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-01
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Seymour Paul has succeeded B. NJ.
Bushonh as publisher of the Harrison
burg Daily Times.
Virginia Harmed Sothern, the act
ress, has entered suit Tor divorce from
E. H. Sothern, the actor, at Reno,
New.
Edward T. Rosenheim, of New York,
wealthy owner of an automobile that
ran over Miss Grace Hough, has been
indicted for murder.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
Waldemar Poulsen, the Danish invent
or, has succeeded in lighting incandes-
cent lamps by the wireless transmits
sion OF an electric current.
M. Maurice Levy, the noted scien-
list, teacher and writer, died in Paris
yesterday. He was 70 years old and
was at one time president OF the Acad-
envy of Science.
Fire early yesterday started mysteri-
ously in the Calumet Mating Com
pauy's warehouse in Chicago and spread
to the Gotfried Brewing Company
plant. destroying it. The probable loss
is more than 100000.
Convicted of stealing 1 cent from a
slot machine. Thomas Spader, of Buff
falo, was yesterday sentenced to five
and one-half years in Auburn prison.
His record was taken into considera-
ton by Justice Emery in imposing sen.
tence.
Cardinal Vannutelli, special envoy
OF the pope, brought his second day in
Washington to close by bestowing the
apostolic benediction last evening upon
an assemblage OF fully -, 900 gathered
within and around ST. Patrck's Church.
The War Department has ruled that
the cadet organizations OF educational
institutions are not properly part OF
the organized militia, and army officers
should not be detailed to inspect per
sonnet OF such organizations.
Insurgent republicans OF the Fifth
district in convention at Martinsville
on Thursday nominated H. d. Anglin,
of that place, as Candidate for Con-
gress to oppose Judge E. w. Saunders,
democrat, and John NJ. Parsons, regu.
lar republican.
Mrs. Moore and her husband, oil
Cleveland, Onto, representing a syndi
cate, were in Rappahannock county
this week with proposal to construct
80 miles of railroad from some point,
probably Culpeper, to Washington, thu
county seat of Rappahannock. Mr.
Moore is civil engineer. 1t is pro
posed that persons in the county shall
subscribe to the stock OF the line.
News reached Roanoke yesterday
evening from Gillian, small mining
town in West Virginia, OF the crema
ton near there Thursday of three col
orcd children. The fire started from
IN explosion Of a can of oil in tn,
kitchen and the two children ant
woman, who were in the attic, were GU
off by the flames.
That William Lorimer PERSONAL,
Offered 4 Substantial consideration
for a legislators vote in behalf of him
self as candidate for United State
senator was the sworn statement mad,
before the senatorial investigating com
mttec in Chicago yesterday by Henry
A. Shepard, democratic member OF til,
legislature from Jerseyvilc. A sensa
ton was caused at the inquiry whcr
Representative Michael S. Link al
mittcd under pressure that he had per
iured himself before the Cook county
grand jury in relating details of his re-
ceiving 81 900 Of so-called Lorimc
money.
Three men were killed and seven
seriously injured when car of stec
rails. which the men were unloading,
turned over at the No mine OF til,
Raleigh Coal Company, near Bcckley
w. Va, Thursday night. 1t was sew
cral hours before the men were takcI
from under the pile Of steel. Two o
the injured are expected to die. TIL,
accident was caused by an engine
backing into the car on which the mel
we're working. The dead men wer,
found at the bottom of the pile of stee
crushed beyond recognition.
The National League OF Republican
Clubs met in New York city yesterda.
and heard addresses by John Hay
Hammond, the league president, AM
Theodore Roosevelt, whose speech wa
considered the opening gun Of the Ne,
York State campaign. President Tai
will address the clubs at a banquet t.
be given tonight, when it is planned t
launch the Taft boom for the presideu
tial nomination in 1912. Roosevelt,
is announced will not be present 70
the launching OF the Taft boom. Vice
President Sherman also withdrew hi
acceptance. John Hays Hammond i
SAID to be managing the Taft campaign
and arranging for big demonstration
but many Of the delegates are out-and
out Roosevelt men for 1912, and vii
make that fact known.