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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Accident to Count Beaufort.

New York. Oct 4.-Foli"wlng the
vigorously denied report HAT Count
M"uril: H. Beaufort, son im-!Hw OF Nj.
H. kiIgaii"n, Of Chicago, and his
hcrrSS bride have separated, there
came Il mysterious runner today that
the count is dying somewhere in New
York, after all accident sustained in
Central Park yesterday while riding
horseback. The report reached New
York from Chicago. and was told in
circumstantial detail.
Later in the day one of the count:
business associates said that the accl
dent took place not in Central but IL
Van Cortlandt park. According tc
this informant the count was thrown
clear over his horses head and landed
heavily against tree. He was render
ed unconscious and was taken to III:
apartments and DR.. s. S. kolle sum
moned. He was also said to be more
seriously burt than his housekeepcl
was willing TO admit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
ROOSEVELT IN 1912.

That Theodore Roosevelt will be {
candidate in 1912 if there is anything
in outer signs and tokens.
That, if elected president, the third
term barrier will be broken and il
will mean for him life tenure i'll tht
office.
That it will mean for the country the
substitution OF one-man power for one
party power.
That to reach Roosevelt the republi-
can party must disown Taft and
abandon the teachings Of four decades
of republican leadership.
That the Maine election definitely
settles the question OF the political
complexion of the next House of Rep
resentatives.
That Mayor Gaynor showed wisdom
and will loom as large for the presl-
dcncy in serving out his term as
mayor and declining to run for gov
ernor.
That Bryan's objections to Harmon
as presidential candidate will not be
accepted as valid by his friends if Har'
mon is reelected governor OF Ohio.
These are some of the points made
on Henry Watterson, editor OF the
Louisville Courier-Journal, in an inter
view with him at his office on Satur-
uay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
New York Stock Market.

New York, Oct. 4.-Fairly active
trading in the stock market at the
opening today and in the first few min.
utes resulted in only slight changes
with the majority OF issues shading
small fractions from yesterdays close.
At the end OF fifteen minutes, however,
stronger tone prevailed.
After the first few minutes the mar,
let gradually yielded to the pressure
and in the late forenoon a downward
movement developed carrying prices
off about ! point from the early rise.
In the late forenoon the market be-
came extremely dull, with prices about
1-2 under Yesterdays close.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A meeting of the county democratic
committee OF Louisa will be held Oc-
tober 10th, at noon, at Louisa, and will
be addressed by Hon. C. c. Carlin,
democratic nominee for Congress.
Tile contract for the new Chesa-
peake and Ohio freight depot to be
erected in Charlottesville, has been
awarded to the King Lumber Com
pany of that city. The structure will
be erected on the north side OF the
company's tracks, between Second and
Fourth streets east, and will cover two
full blocks. The land and buildingwi
cost $500 the structure to be of brick
and stone, 800 feet long by SO feet deep.
Believing that the case OF Virginia
against West Virginia will be called in
its regular order in the U. 5.
Supreme Court next week, Major
Holmes Conrad, counsel for the holders
of Virginia certificates, yesterday filed
an important brief bearing on the case
with the clerk OF the court. In con-
Guiding his brief Major Conrad says
that in his opinion the only method Of
ascertaining a proper way of apportion'
ing the debt is by international law.
Jack Arnold, young white man,
was knocked down, beaten, and rob,
bed of small amount of money and Of
his shoes and coat on lonely road
near Rosemont, Norfolk county, late
Sunday night. His assailants then set
fire to his clothing and left him to burn
to death. The timely arrival OF {
farmer saved bis life. He says that be
was attacked by negro AMI a white
man, the negro first knocking hin
down, and that he was then beaten witt
a stick and robbed. The highwaymer
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
CHARGED With Grand Larceny.

Auburn, Oct Al want it ovel
with as quick as possible, and will plead
guilty and take my medicine, !" said J.
Howard Lowary, former assistant cash
Ter OF the City National Bank of Utica,
when he was brought into court here
with a batch Of federal prisoners.
Lowery has been indicted for grand
larceny OF stealing $4,000 OF the
banks cash a year ago. Itw was alleged
that he used the money to buck" the
stock market.
He will be arraigned tomorrow for
pleading, and if he does not change his
mind will plead guilty and be sentenced
at once. Lowery fled from Utica last
April after visit from the bank ex-
aminer TO the bank which unearthed a
shortage. He was located BY detectives
in Wilmington, spirited to Philadelphia
and afterward back to Utica.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Effects of RooseyeIt,s Visit.

Constantinople, Oct. 4.-Col. Theo'
dore Roosevelt is responsible for the
determination of Abbas Pasha, khedlve
OF Egypt, to resign his throne, accord
ing to report current here today.
By his speeches in Khartoum and
Cairo, in which he pleaded for the
strengthening of English rule in Egypt,
and urged the Egyptians to submit
peaceably to such rule, Roosevelt is de-
clared to have stirred such activity on
the part OF the Young Turks, who con
stitute the nationalist party, that the
Khedive has found his continued rule
beset by too many perplexities and has
decided to abdicate.
Roosevelt's speech brought the issue
Of Egyptian freedom plainly to the
front and has had the reverse effect
from that intended by Roosevelt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Negro Burned at the Stakes

Mobile, Ala, Oct Am infurated
mob of four hundred men took Rush
Withers, negro, from the Jail at
Andalusia, Ala, today and burned him
at the stake. The negro had assaulted
Mrs. Hiram Stuckey OF Andalusia.
Withers had been 'trusty" in the
Henderson convict camp and recently
had been allowed to 60 about as he
pleased, though in the past he had a
had record. He did not return TO the
camp ut the usual hour last evening
and this aroused some suspicion. De-
putes were starting out to look for him
when the news of the attack upon Mrs.
Stuckey spread rapidly through the
community. 1t is alleged that the
negro lay in wait for the woman and
attacked hel brutality. AS soon as the
alarm was given, the officers who had
been on the lookout for Withers sur
rounded him and succeeded in placing
him in jail before mob was formed.
When the details of the negro's at
tack upon Mrs. Stuckey were learned
and it became known that she was in
serious condition, a crowd gathered
about the Jail and demanded the
prisoner. At first the jailers held the
mob at bay and for time it appeared
that the crowd would dispense. Relatives
and friends of Mrs. Stuckey, however
formed committee which early today
waited on the Jailer and by means OF
threats, which probably would have
been carried out swiftly il there had
been the least delay, obtained the
prisoner. The negro was dragged from
the jail, half frightened to death and
pleading for mercy. He received rough
treatment, however, and there is some
doubt whether he was conscious when
bound to the stake. Pieces OF pine and
logs of wood were piled about his feet
and the torch was applied by the leader
Of the mob whose indemnity is being
concealed The victim was quickly
burned to death and his body was re-
diced TO ashes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
HRoosevelt Luck.c

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Oct. 4.-"Roose-
welt luck" was never better exemp-
lifted than here today when q horse
ridden by him was struck a glancing
blow by an automobile and forced
into a ditch. Roosevelt was thrown
sideways, but managed to retain his
seat in the saddle, quoted his mount
and rode away to his home unhurt.
The incident happened on the Bay
road. Mounted on his favorite horse,
a brown animal, Roosevelt was en- route
home from lengthy ride. Turning a
corner he met an automobile contain
ing Mrs. F. Southback, a neighbor.
He tried to get his horse out of the
way, but the auto struck the animal
and he slid into the ditch. With one
foot still in the stirrup, Roosevelt was
thrown forward on the neck OF his
horse, but was back in his saddle IN
an instant and rode off smiling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
HaLSTEAD INDICTED.

Griffin Halstead, son OF the famous
journalist, the late Murat Halstead, and
whose wel!-known brokerage firm fail
ed January II last, was indicted 10y the
federal grand jury in Washington yes
tcrday on charges of embczzlcment,
false pretenses and larceny.
Two indictments were returned. One
deals with Halstead's alleged wrongful
conversion to his own use of two notes
aggregating $500 given to him by
John III. Howell, customer, and TIL,
alleged emhczzlemcnt OF 81, 500 in cash
which Howell claims never was credited
to his account.
Another charge embraced il the
second Indictment relates to All alleged
similar transaction with Orinda f.
Yerkes in which Halstead is alleged tt
have misappropriated 200 shares Of
United States steel perferred stock
certificates, valued at So, 200 and bond:
OF Florida corporation OF the market
value of $3.50.
About two weeks after the suspen
sion Of the brokerage firm OF Griffin
Halstead & Co. a complaint was made
to the district attorney by Hubert
KIeinpetcr, chauffeur for Mrs. Mark
Hanna, that Halstead had wrongfuily
withheld 100 shares of New York, On
tario and Western Railway stock. A
warrant for the arrest Of Halstead was
issued on January 30 and he was taken
into court. He denied having wrong
fully used the stock in question and
friends tried in vain to effect settle
ment OF the case.
The railway stock owned by Klein
peter represented the savings OF a life
time. His story to the district attor
ney occasioncd so much sympathy tina
statement was made public at the
time concerning the loss Of Kleinpeter,
who has q wife and three small chill
drcn.
HaIstead's total Indebtedness was es
timated by his creditors to be 500, 900
He was declared bankrupt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Bloody Eeud.

Winter, Wis, Oct. 4.-With armed
deputies guarding Winter and scores
Of woodsmen surrounding the log
cabin OF John Deitz, the outlaw OF
Cameron Dam, fighting and possible
bloodshed was expected today in the
long standing feud between the author
tiles and Deitz.
Myra Deitz, the 23-year-old daughter
OF the outlaw, is at the point of death
in a hospital at Ashland, as a result OF
a gunshot wound inflicted by deputies
when the girl and two of her brothers
we're ambushed last Saturday. One OF
the brothers is held in the Winter jail
wounded. The other escaped and Joined
his father at the cabin.
Following the ambush Deitz sent
word to Winter that he would visit the
town and STAY every man responsible
for the shooting, but the warfare is be,
ing pushed into bis territory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
THE SECOND DISTRICT.

The alleged election frauds in Nor
folk, unearthed by the special COM
mittee of the State democratic central
committee investigating the Second
district democratic primary, we're yes
terday taken cognizance OF by the
Corporation Court, in Norfolk when
Judge Hanckel told the grand jury it
was its duty to also investigate the
charges of corruption. The grand jury
will get to the matter in two weeks.
Most of the apparent frauds 10 the
city have to do with the election IN
the Second precinct of the Second ward,
where the probe OF the investigating
committee was applied deepest.
The Court also instructed the grand
Jury as to the failure OF William A.
Young and H. L. Maynard, candidates
for the democratic nomination for
Congress in the primary election, to
file statements of their. campaign
expenses, as is required by law. The
Judge ruled that the grand jury can
take no action in the case of Maynard,
as his home is in Portsmouth. He in
structed that the only procedure in
the case OF acandidate failing to file his
statement is on motion by the Com
monwealth to collect the maximum fine
of $4,000. Should it be proven that
the candidate is subject to the fine, then
its payment would be ordered, but
should the candidate be without means
to pay it, no further action in such case
is provided.
The primary investigating committed
met behind closed doors yesterday to
formulate the report which it will pre-
sent to the State Central Committee.
II is believed more confidently than
ever that the committee will declare
the election null and void
The citizens counsel in the investi-
CATION filed lengthy brief before the
committee, in which they not only call
for a new primary, but urge the eliml.
nation OF both Young and Maynard
from it on the ground that neither OF
them is fit candidate.
Persons well informed on Second dis
trict affairs predict that the following
will be the outcom me Of the Investigation
into fraud perpetrated during the
Ausust democratic congressional pri.
mary in which w. A. Young got 40
votes more than his opponent, Congress
man Harry L. Maynard according te
the face OF the returns:
A new primary, restricted to Young
aud Maynard, will be ordered.
Maynard will withdraw soon after
order is promulgated, leaving the field tc
Young.
The primary will then be declared off,
Young getting the certificate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
THE BALTIMORE TROUBLES.

The police situation in Baltimore was
marked yesterday by two distinct
moves by the opposing sides.
Commissioners Tome and Clotworthy
and their counsel declared their will
ingness to meet the governor and attor-
ney-general with view to arranging
for the submission to court Of the exist
ing differences without calling out the
state militia.
Governor Crothers called in consulta-
ton Col. Harry n. Hutton and it was
said they discussed preparations for the
use OF the militia to seat the new Police
Board If the resistance OF tie present
board should continue.
The governor repeated his declara-
ton of Sunday that he would make no
move which might have deleterious
effect upon President Wheltle, of the
present board, who continues i'll Of APP
pendicitis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
ENGLAND'S PENITENTIARf
SYSTEM.

A revolution in the English peniten-
tiary system that will do away with soll-
tary confinement, the starvation Of pris,
oners as punishment and other prac-
tees that have made English jails re-
proach, is foreshadowed in an informal
visit that Home Secretary Winston
Churchill made to the Pcntonville jail
yesterday. Churchill had long talks
with several of the prisoners, as result
OF which he liberated number and re-
leased four who were undergoing
special punishments for various petty
infract!ons of prison rules. Churchill's
acts surprised officialdom. He an
nounced that he intends to go thorough
Iy into the question Of prison reform,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
The Trouble at West Point.

West Point, N. Y, Oct. Al
though freed after nine days of con
tinement and arrest for silencing'
Capt. Rufus Longan, the one question
that agitated the West Point cadet
corps today was whether they or the
military officers of the academy have
won a victory.
Following the arrest Of the corps for
the silence" every cadet positively re-
fused to divulge to the court OF inquiry
the reasons or the names Of those who
instigated the episode. This put the
entire cadet corps in practically state
of INSTRUMENTATION.
While the freeing Of the cadets from
arrest looks like a victory for them, 1t
will not be definitely known until the
court OF inquiry makes its report
whether or not such is the case. Should
the court have succeeded in discover
ing who the instigators were, and
should it ask that severe punishment
be inflicted on them, the cadets admit
they will come out the worse,in the en-
counter This will not be known for
several days vet, as the court has not
summed up the evidence it secured.
The freeing of the cadets from arrest
came last night. Orders were issued
for every member Of the corps to as
semble in the gymnasium. Once all
there, the doors were locked, and Gen
eral Barry, in full uniform and sur
rounded by his staff, gave the cadets a
heart to heart talk on military discl-
pline. Then they were freed. The
cadets at once gathered on the campus
and cheered for ten minutes until they
happened to remember that the find
ing of the court Of inquiry might still
mean severe punishment for a score or
more of them, when the cheering
ceased.
Following the freeing of the cadets,
the coaches at once began work to whip
the football squad into shape. The
scrape of the cadets has put the team
back nearly two weeks in its practice
and prospects for good showing this
season are considered dubious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
ALEX A-NDRIA, VA.
TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 4

FROM 1000 to 5000 assistant post
masters employed in money order post
Offices have been placed under the clas-
sified service rules by an order of the
president signed last week. At the
same time it was made known officially
that on the recommendation OF Post
master General Hitchcock the presi-
dent would ask Congress for legislation
to classify all of the second and third
class postmasters. Mr.. Hitchcock IS
understood to be ambitious to make
the department self-supporting and to
this end wants postmasters to serve
during good behavior and not to bc
changed for merely political reasons adj
vanced by congressman. There are
1880 second-class and $3.50 third-class
postoffices. The present order will AZ
feet all those large cities where assist
ant postmasters have formed an lmpor-
tant part OF the local party patronage.
The president and postmaster general
evidently fear that the democrats Will
soon come into power SO they want to
retain as many republicans in office rs
possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
WILL BOLT STIMSON.

Charles II. Young, president OF the
Republican Club in 1907 and 1908, a
model OF party regularity since he
entered politics in 1887, and a con-
sistent supporter OF President Taft
and Gov. Hughes, resigned from the
Republican Club yesterday and an
nounced his intention to support John
A. Dix and the democratic state ticket
of New York. Mr. Young has made
up his mind that if Henry L. Stimson
is elected governor, Theodore Roose-
welt will be nominated for president
in 1912. And if that man ever be-
comes president again." said MIR.
Young, well never get him out oil
the White House. He is the most
dangerous man in the history OF the
republic, the gravest menace to liberty,
the most alarming figure who has
risen in world politics since the
Waterloo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
BONDS OF CITIES.

Secretary MacYeagh has made a
further Interpretation OF the emergency
currency law. This decision relates to
bonds of cities which national banks
might wish to use as the basis for issue
OF emergency currency during financial
stringency.
Mr.. MacVeagh holds that the as
sessed value upon which taxes are
levied is the value referred to in the
law, except in cases where a state law
provides for an assessment at one value
and taxation at lesser rate. In the
latter instance the treasury will take
the higher rate as the basis. Water
bonds Of city, or the bonds of self
sustaining municipal enterprise are ac,
ceptable TO the treasury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
THE formal dedication last night Of

THE formal dedication last night OF
the new home OF Alexandria Lodge, b.
P. o. E., will form pleasant chapter
in the history OF Alexandria. The or
ganization, though young in years, Is
one OF the most vigorous in this city,
1t is composed Of representative men OF
all creeds and callings, and the gather
ing last night Of their many friends was
an evidence OF the esteem in which tins
institution is held. The Elks' new hall
would be an ornament to any city, and
Alexandrians, Elks and non-Elks, are
Justly pround of it. This organization
has ever manifested the true spirit OF
fraternalism. During the few years it has
been in existence it has exempted the
spirit of pure and undefiIed religion by
visiting the widows and fathcrless in
their affiiction, bringing joy and glad
ness to many hearts at times when sub
stantial tokens Of friendship are so
much appreciated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Bank I)ynamited.

Standish, Mich, Oct. 4.-One yegg'
man was wounded, and was carried of
by his three pals early today when
cashier c. L. Merton heard. the explo'
sion of the dynamite charge with which
the men blew the safe in the private
bank of W. n. Aiken L. Company, al
Bently, y miles from here, and opened
fire with shot gun. The robbers got
about $500 in cash.
Merton lives across the street from
the bank and when he heard the eXplo-
sion which did serious damage, he
opened fire on the robbers. The men
fled, firing their revolycrs, but were
traced to Rhodes, where an armed
posse was organized and began syste-
matte search.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
tEROPLANE To SUPPLANT
RATTLESHIP.

The coast defense vessel will be re-
placed by the aeroplane within a very
short time in the opinion OF Gen. Mel
son A. Miles. The very fact that an
up-to-date flyer, fully equipped, can he
constructed for the smallest fraction OF
the cost OF warship, will be an ex-
ceIlent reason for the change, in the
opinion OF the former head OF the
army.
"When aeroplanes can fly out to sea,
drop explosives on hostile ships and re-
turn uninjurcd, the ships will keep
their distance" said the general in
Denver yesterday. Already we are
reckoning on the aeroplane in war, and
few of our people realize what an I'M
portant adjunct it is. The day is not
distant when coast defense craft will be
unnecessary and when the aeroplane
and the harbor defenses will be sufii-
cIent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-04
Running Down Dynamiters.

San Francisco, Oct 4.-The police of
San Francisco are almost positive that
the three men giving the names OF
Leonard, Morris and Bryson, who pur-
chased 500 pounds of dynamite from
the Giant Powder Plant at Oakland on
September "a are responsible for the
dynamite outrage last Saturday ut Los
Angeles, including the blowing up OF
the Los Angeles Times.
Attorney Earl Rogers and Detective
William Burns, who are here investi-
eating the clew, learned today that the
three men in question anchored a
launch at Sausalito from September Il
to %, and that on the night OF Septem'
Der % they gave the vessel new coat
of paint. On September % the detec-
tiyes learned, the three men went to an
aluminium goods store in San Francisco
and purchased two sets OF name plates
bearing the name Peerless. !" The
next day the three men in the launch,
with the name Peerless very clear
and distinct on the side of the launch,
appeared at the Giant Powder Com,
pany's plant and purchased 500 pounds
OF dynamite.
Burns and Rogers are both convinced
that on the night OF September "a the
three men again changed the name OF
the vessel and possibly painted it over
in order to throw the police off the
scent. No launch going under the
name Peerless" is known ON the bay
and the authorities are now working on
the theory that the missing launch is
still in this vicinity under another
name.