Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-25
News Of the Day.

when suIogiss on ihs late Senator Johr-
son of Moth Dakota we're delivered.
10 Chicago Oh Saturday reduction Of
2 cents a ptu1d was Announced 10 the
cost Of all grades Of crsRmsry and diary
butter.
Rev. Wslter LOWE, OF The American
Church 10 Rome, denies the story
that Colonel Roosevelt tod him OF bis
purpose to drive out the MethodisS
from Rome.
General Estenoz, leader OF the negro
party Ia Cuba, and thirtJ-three OF bis
assooIstss we're arrested on Saturday.
President Gomez regards the movement
as sedilious, and will use stern methods
to check the agitation.
That the widespread sentiment In
Michigan sgainst re.electipg Mr.. Bar
rows to the Senate Is about to result In
bis retirement, q la Aldrich and Hale,
t. escape impending defeat, Is the belief
10 DETROIT snd the matter will be
decided early this week, probably Tues
day.
A bolt of lightning crashed through
the home OF Henry Koppelmann, 9
farmer OF Gsrdenville, Nd, Saturday
night, and sitter partly demolIshiDg the
rear of the house, 1t passed ont, not even
shocking four little children, who were
playing on the frat q Dor while the father
and mother we're away from home.
Mrs. Hstty Green, celebrated for
years az the richest and shrewdest busi'
ness woman In the world, will coon re-
tire from sctiVe business life and will
turn over the handling of her immense
for ae, estimated a, $50, 900, 900, to her
dsug hter, Sylvia, now Mrs. Matthew
Aston WiIkes.
Yesterday in the little Westminster
Presby terrain Church, midway between
Lincoln aud Fairyiew, Neb, W. j.
Bryan was formally ordained and Install
ed an elder of that denomination. The
lSsrnon on the Mount formed the bssls
CT Mr.. Bryan's remarks following his
ordination. Mr.. Bryan WAS also elected
delegate to the Presbyterian Ecumenical
Council to be held 1t Edinburgh, Sco.-
land, 10 June.
| The finding OF the body OF beautiful
Young woman on the beach near Naples
has given rise 10 the tu'picion OF murder.
Apparently the woman died about three
days ago. The body was scantily clothed
aud this baslsd the authorities to believe
that probably she was the victim OF crime
TIE body was identified by the proprietor
of the Hotel CASTILLO as that OF Miss
Estells Reid, native Of Connecticut,
who was q guest at the hotel.
| George Dsbo, q slender boy, wh', &C.
cordiug 10 his friends. was sbou. To.
y,uogest spetulator 10 Wall street, New
York, killed himself early Yesterday
morning 10 tbe home Of his father, Lson
Dabo, an A. It's, in Hobokeu. Ytuog
Dabo was IT yesrs old, but for year is
said to have been dealing In stocks aud
bonds, buying end selling on margin.
His parents cay that the nervous strain
induced by his following the stock mar
ket was responsible for bis suicide.
Uoder a tent on the grassy slope OF
the Langdon plot in. WoodlsWn Gene
terry, al Elmirs, NY, With rain beating
6ercely sgsinst the canvas cover, little
group of mourners silently watched yes
terdsy as thebody of Samuel l., Clemens
was lowered into an eVergreen-lined
grave btside the bodies OF his wife and
children. Rev. Samuel e. Estmsp
pastor OF Park Church, and elose friend
Of The decreased, conducted brief and
simple service.
As The result OF a race war which be-
gan over a fight between two whlta
youths and q crowd OF blacks, yet tsTday,
200 negro men, women and children
have been driven out Of Coleman, Texas.
Twelve negrois we're hurt, one white
msn was seriously injured and many
others we're dubbed. The negroes went
10 Coleman to work on railroad and re.
manned. The whites did net Wat them.
Feeling has been high, and the fight
brought on the crisis. 0ne thousand
men aud boys took part In the sxpUl'
sion.
The divorce Of ]. M. Barrie, novelist
and play wright, was made absolute t.
day by decree OF tie c. urt 10 London.
HIS wife, whom he msrfied In 1894, was
Mira Mary Ausell, sn actress. At The
trial Barrie tod OF his HiIe's iuft tustiou
for Gilbert Oaunap, who lived for time
} with the Bsrries at Tu.pbsw. He said
she had COME sed snd that even then be
offered to forgive her II she would give
| up Osnnap, bat she declared that Gao
nan was Everything In the world" to
her.
| P. ]. David, OF Detroit, but who has
been superintendent of the automobile
department of a Cincinnati Garage
company, left a saloon at II o'clock
Saturday night with two mysterious
men. At ago o'clock yesterday morn.
ing a street Car on Clark street line
ran over and baby mutilated man who
was lying on the track. The body
proved to be that of David. The police
believe that David was murdered aud
his body placed on the tack. The coro-
ner found what was apparently a stab
wound In the stomach, and Judging from
the appearance of the body death had
occurred some hours before the car struck
II. David received a large salary, and
had money when in the saloon, but none
was found On the body.