Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.

that he discovered the pole.
The town OF Waltboro, n. H., was
badly damaged by a severe storm on
No one was injured how
ever.
Deficiencies found in the moral
character Of Columbus, according to
dispatch from Paris, make it unlikely
that the explorer will .e canonized.
Entailing a loss of more than $780,
600. fire destroyed 20 buildings in the
village Of Camden, Oneida county, N.
Y, early yesterday. The fire, 1t IS
believed, was Of incendiary origin.
Senator TilIman, according to a dis
patch from Trenton, S. c., says: If my
health continues to improve | expect to
be a candidate for the United States
Senate in 1912, otherwise not. All will
depend on how / stand the work IN
Washington when l go there in De-
cember. F"
The coal mine disaster near Esper-
ANA, Mex, Saturday, was worse than
the early reports indicated. Reports
received at Eagle Pass say that more
than 200 men we're in the chamber
where the explosion occurred and that
they are all believed to be dead.
Senator La Toilette went to st.
Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Mimi,
this afternoon to prepare for the opera
ton by the Drs. Mayo tomorrow for an
affection OF the gall bladder and possible
complications Of the appendix.
In raids on two alleged gambling re-
sorts in Washington early yesterday
morning, police OF the First and Eighth
precincts took more than fifty men in
custody. Two Of those arrested were
required to deposit collateral, while the
others have been summoned to appear
as witnesses in the Police Court today.
AT least 10 sailors from the battleship
New Hampshire, at anchor off l56th
street and the Hudson river, New York,
were drowned at 7 O'Clock Saturday
night, when a tender was upset in the
choppy sea that was running, the men
being swept overheard. The tender
was crowded with men.
Young Mrs. James Mann, OF Para
disc township, Pa, on Saturday took
carbolic acid, gave the same poison to
her three little children, walked to the
field, where her husband was at work
calmly babe him goodbye, told him
what she had done and started to walk
back to the house where she shot and
killed herself The prompt arrival OF
physicians saved the lives Of the chill
dren. The wife and mother had been
acting strangely for some time.
Governor Charles n. Haskell has in
formed George X. Bedding of Little
Rock, Ark, secretary of the Arkansas
Fair Association, that he declined an
invitation to be present at the reception
OF Theodore Roosevelt at Little Rock
October 10. The governor declared
that until he changed his mind toward
the official misconduct of Roosevelt
in the past or his attempt to deceive
the people in the present." he couldn't
consistently place himself in the posi-
ton Of approving the Roosevelt policies
DIR. Hubert B. Gudger, of Asheyille,
N. c., young graduate Of the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania Medical School,
killed himself yesterday afternoon in
room of the Grand Union Hotel,
New York, while his mother fought
with him for the razor with which he
was cutting his throat. DIR, Gudger
was "a years old His father is j. NJ.
Gudger, an attorney of Asheville, and
formerly was member of Congress.
Gudger's hard study broke his health,
and his suicide was supepnducod by
melancholy.
Charged with stealing a diamond
ring from the body OF woman as 1t
lay in coffin, Ernest EIisinger OF Utica
n. Y, is confined in the Jail at Schen-
ectady, awaiting an examination on
this afternoon on the charge of
grand larceny. The young man was
employed by a Utica firm Of under
takers, and confessed to taking the
ring, valued at $75 when left alone in
the room with the body Of Mrs. Oscar
Lindner. The ring was recovered, but
not in time to be buried with the dead
woman, as was the desire of the be-
reaved family.
Governor Crothers will suspend the
members of the board of police COM
missioners of Baltimore today and
will appoint temporary commissioners
in their stead The present commits
sioners have defied any action OF the gov
ernor in regard to the appointment OF
the new board. The governor declares
that the action Of the police board in
placing an armed guard around the
police headquarters in an effort to re-
sist the seating OF a temporary board
constitutes a resistance Of the lawful
authority OF the state and that he will
take all necessary steps to put it down.
As governor he declared it his duty to
put down this instruction with all the
force at his command, including the
militia.
The first report in the cholera situa-
ton was made i'm Naples today in the
announcement that In the last twenty
four hours there had been only eight
new eases and five deaths in Italy and
only one death i'm the affected districts
elsewhere i'm Italy. The authorities say
the disease Is now under control.