Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist,
did not make his debut yesterday in
! Washington as expected.
Twenty-Five persons persisted in
flood that followed a clouldburst at the
town Of Dees,, Hungary, yesterday. The
damage to property and crops was
heavy.
Aurora ILL.,, residents have been
ordered to take a bath once week in
a list Of regulations issued by the healh
department. The order is aimed at
foreigners, the city officials say in ex-
PLANTATION.
Accident companies with which the
late Ira 6. Rawn, president of the
Menon railroad, carried over $13O, 900
insurance, announced that the policies
would not be paid until it was proved
that Mr.. Rawn did not commit suicide.
DIR. Frederick O. Graves, one of the
best known practitioners in Bridge
port, Conn, yesterday died at the
Gaen Hospital as result of poison
taken with suicidal intent. Two weeks
ago DR.. Graves suffered. stroke Of
apoplexy. He recovered, but told his
friends that he knew that another was
coming, and that it would surely be his
end. He said he felt unequal to the
nervous strain OF awaiting death.
Eleven men were killed at La Tuque,
Canada, yesterday. One OF the men
was opening can of powder when an
explosion occurred which set fire to a
train Of the explosive leading to tun-
mel in which fifteen men we're working
The accident occurred on the new
Transcontincntal Railway line.
An inventory Of the estate OF George
Cabot Lee, OF Newton, Mass, who died
March p, shows it to be valued at
81 ,662, S21, Of which 81, $685. is
personal and 1913 900 real. Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworih, who is 4 grand
daughter OF Mr. Lee, receives one
twelfth of the property. Mrs. Long
worth's income from her share Of the
estate will be about St, 800 year
Louis Fl. Di Zrrega, retired cotton.
broker and one Of the founders of the
New York cotton exchange, was found
dead yesterday in the courtyard in the
rear Of his apartments in Madison
avenue. The coroner reported the
case as suicide. Mrs Di Zerega said
her husband had long been sufferer
with asthma, and she believes he had
Il fainting spell and fell out the window.
He was &c years old.
While racing with westbound
Denver and Rio Grande passenger train
in an automobile near Grand Junction,
Col, yesterday afternoon Walter Hold
gins, Miss Lcona Adams and Miss
Gladys Carl yle, were instantly killed.
c. III. Carman and Chauffeur Thomas
Rock were scriously injured The au
tomobile passed the train and Rock at
tempted to cross in front Of the loco
motive. The locomotive struck the
rear OF the automobile.
The platform convention Of the re-
publican party Of Nebraska at Lincoln,
yesterday adopted platform strongly
indorSing the administration Of Prcs
dent Taft expressing unalterable oppo-
sition to the system known as Can
nonism," and hearty sympathy with
the 'insurgcnt" movement in and out
Of Congress. The platform includes
declaration for county option as tho
method Of reguatingrthe liquor traffic
and for an amendment to the state
constitution providing for direct legis-
latIon.
A subterranean roadway under the
narrows, connecting Staten island with
Brooklyn, is proposed by the New
Jersey and Staten Island Junction Rail
road Company, which obtained fran
chise in 1890, but has never utilized it.
The company is now in conference
with firm of engineers who say they
can construct Il tunnel under the mar
rows that will be as board as Broadway,
from curb to curb-broad enough, in
| fact. for automobiles, carriages, and
railroad tracks. The distance under
the narrows is less than two miles, and
the engineers say that the tunnel can
be constructed in q year ut a cost Of
So, 900, 900.
Because they wanted to he bad
men" and also needed money to treat
their swccthearts, John Warner and
Ray Mctcalf, each II Yeas old, COM
United 600 burglaries in different
places in Ohio. They were arrested
yesterday in Canton, ami after con
Tossing to their misdeeds led the police
to Il dislsed coal cellar where they had
cached the ma or portion OF their
plumber. They were apparently more
adept in houScbrcaking than crime.
for diamond ring WAS recovered |
which they had sold for 20 cents and a
gold watch which had been disposed Of |
for 10 ccnts. Their operations extend !
ed from East Liverpool to I.orain and
according to their confession, borne out
by police reports, in one day they en-
tered rs many as rs houses.