Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sir Henry Tichborne, who, as a child
was defendant in Arthur Orton's his
toric attempt to possess himself of the
Tichborne estates died in London yes
terday.
Rev. Father John F. Quirk, S. j.
professor of philosophy at St. Joseph ;:
College, Philadelphia, will succeed the
Rev. Father John j. Fleming, S. j., a.
vice president Of Georgetown University
for the scholartic year of 1901.
Betting on the races at the Maryland
Club, the poolroom which was opened
last Monday at Kenilworth, Nd, just
across the District of Columbia line.
received a severe jolt yesterday, when
its telephone service, supplied by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company was suddenly cut off.
While fighting fire from the roof
of stable at 1909 Wylie court north
east Washington, yesterday afternoon,
Stewart X RoSenberger, OF No. 10
Engine Company, was knocked to the
cement pavement by the rebound OF
hose, receiving fractured skull,
from which he died at Casualty Hospi-
tai last night.
The youngest child Of Mr. and Mr..
Fred w. Arthur OF Lee Summit, Nd,
died yesterday from inhalation OF
ground allsplce sprinkled into, her
face by her brother, a child of eighteen
months. The little boy picked up a
can OF allspice and dashed it into his
sisters face as he had often seen his
mother use the can of talcum powder.
General Minlet. who two days ago
started an uprising near FL Caney,
Cuba, was surprised in camp yester-
day and captured by detachment Of
the guard under Lieutenant Garlic.
One OF Minlet's insurgents was killed.
Minlet and two others were taken pris-
oners and the others fled.
A cablegram from the agent of the
Peruvian Steamship Company an
nounces that the Haullaga, which left
Panama July 81, was burned at sea
on the northern coast of Peru Tues
day. No passengers, lives were lost,
but three of her seamen persisted.
Through wireless message to her
sister ship the Ucayali, the latter yes
sci was enabled to pick her up and
transfer the passengers and the remain
der of the crew.
According to figures prepared by the
census bureau the larger cities OF the
country pay more for schools and for
police and fire protection and related
service than on all other accounts, and
of these two items the payment on ac-
count OF schools is much the larger,
the per capita expense for schools be-
ing $40 as compared with 81. 20 for
police, and S1.72 for fire protection,
Frank Morteagupdo, a Spaniard, 40
years old, fireman on the tug Peerless;
James Ceidel, assistant engineer and
Hugh Harper deckhand, were
caught in the explosion Of steam
chest on the tug at Baltimore yester
terday, AIorteagurdo was literally
boiled alive and died in few minutes
after his rescue. The other two were
taken to a hospital and may not live
The men we're rescued from the steam
filled engine room by Capt. Irving Rad-
sion, Of the tug Dixie, which was lying
near the Peerless.
An automobile containing two men
and boy plunged into an uncovered
elevator shaft in the garage at 229
west Fifty-fourth street New York
yesterday afternoon, instantly killing
Leroy Peltier, foreman Of the place,
who was driving the car; iracturing
the leg of John Stafford 14yearold
boy Of Huntington, L. l., vino was
testing a maching that his parents had
agreed to purchase for him, and
severely bruising John Fulton, ma
chinist, and brother-in-law of Peltier.
Because he is a mulatto some of
the negroes of the District Of Columbia
are Directing to the appointment of
Mckinley as collector of the
port at Georgetown, recently made by |
President Taft. One prominent mem
Der Of his race, speaking for part
Of his people, said yesterday that they |
10 not believe the appointment Of
nulatto would be of any benefit to
heir race. Some white man, he said,
should receive the appointment. He
declared that it was not right when
recognizing the negro race, to give all
he good positions to mulattoes.