Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-17
News of the Day.

The Southern Ualif0rnia orange crop
has been damaged to the extent OF ST.
600, 900 BY the heavy frost OF the lest 10
days.
August Wares, farmer OF Brown
county, Wis, on Saturday shot bis
daughter, killed bis lame wife and then
ended his life.
1t Is reported that majority inter-
est in The baltimore Sun, owned BY tho
Abel esa.e, has been sold to Chsrles
II Gfasty, formerly OF the Baltimore
News.
Miss Helen Taft, daughter Of the
president, denies the report that she
took part In the meeting Of he striking
shirtwais. girls or that she would inter"
est her fsiher In their behalf.
Resolutions pledgipg the signeTs to
abstsiu from ealing meat for at least 80
days were set 10 calculation among work
iugmen In large shops in Oievelsrd,
OHIO, yesterday, and will reach $4,000
men.
A corporation capitalized OF $780,
900, 900 to control everything pertaining
to the manufacture OF women's wearing
apparel, Is under consideration ia New
York by the Associated Waist snd Dfe9s
Manufacturers.
Psu'ine Russell, The animal trainer,
who vas altscked by leopard which
she was trying to pat through lie PAGES
st q New Yoik mussam 6 week sgo,
disd today Ia Bellevue Hospital Of her
injuries. Sac WAS 50 yeors old.
Leaving q mole declaring his 1--we for
q young woman, Rev. Harry Koence'
yesterday swslowed poison and died In
the arms OF the womsp's father In GREEN
vile, III. The pastor took the poison
at the gate OF the young wom0n's home.
thrust the note 10 a. the door, which had
been opened st bis summons, and fell
dead.
The stolen silver from Barnes Comp
toms hone, taken oa the night Of the
murder OF Sarsh BTyner, the family gov"
erness, was found yesterday afternoon In
he under part of the tenant house occu-
pied by Frank SchermeihoSp. 10 Pough-
keepsic, N. Y. Ia the wood stove down
stairs Ia Schermefborn's citing room
we're found partly burned silk stockings
from Mrs. Oonp,on's wardrobe, ~hich
we're taken at the same time as the sill
verware, also buttons from the burned
shirt waists, fragments of jsEelTy, aud
part Of Mrs. Compton's jewel case.
william Kidd, eyed 81 years, a we'll
known athlete, was shot and killed By
Carnine Russo, an Italian, al Whining
ton, Del, yesterday afternoon. Several
boys had been snow bslliBg Russo add sn
Italian companion. The Italian started
an alteration with David Mitchell, who
was standing on the corner with Kidd
and several others. Kidd tried b act
IS peacemaker, aud was shot through
the heart A large number Of the vic.
tins friends procured rope and chased
the slayer to his home, distance of
more than q mile. But fer the arrival
OF posse OF police the man doubtless
would have been lynched.
Residents In Evergreen avenue, just
north Of the Pfquot colony, New LoDdou,
Conn.,, thought &C earthquake had ovfr'
taken them at $3.50 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, when William Bennett de-
lIberstely placed stick of dynamite
close to his bresst and, touching eft q
Ease, blew of half OF bis body. On
Friday last Bennett cred three sbots at
his wife, the bullets hitting corset
s.eel and detecting. The sittiDg-room
10 which Bennett trsgIcally ended bis
life was wrecked, all the windows being
blown 10 atoms aud the furniture aud
brio a.hrac demolished.
A corset steel, connected With th1 TACT.
that the revolver Is Of small esiiber,.
saved the life OF MIS-. Walter Garner,
who was shot by Der husband Saturday.
Tue little lead bullet dropped out Of ter
waist 10 BuHslo, n. Y, while physi'
clans we're attending her for slight Aesh
wounds In her shoulder aud arm, caused
BY other bullets. Garner never re-.
covered consciousness from the lIme he
seot . .22.caliber bullet into his braip,
just after shooting bis wife, I'LL be died..
Iste Saturday, night.