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

when fuiogies on The late Seuator JonE-
son OF North Dakota were delivered.
Ia Chicago on Saturday areduction OF
cents ptu,d was Announced in the
cost of all grades of creamsry 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 Methodis's
from Rome.
General Estenoz, leader of the negro
party in Cuba, aud thirtS-lhree OF bis
associttss we're arrested Oh Saturday.
President Gomez regards the movement
as sadilicus, and will u:e stern methods
to check the agitation.
That the widespread sentiment In
Michigan against rejoicing Mr.. Bar.
rows to the Senate Is about to result In
bis retirement, 10 Aldrich snd Hale,
to escape impending defeat, is the belief
10 DISTRICT! and the matter will be
decided early this week, probably Tues
day.
A bolt of lightning crashed through
the home of Henry Koppelmann, a
farmer of GardeDville, Nd, Saturday
night, and sfter 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 were away from home.
Mre. Hstty Green, celebrated for
years IS the richest and shreWdest bust
ness woman in the world, will soon re-
tire from active business life and will
turn over the handling of her immense
for lac, estimated a, $50, 600, 900, to her
dsughser, Sylvia, now Mrs. Matthew
Astor Wiikes.
Yesterday in tae little Westminster
Presby terrain Church, midway between
Lincoln aud Fairview, Neb., W. j..
Bryan was formally ordained and Install
ed an elder of that denomination. The
Sermon on the Mount formed the basis
CT Mr.. Bryan's remarks following bis
ordination. Mr.. Bryan WAS also elected
delegate to the Presby terisu Ecumenical
Council to be held tt Edinburgh, Sco.-
land, in June.
The finding of the body OF beautiful
young woman on tie beach near Naples
has given rise TO the 'picion OF murder.
| Apparently the woman died about three
days ago. The body was scantily clothed
| and this basled the authorities to believe
that probably she was the victim OF crime,
TIE body vas identified By the proprietor
of t1e Hotel CASTILLO SO that OF Miss
Estels Reid, a native of Connecticut,
who vas gusst at The hotsl.
George Dabo, slender boy, VIII, &C.
cording to his friends. was abou. the
y;u7gest spetu'ator in Wall street, New
| York, killed himself early Yesterday
morning 10 the home of his father, Leon
Dabo, al a't!s', in Hoboken. Ytuog
Dabo was II years old, bat for 8 year is
| said to have been deslng in stocks and
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 tent on the grassy slope OF
the Langdon plot in Woodlawn Gene
terry, a: Emirs, N. Y, With rain beating
fercely against the canvas cover, a little
group of mourners silently watched yes-
terday as thebody of Samuel L, Clemens
| was lowered into an e7ergreen-lined
grave bsside the bodies of his wife and
children. Rev. Samuel E. EASTMAN,
pastor OF Park Church, and close friend
of The deceased, conducted a brief and
simple service.
AS The result OF q race var which be-
gan over a fight between two whits
youths and q crowd OF blacks, yes ts7day,
200 negro men, women and children
have been driven out of Coleman, Texas.
| Twelve negroes were hurt, one white
msn was seriously injured and many
others Here dubbed. The negroes went
to Coleman to work on railroad and re-
( NAMED. The whites did net Wal them.
| Feeling has been high, and the fight
brought on The crisis. One Thousand
me u aud boys took part In the sxpul.
sion.
The divorce of J. M. Barrie, novelist
and ples wright, was made absolute t.
| day oy decree OF tia curt 10 London.
HIS wife, whom he married in 1894, was
Mics Mary ADselI, an actress. At The
trial Barrie told OF his Hie's iufs tuation
for Gilbert Oauuap, who lived for time
| with the Bsrres at Tu.nhsw. He said
! she had confessed and that even then he
offered to forgive her ii she would give
up Oannan, bat she declared that Cau-
nan was "eyeryihing In tie world to
] her.
P. J. 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 badly 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 stab
wound in the stomach, and Judging from
the appearance of the body death had
occurred so,ue hours before the car struck
il. David received large salary, and
had money when in the saloon, but none
was found en- the body.
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