Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

22-story hotel Is TO be erected on
Broadway, New York.
Eighty United States artillerymen
| deserted the transport Logan yesterday
as she was about to sail from San Fran,
cisco for Manila.
Warner Greene, clerk for the
Northern Central Railroad jumped from
a ferry boat at Baltimore yesterday and
was drowned.
All the railroads which are affected
by safety appliance laws passed by
Congress during the last Year or so are
preparing to ask for extensions OF time
in which to comply with the new regu-
lations.
Prosecutor Burke at Springfield Ills
has gotten confession from Senator
Lorimcr's manager that he collected all
of the fish jackpot and held out on
the legislators This confession def
nitcly trails the graft to Senator Lor-
inner
The board of public works at Annap-
oils yesterday reelected Col. Buch-
anan Schley tax commissioner. c. B.
Howard commander Of the oyster po-
lice force, land several deputy command
ers The shcllfish commissioners were
also reelected,
Charging that 1t has been dciraudcd
of about 81, 900, 900 on repair work in
period of four years, the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company in Chicago yes
tcrday filed suit in the Circuit Court for
an accounting against four OF its former
officers.
Goodwin Smith, famous author,
historian, lecturer and littcratcur, is
dying ut his home in Toronto, Ont
His physicians do not believe he can
live through the day. He broke his
thigh during the winter and has never
recovered from the effects of the in
jury.
In an interview ut indianapolis, Ind,
yesterday John f. Lamb, who served in
Congress with the late Thomas b Reed,
Speaker of the House, says that Reed
always believed that the blowing up of
the Maine in Havana harbor was the re-
suit OF accident and no way chargcablc
to the Spaniards.
J. T. Battle, % years old, son of P.
E. Battle, of Union Point, Ga, at
tempted suicide at the Hotel Arlington
in Bristol last night, shooting himself
twice i'll the right breast He has little
chance Of recovery He admits he at
tempted suicide because Of having been
Inundated by being locked up for
drunkenness. He was i'll the train
service of the Virginia and Southwest
erp Railway.
Later reports from the storm-swcpt
area in southwestern Virginia revealed
the destruction of the historic Presby-
terrain cditicc 1T Papcrvillc. west of
Bristol, brick structure with Il history
Of IS years. 1t was the mother Of the
first Presbyterian church ut Bristol, the
"a charter members having been trans
fcrrcd to the Papcrvillc church. The
Methodist church in the community.
4 traffic structure. was demolished.
Representative Lee O'Ncil Browne
bly,. was denied writ of habcas corpus
by Judge Seaman in Circuit Court in the
Chicago today. The writ had been
sought by Brownies attorneys to pre-
vent the legislators trial in Cook coun-
ty on charge Of bribing Representa-
tive White to vote for William Lor
liners election TO the United States
Senate.
Col. J. c. Phillips. one of the best
known Confederate veterans of east
Virginia. died at his home. in Eliza
beth City county, yesterday, aged
eighty-ninc years. Col Phillips served
with distinction in the Confederate
army While he was the colonel of
the Thirteenth Virginia Infantry Gen
cral Magrudcr ordered him to burn the
town of Hampton, which was then in
danger of falling into the hands Of the
federal army. Colonel Phillips cxccut-
ed the order, and the old town was nj
most completely destroyed.
Frank r. Conner. 80 years old.
teacher in the public schools Of Wash
ington, was arrested last night on a
charge preferred by Mrs. Lalla VI.
Sncad, wife Of Larry Snead. Il clerk i'll
the Treasury Department. In the
warrant it is charged that Conner of
fcrcd indignitcs TO Mrs. Snead on May
IS. Hc admits being at the Sncad
home on that date. but he declares
that Sncad. his children and his mother
also were in the house when he called.
Patrick Drum. employed on the
estate of Levi c. Weir, Of Locust Val
ley. l.. l., was instantly killed ycster-
day while moving the lawn in front Of
the house. He came to Il piece Of wire
dangling from pole, but paid no at
tcntlon to it. As the steel running
gear Of the moving machine struck the
wire in Il spot where the insulation had
been worn. the man fell lifclcSs. 1t
was then discovered that what he ran
over was live electric light wire blown
down in a storm Sunday.
DALZELI. TO FACE CONTEST.
Declared winner Of the republican
nomination for Congress in the
thirticth district Of Pennsylvania. by
2l5 votes after Il recount Yesterday.
Congressman DalZcll must face a con-