Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-05
News Of the Day.

Mp. SiOneTsli Jackson, who "ss Tue
guest OF Mrs Letter fer the past fort
night, left Washington yesterday tor her
home in TeDnCaafe.
Miss Lille Rsifner, lG ytars old,
opeia,or at the Tuxedo Exchange, wss
attacked By sn unknown white man on
b lvedere avenue, near Roland avenue,
BaIiimcre, yesterday evening aud robted.
A criminal assault was attempted by
the man, but the soresms OF The girl
frightened him sway.
Falling senseless to the aO)r Of holy
Trinity Catholic Church. Washing oo,
where she wss attending ve5peIs last
night, Miss Margaret a. Sullivan, sixty
e Ve years old, formerly school teacher
10 Washington, died three minutes silef
che IVES carried to thu priests htu'e'
H cart disease vas the cGu'e OF death.
Uaable 10 eflec. an organization be.
ctule OF The deadlock Over the admission
Of the miDers' delegates from Illinois,
he lint wege conference Of the blum
Iuous coal operators and minorE Of Ohio,
Indiana and Pcnpsyl' AHA adj burned st
Toledo, Ohio, last night, siue de NO
provision was made for another meetlng
William T. Fisher shot and killed
E bel Bernard, with whom be lived 10
az apartment house 10 New York, and
then shot himself yesterday afternoon,
DIVING a couple Of hours later. Fisher,
who vas about 35 years old, dressed well
and seemed to live comfortably without
labor. TIE giil was only year or two
over 90 and Was pretty. The police
learned that she bad been on The siege.
The couple had been quarellng.
while showing her toys to her little
I friends whom che bad invited to doll
patty last ulght, Rose Marshall, 4 years
old, the only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. j. Marshall, Of Washington,
was fatally burned when her clothing
vas lgnited by The bsa. Of stove. She
vas removed to the II incapable Hospl'
tai and despite the tflrs To save her
lie, she succumbed to her itju'es st III
O'Clock.
Estelle E. Gibbs, q coloIed girl, II
years old, or Hoboken, n j., received
yesterday The 6rst prlz', q gold medsl,
ct the graduating exercises OF the HI
bOken public school pnpils. She had
the Highest average Of auy public ,chool
scholar in the cliy-99 | 3 per cent In
six u sjacts. The medal wss presented
by Mayor Gonzales. There sre 10000
white pupils In the schools and only
10 coIortd. OILY eleven colOred tsml-
lies live 10 H)boker
William Ruckheim, farmer eyed 50
years, murdered bis wife and fur chill.
drsn and shot himself Thursday night at
Psrkew Prsiiie, MINI. Rackheim de.
clsud that be bad received q divine
command to proceed to csrIaiu grave
yard, where be and bis family we're to
*! nme several bodice, u'ing only their
bare hands. Unle's this com Osnd was
carried ca. before Easter, Ru klein ssld
be ald his family would be
dragged TO death After exsming the
graveyard ADD fading that it would be
impossible to perform the lssk on &C.
count OF the frozen gUulb, Ruckheim
said he had killed his family to escape
divine yengenca.
Benjamin Lenovitz, proprietor Of The
Farmers e0d Merchants HOlel, 1870
NJ street northwest Washington, was
saindled ont of 81, 100 on Thursday
afternoon while negotiating With three
New Yorkers for the sale Of the hos!elry.
Tbs prospective pu'ehsstr represented
himself as "Hsrry Marcus, milliODa lre
horse wner, and clubnau." The million
sire wishtd to buy the hot-l and give it
a. present to bis valet, "A9e HuTis,"
Who wss soon to be married. Il wts
agreed that Marcus should pay Sc, 900
for the hotel. To shOg that be was 10
good faith, L'noVis ssya he deposited
81, 100 with "Mr. WilsoD." The psr.
ties were to meet y'strdsy afternoon
when tn. contamination OF the deal Was
to have been made. The whereabouts
OF Marcus AID Wilson era S! present
unknown.