Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Rev. Joel II. Metcalf of Taunton,
Mass, has discovered new comet.
Report comes from India that the
attempt to grow cotton on large scale
has resulted in failure.
The 800, 900 bushel grain elevator of
the Glove Elevator Company, at
Buffalo, was yesterday destroyed by
fire.
The Malloy Steamship Company has
about completed negotiations for the
Inauguration OF n direct line between
Baltimore and Galveston.
Mrs. Mary B. Train, 70 years old, Of
San Diego, Cal, said to be worth mil
lions, was married in Chicago to James
Dibs, of New York, an Assyrian linen
salesman, 20 years old.
Fifteen members Of the mob at
Newark, o., who participated in the riot
which resulted in the lynching OF Carl
Etherington on July 8, were indicted
yesterday by special grand jury for
first degree murder.
Secret service men have discovered
three inmates of the state prison at
CharIestown, Mass, with an ingenious
counterfeiting outfit, with which they
had been making spurious half-dollars.
The Chesapeake Bay Navigation
Company yesterday began its service
between Cambridge and Annapolis,
where connection is made with Baltl-
more and Washington.
The Chapel OF the Good Shepherd on
the Blue Ridge Mountain, above Castle
mans Ferry, Clarke county, will be
consecrated on August Is, by Bishop
A. S. Lloyd. The services will begin
ut II a. IN.
After indorsing United States Sena-
tos Joseph w. Bailey for the demo
cratic nomination for president in 1912,
and nominating a full state ticket,
headed by Oscar b. Colquitt for COVER
nor and A. B. Davidson for lieutenant
governor, the democratic state conven
ton OF Texas adjourned last night at
Galveston.
The man who in 1860 stampeded the
national convention for Abraham
Lincoln by boiling the caucus after the
New York delegation had pledged to
cast its vote for William II. Seward, is
dead in New York. John b. Allen pass
ed away at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Travis, Mount Vernon,
Tuesday at the age of SO.
The will Of John G.. Carlisle, former
secretary of the Treasury, who died in
New York August | was filed for pro-
bate in Washington yesterday. The
instrument is dated July %, 1910, and
bequeaths all his property to his three
grandchildren, John G. Carlisle, lr., of
New York; Jane Carlisle Allen, wife OF
Fred l.. Allen and Laura Carlisle Pit
kin. wife Of Lewis J. S. Pitkin, Of New
Haven, Conn.
A dispatch from Rome says four
rioters were killed and more than 100
wounded yesterday by a yolley from
troops at Bari, 60 miles northwest of
Brindisi A meeting had been called
to protest against the high prices Of
food, and great crowd assembled.
Revolutionary speeches were made, and
when officers ordered the mob to dis
perse il savagely attacked the car
bineers, who had been sent to preserve
order. The troops fired twice, when the
rioters scattered, leaving the dead and
wounded behind. Strong reinforce
ments have been sent to the town, rs
further trouble is feared.
Robert, Irving, and John, ir., three
sons Of John A. Straight, of Providence,
r. l., aged respectively IA, IL, and .
years, were instantly killed, and Her
bert Straight, 9 years old, another son,
was seriously injured, yesterday after
noon between Apponaug and Cowessett
by the Portladd express on the New
Haven road All four children were
playing on the track when the train
dashed around sharp curve upon
them. The bodies were literally ground
to pieces and scattered for more than
100 yards along the tracks.
Miss Irene Dodge, Of Normal. ILL.,.
was killed and Herman Scantlan, OF
Athens, ILL.,, severely injured Tuesday
night when an automobile, driven by
Rev. T. NJ. Moore, of Athens, was
struck by street car. Father Moore
and Miss Myra Bell, the fourth occu
pant Of the car, escaped injury. The
priest and the three others we're on the
way to an amusement park when the
accident occurred The car came upon
them at a turn, striking the rear wheels
Of the automobile and throwing it
against tree, without, however, dis
aiding it. Miss Dodge jumped and fell
in front OF the car. She was killed in
stantly.
The resolution unanimously adopted
in Chicago yesterday establishing a
concordat between Knights Templar
governing bodies is said by MasoDs TO
be the most important step taken by
the conclaye for many years. The
concordat establishes amicable relations
between the knights Of England, Ire
land, Scotland, Canada and the United
States, and is an event which has been
crystallzing for many years. Its con
summation is said to be the chief object
fol which the Earl OF Euston, pro-
grand master of England and Wales,
visited the thirty-frst triennial con
clave.
LOVE CHARMS AWAY WARTS.
After a years conscientious and pa
tient treatmenf with Dirtic acid and