Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The daughter of Archdeacon Emery,
of California, has gone back to her
Japanese husband, whom she sued for
divorce.
With the railroad bill on the eve OF
passage, it was announced by the inter
state commerce commission yesterday
that there would be no delay in settling
the question of whether the increased
rates by the railroads are just and
reasonable,
Mystery surrounding the abandon
ment of baby on a bench in Iowa
circle, Washington, about week ago
was solved last night by the arrest OF
Alice Collins, 90 years old, who, the
police say, has been behind cell bars
before. and who is known to the police
as "a servant girl thief. "
The worst cloudburst in many years
caused hundreds of thousands of dol
lars damage in Berlin last night. Gel
lars everywhere were flooded and street
cars. omnibuses and other traffic stop
ped The subway was filled with
water. The tables and chairs Of out
door restaurants were swept away.
For time the water was three feet
deep in most of the principal thorough
fares. Twenty persons were struck by
lightning, but so far as is reported none
was fatally injured.
Without word of farewell, and APP.
parently without a cause, John w.
Kuhns, % years old, manager of the
Eastern Cycle Company, disappeared
from his home in Washington, last
Sunday afternoon, and has been absent
since. Kuhns is known TO have had
nearly 5000 in his pocket when he left
home, and the fact that he was we'll
supplied with funds is said to have
been known by Il band of thugs in the
southeast.
Guilty on two counts out of eighteen
was the verdict returned last night IN
Criminal Court No. , in the case OF }.
Barton Miller, secretary and treasurer
of the First Cooperative Building As
ISOLATION of Georgetown, charged with
the cmbczzlemcnt Of the funds Of the
association, which the government con-
tended aggregated 1874, 900. Sections
$50 OF the code Of the District OF Col
umbia provides for fine OF 81 .OGO, or
not more than ten years Imprisonment,
or both, on each count of the indict-
ment.
Death caused by IA rattlcsnake bite
Monday night ended nearly week of
torture endured through religious fana-
ticism by Oliver Pugh, 60 years old, OF
Zion City, Illinois, Pugh was bitten
by the snake last "Wednesday, but true
TO the teachings of his creed, refused
to take antidotcs for the poison or
medicine of any kind, relying on the
prayers of his Acknowledgements to
cure him. Pugh was a former alder
man of Zion City, going to Zion in the
days when John Alexander Dowle was
ovcrSccr.
A man whose name is given by the
police as Frank Stickett and who is
believed to have gone to New York re-
Gently from Baltimore, was found dead
yesterday in Bowcry hotel. A revol-
yer bullet had entered his left temple,
causing instant death, physicians said.
There was no trace Of the revolver.
The victim Of the murder was register
ed with another man at the hotel early
yesterday as John Stickctt and broth
err Frank" The supposed brother was
not to he found when the body was
discovered. He was apparently an
Englishman, about % years Of age.
Leon GuIpon. an illustrator and dec
orator. shot himself yesterday i'll his
studio at 1863 west Twcntysecond street,
New York. Before killing himself he
Strengthened up all his affairs. sending
check for his savings, Sal, TO his
fiancc, Miss Agnes Foster, of Boston.
writing to his friend, Hiram G. Mer-
rill, of New York, and sending back
to publishing companies two manu-
scripts which he was illustrating. In
his letter to Mr. Merrill hr said nc
took the step because the doctors had
told him that he was doomed. He
did not want 10 poison the life Of the
girl to whom he was engaged, he said,
but he could not live without her.