Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The York County Savings Bauk al
Biddeford, Me-, closed its doors Satur
day because OF alleged irregularities il
the accounts Of its treasurer.
One OF the leaders of the republican
party in Barcelona says that Spain is on
the verge OF revolution and he pre-
diets the formation of a republic.
William A. Boyd, who was president
of the Tobacco Board of Trade, OF
Baltimore, for 20 years, retiring in 1906
died Saturday at the home of his son,
Isaac benson Boyd, in Cumberland.
The physicians in attendance upon
Mayor Gaynor say that if today passes
without any unfavorable symptoms his
recovery is assured. Prayers were of
fered for him in the New York
churches.
Sergeant Mitchell, of Scotland Yard,
and the two female warders from Hol-
loway jail arrived at Quebec yesterday
to help Inspector Dew take DIR. Hawley
Harvey Crippen and Ethel Clare lie
Neye back to London to be tried,
charged with the murder OF Belle Ell
more. Both prisoners are anxious 10
return to England.
Four men were killed and half a
dozen slightly injured when Chesa-
peake and Ohio equipment train, com
ing from Deepwater Station, backed
into a moving engine in Fandley yards
at Charleston, W. Va, late Saturday.
Several trainmon were slightly injured.
The yard engine and one coach were
badly damaged. No responsibility for
the accident has been fixed.
An excursion special train from BOr-
deaux, France, with l 200 passengers,
and running at a speed of 90 miles an
hour crushed into a freight train at
Saujon yesterday. Thirty-two persons
were killed and 100 injured Many of
the victims were schoolgirls Several
Of the passenger cars were torn in
splinterS. A misplaced switch caused
the accident.
Thomas Moore, "a years old, Of
Jacksonville, Fla, professional aero
naut, is in hospital at Pittsburg, Pa.
with fractured skull and broken
limbs, the result OF a parachute jump
Saturday night. Moore was exhibit
ing at an open-alr show, and after
reaching a height of about 200 feet,
cut loose with his parachute. IL failed
to open and he was dashed against the
roof of hotel.
Vadie Cook, aged ten, and Vadie
Myers, aged 6, were killed at Lake,
small village II miles south of High
Point N. c., yesterday, when in trying
to avoid an approaching freight train
they stepped in front Of a fast passenger
train. The little bodies were fearfully
mangled. The mothers of the children
witnessed the accident, but were power
less to save them.
Fur men we're killed and several
slightly injured late Saturday night
when a boiler on the steamer Phoenix,
bound from Needle Rock to San
Francisco with n cargo Of bark, ex-
ploded, 9 miles north Of Point Arena.
Capt. Peter Halvorsen had a miracu-
lous escape, as his cabin was blown to
bits and everything in the room
wrecked Yet he escaped without
scratch. The first mate was thrown 80
feet into the air, and fell to the deck
of the steamer The Phoenix is
total wreck, and was abandoned.
In a shallow grave sunk in the sand
of her front yard in Lancaster, Cal,
a pet dog uncovered yesterday the
body of Mrs. Frieda Schultz Castine,
wealthy ranch owner. kilograms have
been sent TO po,ts and border cities
between Galveston and San Francisco
to arrest the woman's brotherin-law,
Otto Schultz, who left Lancaster Sat
urday, saying he was bound for Ger
many. Mrs. Castine was last seen Fri
day, when she went Lancaster from
her ranch TO receive a remittance Of
81. 600 from relatives in San Francisco
Investigations show that the woman
was thrown into the shallow hole
while vet alive.