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

Report comes from India that the
attempt to grow cotton on Il large scale
has resulted in failure.
The 100000 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 direct line between
Baltimore and Galveston.
Mrs. Mary B. Train, 10 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, 90 years old.
Fifteen members Of the mob at
Newark, o., who participated in the riot
which resulted in the Iynching OF Carl
Etherington on July s, were indicted
yesterday by a special grand jury for
first degree murder.
Secret service men have discovered
three inmates of the state prison at
Charlestown, 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 Balti-
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. m.
After indorsing United States Sena-
to- Joseph w Bailey for the demo-
cratic nomination for president in 1912,
and nominating 4 full state ticket,
headed by Oscar B. Colquitt for COVER
nor and a. p. Davidson for lieutenant
governor, the democratic state convcn.
ton OF Texas adjourned last night ut
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. II. Travis, Mount Vernon,
Tuesday ut the age Of 96.
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 IS, 1910, and
bcqucalhs all his property to his three
grandchildren, John G. Carlisle, jr., 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.
4 dispatch from Rome says four
rioters we're killed and more than 100
wounded yesterday by vollcy from
troops at Bari, 60 miles northwest of
Brindisi. A meeting had been called
10 protest against the high prices OF
food. and n great crowd assembled
Revolutionary speeches were made. and
when officers ordered the mob 10 dis
pcrsc il savagcly 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
mcnts have been sent to the town, rs
further trouble is feared.
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sons Of John 4. Straight, OF Providence,
r. l., aged respectively IA, II, and >
years, were instantly killed, and Her
bert Straight, years old, another son.
was seriously injured, yesterday after
noon between Apponaug and Cowessett
by the Portadd 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. 7. NJ Moore, of Athens, was
struck by astreet 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 ut 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
conrordat between Knights Tcmplar
governing bodies is said by Masons TO
be the most important step taken by
the conclayc for many years. The
concordat establishes amicabe relations
between the knights Of England, Ire
land, Scotland, Canada and the United
States, and is an event which has been
crystalizing for many years. Its con-
summation is said to be the chief object
rol which the Earl OF Euston, pro-
grand master of England and Wales,
visited the thirty-frst triennial con-
clave.
LOVE CHARMS AWAY WARTS.
After years conscientious and pa
tent treatment with nitric acid and
similar remedies, Robert ]. Merriam,
Il young curb broker, of New York,