Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-11
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Floods in southern Franco have rem
dered 1900 persons homeless and did
considerable damage to property.

considerable damage to property.
Approximately 1000 positions in
Cook county. H., which includes
Chicago, now held by republicans, will
be handed over to democrats ~ re-
suit OF Tuesdays election.
The official count OF ballots in Tues
days congressional election in the
Fifth Virginia district shows 4 majority
OF 81 for Congressman f. W. Saunders,
democrat, over Parsons, republican.
A verdict in seven minutes was
brought in yesterday in Lexington, by
the jury, for murder in the first degree
against Harry Sitlington, colored, for
the murder OF Miss Fannie Brown,
October %, 1910, at her home on
Walkers creek.
Representatives from all over the
United States will be present at tho
board meeting of the National jewish
Hospital for cousumptivcs which meets
in Richmond Sunday for the discussion
of the work now being done in Denver,
where the national hospital is being
built.
The first ger ious accident directly
credited to the Grand Prize auto race
to be runfSaturday occurred yesterday
afternoon at Savannah when W. H.
Sharpe and his mechanician Albert
Fuchs were BOTH probably fatally in
jurcd by their car turning turtle.
Mrs. Rose Fireman, grocery store
keeper at Pittsburg, is one woman who
can threw straight. Yesterday she sur
prised a negro burglar at the cash reg
lister, and selling two pound weight
from the counter, she hurled it at the
robber. striking him in the forehead
and telling him. The negro had first
begun to throw smaller weights at the
woman, and for few moments there
was a duel. The police got him.
The new Mckinley bridge, the
largest spanning the Mississippi river,
was formally dedicated at St. Louis
yesterday with imposing ceremonies.
Gov. lladley, Of Missouri, and Gov.
Deneen, Of Illinois, we're the central
| figures in the exercises. The new
bridge was constructed ut cost Of
SO, 900, 900 by the Mckinley trac-
ton interests, controlling large intcrur-
ban railway lines in that section.
The Berlin Taesliche Eandsci:an
says that the Prussian government
will refuse the yaticau's request that
Catholic professors Of theology be
compelled to take the test oath against
modernism. Prussia will also. accord
ing to the paper, refuse to subject her
Catholic clergy generally to such al
oath. Tine Bavarian government has
already declined the same panal re-
quest.
Wednesday was theday for cashng
in election bets, and one Tam
many election captain hired an
express wagonto do if. When he
he had maize the rounds he had a full
ton of new hats and boxes Of cigars.
1t is estimated that 81 900, 600 changed
hands on the result One curb broker
is said 10 have handled $3.50. 900. FREQ
Brooks, the old-timc betting commits
sioner, says he placed $3.50, COO. An
other broker made 50, 600 in commits
sions and 1000 in backing his own
judgment. The heaviest individual
loss reported befell man who bet OF
Dix, but placed his plurality at 5000
or better.
A lone robber almost succeeded il
looting the National Bank at Camden
few miles cast of Richmond, Ind.
early Thursday morning, and getting
away with s65, 600 in the safe. After
he had drilled the hole and was in tht
act OF placing the dynamite charge thai
would have enabled him to put his hant
upon the booty he was discovered b!
w. Fl. Dcshwal. Deshwall ran from hi:
house across the street, revolver II
hand, to prevent the robbery. The
crook saw him coming and jumped
out Of a window, making his escape
He ran a few miles out Of Camden
where he stole horse to continue hi:
| flight. He was not captured.
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