Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The intense heat caused twelve
deaths in New York yesterday. Eight
persons succumbed in Philadelphia
and two in Chicago.
Seven Cubans were arrested in
Havana yesterday, charged with at
tempting to start an uprising against
the government; arms, ammunition
and dynamite were seized.
Walter White, a farmer, while
aiding in lowering the body OF his
friend, D. N. Parksdale, into grave,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed near Tyner, Tenn, Sunday.
Several others of the funeral party
were stunned.
A shipment of 100000 soft crabs
was made in one week recently from
Crisfeld. Md, the greatest crab market
in the world, in points south as far as
New Orleans. Crisfeld supplies IS per
cent OF the soft crabs in the United
States, 80 per cent Of which come from
the sounds of Virginia, in Accomac
county.
AS the result of being struck by a
car and thrown from his motor cycle
shortly after noon yesterday, Rev.
George Washington Dame, rector OF
Holy Innocents' Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore, and chaplain of
the descendants of the Signers OF the
Declaration OF Independence, is suffer
ing from badly lacerated left arm and
leg and bruises.
The county commissioners yester
day granted the petition of DR.. R. j.
Black for a recount OF the ballots in
the primary election of June 4 for the
Thirtieth Congressional district of
Pennsylvania, when DR.. Black opposed
Congressman John Dalzell for the nom
nation. The recounting began shortly
after noon yesterday in the presence Of
Dalzell and Black watchers. 1t is ex-
pected the work will be completed
today.
George Washington University yes
terday sold its main building at Fiji
teenth and H streets northwest, Wash
ington. to Samuel w. Woodward for
s550,000. The title will be transferred
October /, 1910. Mr.. Woodward has
offered the building to the university
at an annual rental of $27 800, but it
is doubtful il this offer will be accepted.
According to Chairman A. H. Snow, Of
the executive committee of the uni
yersity, the several educational depart
ments will be continued, despite the
sale of the main building.
More than 100000 ice-cream
cones were seized in New York yester-
day by United States Marshal Henkel
as part of the Campaign being waged
by the government under the pure
food act. It is alleged that the cones
contain boric acid and are Injurious
TO health. This is the second seizure
within a few days and was made on
the pier OF the Southern Pacific Rail-
way. The CONES were being shipped
to Galveston, Tex, by the Consolidated
Wafer Company OF New York.
Arlington Haller, 12-years-old, son
of Amos Halter, an engineman on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
living ut Brunswick, met with hor-
rible death at B. P. Champion Milling
Co.'S plant ut Brunswick, Ga, yester-
day. The boy was fishing in the
canal, and in trying to untangle his
line from carrier on the outside OF
the mill, his clothing became caught
and his body was literally torn to pieces
in the machinery.
Anticlerical meetings continue to
he held in Madrid, Saragossa, Tara
gone and Toledo, Spain. At BARGE
Iona a petition signed by $4,000 wo-
men was presented to the governor
of that city indorsing the govern
ment's religious policy. At Grenada,
in Andalusia, gathering of Catholics
was attacked by the anticlericals. The
government has received a strong
protest from the Vatican against the
bill prepared by Premier Canalejas,
forbidding other religious orders to
enter Spain pending the settlement
of the present difficulties. The Vati-
can contends that Spain has no right
to take any step regarding the religious
orders without previous agreement
with the Holy See.
After locking his wife and three
daughters in their rooms and setting
fire to his home, Andrew Federklel,
SO years old, stone mason OF San
dusky, Ohio, threw himself in front
OF a Lake Shore train Sunday and
was cut in two. The four women
were rescued by neighbors, but Mrs.
FederkicI was so badly burned that
she may die, Federkiel waited until
his wife and daughters had retired.
He then locked the doors leading to
their rooms fastened them further with
copper wire and having soaked the
furniture in gasoline, set fire to the
house. He had been regarded as
eccentric since two years ago, when he
was shot and seriously wounded by his
son during q quarrel.