Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.


the Columbia was patched up, and she
is coming along at somewhat reduced
speed.
Green Lake, small sheet OF water
a few miles from Catskill, n. T., was
the scene of tragedy Thursday night,
when Mary Jarvis and Mona Meany.
of Brooklyn, each about % years old,
and Joseph Hensche, OF the Bronx,
were drowned. They had spent the
evening at a dance across the lake,
making the trip by boat.
Edwin E. Jackson, ir., who was the
supervisor OF the various steel wire
pools that the federal government has
been prosecuting. was fined S45, 600
yesterday by Judge Archibald in New
York for the part he played in the
formation and administration OF the
pool. He returned only day or two
ago from Europe.
Following the receipt OF Black
Hand letter by Mrs. S. d. Hickman,
demanding $1,000 and threatening to
steal her daughter Beatrice, IS years
old if she refused, the girl was attacked
in her home in Washington, Pa,
Yesterday. Her assailapt tied her
hands, and feet, and placed gag ia
her mouth, but was frightened away
before doing further violence. The
girl was unconscious wheu discovered
by milk peddler later in the day.
The third of family OF children to
meet violent death, Robert Carter, son
of farmer near Valdosta, Ga, died yes
terday as the result of being bitten by
a rattlesnake in a cornfeld Thursday,
A short time ago Carter's little sister
was bitten by cat and quickly died,
and few years ago brother was
choked to death while at play.
Twenty-six passengers were injured,
five OF them seriously, miles from
Salisbury, N. c., yesterday afternoon,
when eastbound train No. PIP OF the
Southern Railway jumped the track,
causing the chair car to plunge down a
S0-foot embankment. The victims OF
the accident we're buried under mass
Of broken glass, timbers, and twisted
iron. Some Of them may die.
Two Italians we're killed and four
others fatally injured yesterday when
fifty men were buried in sewer CAVERN
at the plant Of the Pittsburg Crucible
Steel CO.. at Midland, Pa. Quick
and effective rescue work prevented a
larger loss OF life.
Mystery surrounds the death Of
Clarence r Naudler, 80 years old,
found dead at his home in Dravosburg,
Pa, yesterday morning. While physl-
clans who held post mortem examina-
don believe that he was killed 10y bolt of
lightning, friends OF the dead man insist
that he was murdered. Upon the first
discovery OF the body, it was reported
as suicide.
A woman s. body, almost decapitated,
was found in :. sewer in Cincinnati,
yesterday, by tTo boys, and the police
are working on the theory that she was
murdered and thrown into the sever
several days ago. There was nothing
besides the clothing by which the body
might be identified.
The heavy rainfall Of Thursday ulght
and yesterday morning caused heavy
damage in m nyplae sin Maryland. Sew
eral barns were destroyed by llghtnlug'
while numbers OF houses and outhuild-
Jugs were struck. Two freight trains Of
the Baltimore and Ohm Railroad were
derailed as the result f washouts. The
rainfall in Baltimore was more than tvc
inches. The water situation was re-
lieved by the heavy downpour.
To his story of how he claims he
was bribed to vote for Lorimer, Charles
A. White, a former member OF the Hi
nois Legislature, yesterday added for
the benefit Of the Senate Lorimer COM
mittee that he believed that every one
OF the 90 democrats who voted for Lor-
inner did so for =, money consideration.
He added that he thought that some Of
the republicans who voted for Lorimer
got money for SO doing. White ad-
mitted under cross-examinatio-' that
he lied when he wrote to Senator Lori
mer that he had finished his story and
that he had been offered $3.50 a word
for it.
A warrant was issued at Easton, Md,
yesterday for the arrest Of DR.. ]. L.
Mccormick. on charge of setting the
fire which swept Trappe, Md, on
Wednesday last, and caused loss OF
$40, 900.
After suffering for several days from
water famine, Charlotte, n. c., has
had . rainfall OF Isl inches and con-
ditions are favorable for continuation
OF showers. The precipitation was
general throughout the North Carolina
states and continues in many places.
During heavy thunderstorm early
yesterday the wind blew in window
at the residence OF George kuntz, at
Punxsutawney, Pa, and piece OF the
flying glass struck his daughter Stella
on the neck. An artery was severed,
and the child died within half an hour.
The skeleton Of an immense human
being was found recently by Peter
Marx on his farm at Juniper, northwest
of Prescott. Arizona. The bones had
been partially exposed by erosion in the
side of the creek bed. Marx investi-
gated and finally assembled most of
the skeleton. which is that Of a man
who was probably twice as heavy as
the average man of today and several
feet taller. The skull is complete, and
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