Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-29
NEWS OF TILE DAY.

A terrific bolt OF lightning in the
midst of the brief thunderstorm last
evening caused terror and destruction
to property in the vicinity of North
and Madison avenues, Baltimore. All
told the damage, which consisted OF
the wreckage of cupola, skylights
and window panes, will probably
amount to 81 900. No one was hurt.
Two 15-year-old boys, believed to
have been influenced by the hundreds
of paper-back novels they had read,
yesterday were found guilty in the
Juvenile court in Washington OF house
breaking, theft, and vagrancy. They
we're sentenced by Judge Callan to the
reform school until they are 81 years
old. The lads had lived away from
home for more than two weeks, and
during that time stole all necessities
OF life. The boys are Arthur Rose,
and Robert Burton.
Louis Fl. Crowley, manager of the
Hotel Curlew, at Allenhurst, N. j.,
and part owner OF the Mansion House,
at Troy, N. Y, committed suicide yes
terday at tae hotel by shooting himself
with a revolver.
Melvin Vaniman's balloon, with
which he and FIVE other will attempt
to fly across the Atlantic Ocean Octo-
Der %, has been shipped from Akron.
O., to Atlantic City. The balloon will
be christened the Akron" The airship
is 26S feet long and has gross lifting
power of 26, 900 pounds. It is made
Of 1000 pieces of tough fabric: The
gas bag is of the cigar shape, with an
extreme diameter of 45 feet.
Six lives we're lost as a result OF
collision between a caboose and fiat
car on the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way. Two men were killed and sew
eral injured at Regina Sask, yesterday.
The Emperor of Russia and the
Emperor of Japan exchanged kilograms
yesterday on the occasion of the settle
ment OF certain questions which have
been under consideration for long
time. These questions related to var
ious claims and counterclaims for in-
demnity on both sides for losses in
Cured during the war. For the most
part the claims we're on the Russian
side, the big item Of which was pay
ment for property OF Russian subjects
of Port Arthur.
Old coins valued at more than
81 ,OO0,O 900 are on exhibition at the
annual convention of the American
Numismatic Association, which opened
in Chicago yesterday with 100 mem
bers present from at parts OF the
world. Two silver dollars coined in
1904, valued at $4,000 each, are
interesting exhibits. as are collection
Of stamps, incased in metal, and used
as currency 10 certain parts of the
country in the civil war.
Mrs. Nancy Edey, SO years old, of
Troy, Mo-, became bride for the sixth
time, Yesterday her latest husband being
Rec Indow, "a years old. The brides
fifth husband died six weeks ago at
CQ6 equity pOUI lhIu 1uoOW moiO
overalls and hickory" shirt. He
declared be married his wife because
be loved her.
Thomas Nom stopped buggy con-
tanning his wife and her cousin, Fran
els Welsh, at lonely spot in st.
James road, near Connellsville, Pa,
last night, and ahot both of them.
Nom then shot himself. Welsh and
Nom are dying at hospital. Mrs.
Nom is seriously injured.
Grief over the death of his wife led
Edward Bennett, an Englishman, and
graduate of Oxford University, Eng
land, who had been resident of
South Thomaston, Me-, for the past
six years, to murder his three children
and then take his own life yesterday.
Two Of. the children we're killed by
the use OF chloroform, and the third
by cyanide of potassium and chloro-
form.