Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-23
NEWS OF THE JAY

iered MIS-. MARY Gallagher COMFY Dy
cutting her throat from ear to ear On
the street, II a. her home in the cast
ern part OF Harrisburg. was arrested
last night at lun;a:a Bridge, II miles
from Harrisburg, and confessed the
crime. The murder was = result OF 4
quarrel between Claybaugh and the
woman.
Rev. Dr.. Robert Stuart Macarthur.
OF Calvary Baptist Church, New York,
was ell c'ed president OF the Bap:i (
World Alliance in Philadelphia last nigl t
At yesterdays session a campaign 10
raise $40 900 for tie establishment OF
Baptist Seminary in St. Petersburg,
Russia, WAS legun, and in an hour
$40, 600 had been subscribed.
]. Harry May, prominent young
attorney OF Staunton, and Miss Matte
Bell Jones. Is years Old, OF Louisville,
KY, elnp2d to Charlottesville and we're
married curly Wednes lay morning.
From Charlottesville The young couple
vent to Washington and are now
awaiting the forgiveness of their par
entS.
Recovering her feet after being
kicked to the ground in a fight for the
possession OF dirk, Belle Mills, a
negresS, drove the weapon into the left
breast OF Ter husband, John Mills, in
MAYORS Alley, northwest Washington,
last night, infictins a wound that
proved fatal almost instantly.
Nearly 200 people we're made home
less by u fire which destroyed 10
dwellings, belonging 10 the Thacker
Coal Company near Thacker. W. Va,
yesterday. The blaze stated late Wed
nesday night and ragged iierccly until
noon yesterday. No fatalities are re-
ported,
Mrs. Lea, wife OF United Stale Sena-
tor Luke Lea. Uf Tennessee, whose
life i, believed to have been saved by
the TRANSMISSION into her veins OF a
quart Of her husbands blood, yester,
day was pronounced 10 be ont Of dan
ger. Senator Lea has recovered his
strength.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla,
says Miss Kathleen Susgs, aged IS
AMI Roscoe Wallace were drowned ia
the gulf Yesterday afternoon. A half
dozen young WOMEN were rescued in
an unconscious condition. The your e
people were part OF Sunday school
picnic party.
Horribly crushed and burned, JOS
cph Cottrell, chief engineer of the
Perth Amboy, n. Y, water works,
lies in a hospital beside his dying wife,
fighting for life. Both were injured
Wednesday night at South Amboy
in = collision between = locomotive end
their automobile. Cuttrell vas pinned
against the steering wheel and scared
by flaming gasoline. Norman. his
16 yearOll son was instantly killed.
Mrs. Cottrell was crushed fatally.
Delayed by locus's on the rail-"
is now q common eAcu-e OF locomotive
engineers in New Jersey when called
upon to explain delays. So May II
year locusls have overrun Warren aud.
Sussex counties that the driving wheels
OF heavily loaded locomotives a:e un-
able to grip the rails.
The recent run OF the little subma-
rine fleet from Newport 10 Gloucester.
Mass, broke all records of length of
submersion and distance travelled be-
meath the surface. All the way from
Newport to Prorincetown their VOYAGE
was made without detection by passing
vessels, although the submarines pass
ed under large number of craft. The
boats making the cruise were the
Crawling, Bonita. Narwhal, Salmon,
Snapper, Stingray and Tarpon. They
are the newest and largest submarines
in the American navy.
Tue strike Of the British scamen il
over. All the companies whose vessels
dock at Southampton, with the exrep.
ton OF the Willie Star Liue, have
reached IN agreement with the strikers.
This company refuses to recognize tie
union. The stevedores have resumed
work, pending negotiations between
the companies and the men. The
Anchor Line has granted an increase in
wages to the crew OF the California.
Because she refused to allow Louis
Keller, IS years old, to marry her 10,
ysar.old daughter, Katherine, Mrs.
Johanna HiScke, OF GAINESVILLE, Wis.
was shot and instantly killed by Keller
early yesterday in an attempt to wipe
out the entire Hiscke family.