Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-11
NEWS OF TIE DA Y.

Three per>n.,s are deal and two
others are in hospital III PhiIad'lp Nra
a. IN. result Il drinking in"r YESTERDAY
IN which cyanide Of potassium had
h.en,lacpd. IL i believed two OF the
had PERSON. entered It suice pact.
I'll. DIS .og.ry near the soutrbound
track If tie West :ilosr l.ti!foad, :
miles south Of tic Srlkirk station ana
10 nils from Albany, y i, OF the
body Of baby gil points 10 u crime
There was a piece IT cloth knottcd
about the neck. After The child had
been slranglcd til" clvti,lng had been
1t on fine. The brly VA evidently
thrown from the window ii = tam.
Twirs.-a boy and 4 gil were t'orr
Yesterday to Mr. and Ms. jams
Cawti,orn, Of Charleston, v. Va.
"a s,hnrn i iaultur II thu kanaWia
county courthouse. AM IS 1t Years old.
His nl!r is II. Mrs Cawlhurn and
the children are getting along tincly
The Rome correspondent Of The
London Daily News says that there Is
grave anxiety expressed over the con
,li,lun of the pope. 1t is said that be
displays symptoms OF aricr'al degencra.
ton. a feeble heart, and rapidly failing
movers IF resistance. Is govt has
been much more frequent within the
last tl,iee months, but The physicians
are now most concerned about his
heart. Either DR.. Pc taxi or DR.. Mar
chiafava is always with lin, ana his
three sisters are IN constant attendance.
Teanie Schenck 3 years Old, was
fatally Injured yesterday afternoon, IN
New YORK, when a heavy llo%cr-pnt,
falling from All apartment on The
fourth floor OF an Amsterdam AVENUE
house, struck the chiid's heal. She
died an hour later. The child was IN
her en.cart in care Of her III St, who
had stopped to l,lk loa couple OF
friends, when the iipwcrpCt descended.
According to letter received ycslcr-
day l,y E. +. Ross, Of Warrenslnrg,
Mo, from ". Q Coleman, of San
Bcuitu. Tex. William G. luantrcIl,
the noted pucr,i.ll leader, is alive III
Mexico. He WAS supposed t. have
been killed in battle at Taylo'sSiIir
XIV. August 10. lS65. Coleman, who
ikurw Quantrcl in Kansas before The
civil war, says the guerrilla Chief will
! meet his comrades At their annual re-
union in independence, Mo-, next
August.
More than 500 women employees al
| the bureau Of engraving and printing
gathered a, Typographical TEMPLE. ia
Washington, last night, and listened
10 Representative Buchanan, al ILL
uuS, AID many prominent laa"r lead
ers strongly attack any attempt to
have tie pay Of The gnIrrnTrnl
clerks raised unless the pay Of The
women bureau employees ale raised at
the same time. The meeting was the
most enthusiastic ever held by the
women, and ,!,ay loudly cheere
every Endorsement of their cause.
BUSINESS COSilITIONsi IN snUTi:
President W. ". Finley. Of the
Southern Railway Company, who has
recently returned from an inspection
trip on which he vas accompanied By
members Of the board Of directors, in
in speaking to-day Of business conditions
in The southeastern states. said
The agricultural outlook Though
out The southeastern srri!on seems 10
be very favorable. While in some
localities in the southwestern part OIL
The territory rains have somewhat re-
tar,lcd cotton planting, and while re-
planting will 10 necessary ~ some
small area. it nl! have to he done To
n very mu,h smaller extent than was
necessary laat year. Nctwithr ttGdug
the increased attention being given by
southern farmers 10 corn and other
crops, the aggregate acreage devoted t.
cotton will be somewhat greater tlis
year than In t. The average prepare
ton Of the soil for planting this year
has been unusually good. Farmers
are using fertilizers more scientifically
and better farming is being practiced
very generally throughout the sonth
which may be expected 10 re ut i'll at
iu reasc in the average yield per acre
As re.uEt Of their prosperous seasol
in 1910, southern farmers, 10 larger
extent than usual, are able 10 finance
this year, operations themselves with
out the assistance OF local merchant.
and banks.
CONDITIONS iii the cotton monufar.
turing industry are not wholly favorable
but, as the season progresses, more
definite ideas as 10 the size Of TIL.
year cotton crop should bring about q
more favorable relative adjustment oI
the prices Of tue raw materSal and the
finished products OF the mills. The
lumber business is stall feeling the eff
fects Of restricted purchases OH the part
Ut the railways, but slight improve
mcnt is noticeable in some Of the luni.
her producing localities. The condi
ton OF the iron and steel industry in
The south is substantially the same a:
in other parts Of the country. With
underlying financial and agricultural
conditions favorable ana with a fair
business in some industrial lines and
some prospect for improvement in