Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Policeman William Ahern and John
Flynn we're searching a house in Fay
street, Buffalo. n. T., early yesterday
for Paul Lutz, suspected OF having
committed murderous assault upon q
woman, when an explosion wrecked
the building and hurled the officers
into the street. Ahern was badly
burned and bruised, but Flynn es-
capped with few bruises. The officers
were preparing to break in his door,
when the explosion occurred. A
search of the ruined building revealed
the body OF Luta in the debris.
Joseph Huyck, steepleiack, OF De-
post, N. Y, fell from the roof OF St.
Ignatius' Church, Kingston, near
Wilkes Barre, Pa, yesterday and was
so badly injured that he died in hos
pital shortly afterward. Huyck was
engaged to make repairs to the steeple.
He started work shortly before noon
and crowd gathered to see him climb
the tower. He went to the roof OF the
church and from there started his as
cent by means OF small ladder. He
was part way up the ladder when it
snapped and he was plunged to the
ground below. distance of nearly 100
feet. Huyck landed squarely on a
concrete walk and nearly every bone in
his BODY was broken.
Guided by an ancient chart found in
the ruins OF Spanish shellhousc on
Fort George Island, two boys of Jack.
sonville, Fla, say they have unearthed
Spanish treasure worth about $3.50, 900.
They say the gold, silver and copper
coins were found in n strong box buried
about 6 feet deep. Those who have
seen the coins say they bear dates OF
more than a centuty ago.
When Charles Richard was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Belridere, ILL.,,
Yesterday for the murder OF his wife, he
implored the court to make the SEN
tence death. instead. He pleaded
guilty and told the judge his sentence
should have been the heaviest possible
undeT the law.
The state failed in New York yester'
day in its effort to fix the blame for
the fire horror OF March 25, 1911, in
which 147 employees OF the Triangle
Waist Company lost their lives. A
verdict OF mot guilty" was returned
by the jury in the case of Isaac Harris
and Max Blanck, proprietors OF the
factory, who were indicted in connec-
ton with the holocaust.
Miss Margaret Allies. tho young
-,fIilton E. allies. vice presi.
deut OF tho Riggs Nation:,i 6ank,
Washington, while operating her cleo
trio runabout at Columbia and Quarry
roads yesterday afternoon, accidently
ran down, and fatally injured, Frank
]. Fitzpatrick, 63 years old.
With rife, which was bis Christ
mas gift, 1O-year-old Harry Leowall
yesterday in st. Louis, shot and in
stantly killed his mother, Mrs. Caesa
rina Leowall. Harry did not know
the rifle was loaded.
Mongolia, which almost equals China
proper in size, was proclaimed indepena
dent today, simultaneously with the cutt-
ing off from China Of the vast depen
dency OF Turkestan. Both will pass under
Russian influence and will practically
become Russian protectorates. Russia
at any time will be aole to annex them.
A grand khan will be named as mon
arch OF Mongolia. The construction
of the trans -Mongolian railway, for
which Russia has long sought permis.
sion from China. will now be only 4
matter OF time. Russian influence
will flank the japanese sphere in Man
churia perilously, aud Japanese al.
lance for the sake OF preserving Japa-
nese interests may sooner or later be
expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley. two non-uni-
onists whose employment originated
the strike at Accrington, England, yes
terday, reiterated their determination
not to join the union: and as 4 result
notices we're posted at all Of the mills
belonging to members Of the Fedora
tiou OF Master Cotton Spinners in the
north and northeast OF the country OF
Laucastershire that the mills would not
reopen today, but would he closed in
definitely. This announcement throws
100000 weavers out OF work and re-
duces an equal number OF spinners to
hall time. Had Riley and MS wife
consented to join the union the rup-
ture would have been avoided. Every
inducement was offered them to join