Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-27
NEWS az THE DAY.

bitten near Stamford, Conn, by 3
mnngrel dog. The wound Was dressed
and B,ller continued to work en- an
ice wagon. On Saturday he became
moody. He worried about the bite
and talked 4 lot about mad dogs.
Yesterday morning while 3 'l'er was
on Palmer's Hill. three IN lbs from
the place where the mongrel attacked
him, pet dog. valued at $500, ran
barking 10 the ice wagon. ard boiler
became suddenly insane. Grabbing
an axe off the ice wagon, he Swung 1t
at the little dog, and broke its back,
and then cut he dog in pieces. Boiler
will be committed to the State Asylum
for the Insane.
Spain officially welcomed the twenty
Sec, nj Lutte nat onal Eucharistlc Cor
gress at Madrid Sunday. King Alfonso
d-legating Infante Don Carlos, who
made speech OF greeting.
Burgess Baylor, OF Dallastown, Pa,
says that he will lave nothing but
sane Fourth in that town. He will
permit nothing but hrecrackcrs to DC
used. Blank cartridges, dynamite and
all other dangerous explosives vii be
prohibited by him, and he has IL
structed his police officers to arrest
anybody who :lors not comply with
his proclamation.
Two lives were lost, half dozen
men were injured, some seriously,
three oil barges and one tug were
burned to tie waters edge and about
10000 barrels OF oil, two large ware
houses and over 500 feet Of wharves
were Destroyer, as 4 result OF an ex-
plosion, which was followed by fire,
in the Port Arthur, Texas, harior and
water front yesterday is about $500
900. Capt, Frank Weber, OF the barge
GumbIe, and an unidentified man
lost their lives in an explosion aboarJ
the Gumblc. where the fire started.
The finding OF the mntilated body
Of comely colored woman on side
street in Atlanta, Ga. early yesterday
morning makes the sixth mysterious
murder which has puzzled the de-
iectives and thrown the negro popu-
lation into state OF terror. Six con"
secutive Sunday nights have been
marked by the murder OF negro
woman, and in each in stance the body
has been mu,ilated. The indications
are that they were first strangled to
death.
In an attempt to kill his son and
daughter early yesterday Granville
Johns, aged so, shot AMI killed K. 1.
Ulet. aged %, y boardrr at his home
in Richwool. w. Va, aud then COM
mitted suicide, when hard pressed 10y a
mob.
AS the steamer Tambal Maru was
leaving Yokohama Sunday morning
her screw turned up 4 body, which was
later identified rs that OF Alvin Root.
a gnnner Of the United States warshlp
Albany. The mans legs were firmly
tied, aud the evidence points to
murder.
James Stoner. mountaineer was
found dead beside bridge leading to
his home in the hill near PunN:u-
tawney, Pa, yesterday. Near him we're
four rattlesnakcs fastened by thongs
to the rocks. He had been bitten to
death. A party OF fishermen killed
the snakes, and from the mans wife
in the cabin across the stream they
learned that the dead man had tied
the snakes there because he was Jealous
and feared his wife would have visitors
in his absence. For five years Stoner
had kept snakes at the little, bridge,
the woman said, and she had never
dared TO leave the place in that time.
On Sunday night he came home intox-
icatcd, she said, slipped at the bridge,
and fell among the snakes.
John II. King, II years old, is dead
rs result of being hit on the temple
by 4 pitched ball during n game Sun
day at Bridgeport, Conn, in which
King was taking part.
Four men are probably fatally
wounded and several others are in
iured as the result OF a race war be-
tween Americans and Italians ut
Weaver, town Is miles south OF
Elkins, w. Va. A conflict. which he.
gan Sunday with the wounding OF five
men by knives and bullets, subsidized
during the night, but broke forth with
redoubled fury again yesterday. Yes,
terday 81 revolyerS were sold at Reling-
ton, nearby town. and last night
fierce conflict was in progress. The
combatants are all minors, aud dis
putes which have arisen regarding
labor conditions are responsible for
the outbreaks.
N. P. Bonney, editor Of the Daily
Corinthian; A. G. Anderson, OF the
Ripley Sentinel; and B. S. Bernard,
editor OF the Meridian Dispatch, are
under arrest at Tup 10, Mi-sl on 8
charge OF criminal libel preferred by
former Congressman Private John
Allen. The editors printed an alleged
affidavit that in 1850 the Tupelo states
man and humorst broke into a mill
and stole gallon jug OF whisky.
A team driven by William Lott be-
came frightened near Lansing, Mich,
Sunday night and backed upoa the
track ia front Of the trolley car, which
hit the buggy squarely, demolished it,
and hurled the occupants along the
track. Three persons we're instantly
killed, one fatally injured, and a child
severely hurt.