Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.

AS their mother looked on, two
brothers fought until one OF them
dropped dead, AT Wheat, Roane,
county, Tenn, yesterday. After the
tragedy Jacob Hembree surrendered.
He said bis brother Hess abused his
mother by his violent language. Jacob
upbraided his kinsman, who, it is de-
clared, drew knife. Before the mother
could step between the two men Jacob
fired. His brother dropped dead.
Miss Minnie Ferrell. OF Parkersburg,
w. Va, and Miss Muriel Sturm, Of
Belpre, Ohio, died almost ut the same
hour Monday night from blood pois-
oning. In each case the poisoning
was due to picking with needle a
small pimpIe ontthe face. Both young
ladies We're member, OF prominent
families.
The Vatican has declined to grant
Count Boni de CasteIlane an annul-
ment Of his marriage with Anna Gould,
who is now the Duchess OF Tallcyrand
and Sagau. Countess de Castellane
received divorce from her husband
and the custody of Their three children
op November IA, 1906. About 9 year
rgo Count appiE'i TO Tire @a.icai
for the annulment of her marriage.
The heaviest snow, coolest weather,
and worst blizzard of the season is en-
route eastward. 1t will reach Chicago
Wednesday and New York probably
by Thursday. The snow storm struck
Omaha early yesterday morning from
the Rockies. The entire traus- Missouri
country, which was already covered
with snow to a depth OF twelve inches,
received 9 still further fall OF from
twelve to eighteen inches.
Edward Van Bever, nephew OF Chief
OF Police George Van Bever, oi Little
Clear Creek about four miles from
Middlesboro, Ky. was blown to atoms
last night Shile dischargins dynamite.
Van Bever, with party Of friends,
was celebrating Christmas. Thinking
that the fuse attached to the stick Of
dynamite had extinguished, he walked
up to the deadly explosive to relight it.
In q second the dynamite exploded
throwing him high in the air.
Doc. r. Alton, who, according to
bis own statement, was the conspirator
in the Taft, Okla, dynamiling cases,
pleaded guilty yesterday in Muskogee,
Okla, to numbering Castella and Her
bert Sells. two negro children, who
owned valuable oil lands and was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment at hard
labor. To secure the Sells chlldlcn's
oil lands, it was alleged their home
vas blown up with dynamite and the
children killed. Aliens confession
and plea of guilty followed the convic-
ton OF William Irwin, white man,
and real estate dealer on the same
charge. Frank L. Martin, we'll
known real estate man, will be placed
on trial Thursday, charged with mur-
der in the same case. Following his
trial will come that OF John Coombs,
wealthy OF! man. Aliens plea vas to
save his neck
Three shootings occurred in Harland
county, KY, yesterday. one resulting
in the death OF q woman. Mrs. Frank
Payne. anu the other causing wounds
to Bennett Creech. which will prove
fatal. John Howard. who was making
merry after the Christmas holiday,
shot Mrs. Payne, who. with her hus-
band, tried to pacify him while he was
having trouble with q number OF citi-
zens. Creech was shot by man named
Dych. John Metoalf. deputy sheriff,
10 attempting to arrest Dych, was
forced to shoot him, but it is said
n..t> Ill .oolror