Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-06
NEWS uF THE JAY.

Four mattresses ST the Hotel Meadow.
side. Mount PocLno, Pa, we're drowned
Yesterday in an ice pond near the
hotel. The unfortunate young women
sat on the inner edge OF the pond
where the water is % feet in DEPTH
and, removing shoes and stockings,
began to paddle in the water, which
was within easy reach OF their feet.
While so engaged they slipped into the
pond with the result given above.
William Bos veil, a negro driver, was
almost dismembered yesterday when &
steel carbonated gas tank, nearly i""f
feet long and charged with gas al :"
pressure OF about 2,5UO pounds 10 ne
square inch, exploded wi.l roar that
shook The neighborhood Of Sixth Hht
c streets nortiIwtss, Washington, Tor
blocks and scattered steel for hundred.
CT yards. The negro was picked W
almost in sections and taken to =
hospital. where lie died last night.
The car5onatcd gas tank exploited, u
is believed, from the heat aud ih%
failure or a safety valve 10 let oil til
extra pressure.
The street car strike in Mexico c.:
claimed It's first victims last night. IN
q clash between policemen a"d
strikers, one man was killed and 4
woman was probably fatally Injuries
A number OF others wero Tounde }.
Messengers employed by the Federal
Telegraph Company became lmbne'i
with the strike spirit aud declared
themselves out last night. At Palau
Mines Tuesday, 100 striker. broke
into the commissary Of the Cnahulia
Coal Company. at Sabinas, and helpe
themselves 20 food and clothing.
Intense heat, it is believed. produced
an explosion at the Standard Powder
Works, ut Horrell station, Pa, OF
the Petersburg branch OF the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, yesterday, resulting
in the death Gf four employees aud the
complete destruction OF the works
The storage house, containing tons o
dynamite, nitroglycerine, and powder
was the only building saved.
Pope Plus Y, in an autograph
letter received yesterday by the
apostolic delegate at Washington
applauds tue lead taken By the Unitet
States in the worldwide campaign fo'
international peace. Although thu
pontiff does not mention President
Taft specifically by name, copy Q
the letter was forwarded last night t
the White House. The president
because Of his we'll known peace views
probably will reply to the cordla
sentiments of the ruler OF the church
Preparations have advanced to
stage for tue general mobilization 0
Turkish troops in vjea Of the continued
refusal OF rcbelIious Alba4;4ns to sur
render and to the activity Of MonfoTe
grin forces along TIE frontier. Govern
ment officials ut the SANS Lime con
tinue optimistic OF an ultimate peaeetu
outcome. They assert that the hon
teuegrin government is blutting. Tue
recall Of the Turkish minister a
Cettinje is considered not improbable
The steel interests Of America
Canada, EngIand, France, Germany
Belgium, Italy, .4patria and Spain
we're represented by loo delegates who
met ia conference at Brussels, yesser.
day, preliminary to the formation OF
an International lse.,ointion: broadly
similar to the American Steel institute.
Judge Z. II. Gary, chairman OF tie
United States Steel Corporation pre-
sided.
The British House Of Lords last
night, by a vote OF o55 to i6 passed
Lord Lansdowne's amendment TO ex-
clude home rule from the operation oil
the veto bill. War Secretary Haldane
again made it clear that the govern,
ment would refuse to accept the amend
mcnt. An interesting feature OF the
debate was the Intervention OF the
Bishop OF Ripon, who said that he dis
liked the referendum, which vas advo-
Gated by Lord }.audsdowne, but pre-
ferred it to the veto blk.