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

cused certain officials of the church OF
violating the confessional and who was
sued for libel by the Jesuit priest BIZ
careli, was found guilty in Rome yes
terdav and sentenced TO ten months IN
iaiI. He was also ordered to pay all
costs OF the trial
Another Black Hand murder WIS
unearthel early " sterdav morning;
when the authorities Of BeIlaire, Quo,
lust across the Ohio river from Wheel
ing, W. Va, discovered an unidentl-
fled Italian in the middle of the road,
diving from three bullet wounds. BE-
fore he could be removed or a doctor
called he had expired. The police be
iieve he was murdered because he had
iiyulged some OF the secrets of the
Black Hand organization.
Antonio Cuoma drowned himself
yesterday at Ossinning, n. y, and
stranglcd another convict, Ernest SIN
clair, who tried to save him. Cuoma
committed suicide deliberately, and
Judging from what the guards saw over
The sea wall OF the prison, he murdered
Sinclair with equal GOODNESS.
Senator Bailey, Of Texas, last night
addressed the members Of the unltrd
Confederate Veterans AT memorial ser
vices IL honor Of Jefferson DAVIS birth
day anniversary in Mount Vernon
Place NJ. + Church South, Washing
ION. Among other things he said: The
truth Of history Ii it'll the Confrd-
crates in the civil war, and if the ne
gfo race persists i'll the folly Of trying
10 place themselves on AZ equal plane
with The white race. and will moi live III
reace with them. they will follow the
fate Of the Indians. y
Disguised by Mayor D"rris of Cor
dele, Ga, who has announced that All
white persons convicted OF drunkenness
must either accompany him 10 church
frr ten consecutive Sundays or serve
80 DAYS on the streets. chronic drinkers
IRE signing temperance pledges or flee
ing from town. Yesterday morning
there was not one drunkard in court.
though usually there have been about
twenty on Mondays. This a prohibi
lion town.
Louis P. Holiday. wealthy retired
whisky distiller, Of Staunton, Va, wa>
robbed early yesterday morning Of
81 $40 IN cash in his room at the Ma
tiora aBanllllntrl Sixth slrectand Penn
sylvania avenue, Washington. The
thief escaped. MIR HoIlikay pursued
him, but fell and spraincd his ankle on
the stairway. He struggled to his feet,
however. and limpca through the cor.
rdors after the robhcr, but the man
finally outdlstanced him.
An attempt is TO he made in Fulton
county, Ga, by French cotton experts
to teach monkeys to pick cotton. If
the experiment succeeds colony Of
monkeys will be imported and put TO
work.
Dcspondcnt over the loss in specula-
ton Of $50, 900 left her in the estate OF
her father, and over quarrel with n
yonng man. Ursula Ross, a pretty
young man Of %, swallowed bichloride
OF mercury tablets in New York early
yesterday and is at Harlem Hospital
IN Il precarious condition. 1t is said
that she came to New York with 4 man
friend and the pair had quarreled.
William f. Bostlck. pastor OF the
Western Avenue Baptist Church, Chi
cago. one Of the oldest in the city, after
striving for year to figure out how to
marry on a salary Of 81 200 a year. has
given it up. Why" asked the as
tonishod members Of the board Of
trustees. Because | want to get mar
rcd," replied the minister. well,
we don't object" said a deacon. Why
don't you 60 ahead?" 1t is impos-
sible to support a wife on a salary OF
81 200 y year." was the reply. Then
the storm broke, and the congregation
is divided on how much income "A man
should have to support vile.
A desperate attempt to kill officials
OF the Lewis Finley Coal Company
at Golfers, W. Va, was made Sunday
night, when the residence Of General
Manager Lewis Finley was dyuamilcd.
The residence dynamIted was double
one, occupied on the one side by Gene
raj Manager Finley, who happened to
be away with his family, while ON the
other sde was the family Of the pit
boss, Thomas McEee. The latter were
severely shaken by the explosion, but
none was injured.
The departure Of the cruisers Sara
toga and Albany from Yokohoma, was
delayed by painful tragedy enacted in
the American naval hospital at Yoke
homa on Sunday afternoon John f.
Atkins, scana1, and John L. Saun-
derS, fireman. both belonging on
board the Saratoga and inmates Of tn"
hospital since the fleets arrival at
Iokohoma, quarreled in one Of thc
wards Wills under the influence Of
liquor. Atkins slashel Saunders across
the throat with razor. inhictIng n
friglltful wound, from which the vic
tim died one honr later. Saunders
was a native OF Ohio. Negotiations
are proceeding between the American
and the foreign Office with reference to
the jurisdiction over the prisoner. If
it is decided that the hospital is in
American territory the murderer will
he tried by court martial; otherwise
he will be surrendered to the Japanese
authorities.
Miss Elmira Park, the 17-year-old