Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-29
NEWS OF THE JAY

Building Inspector Frank R. Minncr,
Of Allentown. Pa, was the victim OF
strange incident when, while seated IL.
his office in tue city hall his glass eyr
suddenly exploded with a SHARP
crack, the report being similar to that
of 4 pistol shot. Ninner was dazed by
tile shock, and it was at fist though
that he had been shot. A physician
was summoned and found the sockel
Of the eye badly shattered and it Is
feared that particles OF the eye pene-
tra,cI tue brain. Mlnner is in a srriou
condition.
w. W. Campbell. director of Lick
Observatory, in report on Halicy's
comet, issued at San lose, Cal, said:
"HaIley's comet. which was nearest t"
the sun aud to the earth and At It's
greatest br,liaucy more than year
ago, has been followed on its journey
into distant space with the telescope,
OF Lick Observatory. The comet is
now little farther than Jupiter is
from the sun, that is about 800, 900, 900
miles, hut Astronomer Curtis has photo
graped it with the CroSSley reflector
on two nights this week, exactly in the
predicted position The comet is noU
60 per cent. farther from the sun than
it was when its approach to the sun
was discovered rhotographicaIly IN
September 1909"
Asa warning not to diSrohe before
an unrurtained window, Walter {.
Lowery. a wealthy farmer, of Tioga
county, y. u. fired n charge OF No.
I shots at Lucille Harding, domestic
in the family of Dr. W. E Mayor,
badly wounding her. After firing,
Lowery called up the sheriff and an-
nounced he had done 1t to teach the
girl lesson. He was committed to
jail without bail. and the girl is in a
precarious condition. Low"ry, it *
said. was affected by the heat.
While going at high speed touring
car plunged over an cmbankment near
Bradney. Ohio. Yesterday killing one
occupant and iniurIng two others, one
probably fatally. The machine took
fire and Albert EbeesoleS, Of Arcadia,
was burned to a crisp.
Following a veeI; 5 illness Major \.
S. Boynton, Of Port Huron, Mich,
founder Of the Modern Maccabees. died
Saturday night. He was "A years old.
Arthur Whip, well-known in Rock
vile, Nd, where he has lived several
years, was prehaps fatally injured by
heing struck by a Washington and
Rockville electric car at an early hour
Yesterday morning. He was lying on
the track near HaIplun, three miles
east OF there. and Ta5 not seen by the
motorman III ume to prevent the car
striking him. Both Of his arms aud
legs were broken, his skull vas ltac-
tuyed aud be is thought 10 have been
hurt internally.
) sangu,nary attray took place At
San Fellu d. Llohregat. Spain. yester
DAY between Car,sts and radicals. in
which SIX men were killed and % in
iured. Most Of the victims were radi-
Gals.
Three boys were burned to death
early yesterday when the livery stable
If Vance ,Jewait. OF Sasamare, near
Kiuanning, Pa The lads spent Satur
day night III Pittsburg. Returning
home late they went to sleep in the
livery stable.
William Rowden, a young brick
layer, Of New York, killed his wife
yesterday in the kitchen Of their flat
aud then blew out his brains with the
same pistol Relatives attribute the
act 10 mental alteration due 10 frac
,urc Of a skull he received when boy.
\ wind.torm yesterday struck Pekin,
III. 10 miles south Of Peoria, killing
Clyde Sakers aud Frank Wocdley.
boys; breaking both legs of Louis
Schaefer, and damaging much prop
erty. The city pumping station was
demolished The storm then jumped
across the Illinois river and wrecked
the plaDt OF the Boley Ice Company.
Trees were uprooted, roofs blown from
houses, and plate glass windows smashed
in the business quarter Of Pekin. The
storm followed the river, and the resi-
deuce part of the city escaped. At
Granite City, ILL.,, twenty persons were
injured when baseball grand stand
was struck by the windStorm
Texas newspapers publish a state
ment by Senator Joseph Bailey deny
ing the reports that he will not be
candidate for reelection. Senator Bal
lev concludes as follows: You can say
for me that as certainly as live until
that time l will be candidate for re-
election"
''Colore,l Town" in the eastern part
OF Seaford. Del, was the scene OF a
riot early yesterday morning, which
lasted from , to 4 O'Clock. Twenty
intoxicated negroes, who started to-
clean up the colored section of the
town, shooting, swearing, ami inviting
the people from their home, were re-
Spou>ible for the disorder One negro
was cut with razor across the eye
and part Of his nose sliced off. Many
shots were exchanged from the win
dows, and early yesterday morning
trails Of blood were in evidence. The
police force is small, and grave fears
are expressed if the negroes should be-
come insoleht to white residents that a
repetition OF the Lause. race riot would
occur,