Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-03
NEWS OF THE Jay.


d ed almost instantly.
Eleven thou.a ana men struck Satur'
day at Mapimi, the great mining can:i
near Tore ~, Mexico. Trouble Is
feared and tr6ors lave heen sent from
rorreon 10 keep order. The strikers
are composed OF hanGs employed III
the sme!ter there, and they demand an
in,"ase OF wages ranging from so 10
100 .nr cent, which The company says
it i, impossible TO concede. The
s II. ',r company will lose greatly II
the nike continues even for few
days.
Pit, H. Peterson, aged so, despon-
dent yer his inability TO sell patent,
Owed from thu fourteenth floor of tie
earn, lie Building, Pittsburg, to the
pavement, go feet Lelow. His head
.ud should, r. were crushed and prof.
ally every Lone i'll bis body was
broken.
In another Lcng Island Railroad
grade crossing acciden, at the point
where the Rockaway Beach branch Of
the railroad crosses Woodhayen avenue
in Glendale, five CT six persons who
were riding in wagon were killed
yesterday afternoon and the sixth anu
the train conductor were severely IN
iured.
Indications are growing that Con-
eress may conclude It's extra session
earlier than has been generally ex-
pected. Many senator's, together with
Representative Underwood and other
democratic leaders, are figuring on
he first week Of August rs possible
adjournment time. Tie situation,
however, IS not sufficiently clear to
warrant a positive prediction.
While high mass was in progress
yesterday in the Roman Catholic
Church Of The TRANSPORTATION,
Williamsburg, ~ \ :, Of which Rev,
William ]. Mcguire is pastor, an I'M
Identified man Interrupted the services
and frightened the worshipcrs. After
IN exciting struggle, the athletic
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heart were several wounds III the form
| OF cross. They were self-iulllcted,
according 10 his rambling account. He
hal gashcd himself, he said, tosuffer
for the sins Of others.
For the first iime in about 200 years
Berkeley and Jefferson counties, W.
Va. are dry" and will remain so for
ut least one year. Jefferson county
was swung into the dry" column BY
he refusal OF the county court to grant
licenses, although CharIestown. Sheph-
erls,own, aud Harpers Ferry voted
wet" Some OF the saloons al
harrisburg have been turned into
soda water and pie stores. Al present
there is not wet" spot III West
Virginia east OF Grafton.
Two persons killed and fourteen iu.
iured, the injuris in most instances
being broken bones, was yesterdays toll
Of recreation in the Pittsburg section OF
Pennsylvania.
Thomas A. Dempsey, OF Franklin,
Pa, head of the franklin Detective
Agency, was arrested in Erie Saturday
night on a charge OF stnding'a Black
Hand letter TO Gen. Charles Miller, OF
Franklin demanding s25,000 and
threatening him with death if he did
not give the amount. Dempsey denies
that he knows the least thing about the
letter, and says that his arrest is
irame-up on the part OF another detec-
tive agency.
Capt. Eugene F. Ware, "Ironquill, "
the Kansas poet, aud United States
pension commissioner under President
Roosevelt, died of heart disease Satur-
day night at Cascade, Colo.
Madrid newspapers have received
reports Of a severe battle yesterday III
the neighborhooG OF Opoito, in which
- republicans were killed. 1t is sup.
posed that the battle is the outcome
of an attempt to begin monarchicaI
counter revolution. The Lisbon govern
ment has issued 4 proclamation ap.
pealing to the patriotism Of the country
10 defend the republic in q conflict with
monarrhists. which is imminent. The
monarchist leader, Captain Conceiro,
is in command Of several thousand
men. He has armorel automobiles
and many arms.
Two big autom bies, one owned by
". B. Crisp. lawy,r Of New York
and the other in charge Of W. n.
Grounsell, manager far The Buick COM
pany, in Albany, cnllided hcad-on II |
miles east Of Troy. \. y. yesterday |
morning With Mr.. Crsp were his
wife aud Mr. and Mrs. Wood, otNew
York. Mr.. Crisp had a rib broken
and Mrs. Wood received bad cut
over the lett eye. OFT other party
Leo I.asch, l years old. son Of ].
w. Lasch, a melc' ant, Of Albany, had
his face split open from the forehead
through both jaws and died in the hos
pital. Mrs Schumacher, wife Of Peter
Schumacher, clerk Of the supreme
court in Albany is suffering from con-
cussion Of the brain, but it is thought
.he Will recover.
Gen. Clement A, Evans, formerly
chief Of the United Con-
federate Veterans, died at Atlanta yes
terday after an extended illness Of
muscular rheumatism. Gen. Evans
since his early manhood, had been
prominent in the affairs OF Georgia
military, business, civil-and in the
work OF the Methodist Church, OF
which he vas a minister for % years. |