Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-10
NEWS OF THE JAY.

AGO, and one OF the best known
and most daring gram operators Of the
country, was drowned III two feet I waite
in Lake MichigaI Saturday, notwith-
standing the fact that lie wore sort uf
lile-preservcr known as water-wings.
The bodies Of Miss Ida Stersjo an!
Olaf ". Wall, her tiancr, We're found
floating in Lake Qninsicamond nrat
Worcester. Mass, Saturday Ih"
couple went canoeing on SUNDAY.
June is, and the next morning tie
overturned craft was found ilp.tl:g
about. Miss S!ersio WAS affected i III
tuberculosi:, and was t" have gon !"
sanilarium on June 70 The police
suspect that the couple planned the til
for the purpose Of ending their lives to
gelher.
All differences between the officials
OF the Scaboarl Air Line ana the rail
road shupmcn have been settled b;
concessions TO the trades UNIONS. III
new scale, which Is 10 lecome cifcr;.
i've at once, provides for an incn.a.r
Of g IL cents an hour Tor niactlni> :,
which fixes the pay Of iirstc'ass ma
chinists at IS cents an hour and SPc"'ri
C ass machinis;s at So 2cent an Ii :.
Boilermak"rS are TO get = = cents IN
hour increase, and sheet iron workers
are raised from l II to 8 cents a.
hour
Charles Muse, colorcd, who shot "nd
killed John Witchcr, also colorcd. III
Franklin county. five year" ago, was
captured at Roanoke by the Rpanok"
police Saturday He admits the Kill
ing, but declares it was an accident
and says he ran away through fright.
Dr.. Charles w. Kent. OF the Linden
Kent Memorial School OF English Lii
eraturc al The University Of Virginia.
has ann, unred that Henry rortcrliclI
Taylor. OF Richmond. has been awarded
the University Of Virginia magazine
medal for the best poem appearing III
tic magazine during last year last
past.
The Norfolk county 'straighouts, >
rontcsling The county primary election
Of June 2S. Carried by the fusionis!s.
Yesterday filed their charges and specl.
fcationS, mentioning alleged activity
OF special police nj the polls, nonpay-
,uent Of poll taxes personally" v"t
ing OF persons who had not lived in thr
county for the required time, the par.
ticipltion OF republicans, and the nam
ing Of straw" candidates. Counter
charges will bc received on July IS
and general investigation will be be
gun on July 20.
AitcheSon Pollock. lieutenant ii
the Forly.sIvcnth Virginia voluntee'
regiment in Me civil war, died ycs.cr
day in Washington.
J. d. DILL Admission, Ala n baker
was killed, and Mrs. Mary Dill and
Charles Dill, ir, probably were fatal!
injured last night, when an automo
bile in Which they were riding turned
turtle.
Alfred LcqueSnc, n bowler OF natiola
reputation, was killed by lightning a
Royalton. Ohio, late last night. Will
his wife he was in 4 hammock under =
tree when the bolt struck him, killing
him instantly. His wife fell to the
ground unconscious, but not injured.
Forty thousand building workmen
in Sweden, who have rejected the ar,
bitrators award in the labor dispute,
will be locked out today.
Fire early yesterday destroyed the
stables Of the Arthur W. Dixon Trans
fer Company, Chicago, burned 269
horses TO death and causing $500, DOC
damages.
John Larson, 80 years old. died
yesterday morning in Patterson. \.
j., and William Price, 80 years old.
died from injuries received late Satur.
day night when trolley car and 4
| wagon in which they were riding col
lidcd headon at Ashley Heights. SUI
buiL of Patterson. Two horses draw
ing the wagon were instantly killed.
In seeking relief from the intense
heat yesterday. three persons were
drowned in Poughkccpsie, n. y, and
vicinity.
Two deaths by drowning, one oil
them a suicide, and sensational res
cue from 4 similar fate were reported
to the Washington police yesterday.
The body of al unidentified man was
found floating by the docks yesterday
| morning. Nothing on the mars per-
son indicated who he was or where he
came from. a man, thought to he Al.
bert Nopolsky, Of Baltimore, troubled
over 4 woman, cndell MS life in the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, Il short
distance above the Aqucduct bridge.
John Hcddcman was saved by two
friends, who swan half way across tie
river to save him