Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-03
NEWS OF TILE DAY.


Mrs. John Bulge, OF Kellogg ".
Va, is in a state of nervous collapse,
following an attempt to get rid OF a
goiter. An Ohio charm doctor, after
mysterious passes and incantations,
produced two small garter snakes, tied
their tails together, and announced his
intention of placing them about the
girls neck. The girl became hysteri-
cal, but superstitious relatives COM
PEELED her to submit. Just about this
time the father of the girl arrived,
and compelled the doctor to disgorge
the fee, and then trounced him severe
ly. The girl is in critical condi-
ton.
Unable, she said, to make man"
OF her husband, Anna Langley, frail
woman, 10 years old, OF San Francisco,
yesterday shot and killed him. They
had been married fifteen months.
Early yesterday James Langley left
home, saying he didn't intend to return,
Mrs. Langley bought revolver and
started to hunt her husband. She
found him in saloon. The wife
fred four shots. One struck Langley,
and he died on the way to hospital.
Mrs. Langley was arrested. I have
supported my husband and myself, "
she said, by working as stenogra-
pher. I tried to make him stay away
from saloons. I endured his abuse.
! tried to instill some ambition into
him and coach him for the firemen 8
civil service examination. He would
not try | could endure no more
Pope Plus, whose complete recovery
from the recent attack Of sore throat
WAS retarded by the excessive hca,
conli ueS to regain his strength slowly.
hut steadily. ana il Il manner general
" satisfactory Ia In physicians
The Roberts. Jcl,usom 4 Rand Shoe
COMPANY and The Peters Shoe Cotn-
pany, according % IN announcement
made in ST. Louis yesterday, have sign
e agreements u consolidate the bust.
ness Of thu Two concerns, with Il capital
OF $50, 900, 900 The agreement will
become effective after the annual meet
ng, in December, when officers for the
consolidated firm will be chosen The
consolidated company will operate IS
shoe factories 10 St. Louis and vicinity
and will have $500 employees
| DR.. George Rambend, the director OF
the Pasteur Institute in New York is
lying at the point OF death in the
Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie. as the
result of an automobile accident early
yesterday. His wife, who is Nine.
GerylleReache, one Of the most
famous soprani OF the world and who
vas prima donna OF the Manhattan
Opera Company, is badly injured. In
addition to these two, five other
members Of the automobile party, all
relatives Of DR.. Rambeaud or his wife,
were injured and some OF them serious
Iy.
New York city passed the 10000
mark in population today The popu-
lation by toroughs is distributed as
follows: Manhattan, 1898, 696; Bronx
4S7 ,497; Brooklyn, 1,716,S52; Queens,
312, $50; Richmond, S9,S52.
Mystery surrounds the death OF
Ella Mooney, aged 1G years. and
Mary McCamic, aged 10, whose bodies
we're found in the Muskingum river
Marietta, Ohio, yesterday. Monday
evening the young women secured a
boat and rowed up the river. Nothing
more was heard of them, but the boat
was found tied to barge Tuesday
morning. 1t contained nothing but
the purses the girls carried when they
left their homes. There are no marks
OF violence on the bodies.
While many residents of Trappe,
Talbot county, Nd, were fighting the
forest fires around the plant OF the
Trappe Canning Company, one mile
from Easton, Tuesday night, fire of
supposed incendiarv origin started in
the town itself, and caused damage
that will probably reach $4,000.
Virtually all Of the business section Of
the village was destroyed, aud several
dwellings went up in the flames.
Guests at the Slaley House, at New
Carlisle, north Of Dayton, Ohio, we're
driven from their rooms by Charles
Staley, barber and son of the pro-
prietor, armed with butcher knife
yesterday. He resisted arrest, and
slashed two officers before being sub
dued. Soon after the occurrence,
Staley was seized with commissions,
and died in the course of an hour. He
was 80 years old and had been married
twice