Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Chicago preachers are unpaid. over.
worked and are in need Of labor
union TO protect their interests, accord
Ing to Rev. Melbourne IL. Boynton,
pastor OF Lexington Avenue Baptist
Church OF that city. flr. Boynton
made the statement in the course OF
q speech 10 chefs and cooks Thursday
night IN which he said that the mln-
lstcrs were ready and willing 10 assist
them in organizing to help their coz
Iition. in the hope that the chefs
lud cooks will return the favor and
rIp organize the ministers. If you
40 in tie overworkcd and unpaid
css," said Rev. Mr.. Boynton, | can
ssapathize with you, because | am
! in'hat class too.
tn indictments, tue existence o!
whih was made publ; yesterday for
tue rst time, pleas Of not guilty were
cntepd in the United States district
court il New York yesterday after
noouby Julian Hawthorne, journalist
prom;ser: josiah Quincy, former As
Isistant Secretary OF State, former
imayor or Boston, and ut present a
member Of the transit commission OF
Bos:on; Albert freeman. promoter
Joan Mckinnon, treasurer and secrc
tar5 Of the Hawthorne mining COM
panies and DIR. ". J. Morton, Il nerrs
specialist OF New York, All are charged
win misuse Of tile mails in a scheme
to defrau1 Investors III the stocH OF
mining enterprises.
FUur persn-g- rrct:. iAta!iT i@lurcC,
while another vas seriously hart ii
Cincinnati last night, when South
Bellevue street car jumped from the
Central bridge, which connects Cincln'
natl with Newport, Ky. The car
landed in Front street, after turning =
somersauit IN It's drop OF ~ feet to The
pavement below.
Women OF the Southern PrcshytHriaa
Church are sending their jewels ant
other valuable personal belongings tc
the Foreign mission board in Nash
vile, Tenn, to wipe out Al Indebted
ness OF 800, 600 incurred ny the board
Grave danger Of the recall Of foreign
missionaries faced the board, and ~
appe il was made TO tn loyal women O
the Church to meet the deficit. There
was prompt response IN the shape o
jrwclry, silver ornament, and money
which were sent to the board. >
committee is dispDsing uf the gifts Il:
rapidly rs possible and forwarding thu
proceeds TO missionaries whose saiarie
are overdue.
The howing OF dog led to the dis
covery near Mes City, yesterday o
the body or +. Taylor, 4 farmer, wht
had fallen from his wagon on the way
to market and frozen to death by TIT
roadside. Taylor's team was found By
farmers wandering about the country
At least four persons are known t
have lrozeu to death in Western Kan
sas since the heavy snow and cold wav'
cane q week ago. The government
thermometer at LaCross. Wis, stood
! at % below zero yesterday. an hn
identified man Vas found frozen t.
death in the school yard at Big Suam
leo, Wis, yesterday.
James Bartram, aged 80 years, an
an Italian, who was known as No, r.
we're blown to bits by an cxplosio
of dynamite in the quarries of til
Ohio aud Western Lime Company a
| Marion, O., yesterday. The men wer
skinning dynamite, aud were warne
to keep away from fire. They d''
not heed tho warning, aud carelessl
tossed package Of dynamite near th
fire. An explosion followed whic
shook buildings and broke many VIII
dows in the city.