Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-15

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history of the Great Lakes exactet
a toll of over 300 lives, sent to the
bottom or totally wrecked mne,
|tcen mammoth freight steamers, ant
caused property loss in boats alone
Of slO,O00,O00. Many small craft
were demolished, but Of the loss on
these no definite estimates have been
made.
4 fire which did $4,000 damage
broke out in the Thompson Specially
House at Binghamton, N. Y, yester-
day afternoon and spread through
the business section, destroying three
blocks and damaging two more be-
fore it was under control. Three
fremen were hurt. No lives were
lost, but 200 employees had narrow es-
capeS
A gas jet left burning in q room to
satisfy the within Of rour-year-old
William Richardson, who cant
sleep in the dark" caused $4,000 dam
age by fire last night at 1853 Colum-
biz. Road, Washington, the home of
Samuel \. Richardson and his BROTH
or, Earl Kent Richardson. The child,
in leaning out of his bed, pulled the
curtain over the gas jet.
Waters in the Monongahela, Allie
~heny. and Ohio rivers will pass the
flood mark today. Flood conditions
over the entire Ohio Valley are pre-
dicted. The thaw Of the last few
DAYS has melted thousands Of tons of.
snow. Rain has fallen since the
snow began melting. Flood condi-
tons through the Ohio Valley may
result following dOwnpour of rain
which began before midnight and
continued with no signs Of lct-up
throughout yesterday. Coming with
warm weather, the rain carried off
the eighteen inches Of snow that fell
in the blizzard Of 4 few days ago. Al
ready the river has reached 4 stage
Of fifteen feet, the highest since last
spring, and it seemed certain the
Ohio river would overflow its banks
Eight men were burned in the ruins
of the new Lyman Building, Gear
Rapids, Iowa, which collapsed late
Yesterday afternoon. One man was
killed and two fatally injured. The
building was seven stories high anS
the outer walls had nvc bsen com
plcted. The sevcnth-story columns
collapsed and carried down all the
other floors in the rear portion Of
the building, hurting the workmcn to
the basement
Too big q meal Of corn beef and
cabbage last evening caused the
death Of Thomas Hutchinson, sixty
wears old, of $40 e street northwest
Washington. Shortly after 5 o'clock
he became violently i'll and died in a.
few minutes. Acute indigestion pro-
duced from eating 4 large plate of
his favorite food was the immediate
cause of death.
John Redmond, the famous Eng.
lish home rule leader, was attacked
by militant suffragist while trav-
cling at Newcastle, from London yes
teriay to address 4 political gather
ing He was struck over the head
and in the face several times, the wo-
man using her handbag as weap-
on. The train guards ovcrpoweret
her.
Important resolutions precipltate"
sharp discussion among delegates Oh
the American Federation Of Labor
Yesterday ut Seattle, Wash. They
included a demand for general cleo
tons at which all voters Of the ma
ton may decide important questions
exclusion OF all .Asiatics from the
United States; Federal investigation
into conditions on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and refusal to arbltrate the
Panama canal question with Grea
Britain. Opponents Of Panama ar
bitration declared that the submission
Of the question Of Americas right To
regulate its own affairs to foreign
board would be preposterous. lntlea
tons were that all the resolutions
! would be adopted.
Quoting the Bible and many lega'
works and former President Theodore
Roosevelt in favor of corporal pun