Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Up 10 May 2 last the "conscience
fund" OF the Treasury Department
amounted to $31l, 963. 81.
Cardinal Gibbons will leave Balti,
moro today on his way to Rome ana
will sail from New York Saturday.
Harrisonburg will not cease to be
the capital of Pennsylvania, Dill Ito
remove 1t to Philadelphia being defeat
ed.
Charles Foster, OF Fostoris, Ohio,
has made application az q voluntary
bankrupt. His deb!s are STAT 600 and
there are no assets.
The Womsn's Board OF Home Mis-
sions Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, in session In St. Louis yesterday,
selected Richmond. Va, for its next
meeting.
Colonel Astills, the Filipino governor
of Iufants province, has surrendered
with 10 officers, $50 men, ammunition
and cannon. The Philippine Commis-
sion proposes q separate scheme OF city
government for Manila.
The missing plans OF the cruiser st.
Louis were found late yesterday after
noon in vault at the Neafie & Levy
'shipyard, Philadelphia, where the
cruiser is to be built. They had been
put carefully away and trace Of them
was temporarily lost.
Vital statistics in New England,
show continual decline In the birth
rate OF the native population. They
indicate that but for foreign reinforce
ments that part OF the United States
would be losing mountaineering less
populous from year to year.
Amid q bedIam of catcalls, horn
blowing and showers OF eggs, twenty
five young women were on Tuesday
chased from the Alling Wooden Mills.
Derby, Conn.,, by seventy strikers, and
forced to take refuge In stores and resi-
denoes. Their clothing was torn from
their backs.
DR.. A. ]. Henning, who was recently
elected mayor OF Garnet, Kan, was
sworn in Tuesday night. He issued
the following manifesto: Fear God
and keep His commandments and keep
the Sabbath day holy" 1t declares
further that cigarette smoking will be
prosecuted and the curfew law enforced
Mr.. Swanson says he will make no
reply to the statements made by Mr..
Montague regarding Mr.. Martin. Mr..
Swanson is just back In Richmond from
the fifth congressional district and he
J expresses himself as we'll pleased With
the situation as he found 1t there. he
Is confident he will make nearly clean
sweep Of the delegates.
What Is regarded as compromise
verdict was reached by the directors OF
the Chicago Theological Seminary yes
terday 10 the case of DR.. George Il.
Gilbert, professor Of New Testament
literature and Interpretation. The d.
rectors voted to accept DR.. Gilbert's
| resignation "for the good OF the semi
nary and OF DR.. Gilbert"
The United States Steel Corporation
has adopted the policy of centralizing
operations, OF abandoning its smaller
plants, those dIsadvsntag eously located
and those that cannot be run economi'
cally. The work heretofore done at
these plants will be transferred to those
that can be operated to tho advantage
Of that company. Pittsburg would be
greatly benefited at the expense OF
number OF other cities.
For the first time in the history OF
the army o colored soldier has risen
from tho ranks to be an officer. Sec-
ond Lieutenant B. A. Davis, recently
appointed and assigned to the Tenth
cavalry, is the son Of q colored messsn'
ger in the Interior Department, In
Washington. There are only two
other colored officers In the army
Capt. Charles Young. a graduate OF
West Point, and Major John Lynch,
formerly q member Of Congress from
Mississippi and afterward auditor for
the Navy Department.