Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rev William Booth, commsDder-in-
chief the Salvation Army, will come to
America toward the end OF September
for four months tour of the country.
Robert Stanley, cigar maker, who
shot bis wife 10 drunken irerzy at
Binghsmton, N. Y. on Wednesday
and who was captured Thursday morn
ing was found dead in his cell Thurs
day night. 1t is thought he died from
arsenicsl poisoning.
The Newport yacht racing sssocla'
ton has invited Thomas w. Lawson to
bring Independence there and race with
Constitution and Columbia for the
trophy tbs association has offered. Mr..
Lawson has replied that oil depends on
the action the New York Yacht Club
takes.
IL is announced that ex-senator
Towne, of Minnesots; Gov. MCMILLAN,
of Texss. and Ex-Governor Hogg, ., Q
me nbers OF company being organized
TO develop the holdings in the Beau
mont, Tex oil f I'D on an extensive
scale. The capital stock will be
IS 900 600.
o Sing 10 the difficulty OF the Russian
railways in obtaining a delivery for
Rus ,ian made rails and other material,
the government has decided to allow,
when necessary, the ordering of such
material abroad This removal of the
sdlct prohibiting the purchase OF steel
material abroad makes an opening for
the Au erican trade.
Emperor Franz Josef, of Austria,
will start on his trip TO Bohemia on
Juue 10. The greatest of care has
been taken 10 planning the Emperor's
v'si'. that neither the Germans nor the
CT chs 10 Bohemia be offended. l. has
been arranged that at Prague the
burRomaster deliver his address Of
sreetins in both lanRuages- Similar
ore iutions will be taken at Aussig 10
avoid the least friction.
The practice OF selling horse flesh for
consumption has become so svowedly
widespread among Paris butchers that
the board of health is taking steps to
build slaughter house where horses
alone will be admitted. In this way
all animals can he subjected to rigor.
Gus physical examination. 1t Is to the
inferior class OF horses, and not to the
prir ciple OF eating horse flesh that the
BOARD OF health objects.
WHAT promises to be OF great value
to mariners of the Atlantic ia the daily
publication, issued Thursday for the
first time, from the naval photographic
office in Washington. 1t is q report of
wrecks, fogs and icebergs in the North
Atlantic 4 will be mailed every night
save Weo. sday to Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and
savannah and thence made public
chrough the branch offices. Formerly
only weekly bulletins have been issued
The new prison commutation law in
PENNSYLVANIA gives the board OF par.
dons the power to commute sentence oi
convicts as much as five months during
| the fifth year of penal servitude. Attor'
ney General Knox is of the opinion thai
this power, II applied to government
prisoners, would be virtually an exer
else of executive clemency and that i
would not be fair to other governmeD
prisoners, iu the new Atlantis, u. s
penitentiary for instance, where the.
cannot gain more than five days pc
month. He has written letters there
fore to the three district attorneys O
Penusy instructing them to max
test case in the courts with the fire
federal prisoner whose sentence ma.
De commuted. He will also ask Con
gress, next session, to pass a law fixin
the ratio of Communications for feders
prisoners, no matter where contine
and independen! of the law OF the stat
10 which they may be serving thei
| time