Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-26
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

liz Is said certain repuOllChus ~ NOh-
eress who oppose the Recommendations
the President will make will begin
early to try to forestsll their adoption.
DIR. David II. Greer, rector OF st.
Bartholomew's Church, New York,
declines the bishopric OF Western Mes
sachusetts, to which he was recently
elected.
A report is current in Philadelphia
that J. Plerpoot Morgan, representing
the United States Steel Corporation
has procured an option on Cramps
shipyards.
There ia q possibility that the Presi'
dents message may not be read IN Con-
eress when il meets next Monday aud
that the President will wait until Tues
day before sending 1t to the Capitol.
Sir Thomas Upton, at q banquet given
In his honor In London last night, an
nounoed that should no one else chsl.
lenge, he was willing to consider max
ing another attempt to lift the America
cup.
The recent storm on the coast OF
Della ware, New Jersey and New YORK
caused about q million dollars damage.
Five sailors were drowned at Long
Branch. Fourteen lives are reported
lost in the gale.
Second Lieutenant Louis j. Van
Setback, of the Fourth Infantry, while
scouting near Oavite, had a desperate
sing handed encounter with Filipinos.
| In which he killed three OF the insur'
gents with his revolver, but was badly
wounded.
Maryland republicans have o plan to
send Isador Rsynor, chief counsel for
Admiral 6chley, to the United states
Senate. The republicans say that II
they can get some democrats to vote
| for Rsynor they will all vote for him
and defeat German.
Fire broke ont 10 the works OF the
| Thomson Chemical Company at Race
and Winder streets, Baltimore, last
J night causing loss OF $4,000. The
| millhouse at the works was destroyed,
but a high wind and the work OF the
firemen saved the rest of the plant from
destruction.
A delegation OF Cubsns called on the
President yesterday and presented q Pc
ttion adopted by the industrial oresni-
cations OF the Island, urging upon his
attention the necessity of reduction In
the American tariff upon Cuban prod
ucts, particularly upon sugar and to-
bacoo. While the President listened
atteutively to their representations, he
gave them no assurances of the i'm medl-
ate relief they asked for.
Sir Thomas w. RsiL, 10 an article 10
the Nineteenth Century, quotes q mem
| Der of President Rooseveits Cabinet as
saving that English people do not
realize the depth of feeling existing out
side of Englsnd on the subject OF the
South African war, nor the extreme
gravity OF the situation. 1t was also
stated that appeals are being made to
the United States by European powers
to take some step to end the war.
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Edwin G. Madden in his annual report
recommends the consolidation OF third
and fourth class mail matters, an In
crease of the limit OF indemnity for the
loss of registered matter from $40 to
500, and that postal employees be made
| liable for the value OF registered matter
lost through their carelessness. The
total postal revenues for the year from
all sources were Sill ,63l 1913, being
So, 923, 727 lees than the expenditures.
The United States government has
taken charge OF the transit on the
Isthmus OF Panama. Captain Perry has
landed, with detachment OF men from
the Iowa, to keep transit clear. The
Colombian government reports that
the rebels were defeated at Culeora and
Empersdor. There will be no lombard
ment Of Colon by the government gun
boat. There has been sharp lighting 81
Empire station. on the lsthmian kall'
road line, with heavy losses on both
sides.