Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-12-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Essex, mOnbhuts yoHteIoay'
John Swinton, for a quarter OF CEN
tury one Of the best known political and
socialistic writers Of the country, died In
Brooklyn last night.
Smallpox continues to spread In
Philadelphia despite vaccination. The
municipal officials are severely taxed 10
battling with the epidemic.
A fire at Salem, Harrison county, W.
Vs., on Saturday night. destroyed me
business portion of that town. The
loss ia estimated at $780, 200, with little
insurance.
Elkton, Md, was visited late Satur'
dsy night by a destructive fire. which
ragged for over four hours and burned
$25 900 worth of property 10 the ousl-
ness section of the town.
Queen Wilhelmins and Prince
Henry, her husband, arrived at The
hague, on Saturday, and were given
loyal demonstration by the people,
there being no open display OF hostility
toward the prince.
1t is held by well-informed men 10
both branches Of Congress to be highly
improbable that any effective legisls-
ton looking to the federal control OF
trusls, or trade monopolies, will be en-
acted during this session.
Chairman Payne, OF the ways and
means committee, Gays that no definite
plans have been made thus far for con-
sidering the question of further rednc
ing the war revenue taxes, but he says
there may be q further reduction.
Signor Marconi, 10 st. Johns, N. F.,
has announced that be had received
wireless messages from his station In
Cornwall, Eoglsnd, solving the problem
OF signalling across the Atlantic with
out wires; the distance traversed by the
messages was 100 miles.
The total destruction of The Lincoln
avenue Car barns Of the Chicago Trsc-
ton Company, with more than l6O
| street cars, resulted from fire that was
discovered at an early hour yesterday
morning. Beside the building, nearly
all the grip cars and trailers used on the
Lincoln avenue line were destroyed.
Ten lives we're lost 10 wreck early
yesterday morning on the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, near Perryvllle, I'll. A
passenger train collided with freight
and an oil tank Car exploded, throwing
burning oil over the wrecked care.
| The bodies OF the dead were burned, as
were also the cars. Many persons were
injured.
The largest tramp steamship flying
the Stars and Stripes, and one of the
biggest vessels on Inc seas, the 10. 600.
ton carrier Shswmut, will be launched
at Sparrow's Point. near Baltimore, on
| Thursday, for Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
OF Boston. The ship Is one o! two 800
feet long steamers building by the
Maryland Steel Company.
A child OLA attempting to kill her
mother by order OF her father, and
threatened with her own life as penal
ty for failure, is the startling situation
OF Julia Badgely, according to her OWL
confession, and borne out by facts as re-
lated by her mother, the physician who
attended her and Julia's younger sister
Julia is under arrest at police headquar
ters, and her father, Lewis Badgeiy, Ii
in CUSTODY at Syracuse, N. Y, awaiting
developments.
There Is well-defined move
ment among the democrats OF thu
House to secure action upon the reso
luton recently introduced by Repre-
sentative John s. Williams, OF Missis
sippi, providing for the appointment o
a committee to investigate the Maclay
naval history incident. Mr.. Williams
says his resolution of inquiry Is to as
certain whether Admirals CIownin'
shield and Sampson saw proof sheets
OF E. s. Maclsy's criticism OF Admrs
Schley.
Yesterday was the coolest day Chi
cago has experienced 10 the month o.
December since the weather bureau was
established there thirty years ago. Fol
three hours yesterday morning the mer
curry stood at II degrees below zaro
Later, however, The skiesr cleaed and
the wind, which had been blowing from
the northwest, died down, causing Q
gradual rise Of temperature, and last
night the thermometer at the loca
weather bureau registered but three de-
grees below zero. The cold wave ha;
reached the Atlantic Coast and higher
temperatures ara reported from the
West, though Montana has the deepest
snow OF the season.