Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-28
NEWS OF THE DAY

OulCdkO 10 tuul y WANA
immense capital Is attempting 10 cor
ner the corn market.
General Miles Ia a grandfather. bis
daughter, the wife OF Lieut.. Col. Reber,
has become the mother OF son.
Geological survey reports show that
the output Of the southern Appalachian
coalfields in 1900 was nearly 12,500,0OO
tone.
Rev. Granville Lowther, whose trial
on q charge OF heresy has begun in
Kansas City, Mo-, is q native of Viz
ginia.
A census OF Berlin gives the popula'
ton at 1901 ,567. The increase in pop
ulation during the last year is only
1857.
The democratic congressional COM
mittee will hold a meeting tonight to
choose chairman and perfect Its or
gsnization for the coming campaign.
From Berlin comes the statement
that the Urited States government has
been sounding Germany as to how far
1t would 90 In maintaining the "open
door" In China.
The House yesterday evening passed
the army appropriation bill. IL was
considered for time 10 committee OF
the whole, and reported to the House
without material change.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
took their final departure from Mari.
borough House yesterday. They will
cruise during the Easter holidays on
the royal yacht, and on their return to
London will take up their residence at
Buckingham Palace.
A plan for the reorganization and in-
crease of the Marine Corps was laid
before President Roosevelt yesterday
by the House committee on naval al
fairs. President Roosevelt favors en-
Increase of 1000 men in the Marine
Corps. At present it numbers 5000
men.
10 the Senate yesterday Mr.. Pstter-
son, of Colorado, sharply criticised the
methods by which General Funston
captured Aguiualdo, and sought to
show that General Funston's statement
published yesterday, that he had not
violated the articles of civilized war
fare, was not accurate.
10 the House yesterday Mr.. Dalzsll,
from the committee on rules, presented
a rule making the Senate bill to pro-
mote the efficiency OF the revenue cut
ter service a special order until dis
posed of, the order not to interfere with
appropriation bills or conference re-
ports. 1t was adopted.
At a conference of anthracite mine
operators and miners at New York
yesterday arranged by Senator Hanna
and the Cancellation committee OF the
Civic Federation. the miners agreed
not to strike April /, so as to permit OF
further conferences, although the oper-
ators refused all ofthe unions demands.
A dispatch from New York says the
absolute control OF trade aggregatiug
5000, 000, 900 annually Of the combins-
ton int arests known as the Beef Trust
has been effected after many years OF
organization and expansion, in so COM
pletely dominating the provision mar
kets of the United States that indepen-
dent competition is Lilled. Prices are
again advanced and small butchers and
dealers who do not adhere ID the sched.
ule find it hard to survive.
Annie Issacs. a young bride OF three
months, fred seven shots yesterday
at her husband at 116 Madison street,
New York. A half hour later she
killed herself in the rear room OF the
Madison Street police station by swal-
lowing csrbolic acid. The husband
was not injured. They lived in two
rooms in the rear of the husbands So
loon. According TO the husband, she
was insauely jealous Of him, and they
quarreled frequently. She used to
scold him for going with other girls
which he never did, he says.
Western whe't for the first time in many
weeks sold in Baltimore yesterday below the
price recorded for the same day last year. 1t
was quoted yesterday at 773s cents and on
the same day last year at 74@777s
Southern wheat was quoted at GA cents.