Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-18
rELEGRApHro BREviTIEs.

The Old Dominion steamship Monroe
was successfully launched at Newport
News, Va, this morning. Mrs. A. X.
Montague, wife of the Governor of
Virginia, christened the steamer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Warner, of
South Woodstock, Conn.,, are today eele-
brating the SEVENTEEN anniversary of
their marriage. Mr.. Warner has reach
ed the age of 81 and his wife 92 years of
age.
About six hundred freight handlers,
shippers, packers and truckers, employ
ed in a number of the largest wholesale
grocery houses in Chicago, went on
Strike this morning. They will be join
ed by 2. 500 ifa general demand for
uniform wage scale of 81 day is re-
fused.
AT this Mornings session Of the Ma
tional Live Stock Association, in Pitts
burg, Pa, the question Of statistics of the
live stock in the United States was dis
cussed and it developed that there is no
accurate knowledge of the cattle in this
,untry. 1t was decided to ask Congress
to have account taken.
Alfred w. Clark, canvasser, shot
and seriously wounded Joseph H. Con-
nors, of New York, in the United States
hotel in Pittsfeld, Mass, this afternoon.
The men qaurreled last night over
money matters and this afternoon while
Connors was seated at table in the
hotel office, Clark entered and shot him
without speaking word.
The large cemetery at Pine Plains,
n. Y, was sold at auction this after
noon on the foreclosure of a mortgage.
The Atlantic Trust Company gave the
| Burmell Heno Investment Co. ten thou
sand dollars on the property, and the
latter company failed. Six thousand
bodies are inferred in the cemetery. 1t
is thought that through the courts the
bodies may be allowed to remain.
Robert II. Larned, of Lansing, and
Miss Fannie Ide, of Saginaw, Mich,
were married two weeks ago. Thursday
Larned returned to his home without his
bride. Mrs. Larned is niece of Coy.
Bliss. The wedding took place at the
home of the governor in Saginaw. II is
said the marriage was arranged by Gov.
Bliss and young Larned's father rather
than by the young people. The bride
married the wedding ceremony by sob
bling throughout the service that made
her Mrs. Larned. She is said to have
been much opposed to the husband
selected for her.
In Syracuse, n. Y, today. Supreme Court
Justice Andrews, decided the question as To-
legality Of union men picketDg in front of a
boyeotted clothing store. The court gives the
merchants, Foster Il Hinman, an injunction
restraining trespassing, obstructing or threat
ening upon the premises or sidewalks of the
plaintiffs The court however, holds that
peaceful picketing is lawful.
The Tucker Wood rim and ping pong fac.
tory at Urbana, o., burned last night. L0 ;
| $4,000. The night watchman, Charles Mag
| CART, had his boys at the factory with him
when the fire broke out. Two of the lads
saved their lives by jumping from second
story window but both were badly injured.
The youngest boy was burned to death. =
Secretary Of State McDonough Mt Albany.
n. Y today decided to acoep. and file the
certificate Of nomination Of the Greater New
York democracy against which a protest he
been made by the liberal democratic mart,
The certificate places in nomination the cal.
didates nominated by the democratic party az
Saratoga.