Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-11-03
NEWS OF THE DAY.


President Mitchell has forwarded to
the strike commission the formal state
ment of The miners demands.
Six hundred thousand people made
All-Souls' Day pilgrimages to the Cen
trail Cemetery, of Vienna, the largest
cemetery in Europe.
In Charleston, S. c.. Carrie Nation
knocked down a cadet from the South
Carolina Military Academy because he
was smoking a cigarette on the street.
An order has been issued Ivy the
Navy Department providing for a three
wears instead of four-year, course at
the Naval Academy for an indefinite
period. This is made on account OF the
pressing necessity for naval officers.
The Turkish authorities have declined
to permit Mr.. Banks, an American
citizen, to make archaeological researches
at Pel-Abraham, Mesopotamia, because
the spot is sacred ground and supposed
to contain the tomb of Abraham.
Joseph w. Murray, astonecutter, and
Kimmitt Steed, blacksmith, both OF
Ellicott City, were suilocated by gas In
Denhard's Hotel, Baltimore, on Satur-
day. Murray being found lying agalns
the door, having died in an effort to
get air.
Senator Hanna had long conference
with J. Pierpont Morgan in Cleveland,
o.. on Saturday. 1t was reported IN
that city that Mr. Morgan's visit was III
connection with the proposed comblna
ton of all the soft-coal interests In the
country.
Lord Rosebery, in speech in Edin-
burgh, on Saturday, declared that II he
had been premier he would have made
Lord Kitchener Secretary Of State for
War. He did not see any prospect OF
the liberals coming into power in the
near future.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, on Saturday
a Jury brought in verdict of 81, 800 for
Mrs. Mary j. Lewis against the Modern
Woodmen Of the World for injuries
alleged to have been received by her
husband. since deceased, while being
initiated into the Coopersville camp oil
the order last winter.
On the recent visit of President
Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Rail
way Company, and party to hnoxvllie
Tenn, the purchase was consummated
of the Tennessee Northern, the Harri-
man and Northeastern and the Knox
Vile and Ohio Railroads, all OF them
coal roads, with a total mileage OF llO
miles.
Larchmonts volunteer fire depart
ment, composed of millionaire yachts
men. and wealthy New York business
men, had a six-hour battle with a seri-
Gus fire Yesterday morning. After help
ing to extinguish the flames the fire
fighters contributed to helping the poor
sufferers. The fire nearly swept the
business part of that summer resort out
of existence.
A dispatch from London says the
Spanish steamer Enero and the British
steamer st. Regulus were in collision
Friday night near Dugesnes. The
Enero was so badly damaged that she
sank. Twenty-Five of her crew were
drowned. The collision occurred about
midnight. The Enero was struck near
the engine room, and as she sank her
boilers exploded.
A report is current in London to the
effect that well-known peer has fled
from the country to avoid prosecution
on criminal charge of the most serious
character. The name of the nobleman
has been previously mentioned, notably
few months ago, in connection with
such offences. According to one ac-
count he was arrested few days ago
and held in $25, 900 bail, which was
furnished. Afterward he absconded.
The following are the results of the
football games on Saturday. University
of Virginia, 50; Davidson College, 0.
University of North Carolina, II; Vir-
GINA Military Institute, 10. Yale, 6;
West Point, 8. Harvard 20; Carlisle
Indians, 0. Princeton, 10; Cornell, 0.
University of Pennsylvania, II; Co
lumbia, 0. Lafayette, 6; Brown I'M
versity, 5. Pennsylvania State College,
6; Navy, 0. Georgetown, 3; West Viz
ginia, 0. Tennessee, 6; Sewanee, 0.
Joseph Kordech and his daughter,
Lucy. twenty years old, were blown to
pieces by dynamite bomb at $3.50 yes
terday morning, while asleep in their
home at Chicago Heights. Mrs. Kor-
dech, who was sleeping in the same bed
with an infant two weeks old, was
badly injured, but will recover. Charles
Smith. a former boarder at the Kordech
home, is under arrest at the lookup,
charged with blowing up the house and
with double murder. In fire follow
ing the explosion of the bomb, the ruins
of the Kordech home were completely
together with frame build
ing few yards to the south.