Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Miss Olive Cuttsnoe, whose APP
| proachiDg marriage TO George =.
| Montagu was announced. Unexpectedly
married Lord Alfred Douglas 10 Lon
don yesterday.
Prince Adalbert oil Prussia, third SOD
of Emperor William of Germany, will
visit Baltimore on the German train.
ingship Charlotte, which is due about
the latter part OF Aril.
The entrance of the Imperial
Tobacco Company OF Great Britain ipt }
the markets OF Virginia and North
Carolina is expected to result 10 lively
competition with the American To-
baoco Company.
The commander of the Department
of the Potomac, Grand Army OF the
Republic, yesterday invited the Presi-
dent to deliver the principal Memorial
Day address at Arlington, May 30. The
President thought 1t might be possible
for him to accept.
Mrs. Sarah E. Gardner, wife OF Mr..
John Z. G. Gardner, died OF heart dis
ease last night in the Academy OF Mu-
sic at Baltimore during the performance
OF "Ben- Hur." 1t was Mrs. Gsrdner's
birthday and she and her husband went
to see "Ben-Hur" in honor of the oc.
casion.
In the Equity Court OF Washington
yesterday Judge Bradley granted the
application OF Rev. Gilbert F. Williams
for a writ OF certiorari against the
Bishop of Washington, Rev. DR.. Henry
Y. Satterlee, to have him send up the
record of trial wherein Mr.. Williams
had been convicted by an ecclesiastical
court about three or four years ago of
an alleged violation OF ordination vows.
Prince Henry who was the guest of
Boston yesterday was given dinner
by the city and sat at table
with more than two hundred Of
the representative citizens OF the Com
mon wealth. He received q cablegrsm
from the Kaiser, congratulating him
on the honor conferred by Harvard
College. He will visit Albany and
West Point today, and will be st New
York again this evening.
10 response to inquiries by the State
Department as to German activity 10
the Shantung peninsula, the German
Government has given assurances that
1t has no intention Of seeking to obtain
territory in that section. Count Glass;
ini, the Russian Ambassador, again ss-
sured the State Department yesterday
that Russia had abandoned efforts to
seek exclusive concessions from China
In Msnchuria.
The foundation is being laid Ia the
hearing before the Senate Philippine
committee for thorough investigation
into the condition Of affairs in the Phil
ippine Islands now and at the time OF
the Spanish surrender. 1t is expected
that demand will be made that Agu-
inaldo snd several OF the men who
we're conspicuous 10 the attempt ID form
q native government in 1898, some Of
whom are now conficed as prisoners on
the Island OF Guam, be brought to
Washington to testify before the COM.
mittee.
An important conference on the per-
msnent census bill was held at the
White House yesterday between the
President, Attorney General, Director
of the Census aud members of the Civil
Service Commission. None OF the con-
ferees would disclose the nature OF the
conference, nor would they even state
that decision had been reached. The
President will probably sign the bill.
He is not ct all pleased, however, with
the section which renders the census
force eligible for positions In the CLASH
fed service.