Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.


J. :. Morgan & Co., of London, deny
that there is any hitch in the inter-
national ship combine.
Crowds in the London streets gave en-
thusiastic demonstrations in honor q
Lord Kitchener yesterday.
The British House of Commons yes
terday voted down motion that lrlsh
taxation constitutcda pressing grievance.
Six men were hanged in Arkansas
Yesterday formurder. Two OF the num-
Der who paid the death penalty were
white men.
]. Pierpont Morgan met Premier Ar
thur j. Balfour at a dinner III the res
taurant of the House of Commons ID
London yesterday.
The rainfall in western Texas, which
il characterized as the worst known there
continued Yesterday, and at Stephens
vile three lives were lost in rushing
torrent.
Superintendent Robinson, Of the
Cambria mill mine, testified at Johns
town, Pa, yesterday that the terrible
explosion at the mine july 10 was
caused by naked lamp.
A United States treasury warrant Tor
$3.50. 600 in favor of the Capital Trac-
ton Company, of Washington, was IS,
sued Yesterday in payment of the old
DOW er-house site, upon which the pro-
posed new municipal building will be
located.
William L. Mason is being doomed
for Vice President two years hence.
Thousands of paper badges are IN clrcu-
lation bearing beneath the bust OF wash
ington the inscription, "For President,
Theodore Roosevelt; for Vice President,
William f. Mason" The President Is
known to dislike Mr.. Mason.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
SAYS that all the planters Of the larger
West India Islands are talking of an
nexation to the United States, owing "a
their dissatisfaction over the small
amount of money contributed by the
imperial government to help the sugar
industry. The newspapers reject the
idea. but the annexation feeling Is
evidently growing among the planters
A dispatch from Cape Haitien, Haiti
saws that Port de Paix and the North
west Department received NJ. Firmin
who has been declared President by tho
Artibonites. with reclamation. The
troops from the Department ofArtibonit'
are advancing. 1t is rumored that two
divisions have left the capital and arr
marching against Gen. Jean Sumeau
who supports the candidacy of NJ
Firmin.
A Cabinet council at the Elysee Palace
in Paris yesterday examined the ques
tons brought up by the application OF
h law of associations. Preslden
Loubet signed decree submitted by thu
Premier, NJ. Combes, ordering the for
chile closure f26 congregationist schools
in Paris and in the Department OF thu
Seine which have refused to dispers'
voluntarily. DEGREES closing forcibl.
similar schools in other departments arr
to be signed rs soon as the projects re
ports are received. A serious situation
is prevailing in the Catholic countr,
around Brest on account of the closln'
of the unauthorized schools. Th'
countryside has taken up arms and /
determined to resist any attempt at thu
forcible execution Of the orders.
Peter Jackson, am innocent negro, wa
mistaken Yesterday for one Of the tire
murderer, of Chief of Police WilmOtl
and was shot by mob of angered citi
zens at Monroe, a small town ten mile
west of Elkins, w. Va. Jackson
wounds are not necessarily fatal, one be
ing in the mouth and the other in tin
! arm, but the series of developments fol
lowing Capt Wilmouth's murder hay
been such as to arouse the negroes of tina
section. A race war at Harding
imminent. A. c. Finley, superinten
dent of the mines at Harding, telephone
that while everything was apparently
quiet at 10 o'clock last night, he fear
an outbreak, az there are many negroe
there who have sworn vengencc agalns
the mob at Harding and Womelsdori
Two wood choppers arrived at Cumber
land, Nd, yesterday from West Virgins
and stated that the third negro accuses
Of being implicated in the murder Q
Policemen WilmOth ut Womelsdorl, w
Va, has paid the penalty for his con
nection with the crime.