Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The conference between ID. b. Hill
and Charles Murphy, it was stated,
resulted in a compromise and harmony
in New York democracy.
Thomas E. Barrett, St. Louis court
official, convicted of completely in natur-
alization frauds, was on Saturday sem
fenced to five years in the penitentiary.
The Panama government claims to
have discovered plot against the life
of General Huertas, commandments
of the forces Of the republic, and four
conspirators have been arrested.
James w. Davidson, United States
consul in Formosa, says there are
200, 600 Russian troops in Manchuria
and Vladiyostock. He believes Russia
will give Japan free hand in Korea
in return for similar privileges in
Manchuria.
Representative Overstreet, the new
chairman of the committee on postof'
fees and postroads, introduced resolu-
ton on Saturday giving the committee
authority to request the Postmaster Gen
eral to send to it all papers connected
with the recent investigation of that de-
partment.
Through the arrest of Howard R. Bid
dings and Leo Joseph Blough, employees
in Pittsburg of the United States Ex-
press Company, the identity of the men
who have been stealing packages handled
by the express company, it is alleged,
has been ascertained, and many arrests
are expected within the next twenty
four hours.
For the third consecutive week small
pox has shown an increase, which was
unlocked for, and has alarmed the health
authorities of Philadelphia. Ninety
nine new cases and fifteen deaths were
reported to the Bureau of Health for
the week ending Friday night, and
several other cases were reported yester-
day. During the previous week seventy
cases were reported and sixty-eight the
week preceding that.
President Roosevelt has designed Mr..
Holmes Conrad to conduct the prosecution
of August w. Machen, Samuel A. Croft
and Others, Jointly indicted for conspira
CIV to defraud the United States in con-
nection with the Croft letter-box fastener
transaction. The trial of this case has
been set for Monday, January ii next
before Justice Pritchard in Washington.
Mr.. Conrad will have the aid of Mr..
Morgan H. Beach, United States attor-
ney for the District of Columbia.
A SOCIAL WAR.-The most social war
that Washington has had in years reach
ed its climax Saturday night when but
two Senators came with their wives TO the
dinner given by Senator and Mrs. Depew
to Senator and Mrs. Thomas G. Plat.
The circumstances attending the recent |
marriage Of Senator Plat to Mrs. Lillian
T. Janeway made this formal introduce
ton of Mrs Plat into official society the |
most discussed function of the season.
Mrs. Depew invited 16 Sena-
tors and their wives, besides a host of
other prominent folk, but in the end
was obliged to Ego ont into the highways |
and hedges" to get guests, bringing in
bachelor Congressman and number OF
non-officials personages, though the din
ner was intended to be a distinctively
official affair. The guest list was not
until yesterday, and it is stated
that Senator Hanna and Senator Spooner
and their wives were the only guests who
had received original invitations. Wheth-
er Mrs. Plat will be received in other
than an official capacity remains to be
seen. Her first snub seems to have come
from Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, who
asked Mrs. Depew and nearly every prom
inent New York woman to be apaironess
at the Doll Bazaar and failed to ask Mrs.
Platt. Outside of official society the
question is burning one and promises to
add to the numerous social complications
Of the season.
The Market.