Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Ex-Lieut Gov Tillman, who shot
Editor Gonzales, is making no attempt
to be released on BAIL He prefers to
stay in Jail.
Governor Chamberlain, of Connecti-
cut, has called out II companies OF State
troops to stop the rioting at Waterbury,
caused by the trolley strike
Treasury figures for 1902 show that
exports of manufacturers increased Sl5,-
500. 900 and of agricultural products de-
creased 1920, 900, 900, compared to 1901.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial AS
ISOLATION, through its president, Admiral
Dewey, has issued an appeal for funds
to build a memorial for Jefferson in
Washington.
The new German tariff will inhict
serious injury on the commerce OF this
country, barring important exports from
the German market; the grin and flour
exporting interests will suffer especially.
At the indianapolis wage conference
on Saturday, the operators UNANIMOUSLY
voted not to grant the demand OF the
miners for higher wages and certain
changes in the method of mining. The
question was discussed and referred to
the scale committee,
A dog supposed to be mad invaded the
Waverly, Baltimore, Presbyterian church
Yesterday morning during the Sunday
school services and bit a man, who pro-
ceeded to drive him out. Two boys were
bitten on Saturday afternoon by setter
pup that had apparently been seized with
rabies.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal boat
men at Williamsport Md, announce
their decision to reject the last PROPOSE
ton submitted the other day by MIR. u.
L. Nicholson, general manager of the
canal, according to which the transporta-
ton company agrees to pay " cents
freight for hauling coal to that place, and
40 cents to Georgetown.
The Hill OF Tara, so rich in historic
memories, will shortly be sold at auction
in Dublin. Until the sixth century
Tara was the chiefseat of the Irish kings.
The last important gathering on the
Hill of Tara was in 1913, when gigan-
tic meeting was held there under the
auspices of Daniel o. Council, who urged
the repeal Of the Union.
A black cat was found in an oats bin
in flour mill, near Mannheim, Pa, on
Saturday, in which she had been i'm
prisoned for nearly month. The cat
had entered the partly-filled bin after a
mouse and her movements had started
the oats running" which soon COM
pletely covered her. The cat was al
most dead from her long fast
Repeated attempts were made yester-
day to lynch Charles Jefferson, negro,
who was lodged in Jail at Washington,
Pa. as the result of a criminal assault
upon the 3-year-old daughter of Dr.
George r. Conger, of that place. The
little girl will die. At four different
towns mobs we're formed for the pur-
pose oflynching the negro, but strong
BODY of constables succeeded in saving
his life.
Cardinal Gibbons in his sermon on the
divorce question in Baltimore said
81 can conceive of no more pathetic
scenes, no appeal more touching,
than the contemplation of a child
emerging into the years of dis
cretion seeing her father and mother
estranged from each other. The nation
is sick, and the malady is all the greater
because the patient is unconscious OF the
disease.
Both Argentina and Chile have
proposed to the UNITED States the pur-
chase of armored cruisers and battleshlps
which they have under construction IN
Europe. In case of trouble between
the United States and Germany, 1t Is
declared that these vessels will repre-
sent the balance of power, and it Is
therefore urged that the American Gov
eminent should lose no time in acquir-
ing them.
Rather than accept an assignment not
to his liking, Naval Constructor Rich
mond Pearson Hobson has resigned from
the navy. His resignation reached the
Navy Department Saturday, and viii be
forwarded to the President in few days
with recommendation that it be ac
cepted. Mr.. Hobson's letter accompany
ing his resignation is said to sizzle. De
takes the position that he has beer
forced out of the navy. Mr.. Hobson
was assigned two weeks ago to take
charge of the navy yard at Bremertoni
Wash, and was directed to be there by
February 9.
Three men were killed, four fatally
injured. and ten seriously hurt in real
end collision of two stock trains thai
took place on the Illinois Central, one
r,;la west of Cloverdale. early this morn.