Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-11-30
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Five members of the household OF
Charles Krebs, of Newark, o., were des
perately i'll Sunday from ptomaine poison
ing caused by eating canned salmon.
The ]. r. Williams stove lining COM
pany's plant at Weirvillage, Mass, was
destroyed by fire last night. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Francis J. Meeker, who was recently
convicted OF embezzling So, 1882 from the
Newark Fireman's Relief Association,
of which he was formely Treasurer, was
sentenced to five years at hard labor in
State prison by Judge Skinner in Newark,
n. j., this morning.
Albert G. TwiniDg, arrested at Asbury
Park. n. j., Saturday on new charges
of fraud in connection with the wreck
ing of the First National Bank of that
place, was arraigned today and held in
IS. 900 bail for trial in the United States
Court, January goth, next.
1t is reported in railroad circles in
Augusta. Ga, that the Seaboard Air
Line is about to absorb the Atlantic d
Birmingham Railroad. 1t is said that
an extension will be built from Monte
yuma, Ga, to Birmingham, giving the
Seaboard Air Line direct line from
Birmingham to the seacoast.
A cut down of ten per cent. was made
in the wages of one cotton mill at Will
limantic, Conn, today, and the employees
received the cut without complaint.
In the Danielson, Conn, cotton mills a
reduction in wages is scheduled to take
effect tomorrow. 1t is believed to be 10
per cent. as in the case of other mills in
New England.
Notice to the effect that after Dec. Z,
there will be a reduction in the wages
at the TiftvilIe mill at Norwich, Conn.,,
has been posted at that large industry.
This will affect over q thousand hands.
The pay roll at the mill is between $l2,-
900 and $4,000 a week and the re-
duction will cut it down over a thousand
dollars. This reduction is in line with
the general reduction made in the cotton
mills in the East.
The old side wheeler Martin of the
Newburgh and Albany line had hole
stove in her by the floating ice while on
her way from Newburgh to Albany yes
terday and sank at her dock in the latter
city. The Martin during the civil war
was put on Chesapeake Bay, where
Gen. Grant used her for his private dis
patch boat. She was built at jersey
City, in 1868.
: Judge Holtin the U. S. Circuit Court,
Of New York, today appointed Henry E.
Ide received for the Townsend & Downey
Shipbuilding Company, which has its
plant at Shooters Island. The company
closed down last Saturday. In a state
ment made the company said the abomin-
able conditions prevailing in the labor
and material market during the past two
years was the cause Of their trouble.
Adolph Waltz, who was captured yes
terday by Pinkerton detectives with $780,
900 worth of jewelry in his possession be-
longing to his former employer, William
Welsh Harrison, of Glendale, Philadel-
phia, was arraigned today before Magis-
trats Flammer in New York, and re-
manded back to the Tombs for "a hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison were present to
press the complaint. Waltz has confess
ed to the Pinkerton agency there, that
his two companions, Charles Borman and
Paul Hoffman, put him up to the job.
Edgar E. De Veau, who was con-
victed last week in New York On the
charge of planning highway robbery in
the first degree, was sentenced today by
Recorder Golf, to ten years in Sing Sing
prison, the maximum penalty for the
crime. 1t was contended at the trial
that DE Veau had entered into con-
spiracy with Oliver Nelson to assault
with piece Of lead pipe Samuel Lewis,
a wealthy skirt manufacturer, and then
rob the victim. Both De Veau and
Nelson we're in the employ of private
detective agency.
Mrs. Hermanus Baer Mabel Mckinley, |
niece Of the late President Mckinley, lies |
i'll at the Rudd House, in Ovens !
boro, Ky The vaudeville company with |
which she played has disbanded and the |
will leave for New York today. -,
The reduction of wages in the cotton mills
Of Rhode Island went into effect this morning.
Thirty. mills, employing total Of
IL ,265 operatives, were affected.
In Newark, n. j., today Chauncey q. Par
ker was appointed receiver for the Henry Nc
Shane Manufacturing Company Of Baltimore,
Nd.