Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Widespread floods are causing damage
in Scotland.
The United States does not regard the
question of the cession of the Danish
West Indies as closed.
DR.. E. NJ. Chaplin, a well known
Washington physician, died yesterday Of
the effects of fall down stairs.
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, the former
Irish leader, man of letters and Prime
Minister of Victoria, died yesterday at
Nice.
Indications at Dover, Del, now point
to failure by the democratic members OF
the legislature to vote for union republic
can Senators.
Ex-President Cleveland writes that
he cannot believe sentiment exists
which calls for any declaration from him
in regard to third term.
Prominent democrats made speeches
at dinner of the Tilden Club in New
York, last night. discussing issues for
the next Presidential campaign.
The London Daily Mail has received
dispatch from Guatemala declaring
that war has been proclaimed between
Guatemala on one side and San Salvador
and Honduras on the other.
The Minnesota House yesterday unani-
mously passed a concurrent resolution re-
questing the governor, in the name OF
the State, to invite Rear-Admiral Schley
to visit St. Paul, where a reception
would be rendered him by the State.
The relatives of Mrs. Charles d. Fair,
who, with her husband, was killed in an
automobile accident in France in August
last, have begun an action in New York
against Mrs. Theresa Oelrichs and Mrs
Virginia Vanderbilt, sisters of Charles
Fair to secure the whole estate.
Representative Henry H. Aplin has
introduced bill in Congress granting
a pension of S12 a month to all soldiers
and sailors who served at least one year
in the civil war. A bill introduced by
Representative Thomas F. Marshall
permits the free transmission through
the mails of pension papers mailed by
pensioners to pension agents.
Rev. DR.. ]. NJ. Buckley, editor of the
Christian Advocate, created stir at a
meeting of Methodist ministers in New
York yesterday by disputing the state
ment Of Rev. DR.. Thompson, Of Chicago,
that million and half converts had
been made by the Methodist Church in
the last four years. He declared that
statistics showed that Methodism was
actually declining, at any rate in some
of the eastern conferences,
Robert w. Tate, jr., attempted
suicide shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Hotel Langhorn, Balti-
more. where he resided, by shooting
himself lust below the heart. Young
Tate is ouly "A years old and a member
of very prominent Maryland family.
He never lost consciousness and the
physicians have hopes for his recovery.
A love affair is said to have caused the
young man to attempt to end his life.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. L. w.
Carmack spoke Of alleged cruelty of
American soldiers in the Philippines,
and polygamy was discussed during the
statehood debate. The House defeated
a bill authorizing the government to adj
vance $40, 600, 900 to the District of Co.
lumbia, and sent back to conference an
other regarding the proposed union sta
ton. Speaker Henderson was oyerruled
on his decision that Sunday was legis-
lative day.
News has been received at Hot
Springs, Va, from Pocahontas county,