Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-01-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs

Fire last night Quilted the Postal Tele-
graph building in Asbury Park, n. J.
The efforts of the firemen saved Parkers
Hotel and adjoining building.
In Hartford today Judge Council
charged the jury in the trial of Jim
Wilcox for the murder of Ella Cropsey.
The jury retired to consider their YER
dict this afternoon.
The main building at the convalescent
home, at Wellesley Hills, Mass, con-
nected with the children's hospital of
Boston, was totally destroyed by fire to-
day, causing loss of nearly 500, 900.
All the children were removed in safety.
The fight on the floor of the Delware
legislature for the election of a United
States Senator begun today. In the
Senate the first ballot for orator FOR the
long term resulted in Addicks getting
6; Dupont l; Higgins, 3, and Kenuey,
votes.
Three masked burglars last night
broke into the pssoffice and jewlery store
kept by c. N. Mollereoer at Williams
port, Pa. They smeared the plate glass
window with molasses before breaking
in. or to deaden the sound. Then they
blew the safe with dynamite but were
frightened away before obtaining any
booty.
The trial of VIM. II. Kimball former Pres
ident of the Seventh National Bank, and j.
w. Roose, former paying teller, ended abb
ruptly in the United States Circuit Court ia
New York today, when the defendants with
drew their plea of not guilty and entered one
of guilty. Sentence was deferred. kimbap
and Roose were charged with over certifying
checks of the defunct firm of Marquard d
Poor, bankers, to such a large amou.it that
they wrecked the bank.
A heavily charged bomb was discovered
this morning on the stoop of the residence of
brewer Peter Doelger at 10th street and
Riverside Drive, n. Y, and the police be-
| lieve deliberate attempt was made to wreck
the Doelger home. Tho fuse to the bomb
which was piece Of gas pipe capped at both
ends, had been ignited but had gone out
The New York franchise tax law was de-
clared unconstitutional today by the State
| Supreme Court. This decision is one of the
| most important ever given in the state From
the enactment of the law until the present
time ST., 900 900 in taxes is involved, while at
least 81 900, 900 in future revenues must be in
| cluded
Charles NJ. Schwab, president ofthe United
States Steel Corporation is i'll at Palermo,
| Sicily, but not seriously. He is able 10 be
about today. He wished to take an automO-
bile ride and as no auto could be obtained
went on a cruise on the yacht Margarita
toward Tunis. His wife remained in Palermo.
A dispatch from Louisville, KY, says that
Richmond p. HObson in lecture there said
he would not obey the recently received order
to go to Puget Sound that he had a secret
understanding with Secretary Moody of the
navy to travel around on government pay and
lecture in the interest of the navy.
The vote in the New York Assembly today
for United States Senator was Plat, SO:
Stanchfeld, 81. In the senate Plat received
| % votes, Stanchfeld q and Root 3. Bracket,
Brown and Elsberg, anti-Platt republicans,
were those who voted for Root.
Monsignor O'Connell, recently appointed
rector of the Catholic University at Washing
ton, before going to his new post will make a
tour of Europe. He will select new professors
| for the university, as he intends to change the
old staff considerably.
Charles I. Kelley, ex-speaker of che Sc
Louis House of Delegates. was found guilty
today and sentenced TO two years in the peni-
tertiary for perjury in connection with the
| ST. Louis bribery cases.