Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lou DlllOn UIOhc bhC WIN si'ee'-o
record at Memphis on Saturday by
making the mile in 1851 and taking
back from Cresceus his recently regained
title of champion.
President Roosevelt in Washington
Yesterday addressed the Protestant
Episcopal bishops and an assemblage OF
about 10000 persons at Mount st. Al,
bans, his theme being "Honesty and
Intelligent Service Of God"
Mr.. Joseph R. Stonebraker, vice pres
ident of the Fidelity and Deposit Com
PAW of Maryland and head of the hrm
of Joseph r. Stonebraker & Co., died
suddenly yesterday after a brief illness
at his home in Baltimore.
An American who has been studying
the situation at Dalny, on the Locating
peninsula, says Russia has 200, 900
troops in Manchuria, and is also
strengthening her position on the west
bank Of the Yalu river. Japan con-
tinues her policy of settling Korea.
Impressive services were held yester-
day at the grave in Oak Hill Cemetery,
Washington, Of General Albert Pike,
formerly the sovereign commander OF the
Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons
of the Southern Jurisdiction, by the
members of that council, who have just
finished their annual session in Washing
ton.
Robert Wilcox, ex-CoDgressional dele
gate from Hawaii, died in Honolulu, on
Saturday of consumption. Wilcox was
the home rule candidate for sheriff, and
was in the midst of an active campaign.
Over-exertion brought on hemorrhages.
There is great mourning among the
natives, with whom, owing to his
Hawaiian blood, Wilcox was very
popular.
JOS. w. Folk, Prosecuting Attorney
of st. Louis, has announced his can
didacy for the democratic nomination
for Governor. For two years Joseph
w. Folk has been one of the most prom
inent figures of American civil life.
His prosecution of the st. Louis bribers
and "boodlers" has, at "a years OF age,
made him the best-known citizen oil
Missouri and given him national fame.
John X. Brown, for thirteen years
cashier of the Union Bank Of New Hol-
land, Ohio, is under arrest in San Fran
cisco on charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. de
disappeared from the bank on August 8,
and upon investigation of his accounts II
was found that he was SOB, 600 short in
his cash. He was subsequently indicted
upon four charges of felony, embezzle-
ment, and close search had been made
for him in all directions, until he was To-
Gated and arrested in San Fransico.
A dedication ceremony larger than
any since the dedication of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition itself was con-
Quoted on the Exposition grounds in
st. Louis on Saturday in the dedication
of the Temple of Fraternity, building
of immense proportions, in which meet
ings of the fraternal organizations OF
the country will be held. The style OF
the structure is an adaptation of the
Parthenson at Athens, and contains 50
rooms, large hall aud an open court
in the centre.
Two sections Of a freight train on the
Western Maryland ran together at Vol
Lake, in Chambersburg, yesterday
morning. -Four cars were derailed.
One was thrown into the lake. A box
car was loaded with blasting power in
cans, which exploded with a roar,
alarmed the whole town and was heard
three miles away. A column of flame
and smoke assembled 2G0 feet, and parts
of the cans and the car we're carried a
great distance. No one was hurt, but
a brakeman was thrown from nearby
car by the shock. The wreck caught
fire, and several cars and shocks of corn
in field and part Of Wolf Park fence
were burned.
Overwhelmed by charges that have
been laid before the grand jury, naming
him as a orger, an embezzler, a robbeF
of his relatives and a man who has led a
double life Of startling deprayity, Attor-
uey James L. Blair, one Of the most
prominent men of st. Louis, fell uncon-
scious and frothing at the mouth while
talking to reporters on Saturday, and is
in a most serisus state of collapse.
Judge" Blair, as he is known, was un-
til recently counsel for and director Of
the Worlds Fair, and one of the most
prominent men identified with that ma
tional enterprise. Kumors affecting his
integrity caused him to resign, but not
until Saturday were revelations of his al
legged enormous thefts made public.