Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

urday.
In Washington the report from New
York that Patrick H. McCarren may be
selected as democratic national chair
man is regarded as premature.
The Somerset Coal Company in Penn
sylvania has evicted the families OF the
striking miners. All the collieries are
now being worked as they were before
the strike was inaugurated.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, the in
ventor of the telephone, has arrived at
Genoa to CONVEY to the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington, the remains oil
James S.nithson the founder.
Brand Higgins, boy of u, OF Bak-
ersville, n. Y, ran barefoot hall a mile
in the snow for doctor to attend his
father. who had become suddenly i'll. He
NAV lose both feet in consequence.
Robert WilIett, clerk of the district
of Colombia Court of Appeals since its
organization ten years ago, and life
long resident of the District OF Columbia,
died Saturday evening of Bright's disease
Unless Secretary Hay to his reply to
the note of General Reyes accords Colon
bia that measure of satisfaction to which
she feels entitled in reference to Panama
both General Reyes and DR.. Herran will
leave Washington.
1t is reported from Philadelphia that
either Third Vice President Provost or
Fourth Vice President Rea, of the Penn
sylvania, will succeed l.. f. Loree as
president of the Baltim.re and Ohio
Railroad, when he resigns.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral
of Westminster, England-the first
cathedral of The old faith that has stood
in the Metropolitan See of England since
the Reformation-is to be consecrated
tomorrow, when Archbishop Bourne
will be enthroned.
Mr.. William ]. Bryan was entertained
at luncheon in Berlin by United States
Ambassador Tower on Saturday, and had
an interview with Foreign Secretary
Richthofen. Emperor William express
ed regret that domestic Christmas testiv-
tiles prevented him giving Mr.. Bryan
an audience.
Captain Evans and passengers of the
steamer Denver, which arrived at
Galveston, Tex, last night, from New
York, say that Granville w. Garth, a
passenger, reported to be New York
bank president, committed suicide by
jumping overheard shortly before the
vessel reached port.
Baron Hayashi, the japanese Minister
to Great Britain, denied the report that
japan had set time limit to Russia S
reply. Paris dispatches say that Japan
will soon send.a large force to Korea,
Russia's consent having been obtained.
Advices from London state that Japan
is negotiating for the purchase of the two
CHILEAN warships Esmeralda and Captain
Pratt.
A bold bank robbery, attended by a
desperate battle between pose OF cltl-
I.zens and robbers, occurred at Kiowa, a
small town sixteen miles south of South
McAlester, l. T., yesterday, the robbers
securing and destroying about $28, 600,
which was in the bank. 1t is said that
one of the robbers was injured A poss
of United States marshals is in pursuit
of the robbers.
Professional highwaymen late Satur-
day night held up four men in towns
along the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, cracked the safe in the COM
bined railroad station and pOstoffice at
STAFFORD, Pa, after breaking open the
station door and blindfolding the watch
man, and made good their escape with
money and valuables amounting to
about 81, 900.
The Italian people now seem to regard
the young son of the Duke OF Aosta as
heir presumptive to the throne, no son
having yet been born to the King. The
Duke. who is a cousin of Victor Emman-
uel, is now the heir apparent and is very
popular with Italians of all classes. The
Duchess of Aosta was the Princess Hell
enc D'Orleans. She was daughter of
the late Comte de Paris, head of the
house of Orleans, and lived in England.
Fire completely destroyed the photo
graphic plant of the United States Geo
logical Survey in the northwest corner
of the sixth floor of the Hooe Building,
on F street Washington, about $3.50
o'clock last night, damaged portion of
the expensive exhibits for the st. Louis
Exposition, and caused total loss OF
about 81, 900, of which the government S
share is about s., 900, while the damage
10 the upper portion of the building,
owned by Mr. Caleb c. Willard, will be
about 81, 600.
In binding storm which swept Bos-
ton harbor on Saturday afternoon the
new CLYDE Line steamer Kiowa, inward
bound from Jacksonville, Fla, was
rammed and sunk by the steamer Ad-
miral Dewey, of the United Fruit Com
pany, outward bound. Capt. Chiches-
ter and the entire crew OF the Kiowa,
numbering thirty men, we're rescued by
a tug. The Admiral Dewey sustained
practically no damage, and, after laying
to for the purpose of rendering posi-
BILE assistance, she proceeded on her
voyage.
Twenty-nine persons are dead and TWEEN
ty-one injured, several ofthem fatally, as
the result of the collision on Saturday
evening of two passenger trains on the
Pere Marquette Railroad, six miles east
of Grand Rapids, Mich. The wreck was
caused by the red signal lamp at Nc