Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-11-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The King and Queen of Italy LEFT
Rome yesterday on their way to visit
England.
Governor Durbin Of Indiana, is mem
toned as vice-presidential probability
on the republican ticket.
In the football game at New Haven,
Conn, on Saturday, Princeton defeated
Yale by score of II to 6.
Reyoutionists were yesterday reported
to be bombarding Santo Domingo in lat
est advices from the island.
Fifteen thousand Bulgarians we're
killed during the disturbances in Euro
pean Turkey from April 10 to the pres
ent time.
Many hitherto unknown sayings OF
Jesus, supposed to be part of the tradi-
tional Gospel of st. Thomas, have been
unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt.
The Senate committee on committees
has decided that Mr.. Hanna shall sue
coed Senator Morgan, of Alabama, as
chairman of the committee on intero-
ceanic canals.
The Santo Domingo government has
agreed to the provisions of the protocol
regarding the Santo Domingo Improve
ment Company, which is victory for
the American interests.
A fast train on the Illinois Central
railway was wrecked in a collision near
Kentwood, La, on Saturday, and 40 ne
groes were killed and many injured.
Some of the bodies we're burned.
Charles McBeatt, of Sheffield, Me-,
got a verdict for $29 "a for engagement
ment presents to Miss Sadie Jordan, who
had lifted him, and he was then arrested
on charge of assault brought by the
young lady.
1t is reported in Pittsburg that the
Rockefeller Gould syndicate has secured
control of the Steel Corporation and is
after the Baltimore and Ohio and other
roads in order to control transportation
facilities to the coast.
President Roosevelt has signifed his
intention to tender the use of U. s.
man-of-war to representatives OF both
the Colombian and the new Panama re-
public when conference between the two
shall take place.
Interests controlling large majority
of the stock of the SeabOard Air Line
have requested Messrs. Thomas F. Ryan
and Blair & Co., of New York, to fur
nish funds necessary to complete an ex-
tension and take care of the floating
debt. In an interview on Saturday Mr..
Ryan told of the plans to put new life
and new capital into the property. 1t
will be an Independent company and will
not be controlled by Mr.. Morgan or the
Southern road,
Dispatches from Houston say that
500 men, 200 from Texas and 300 from
Louisiana and the Tennessee mountains,
had been engaged to participate in the
Panama revolution. 1t was thought
that the five hundred resolute men could
control the situation on the isthmus and
established a government and deal with
the United States. 1t is said an agent
of the French Panama canal company
engaged the men, but the plan was fin
ally abandoned because of fear of politi-
cal complications with the administra-
ton of the United States.
Mrs. Alice helms, a beautiful and
accomplished woman Of Jonesville, w.
Va, was murdered Saturday night by
Richard Haynes, who crept into her
chamber and secreting himself in a closet
saw the woman kneel in prayer, retire,
aud when she was half asleep slit her
throat with a razor The victim aoun-
dered from her bed gUrgling and attempt
ed TO throw herself from the window,
but sank back dead. Haynes was ar
rested later and made full confession
stating that he bad been hired to COM
nit the deed. The woman's husband
had recently entered suit for divorce and
she had purposed to contest it.