Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

lasting % days, has been settled by
agreement.
Nearly 500 cripples were awaiting
DIR. Lorenz, the Austrian surgeon, when
he reached Dallas, Tex, on Saturday from
a Mexican trip.
Charles Hallam Keys, of Buffalo, n.
Y, has been appointed Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, vice Milton E.
Allies, resigned.
Arrangements have been made by the
United States government to rid itself
of the guardianship of the Indians and
transfer them to their lands.
Dispatches from Chicago announce
the engagement of Mr.. Honore Palmer,
eldest son of Mrs. Potter Palmer Of that
city to Miss Grace Greenway Brown,
daughter of the late George Brown, OF
Baltimore.
A battalion of troops numbering
12O men arrived at Jackson, KY, yes
terday to preserve order in the town and
about the courthouse during the investi-
cation of the assassination of James B.
Marcum. the last victim of the Hargis-
Cockrill feud
Ministers of every denomination in
New York are preparing for a concerted
move against the lax divorce laws in
MANY states of this country, and already
a plan is afoot to hold a national minis
teriaI conference in that city during the
fall, if possible.
The American Society of Equity has
issued in indianapolis bulletin to the
farmers of the country demanding an in
crease in the price of wheat, arguing
that the minimum price should be 81 a
bushel, and urging the farmers not to
sell for less.
OF the cures for tetanus, lOcomotOr
ataxia, uremia and morphine poisoning,
which. it is announced, DR.. Samuel A..
Matthews. has discovered, that for lock-
Jaw is probably the most important and
valuable. These discoveries were made
in an effort to apply Jacques Loeb 5
theory that body tissues could be revived
by inorganic salts.
The arsenal at Santiago, Santo Do
mingo, was blown up on Friday by enc
mics of the present government and Gen.
Frias was killed and 81 persons NOR
tally wounded. The troops are pursu-
ing Gen. Jose Alvarez, who is said to be
the author of the explosion. The gun
boat Colon, which was conveying Cen
eral Deschamps to Sanchez, has been
lost off Cape Espada. Deschamps and
four Others saved themselves in boat,
but the remainder of the crew was lost
In Macon, Ga, on Saturday night
the Jury in the case of Mrs. Effie L..
Carson, charged with the murder OF
Robert Rigsby, returned verdict OF ac-
quittal Rigsby was a student in a
business college, coming from Bowling
Green, Ky. 1t was alleged that he de-
famed the character of Mrs. Carson, a
teacher in another business college.
She sought interviews with him for the
purpose OF ascertaining the names of
those who had accused her. AT the
second interview in her attorneys office,
no one being present except herself and
Rigsby, she killed him.
There are 165, 900 idle men in New
York city. These men but for strikes,
lockouts and discussions among rival
labor unions, would be earning on an
average 81 a day each, total of 5000,
900 day or SO, 900, 900 a week. Not
only is every penny of this sum lost to
them, but building and other operations,
the lumber trade, brickmaking, iron
manufacture and nearly two-score OF
other industries and $500 large firms
representing a total capitalization OF
$3.50, 600, 900 are at standstill, with a
consequent loss of profits.
Half a dozen towns we're partly OF
completely wrecked, a dozen people
were killed or fatally injured, over 100
were badly hurt, scores of cattle were
killed and hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars damage was done by series OF
tornadoes Friday night, extending from
Oklahoma to Lake Michigan. The
greatest damage was in Kansas, where
the furious gale demolished a string OF
prairie towns and RACED thousands OF
acres of standing crops. A disastrous
cloudburst struck Guild, Ok, yesterday
destroying much valuable property and
rendering many families homeless.
Paul Blouet Max O'RelD died last
night in Paris. He had been ailing for
several months, and never recovered en-
tirely from the effects of an operation
performed some time ago in New York.
Born in Brittany, France, March 2, 1913,
NJ. Blouet was educated in Paris and
took his degree of bachelor of arts in
1864. He received a commission in the
French army in 1869, fought in the
Franco-Prussian war, was made pris-
oner at Sedan September 3, 1870,
fought against the Commune, was Sc
verely wounded and was pensiOned. He
went to England as a newspaper cor
respondent in 1873, and later become an
author of renOwn.
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
At the Episcopal Council of the Do
cese of Virginia, held in Winchester last
week, Rev. E. S. Kinks offered the re-
port on the state of the church, which