Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-20
News of the Day.

The Russian auxiliary cruiser Lena
was disarmed yesterday. The crew has
been parolled but cannot leave San
Francisco.
According 10 the democratic campaign
textbook each American family pays
$94 annually to the trusts through the
Dingley tariff.
On the morning of September II three
hundred soldiers pillsged the port Of Sa-
lonica and the bazaar. Strong patrols are
now guarding the streets. Sherik Pasha
is surrounded at Prisrend, and Sulei-
man Pasha, with sixteen battalions, is
proceeding to his relief.
While decorating the grave of her
grandson, on the fifth anniversary Of his
birth, Mrs. Annie Eisenback, So years
old, of Philadelphia was stricken in the
Holy Redeemer Cemetery for German
Catholics yesterday and died before
medical aid could be procured.
The action brought by Lawyer A. ID.
Wales. of BinghamtOn, N. Y, against
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mineworkers Of America, to recover
5000, 900 for services in bringing about
the settlement of the great anthracite
coal strike came up before Justice Lyon
at a special term of the Supreme Court
at BinghamtOn yesterday.
George Tilley, young married man,
living about Is miles from Raleigh, N.
c., in fit of rage last night fatally shot
his mOther-in-law, inflicted a serious,
but not necessarily mortal, wound on
his wife, who had an infant in her arms,
and then fed from his home. 1t is
claimed by some that 1illey was tenn
porarily insane. He is still a: large.
The special grand jury in Huntsville,
Ala, made its report last night, recon-
mending the impeachment of Sheriff
Augustus Rodgers, Mayor Thomas w.
Smith, and Chief of Police David d.
Overton for neglect of duty or incom-
potency, on the charges that they did not
prevent the recent lynching. 1t was
recommended that the police force of
the city be reorganized.
Wearing a rich robe and inter, mod
eled after those of an ancient Jewish
high priest, John Alexander Dowie has
proclaimed himself "John Alexander"
first apostle of the Christian Catholic
Church. The announcement was made
in the tabernacle at Zion City, where
1000 people had assembled. Dowie
said: "My assumption of the first
apostleship is the final step in the organ
iEation of the church as planned by
Jesus Christ"
The first payment, amounting to 81
900, 900, on the purchase of the friars'
land in the Philippines by the United
States government, will be made tomor.
row. This sum will then be deposited
by the Guarantee and Trust Company, Of
New York, in the Bank of England and
will be made oyer to the Sociedad Agri-
cola de pltramar as full payment for
the lands held by its members. The
full sum 10 be paid by the United States
for all the friars lands is ~, 2S6, 900.
A FIRE broke out In the splendid new
Catholic Church of the Immaculate, at
Towson, Md, early yesterday morning.
The fire started at the beautiful marble
st. Anthony's altar. 1t, however, was
discovered by one OF the Sisters of Notre
Dame, and the damage was slight. The
bailding is considered to be freprooi,
but if the flames had been commune
Gated to the wooden pews the beautiful
fresco decoration and the fine marble
affairs, one of which cost $50, 900, would
have been defaced.
There are "a, 9O3 divorced men and
114,9 65 divorced women in the United
States, the total number being 1879, S6S.
These figures are according to the Stats
tics on Occupations" of the twelfth GEN.
sus, which has recently appeared. They
represent the number of DIVORCED people
in the occupations and do not include
those in the leisure class who are not
classified az having gainful occupations.
The number of divorced persons in Vir-
GINA is given as S77 males, 9OS females
and ] .1l5 negroes.
Two of the decisions Of Umpire Carroll
D. Wright on grievances submitted to
him by the Cancellation Board for
adjudication were made public today by
T. d. Nichols, secretary of the board.
Ia both cases the decisions are against
the miners. They are the petition OF
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company
miners for an increase of wages and the
petition of the miners Of Nos. l and 2
collieries of the Pennsylvania Company,
at Dunmore, for a change in the system
Of roads in the chambers from the centre
to one side.
Qespopdent because she was separated
from her husband, Mrs. Nora Cannon
jumped from the window of her home on
Second avenue, New York, early yes
terday, while her l0-year-old son chung
to her skirts and pleaded with her not
to do so. She pushed him aside, clam
bered over barricade of furniture that
had been placed before the window and
dropped to the street Both her legs
were fractured and she suffered in
ternal injuries. She was removed to
Flower Hospital, where she died. Mrs.
Cannon was the wife of q retired member
of the Brooklyn Fire Department. She
was 80 years old. Her husband was re-
tired because of injuries received at a
fire. They had been separated only a
short time.