Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-01
News of the Day.

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Strong financial interests in New York
are said TO he behind the revival of the
presidential boom of Judge George Gray,
OF Delaware.
Railroads in the United States are re-
ported to be earring 1o.6S per cent. less
than in previous years, or about 49,
600, 900 year.
A dispatch to the Chicago News from
Victoria, B. c., says that Fascott, the
murderer of Millionaire Smell, recently
died in Alaska. 1t is said that previous
to his death he made full confession,
giving all the details liz connection with
the murder.
The most notable pension granted by
the session of Congress which has just
adjourned was to Rebecca Mayo, of
Newberne, Pulaski county. She is one
of the two surviving widows of the rego-
Iutionary war. The other is Esther
Damon, of Plymouth Union, VT. Mrs.
Mayo had her pension increased from
% per ulOntn W SAJs
Porterfeld q Co., grain commission
brokers in Chicago, who were restrained
from using the Board of Trade market
quotations, have filed a petition in the
United States District Court to be adj
Judged bankrupt. In the schedules filed
the liabilities are listed at sS7, 036 and
the assets at 81, SAB. The members of
the firm went to Chicago from Baltimore.
Despairing of his love affair terminal
ing happily, William II. Shepherd,
twenty eight years old, sent two pistol
bullets into his body while standing on
the porch of his former employer S
house in Washington yesterday morn
| ing. He was removed to the Providence
Hospital, where, after lingering for
twelve hours, he expired, with the name
of his betrotbed on his lips.
Judge Purnell, in the United States
Court at Raleigh, N. c., yesterday fined
Josephus Daniels, editor of the News
and Observer, $4,000 and refused an APP
peal on the charge of contempt of court
brought against Daniels because of edi-
torials which the News and Observer pub
lished last Sunday. Mr.. Daniels 20 far
has not paid the fine and is in the custo-
dy of a United States marshal.
The murder several months ago of
Andrew II. Green, known as the father
of the Greater New York, and one OF
New York's most prominent public
men, was recalled yesterday when suit
was brought by John X. Plat against
Hannah Elias, a mulatlress, TO recover
certain real estate and money in banks,
held in her name, and which Mr.. Plat
claims was obtained on threats to expose
his relations with her.
According to the report OF the United
States Geological Survey, there is ike
ly TO be an increase in the gold produc-
ton of the Mount Stuart area in the
State of Washington. Mining opera
tons in that field have heretofore been
in the bands Of people oflimited capital,
but during the last five years the claims
of the small operators have been pur-
chased by large companies and it is
probable that the mines will now be
worked more steadily and more ecouomi-
cally. The three principal gold-mining
districts of Washington arein that quad
rangle.
A scheme for serving natural gas on large
scale has Just been completed in Kansas.
Men began two days ago to drill wells near
the towns of Peru and lola. When pocket
of gas was foand they capped the well and
began to drill new hole. They have now
about one hundred wells capped, and are
ready 10 make commercial use Of the product.
The combined daily capacity Of the hundred
wells is estimated at 300,0O0,000 cubic feet,
aud the company proposes to lay pipe lines
from them to st. Louis, Kansas City and St.
Joseph.