Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-14
News Of the Dav.

A seat on the New York stock ex-
change sold yesterday for $S4, 900, new
record price.
A woman corset expert in New York
declares that within 10 years most men
will wear corsets.
The eruption of Vesuvius continues as
during the last few days, but without
tending to increase. On the other hand,
according TO a telegram to Mattino,
Stromboi is causing great alarm. Its
crater is emitting a high pillar of fire
and densa smoke, accompanied by loud
noises.
William j. Powell, color ed, United
States minister to Hayti, who is on leave
of absence at his home in Camden, N.
j., announces his intention of rendering
his resignation to President Roosevelt at
once. He gives as his reason for resign
ing the prevalence of revolutions, riots,
and fevers in Hayti. Powell at one time
taught one of the public schools in this
city.
Charging that her husband entrapped
her 10 the Continental Hotel, Philadel-
phia, and by a conspiracy with female
detective made it appear that she had
met man there. Mrs. Grace NJ. Full
mer, applied to the Supreme. Court of
New York yesterday for So, 900 counsel
fee and $3.50 a week alimony pending
the trial of a divorce action brought
against her.
Miss A. W. Wildey, of Washington,
was found dead in her room at the Man
haitian Hotel, in New York, yesterday,
shot through the right temple and with
cup near her containing the dregs of a
poison. A revolver, with one empty cham d.
Der, which lay beside the body, caused the
coroner to begin his investigation on the
theory that the young woman had taken
her own life. A note was found in the
room signed "Miss W. A. Widely" con-
tanning only the statement that her body
would be called for. The woman regis
tered at the hotel Thursday. She was
we'll dressed and of good appearance.
According to kilograms received from
Belgrade a plot has been discovered
there and at Sofa to foment a general
outbreak in the Balkans, with view of
compelling the interference of the
powers, in the hope that Macedonian
autonomy would be proclaimed. The
alleged plot, the kilograms say, included
an intention to assassinate King Peter of
Servia and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
Those engaged in the plot at Sofia have
been imprisoned. 1t is added that the
recent attempt to assassinate the Sultan
of Turkey in the court yard OF the
mosque at Constantinople is supposed to
have been the work of the same orgsni-
cation.
Union labor once more barred the way
of a funeral cortege in Chicago yester-
day. The incident occurred when Mayor
Dunno and members of the city council
started from the city hall 10 carriages to
attend the funeral of Alderman Pstter-
son. As the aldermen were entering the
carriages w. J. Gibbons, business agent
for the cab drivers and delivery mems
union, discovered that the drivers were
not wearing their union buttons. He at
once went to each driver and ordered
that tie union buttons should he dis
played prominently or he would not per-
NIT the carriages to start. Those drivers
who had no buttons, but were union
members, had to purchase them from the
business agent
Nearly 1000 Episcopaians, clergy
men and laymen will next week 60 into
a retreat from the world, and will for
four days lead communal life in Chi
cago, much like that of monks in
clOister. The retreat will be in the
tower group of buildings at the Uniyer-
sity of Chicago. The participants will
he the delegates to the twentieth annual
convention of the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew. This great UNCONVENTIONAL
fraternity numbers $4,000 members.
The idea of the "retreat" will be carried
out consistently during the four days the
delegates will be in Chicago. The dele
gates will not necessarily be cut off from
the world, but those who wish may live
so as to see no one except members of
the brotherhood from Wednesday to
Sunday evening.