Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-08
News Of the Day.

Father Gopon, the leader Of The work
men of ST. Petersburg 10 the affair of
January %, is now know to be in
Switzerland.
Republicans 10 the Missouri Legis-
lature tried TO hold a Caucus yesterday
to select a compromise candidate for
Senator, but the Ksrsns men refused to
enter caucus.
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke was discharg-
ed from custody when arraigned in New
York police court yesterday after having
been held a prisoner atthe request Of the
authorities ofNacogdoches county, Texas
who had notified the local authorities that
they had an indictment against her. An
assistant district attorney told the court
that the Texas authorities did not insist
that Mrs. Duke be held for extradition.
The United Fruit Company steamship
Admiral Sampson, Captain Higgins,
from Port Antonio for Philadelphia,
which was carried ashore by the ice Mon.
day on the lower end of Pea Patch Is
land, is still hard aground. Her passen-
gers, Is 10 number, were taken off yester-
day and brought to Philadelphia by
train. They we're rowed from the strand
ed vessel 10 small boats to the tug Juno,
which was unable to approach the Ad
miral Sampson nearer than quarter ola
mile. The passengers were landed at
Delaware City, and thence came to Phila-
delphia. The Admiral Sampson lies almost
high and dry at low water. Thirty thousand
punches of bananas we're thrown over
board ia an effort to tighten the vessel,
but all efforts to float her were futile.
August w. Machen and the Croft
brothers left Washington with party
of eleven other convicts tor the Mounds
Vile, w. Va, penitentiary shortly after
O'Clock last night to serve sentence
of two years Imprisonment. The three
prisoners, who had surrendered to the
United States marshal early in the day,
spent part of the afternoon in the Jail
in Washington and were taken from
there to the B. & D. Railroad depot in q
carriage, accompanied by guard. The
men were placed in a special car, which
was attached to the regular night train
for the West All three were hand
cufied. Machen occupied seat in the
car alone, while the Croft brothers were
linked together by their handouts.
Machen, Diller and the Droffs occupy
cells in the penitentiary. They arrived
at Moundsyille at a. M, in a heavy
fog and walked to the prison with their
guard. There they were examined,
recorded, photo yrsphed, bathed, and
clipped. The warden has not yet de-
cided Just what he will give the three
prisoners to do,
The feature of the debate in the House
yesterday on the freight rate bill was the
speech of Mr.. Mccall, of Massachusetts,
who, in opposing the proposed legisla
ton, declared that it was not 10 be ina
giied that the Supreme Court would
stand between the government and its
victim, following that utterance up with
the statement that the courts usually
reflected the policy of the party in power
The views of the speakers as to legisla-
ton needed were many and varied, but
with the exception of Mr.. Mccall and
Mr.. Sibley, Of Pennsylvania, all were
agreed that the time had arrived for the
granting of relief The names of Will
liam J. Bryan and President Roosevelt
figured prominently in the discussion, the
allegation being made from the demo.
cratic side of the chamber that the Pres
ident in his recent message to Congress
on the subject of rate legislation only
reiterated the views of Mr.. Bryan and
the declaration of the democratic party
in three national nj atfOrms