Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-05
News Of the Day.

A retail business block in Knoxville,
Tenn, was damaged to the extent oil
$175, 900 b. fire yesterday.
Confederate Memorial Day was gener-
ally observed throughout the South Sat
urday, the birthday of Jefferson Davis.
Russian officials now admit that some
of Roiestvensky's sailors mutinied when
the ships were of Madagascar and num-
Der OF them were shot
General H. V. ROynton, president of
the Chickamauga Park Commission and
a well-known Washington newspaper
man died at Atlantic City, Saturday.
Charles NJ. Schwab and the United
States Steel Corporation are reported to
be engaged in race for the possession OF
the Pocahontas coalfeld in West Vir-
ginia.
The report that the ammunition on
Rear Admiral Nebogatof's ships was
exhausted when he surrendered has
somewhat lessened the feeling against him
in st. Petersburg.
Mr.. Edmund Stabler, who for 20 years
was superintendent of the Baltimore
Manual Training School, at Arbutus,
died Saturday afternoon. Mr. sStabler
was nearly 60 years Of age.
Rev. Thomas Richey, d. d., emeritus
professor of ecclesiastical history at the
General Theological Seminary and for
merly rector ofMount Calvary, Baltimore
Episcopal Church died Saturday in New
York city.
Two little boys, Lawrence Owen and
Jettie Darlington, fell off a raft they
were floating on a pond near north Gap
itol and Detroit streets, Washington, yes
terday afternoon about $50 o'clock and
we're drowned.
Brodie L. Duke, a. heretofore stated,
has sued his wife, Alice Webb Duke, in
the Supreme Court OF New York for alb
solute divorce. She is charged in the
complaint with misconduct on an out
wardbound train from Chicago early last
month.
According to figures being compiled
for the annual report of the New York
city postofiice for the fiscal year ending
this month, the amount of money sent TO
foreign countries by aliens and newcomers
during the last IL months will be very
near $40, 900, 900.
John little, a farmer, and his son,
James, aged II years, were killed, and
his daughter, Bertha, aged Is years,
was fatally injured yesterday by being
struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad ex-
press train on the bridge between Next
co and Port Royal, Pa.
A Russian torpedo boat which was
lowed to Shanghai yesterday reports
that she had been drifting for six days
with 1870 men on board and water suf-
fcient for only one day left and with
very little food. The vessel was dam
aged forward. Her crew has already
been transferred to the Russian transport
interned at WOosung.
James w. Alexander and James H.
Hyde, president and first vice president
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society,
met in New York on Saturday, and, it
is understood, decided to forget their
differences and to act together hereafter
in Equitable affairs. The basis of their
agreement is said to have been that ther
would now attend to life insurance alone
and keep Wall street OFT of the affairs Of
the society.
When Mr.. Roosevelt succeeded Mr..
Mckinley as President of the United
States in September, 1901, the following
composed the Cabinet: Secretary of
State--John Hay; Secretary of the
Treasury-Lyman j. Gage Secretary of
War-Elihu Root; Secretary of the
Navy John D. Long; Secretary of the
Interior-E. A. Hitchcock. Postmaster
General-Charles Emory Smith. Attor-
ney General Phialnder G. Knox. Sec
rotary of observation-disclosures Wilson.
Ofthe above members ofthe Cabinet only
three remain-Messrs. Hay, Hitchcock
and Wilson.
The spectacular features of King AL
fonsos visit to Paris closed Saturday with
the review at Vincennes in beautiful
weather and in the presence of thrOngs
of women, dressed in bright summer cos
tunes, which lent additional brilliancy
to the martial scene. About $4,000
troops, representing every branch of the
French service, made picture really
dazzling. The eyolutions were executed
with the usual snap and precision of the
French army, and won the admiration
aud applause of the young monarch. The
King was greeted with continued popular
going to and coming from the
review. Alfonso will visit London this
week. Extraordinary precautions are
under way for his protection. King Ed
ward has specially directed the home
secretary to see that nothing is omitted
to insure the visitor safety and comfort.
No Settlement in Sight.
Adjustment of the teamsters' strike in
phica0o hv mediation aeaned "a ramofa |