Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-15
News Of the Day.

9 L..
seven years, son Of the late Admiral
Porter and aid on the staff Of General
Grant during the civil war, died sudoen-
Iy in Baltimore yesterday.
! Eight indictments we're returned oy
the federal grand jury in Philadelphia
Yesterday against shipper, freight agents,
end common carriers in the rebate cases
brought TO the attention Of the grand
jury Wednesday by United States DIS
trict Attorney J. Whitaker
Edward w. Scott, president Of the
Provident Savings Life, testified before
the insurance committee in New York
Yesterday that the Equitable had en-
ployed agents "to prey upon the DLsi-
ness of his company and had stolen
records from his Office"
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, has intro
duced bill to provide for the aPPropi-
ate marking of the graves Of soldiers and
sailors of the Confederate army and navy
who died 10 northern prisons aud we're
buried near the prisons where they died.
The bill carried an appropriation oil
5000, 900.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Longworth
and a few friends went to The Wnite
House for ) O'Clock tea with MISS
Alice Roosevelt, which was very merry
affair. The guests we're shown the hand
some diamond ring which Mr.. Long
worth has long had in readiness for the
emergency which be faced Wednesday
1t is hoop OF diamonds, perfectly
matched stones, five in number. IN q
dull gold band.
William Golliday, young married
man. died Wednesday at Rio, w. Va,
from burns received at the plant OF the
Rio Extract Company Monday last
While GoIliday was Oiling machinery, he
stumbled and iell into vat containing a
quantity of boiling fluid. His agonizlng
scream as lie plunged into the scslding
LIQUID attracted the attention OF fellow
workmeD, who pulled him out, but mol
before Re was fatally scalded. The young
man had been married just three months.
The battleship Louisiana considerably
exceeded Aer contract requirement OF 10
knots an hour 10 four-hour endurance
run along the New England coast yester-
day. An average speed of Is. 1913 knots
an hour was maintained, the revolutions
of her prOpellers being at the rate OF
1916 minute. The Standardization
of The Louisisna's propeller' took place
over the government course of Rockand
Wednesday when it was found that an
average revolution Of her propellers OF
12O a minute would give her speed OF
IS knots an hour.
Mr.. Dovener, of West Virginia, has
introduced bill in the House Provld-
ing for the preservation of the purity OF
the waters of the Potomac river by the
establishment of a national park and
forest reserve in the Appalachian Noun
tai1s. 1t is stipulated that the reser-
walton shall include all parts of the
States of West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, and the District
that contribute to form the complete
watershed of the Potomac river. A
commission composed of Cabinet and
engineer officers is provided for iu The
bill.
BENJAMIN Endicott was shot and iu'
stantly killed and his wife seriouPly To-
iured lat night at Nolan, W. Va, by
Fred and Howard Trippett and another
young man, whose name is unknown
Endicott, who was sixty years old, ac-
companied by his wife, was searching the
streets for their SOD, who was intoxicat-
ed. They found him in company with
the two Trippetts aud another young man.
The aged couple pleaded with the son to
return home with them, but he refused.
As Mr. aud Mrs. Eudicott started to
leave their son. 1t is alleged that the
Trippetts opened fire on the aged couple
with fatal results. The Trippetts have
fed to Kentucky.