Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-04
News Of the Day.

According to reports to r. G. Dun d
Co., business conditions in the country
are ia a satisfactory condition.
| George Williams. young grocer, OF
Watching, N. j., was mysteriously
murdered Thursday in his sleigh by a
stranger.
The sale of the Themas E. Waggaman
art collection was concluded in New
York yesterday, total of $S4l, 5sS be-
ing realized.
DIR. Darlington, president of the New
York Health Board. announces that
every phsician in the department is
followed by detective.
The lower house of the Texas legis-
lature has passed the Senate bill forcing
persons giving ground for action in
divorce cases to remain single for three
years.
DIR. Holmer L. Bartlett, of Brooklyn,
famous specialist and physician, died
at Townsville, Ga, Yesterday. He was
"A years of age, and had been in Florida
for bis health.
Fire last night destroyed part of the
Ingleside Home for Women, at Buffalo,
n. Y. In a panic among the so inmates
of the place Que woman was killed and
four were seriously hurt.
Angry residents ofNew York's East
Side yesterday chased cab in which
we're Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Morgan and
which had run into Mrs. Marie Ssoco.
The driver was arrested.
Mrs. Chadwick has refused to sign a
petition to Governor Pennypacker, of
Pennsylvania, to commute the sentence
of Kate Edwards, sentenced to hang tor
the murder of her husband.
Johann Hoch, held in New York for
the Chicago authorities, was identified
yesterday by Mrs. Mary Hendricks, of
Chicago, as the man who married her
January 2, 1904, in Ham mond, Ind.
A p-esentmsnt made by the Philadel.
phia grand jury yesterday charges that
organized vice exists in that city and
that The responsibility rests upon the
Director of Public Safety and other high
police officials.
A dispatch was received in Paris from
Manila stating that Is American war.
ships have sailed for the southern waters
of the archipelago to maintain neutrality
in American waters of the Russian and
japanese fleets.
A. A. Hewlett, n years old the wealthy
citizen Of Syracuse. N. Y, who three
years ago gave big dinner to all the
widows of his acquaintance. over one
hundred in number, and who was the only
man present at the, dinner, died few
days ago.
Pursued by wolves and freed for eight
hours with the temperature 200 below
zero has been the experience of Hans
Peterson, farmer of Corn Valley, Wis.
Peterson was found by rescuers wedged
in the trees branches. He was uncon-
scious, and his hands, feet and face
were frozen. His feet and fingers will
probably have to be amputsted.
As stated in the Gazette of that day,
Judge Swayne yesterday made formal
in the Senate to the articles of
The answer was a form
liable document in point of size, and in
it the twelve articles of impeachment
were each answered at length. In every
case the fact charged was admitted, but
explained from Judge Swsyne's point
Of view, and, in addition, it was con-
tended that even if the conditions were
true as charged, they were not of a
character to Justify proceedings for inn
parchment for "high crimes and mis-
lemeaners." After the trial was sus-
pended, the joint statehood bill was
AIKEN up, aud Senators Stone, Berry,
and Morgan spoke in opposition to the
measure in its present form.