Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-27
News Of the Day.

The latest figures Of the earthquake
casualties at Santa Rosa show 4 dead
and SO injured.
Fearing trouble with Turkey over the
Tabah boundary, Great Britain has in
creased her garrison ia Egypt.
The Senate passed yesterday the bill
appropriating $500, 900 for expenditures
at the Mare Island navy yard.
The House committee on military af-
fairs ha, favorably reported Senate bill
creating corps OF dental surgeons in the
army.
Further drastic liquidation was in evil
dence on the New York stock market
yesterday and prices reached the lowest
level of the year.
Mrs. John Alexander Dowie, for the
first time 10 months yesterday visited
her husband, of whose health conflict
ing statements are made.
Suits involving penalties amounting
to $l7, 900, 600, fled in Texas against
several packing firms, threaten to re-
suit 10 the Chicago packers deserving
that State.
Archbshops of the Catholic Church,
in conference in Washington yesterday
appointed committees for extensive mis-
sion work and expressed sympathy for
the Catholics in France.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
arrived at Naples today from Messna.
Owing to weather conditions, it is feared
that the King and Queen will not be
able to make their proposed ascension of
Mount Vesuvius.
The foundation of a monument TO un-
known French sailors and soldiers who
died during the revolutionary war and
whose bodies are buried at Annapolis
was laid yesterday with appropriate
ceremony. Ambassador Jusserand, Gov
ernor Warfield aud Col. Oswald Tilgh-
man made addresses.
The agricultural appropriation bill
again furnishing theme for discussion
in the House Yesterday. Under The lali-
tude of general debate the leaders on the
republican side began medicine max
ing" for the approaching congressional
campaign Mr.. Hepburn (IOwa), pre-
dieting that tariff revision and prolec-
ton would furnish the main issue Of the
campaign.
Under military control the distritu-
ton of supplies is busy carried on sys-
tematically at San Francisco. Governor
Pardee al a meeting in San Francisco
defended the State mill ia and after
long discussion il was decided not to
Withdraw these forces at present. An
Oakland paper declares about 10 square
miles of territory, including 9bOut 100
banks, comprises the burnt district.
The coal miners in their modified de-
mand upon the operators now ask for
wage increase which they say will add
only. 10 cents ton to the cost of coal
( This demand has all alternative propo-
stion relating to the distribution of
higher pay. They demand an eight
hour day. The demands which the
miners drop are System Of weighing
and paying for coal by weight instead of
measure; recognition of the union uni
form wage scale; reconstruction CT board
of Cancellation, and collection of union
dues by the operators out of miners pay.
la the Senate yesterday Mr.. SpOOner
spoke for three hours on the railroad
rate bill aud then gave notice that he
would continue bis remarks today. Mr..
Spooner addressed himself especially TO
Mr.. BaiIey's amendment, taking from
the inferior Federal courts the right TO
epjoin against the execution of the or
ders Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission He contended that such an
exercise of power would be the first step
toward the destruction Of the power Of
the judiciary and r, suit in au undesir-
able blending OF the coordinate branch
es of government He also discussed
at length the distinction between ''juris-
diclion" and Judicial power" The
address was technical and consisted
largely of quotations from legal decisions.
John +. Boldt, proprietor of the Broes. !
Hotel, in Buffalo, and the WhitcOmb House,
in Rochester, n. Y. died last night al eight
o'clock. One Of the best.knOwp hotel men
III the country, one especially prominent in
Buffalo FOR the last !hiity years. is removed
Mr.. BOldt was born in Germany.
Harris Shifmer, 40 years old, was found
dead aud Thomas Fields. u years old. un-
rs the result OF their accidentally
having left the gas turned on last night in a
room where they slept over stable at "a
west Forty-third street, New York