Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-09
News Of the Day.

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Ton Exchanged Yesterday voted to close The
exchange on Good Friday and the fol
lowing Saturday.
By the collapse of the gallery staging
in Earle's mine at Raibl, district OF Tar
yism, Austria yesterday 40 miners and
one engineer were killed.
Attorney General Moody announces
that he is arranging TO prosecute the
sugar trust and several railroads for
violation of the law prohibiting rebates.
l.. Suckey, editor of the Peoples De-
maDdS, of Shreveport, La, was shot aud
killed yesterday by A. M. Goodwin,
editor of the Colfax Chronicle, at Collax,
La.
Secretary Shaw yesterday submitted to
Congress M estimate OF 1927, 600 for q
cable from Key West, Fla, to Guantsn-
amo, Cub and thence to the Panama
canal zone.
Commander Horsley reported that re.
pairs were progressing on the drydOck
Dewey at Las Palmas, Canaries, and
that he expected to resume his journey
on the twelfth.
British War Secretary Holdsne, in in
PRODUCING the army estimates in parlia-
ment, amounting to nearly $3.50, 0O0,-
600, yesterday, said the liberals wanted
greater efficiency at less expenditure.
Elmer d. Kirwin, Baltimorean,
fourth officer of the steamship Massachu-
selts, shot and killed the leader of
mutiny on the ship in order to save the
life of fellow-officer, who had gotten
into the mutineers' hands in Brooklyn
Wednesday.
Representative Bourke Cochran intro
duced resolution yesterday requiring
the postmaster general to report TO the
House whether Town Topics is admitted
to the mails and whether the government
assls.s the publication in 'fis said &C.
cupation ofexlorting money by black
mail"
President Roosevelt gave reception
yesterday afternoon to the delegates to
the convention of the National Lumber
mems Association. He made little
speech of welcome and praised the
work accomplished by the association
looking toward the preservation OF the
forests.
A crusade against the spread OF tuber-
culosis among the employees of the gov
eminent service in Washington was yes
terday directed by President Roosevelt,
who issued an order to the heads nf all
departments giving them explicit instruc-
tons as to their duties in combating the
disease.
George E. Green, former State Sen
ator Of New York, who had been on trial
in the District Of Columbia Supreme
Court for more than two weeks on
charges of conspiracy to commit an Of
tense against the United States and de-
fraud the government in connection with
the sale of time recording clocks to the
Postotfice Department, was acquitted
yesterday evening by jury.
State Senator George +. Green, of
New York. celebrated his acquittal in
the pOstOfice case last night by giving a
dinner at the Riggs House. in Washing
ton, to his attorney and friends. Dis
trict Attorney Baker was much disap-
pointed over the verdict There are
three other indictments against Green
but the District Attorney says that he is
not likely to face jury again for q long
lime.
Indictments charging grand larceny
in the first degree and forgery in the
.hird degree BY Frederick a. Burnhsm,
president; George d. Eidridge, first vice
president, and George Burnham, ir.,
Iecond vice-presideni, of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Company, were
ound by the grand jury in New York
yesterday. In all, Eve indictments were
brought against each oficer--two for al
eyed grand larceny and three Tor alleged
'vrgery.