Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-24
News Of the Day.


States met at the Ebbitt House In WASH
ington last night and organized the Ms
tional Joe" Cannon Republican Ciuf
and Endorsed Mr.. Cannon for President
in 1908.
While in deep sleep and evidently
under the influence of dream, Miss
Elizabeth Fsirall, a beautiful young
woman of twenty-five years, living at
1888 l. street northwest, Washington,
threw herself from second-story win
dow last night, and only escaped death
by a narrow margin. She fell on grass
plot, narrowly missing a granolithic
pavement.
An invitation to VIM. J. Bryan to
debate 10 Cincinnati, September 9, the
question of socialism with some represen-
tative of the socialist party was yesterday
mailed to Mr.. Bryan al New York by
Nicholas Klein. state secretary of the
party. The invitation was given because
of Mr.. Bryan's utterances on socialism
while he was abroad. The invitation
was signed by the Socialist party of
Cincinnati"
Consul General J. Linn Rodgers Is at
Columbus, Ohio, from Shanghai, China,
on vacation. He brought with him
his wife and two children, Miss Florence
Hedges, his stonographer, and FIVE Chi
nese students. Two Of the young men
we're placed in the University of Chi
cago, and the one young woman, Miss l..
o. Sien-Tung, went from Columbus last
night to Lynchbure. Va, to enter the
Randolph Macon Woman's College.
Further details received in Lima,
Peru, yesterday from Valparaiso, show
that out of 40 employees of the telephone
Company there S8 we're killed. When
the house of President-elect Mont col
lspsed his wife fell from the balcony in
to the street and bandits who were pass
ing cut of her ears and fingers to roo her
of her jewelry. She was taken in a dying
state on board the Chician warship
O'Higgins. Among the dead at Valpsr-
also isFederico Varella, the famous capt.
talist aud politician.
The Cuban government hrs practically
asked for armed Intervention by the
United States, having requested that
rapid-6re guns manned by American ar
tilerymen be sent TO assist in putting
down the rebellion. San Juan de Mar
tinez, on the Western Railroad, has been
captured and the management warned
by the rebels that if any more troops are
sent over the road the bridges will be
blown up regardless of International CON-
plications. The Western Railroad is a
British corporation. The rebels will no
doubt seek to stir up international
trouble.
The iron molders of Manchester, Eng,
yesterday informed their employers
in the engineering trade Of Manchester
and southeast Lancashire of their deci.
sion to strike August q unless their de-
mand for an immediate advance of 80
cents per week is conceded. The mold
ers number only 1000 men, but the
strike would affect 40, 900 skilled work.
men and go firms. The men claim that
the trade is enjoying great prosperity,
while wages have roi been increased
for 10 years, during which tie conditions
of living have greatly altered. aud rents
and the price of food having risen.
The military government at Bilbao,
Spain, has unsuGcesslully attempted to
arbitrate the dispute between the en-
ployers and the strikers. The latter,
who number over 5000, firmly main
.sip their demands for shorter hours.
Fighting between the people and police
has occurred at several places aud a
few persons have been killed or wounded
on both sides. The population is panic
stricken. The strikers attempted TO cut
the railroad Ia the sgbprb Of Castro
Urdiales, but we're prevented from doing
so by gendarmes, who fred on the rioters
killing two aud wounding many.
While 10 drInken frenzy Wednes'
day night, George Enrice shot aad fata /
ly wounded Mrs. Maud Niser and Mrs.
Nary Lloyd, in Baltimore. Mrs. Ni5er
had been living at his house in the coun-
Try, but left some time ago. On We'd |
uesday night she returned, bringing |
with her Mrs. Lloyd. Eurice left the
house to get drink, snd when he re-
turned, he saga, the womb refused to
let him in. As there was no lock to the |
loor, the women put their combined
weight against it, whereupon Eurice be.
gan shooting at the door, and stopped
.siy when he had emptied his revolver.
Mrs hises died yesterday afternoon, and
Mrs. Lloyd, 1t is sail, cannot i've.