Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-10
News Of the Day.

Very Rev. j. r. Slattery, formerly
of Baltimore, has renounced the priest
hood.
The French prelates are said to have
agreed to give the separation law trial
and to have formed plan of action.
Bedouin, at 9 to 5, won the $l5, 900
Century Stakes, one mile and half, al
Sheepshead Bay Saturday, defeating the
favorite Fine Cloth, with The Picket
third.
All the directors OF the looted Real
Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia
have agreed to Receiver Esrle's plan Of
reorganization, and will subscribe about
SO, 600, 000
At st. Pau, Mimi, Saturday, Dan
Patch broke the world. record held by
him. The mile was paced 10 l:55 fat,
clipping a qusrter-second off the record
establishe d at Lexington, KY, last ses'on.
Daniel Mcintyre Henderson, the pro
prietor OF book and stationery store III
Baltimore and who was poet of local
iepute, died last Saturday night at the
Mary land General Hospital of typhoid
fever.
President Palma has issued call for
special session of Congress, to convene
September 18th, in order to consider the
disturbed condition of the country and
measures for ending the intOlerable stu
alton.
Mr.. George w. Stevens, president OF
the Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad, dis
credits the Philadelphia story that the
Pennsylvania Railroad had disposed Of
its 25, $50 shares of the Chesapeake and
Ohio stock 10 the Big Four.
The republican textbook for the Con-
gressional campaign of 1906 vas issued
yesterday from the national headquarters
of the organization in New York through
its agencies in Washington. The key
note of the campaign book is "Stsnd
PaP' and "Let Well Enough Alone"
Baltimore today began the civil cele-
bration of the jubilee aud home
coming week that will be marked by
festivities of varied character, sight
seeing by strangers, parades of the mill
tary, industrsl and patriotic organ
izstons and the fremen, carnival and
general merrymaking.
Owen p. Thompson. of Illinois, Satur-
day gave out signed statement regard
ing The attack made on him last night
by Roger Sullivan. He said, Roger
SulIivan's statement that bought dele
gates in the convention that nominated
me for judge denounce as malicious
and unmitigated falsehood.
The Colburn Machine Glass Company,
of Franklin, Pa, recently Incorporated
under The laws Of the state of New Jer-
sey with a capitalization of $500, 600,
fully subscribed, has been organized for
the purpose of manufacturing glass, glass
making machinery, and the leasing and
distributing of such machinery, etc.
1t is reported from that while detach-
ment of the rebels commanded by Col,
Guerra were attacking The governments
armored train just beyond Las Ovas they
were taken ia the rear by The combined
forces of Coils. Avalos, Rasenne and Bacal-
lao and driven off, after sustaining crush
ing defeat. The government troops are
still pursuing them.
DIR. James 5. Hartley, prominent
dentist, of Charleston, West Vir-
GINA, Was sentenced to the pen
itentisry for one year by Federal Judge
Dayton, at the, term held in Webster
Springs, for sending al obscene letter
through the mail. The letter was adj
dressed to a woman and fell into the
hands of hsr family.
The answer of Roger G. Sullivan, Ill
nols member of the democratic national
committee, TO the attack made upon him
by William j. Bryan at the Iroquois
Club banquet last Tuesday night is be-
lieved by party leaders in Chicago TO be
an Opening gun OF warfare which will
involve the party nationally aud probably
change the complexion OF things before
the next national convention.
A massacre OF police and soldiers be-
gan at s o'clock Saturday night al Siedlce,
Russian Poland, Immediately afterwsrd
the troops attacked the Jews All to.
day the suldiers have attacked civilians,
Christians or Jews, robbiug and muir