Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-25
News Of the Day.

WhlIe attempting lO Rhlu tueh Hoo-
dom yesterday morning at Greensboro,
n. c., two convicts, Brett A. Morey
and Jesse Thompson, we're killed by
guards. Five others escaped, one OF
the latter being desperately wounded.
1t was said at the Hotel Gerard, in
New York, this morning that Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis had passed the most COM
Portable night during her present illness.
Mrs. Hayes, her daughter, said that
Mrs. Davis was making steady progress
toward recovery.
Miss Annie 5. Peck, Of Providence,
In. l., who has record for mountain
climbing, both in Switzerland and Bolivia,
sailed from New York yesterday for
Peru, where she expects to make an as
cent Of Mount Huascarsn, believed to
be the highest peak of the Andes.
Rev. DR.. Arthur B. Kinsolviug. rec
tor of Christ Church, Brooklyn, Ny,
has been called by the vestry of Old st.
PauPs Episcopal Church, Baltimore, to
succeed Rev. DR.. j. s. b. Hedges, who
resigned the latter part of last year and
was later made rector emeritus.
The Senate yesterday passed the free
alcohol bill as it was reported from the
committee on finance. The bill has al
ready passed the House, and the amend
mems which the. Senate has sdop:ed do
not materially change its scope. 1t does
not 20 into effect until January /, 1907
Senator Burton has agreed to resign
his seat in the Senate Immediately there
after if the Supreme Court denies bis
| application for rehearing OF the courts
decision that he was legally convicted OF
accepting fee for using his influence
as Senator before the pOstotfice depart
ment.
A resolution prohibiting any members
of the American Federation OF Musicians
from accepting an engagement with The
United States Marine Band on its tour
in Europe this summer upon penalty OF
a fine not exceeding 81, 900 or expulsion
from the federation, was unanimously
passed at yesterdays business session OF
the federation in BALTIMORE.
William NJ. Croft, of Philadelphia,
was killed yesterday in an automobile
accident at CoIgnieres, on the road be-
tween Rambouilet and Versailles. France
A party consisting of Mr.. Croft and his
wife, Richard g. Perkins, and Krause,
chauffeur. we're returning from Char
tres, when the automobile skidded and
was wrecked. Mr. Croft head was
crushed. The others of the party
escaped with minor cuts, bruises and
shocks.
Fort de France, Martinique, is in
tested night and day with a frenzied
mob carrying on savage carousals. A
shackled white lamb is displayed, em-
blematic of the dominance Of the colored
party. Whites are jostled on the street
and insults offered. Their expulsion,
suggested by political leaders, is now
urged by the mob. Authority winks
at the political condition in Martinique,
which is a greater menace than the
volcano, earthquakes or hurricanes.
The steamer Teucer, which arrived at
Victoria, B. c., Wednesday, from japan
and China, brought further advices re-
garding the disastrous foods of the Hal
Nang Hao in China. All the valleys
along the river were inundated, homes
swept away by hundreds and thousands
of men and animals drowned. AT
Hsiangtau fires broke out and the greater
part of the walled city was destroyed.
1t is feared that the destruction of the
rice crop in the flooded areas may
cause an extensive famine.
It cost the United States government
about $2S, 900 TO get the big dry dock
Dewey through The Suez Canal on its
way to the Philippines. The canal tolls,
towage and harbor dues 100, 8l8 francs,
and in addition about 10, 900 francs dam
age was done by the Dewey humping into
buOys and beacons, displacing or smash
ing them. The damage done in passing
the canal was much less than anticipated.
The big drydock blocked traffic in the
canal all one night owing to strong
winds, which made it necessary for the
dock to rest against the lee bank.