Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-14
News Of the Day.

The season of the American baseball
league opens today.
The House yesterday passed The post
Office appropriation bill, including the
southern fast mail subsidy.
1t is stated that Senator +. G. Plat,
of New York, will not be candidate
for reelection when his term expires in
1909.
Professor Mattncci, director OF The
observatory at Vesuvius, expresses the
belief that the explosive period of the
volcano is at an end
New York financiers are discussing
the formation Of an institution similar ID
the Bank of England, with fifty millions
capital, to control the money market.
Dowie's attorneys in Chicago today
issued formal statement denying re-
port that Dowie has surrendered to the
Voliya forces aud consented to return TO
Mexico without visiting Zion City.
Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell Carey died
in Memphis, Tenn, last Saturday. She
was a granddaughter of the late Col
TYLER, of Fairfax. and her remains were
brought back there for interment.
1t was testified during the legislative
investigation of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company Yesterday that
Mrs. Henry L. Palmer, wife OF the pres
ident of the company, got eight per
cent. interest oh loans from the COM
pany.
The first formal step by John Alexan-
der Dowie to regain his power at Zion
City was taken in Chicago yesterday
afternoon when there was filed in the
recorders Office in Waukegau, an instru
pent by which Dowie seeks to revoke
formally the power Of attorney which he
gave to Yoliva few months ago. The
differences between DOwie and Over
seer Volva are said to be in process of
peaccable adjustment on the basis of the
former being temporarily reinstated and
getting 81 600, 900, or about per cent.
of all the property.
The young woman who committed
suicide in Philadelphia, Wednesday
night, aud whose body was found in an
isolated place, was Mary CalaghaD, of
MonklOn, Md. Her father, Charles w.
Callaghan, identified the remains and
made arrangements for their interment.
Desire to shield her relatives from the
disgrace of being connected with sui
eide was the reason that prompted the
Young woman TO endeaVOr TO hide all
trace OF identity. Her story becalde
known at the cOroner's hearing yester-
day.
The conviction of Greene and Gay
nor has been one OF the longest and
most expensive criminal procedures
ever undertaken by the United States
government. The case has lasted over
six and half years, and is estimated to
have cost the government between s 3d.
900 and 5000, 600. Nor is the end yet
at hand, because the defense has the
right Of appeal to the United State5
Supreme Court if any errors can be
shown in the Is weeks trial. The
defendants are said to have expended
$3.50, 900.
A dispatch from Wilkes Barre, Pa,
SAYS: What was cIsssed by Bishop
Goodsell as one Of the most remarkable
events in the history Of the Methodist
Church occurred yesterday, when, be-
fore the Wyoming Conference, at Coop
erstown, n. Y, Father Joseph Davi-
dowski, OF the Independent Polish Cath
clio Church of Plymouth, near Wilkes
Barre. appeared aud requested that he
and 40 families OF his congregation be
admitted to membership 10 the Metho-
dist Church. Bishop Goodsell, during
the course of his reply, said that what
ever is done must be done in a lawful
manner and that the conference will
consider the matter.