Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-03
News Of the Day.

to vote on the various railroad bills on
February Is.
Opposition to the administration will,
it Is believed, crystalline around the
Philippine tariff bill.
The abolition OF capital punishment
BY the civil tribunals of Russia, one of
the main demands OF the reform parties.
seems assured.
Dispatches from the New England
States and New York report colder
weather, the mercury ranging from | to
25' below zero.
The South Carolina House of Repre-
sentatives bias passed the bill to abolish
the State dispensary, and it is probable
that the Senate will concur
Three large brick buildings Of the
Vinega plant of the Fleischmann Manu-
featuring Company, at Peskskill, N. Y,
were destroyed by FIRE this morning. The
lose will reach $3.50, 900.
The National Insurance Convention,
at Chicago, yesterday adopted resolutions
condemning the deferred dividend plan
declared for standard form of insur-
ance policy to the exclusion Of all other
forms.
An explosion of lamp in the home
of Grant Stewart, laborer, at Prentice,
Wis, this morning destroyed his home
and burned tn death the husband, his
two year old girl and an infant of
week. The woman will probably die
from exposure.
More than 100 special pension bills
we're passed by the Senate yesterday and
numerous other unimportant measures.
Mr.. Patterson in opposition and Messrs.
GalIipger aud Perkins in support of the
ship-subsidy bill kept up lively run
ming debate through the greater part OF
the afternoon.
Six men who had been bitten by
dog, since pronounced msd, were hurried
| from Battle Greek. Mich, factory yes
terday to fast train for Ann Arbor,
Mich. to secure Pasteur treatment.
Grave fears are entertained in some OF
the cases, owing to the obstinate char
acter of the wounds.
Testimony was produced in the pack
ers' trial at Chicago, yesterday that Ar
mour, Swift and Morris controlled the
National Packing Company, which oper-
ated six or more subsidy packing con-
Germs. More testimony tending to show
that Commissioner Garfield promised
immunity WAS taken in the case OF the
packers.
The Mayor of Santiago has telegrapbed
the suggestion that the plantations OF
which San Juan Hill is part be pur-
chased for Miss Alice Reosevets we'd
ding present, but the matter has already
been turned over to the minister at
Paris. Secretary of State and Justice
O'Farrill has received assurance from
Washington that President Roosevelt
will not decline Cuba's gift for his
daughter
About two tons of powder in the grind
ing mill at the Hadley yard of the Du-
pont Powder Company al Wilmington,
Del, exploded with terrific force yester'
day. Samuel Buchanan, aged forly.two
years, the only workman in the mill at
the time, was blown to pieces. The
roof of the grinding mill, which rested
on the walls without fasteniDgs, as is
the rule in all powder buildings, in Of
der to give vent to the explosive forces,
was blown across Brandywine creek, a
distance of 800 yards. Houses 10 the
city we're severely shaken, and the force
of the explosion was felt several miles
from the mill.
After lying in Thrall Hospital in
Middleiown, for four weeks with a
broken neck, Frank Powell, a young
athlete of Centerville station. was Ope-
rated on yesterday, and to the amaze
ment of The physicians has rallied and ii
is thought will live. Powell had his
neck broken while engaged in friendly
wrestling match with a companion. The
operation performed yesterday is one Of
The most delicate known to the surgical
profession. II consisted of removing a
section of The vertebrate at the neck to
relieve the pressure on the spinal cord
and inserting drain. Powell WAS par.
TALLY paralyzed and realized that bis life
depended on the operation.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed the Kulps
Inn. Ell Shamokin, Pa , this morning. A num-
Der Of boarders had thrilling escapse, but all
reached the ground safely. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
A dispatch from Vienna says that King
Charles of Roumania is seriously i'll with an
arterial affection. A specialist has been sum-