Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-12-29
New of the Day.

Sir Mortimer and Lady Darsnd, re
firing British ambassador to the United
States, vas a passenger today On the
steamer Umbris, which sailed from New
York for Liverpool.
Mr.. Russell Sage, CT New York, has in
vicw of the thousands of begging letters
she has received issued stat 'ment that
she does not intend to distribute her
money everywhere and to everybody.
On July /, 1907, James j. Hill, presi.
dent of the Great Northern Rsilssy, will
retire from the active management Of bis
vast properties. Mr.. HIlPs successor
will be his eldest 500, Louis w. Hill,
now frat vice president of the Great
Northern.
William II. TAFT, Secretary OF War,
will be candidate for the republican
presidential nomination in 1908 If it
shsll appear there Is a demand for bis
candidacy, Mr. Tsf's future, polit-
ically, is in the hands OF his friends in
Ohio and throughout the country.
Ii was announced at the State Depart
ment yesterday that the United States
government, through its Ambassador in
London, has pledged TO Great Britain
its support 10 aoy steps taken by the
British government toward amelioraling
the condition of affairs in the Congo.
Col. VIM. d. Mann, Of Town Topics,
was acquitted in New York last night OF
the charge that he committed perjury
at the trial of Norman Hspgood when
he testified that he had not written the
initials 70. X, W. d. H., ;" on lie ter
from Connt Reginald Ward about Rice
mining stock.
The French Senate has concluded The
general debate on the new church
measure. and the principle OF the bill
was voted yesterday by lS1 ayes to 81
naya There only remains the discus
sion of the details Of the various sections
and it is expected that this bill will be
completed today.
Determined to do away with Japanese
.bor, the Great Northern Railroad is
importing negroes from Missouri. Three
coach loads arrived at Tacoma, Wash.
Thunday and $50 were in the party.
Japanese laborers are becoming more
scarce every day. While they are steady
workers, they do not seem to accomplish
az much in one day as other men
John J Reed, about 90 years old, Of
Washington, shot himself twice yester
ds, afternoon with suicidal intent and
died at the Emergency Hospital last
night. Reed conducted cigar store ct
the southwest corner Of Sixth and T.
streets. No cause has been ascertsined
for his suicide. The deceased was q
brother of Mr. Jas. n. Marmaduke, OF
this city.
The death Of Mr. A. j. Cassett, pres!-
dent If the Penney lvania Railroai Com
pany, was announced in Yesterday 3
Gszstle. For the present First Vice Pres:-
dent Green will haee directing charge OF
the company's sliairp. The Philadelphia
Record says Vice Presidents McCrea.
Rea or Pugb, 10 about the order named.
seem the probabilities as MI Casscll 8
successor. It ia said that Mr.. Henry
G. Frick, who was on Monday eiec.ed "a
director Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, would not accept The presidency
if il we're offered him
Three persons dead and live Injured,
some fatally, ia the record for Ashcville,
n. G and vicinity as the result OF hol-
idsy celebrations. Late Thursday after
noon France Sumner shot ard Instantly
killed Charles Powers at Arden station,
near AsheVille. Powers was shot through
the heart. In Limestone township Bob
Garvin was probably fatally shot BY an
unknown person during general row.
One man was killed, another fatally in
iured and third stabbed in Jackson
county In Savannah township Cole.
man Frady shot and killed bis brother,
Robert Frady In Canada township
John Brown wasprobably fatally wound
ed by Henry Il. Hynehart and Elijah
Owens was fatally stabbed by brackens,
notorious desperate.