Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-30
News of the Day.

lNtHt' CtntaAiNt tRAAt IN
bill TO restore the old national road
from Cumberland to ST. Louis.
Distric; Attorney Jerome yesterday
asked the New York Supreme Court fjr
a special grand jury to investigate insur-
ance matters.
James w. Alexander, former presi.
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, was yesterday taken to a private
sanitarium at Deer6eld, Mass.
The leaders of the regicides il Seryia
will shortly be placed on the retired list
to enable the government TO resume Dip
lcmaiic relations with Great Britain.
The mysterious murder of six Bulga-
rians in Minneapolis was not cleared up
by The arrest of III iellow-counirymen
of the dead foreigners, but seems to have
deepened.
The bill to permit Chinese students,
merchants and travellers to enter this
country was the subject of hearing by
the House committee on foreign affairs
yesterday.
Archbishop Ireland is reported to have
been en-, rusted with the mission of set
fling the Philippine question, particular
ly the payment Of indemnity by the
United States for church property.
Final organization of the Veterans
Association of the Blue and Gray and
the Sous was effected yesterday at At
lanta, Ga Gen. Julian S. Carr. Of
Durham, N. c., was eleeted commander
in-chief.
The Mexican government will soon
open negotiations with the United States
looking to the sale to this country OF the
peninsula of lower California. The an
nouncement has caused the greatest in
terest in the peninsula.
The New York legislature has passed
the bill postponing until November 10
next the annual elections of directors
and trustees of the New York Lite,
Mutual Life of New York, Mutual Re-
serve of New York, and Security Mutual
Of Binghamton.
AT a meeting held in Washington
Yesterday evening of the Pocahontas As
sociaiiou, it was decided to recommend
to the directors of the jamestown Expo
silion the observance of day to be
known as "Pocahontas Day." during
the exposition next year.
A dispatch from Centralia, Pa, says
that during their mothers temporary
absence from the kitchen yesterday
Charles and Nellie George, four and two
years old. were boiled to death in a tublull
of scalding water which Mrs. George had
gotten ready for washing purposes. The
girl fell into the tub first. Her brother
went 10 her rescue and also tumbled in
to the water.
DR.. Frederic Hintze Griffin, in his
will, copy of which was filed in the
Orphans Court in Baltimore yesterday,
forbids that any religious service be held
over his body, and leaves his estate to
an adopted daughter, on condition that
she is not to give 50 much as one penny
to any member or relative of his family.
II she violates this restriction she loses
her inheritance.
Incomplete returns from majority of
the IS counties at Arkansas in the demo-
cratic State primary Wednesday show
lead OF 1000 for Senator James Fl.
Berry over Governor Jefferson Davis in
the contest for the United States senator
ship. Additional returns are awaited
with great interest, as both sides are
claiming victory. John l.. Little was
nominated for governor.
Immortal ]. n. Free was adjndged
insane yesterday and sent the State Hos
pital at Toledo, Ohio. Free is known
all over the country as the man who has
been trying to Gift the veil'' and ''put
on the pressure" for years. He has
travelled ali over the United States and
claims never to have paid cent for rail-
road fare He is IS years old and
broken in health. Shortly after the civil
war Free made speeches in the streets of
this city.
The great Caney gas well fire, of In
dependence, Kan, is out at last. The
flames were extinguished late yesterday
afternoon. After yesterdays failure it
was thought the hood method # fighting
the FIRE would have 10 be abandoned, but
one more attempt, the eighth, was made
and was successful. The we'll was struck
by lighting February %, aud burned
"a days. 1t costs $25, 900 to shut it in
and the value of the gas burned was
more than 500, 900.
A special 10 The Memphis CONNER.
cial Appeal from Flora, Fla, says;
"a negro known as Cotton was lynched
Wednesday night near Oak Grove
station, in West Carol parish, within
an hour after be is alleged to have at
tempted to criminally assault young
white woman. Miss Blair, daughter of
contractor at a railroad camp where
Cotton was employed, discovered the
negro in her room, screamed and strug-
eled with him until members of the
family were aroused. A posse was form.
ed and was quickly io pursuit OF the
negro, who had fed when members OF
the family came to Miss Blair's rescue
Captured within an hour, he was hanged
to a tree"
If you have used Witch Hazel Salve with
out being relieved il is probable that you got
hold Of one Of the many worthless eounterfeits
that are sold on the reputation of the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.