Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-01-29
News Of the Day.

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Madagascar.
Mr.. Perry Belmont has issued an adj
dress urging the formation Of State asso-
Citations to compel publicity in campaign
contributions.
The credit of the United States gov
eminent is said TO be back of most OF
the American capital being invested in
the Philippines.
The House Saturday rassed the ur-
gent deficiency bill with provision that
the eight-hour law shall not apply to the
Isthmus of Panama.
President Mitchell and other officials
of the miners union expect that the
conference with the anthracite operators
February Is will result in peace.
The D,wsger Empress of China will
give costly jewels and silks and King
Victor Emmanuel of Italy an elaborate
piece of jewelry to Miss Roosevelt.
King Alfonso yesterday took his future
bride, the Princess Ena, and her mot her
in al auto from Biarritz TO San Sebastian
10 visit bis mother, who cordially received
her intended daughter-in-law.
Kathryn Gray, the Pittsburg servant
who said that she was heir TO a large
estate from her father, ''the late State
Senator Gray, OF Virginia." has con-
fessed that her story was untrue.
Private conferences between the
French and German delegates TO the
Moroccan conference have developed a
plan whereby Italy would be charged
with the organization of a semi-military
police.
Michael Birmingham, aged rs years,
who conducted jewelry story and also
lived at 1926 Gfeenmount avenue, Balti-
more, was found dead on the floor of the
store Saturday afternoon by his two
daughters who called to see bin.
The Gridiron Club at their animal
banquet in Washington Saturday night
got off a "skid" on building the Panama
canal, illustrating the extravagant use of
money and the little work being done.
The President was one of the guest and
made a speech.
Washington Christian yesterday in
Athens, Ca, went to the home of Wal
ter Rardeman, who married Christians
divorced wife, and ia fight which fol-
lowed both men were shot and Chris
tiau's Two daughters were badly, perhaps
MORALLY, wounded. Christian had de-
manded the custody of the two girls.
70 substantiato the truth of the charge
made by him concerning the government
canal work at Panama, Poultney
Bigelow has sent check for 81 900 to
the Louisville COURIER Journal to be for
feited if upon a fair investigation his
statements that have so aroused Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary raft are
proved untrue.
Col. William d. Mann, elitor of
Town Topics. was arrested in New York
Saturday evening on charge of perjury
growing out of his testimony in the re-
cent criminal libel proceedings against
Norman Hspgood, editor of Golfers
Weekly. He was arraigned before a
city magistrate, and held in $40, 900
bail for examination next Thursday.
With her critically i'll aud dying l8-
months-cld boy in her arms, Mrs. Louis
Abrahamson appeared at the Hebrew
Hospital in Baltimore, yesterday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, and begged Of the
doctors at that institution that something
might be done to aid the little suffer,
only to be told by the resident physician
who examined the child, thOt the infant
was already dead.
William N. Van ReypeD, jr., twenty
three years old, son of Rear Admiral
Van Reypen, retired, formerly Surgeon
General OF the United States navy, shot
and killed himself Saturday afternoon in
his rooms in the Mansfield apartments,
New York. The young m IN, who was
in his second year at the Columbia Uni
versity Law School, is said to have been
worried over debts and also feared he
was going insane.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, blushing like a
school girl, was assisted from the draw.
ing car "Alice" at 1881 this afternoon,
by her sffianced husband, Congressman
amid the plaudits of a large
assemblage at the jersey City station.
Miss Roosevelt and Mr.. Longworth but
for the activity Of the Jersey police
would have found great difficulty in
reaching the ferryboat which took them
across the river TO New York. TIL |
crowd was bent on getting good look
At the engaged, and pressed close about
them to satisfy their curiosity.
IL is now estimated that the loss sustained |
BY the Southern Steel Company, at Birming.
he IN, Ala. in The destruction Of their nail
mills by fire last night. will reach at least
ST25. 600,