Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-20
News Of the Day.

the muuny 10 the fiack Sea fieet at Sc
bastopol, was executed yesterday.
The war party among the coal mine
operators is in control at Indianapolis
and strike now seems inevitable.
Germany's efforts 70 round up the
southwest African rebels has failed, and
it is announced that to date the insur-
rection has cost $3.50, 900, 600.
The Methodist preachers meeting of
New York has denounced the wealthy
owners of property used in the white
slave traffic as equally guilty wi tn the
inmates.
Anthony Comstock, in the Methodist
Preachers meeting IN New York city,
yesterday charged Rev. DIR. Thomas r.
Sicer with being in the pay of race
track men.
One hun dred and fifty boys and girls
of the Hayerbill Mass. Manual Train
ing and High Schools were saved yes
terday from fire panic by the heroism
of John Bourne, teacher, who led them
through flames and smoke.
Twelve miners employed at the Shen-
andOah mine, near Silverton, Col, were
caught by great snowslide yesterday and
swept to their death. Their bodice have
not vet been recovered. Assistance has
been summoned from Silverton to help
dig the victims from beneath the snow.
If the President signs or vetoes the
railroad rate bill he has the pen to do it
with. Representative Kinkaid of Nebras-
ka, called at the White House yester-
day and gave the instrument TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The pen was made
by T. G. Harris, wheelright, for the
Quartermastcr at Fort Robinson, Ne
braska, end is of plain steel and black
wood. The President promised to sign
or veto the measure with Mr.. Harris's
pen when Congress sent him the dOcu-
ment.
According to the New York Press, it
is rumored that Elihu Root. Secretary
of State, is to be the administrations
candidate for the Senate to succeed
Chauncey NJ. Depew. 1t is also ru-
mored, according to the Press, that Sem
ator Depew is being urged to keep his
place until after the Albany legislature
edjourns, that no factional or personal
controversy may be intejected into the
legislatures proceedings, and that the
President and his associates will en-
deavor to have Gov. Higgins send Root
to the Senate as a recess appointee.
Secretary Taft will undertake to ex-
plain just why General Leonard Wood
was given something like 81, 100 to de-
fray his expenses when coming home
from his post last sumner to undergo
surgical operation at Boston. Gen. Wood
was allowed mileage both ways, coming
and going by different routes. Secre-
tary Taft will appear before the Sen
ate military affairs committee this
week and furnish details regarding the
payment to General WOOD. There is
disposition among Senators, especially
the democrats, to make it rather I'M
pleasant for Gen. Wood.
1t is feared that at least 20 miners
have lost their lives in the snOwslides
which have cut off from all outside COM
munication 600 miners employed in the
various mines within radius OF 20 miles
from Uuray, Col The exact number of
deaths will not be known for days. As
many as 81 mines are completely isO-
lated The damage may reach 81 ,OO0,-
0OO At the Camp Bird Mine, which
is four miles from the Bird Mills, a
snowslide late Sunday evening complete
" isolated 80 or more miners employed
there and, as the provision house was
carried away, it is certain they are in
urgent need of food.
Information was received by the Navy
Department yesterday announcing the
arrival at Alexandria, Egypt, of the pro-
tected cruiser Tacoma, a part of the
squadron now cruising in the Mediter-
ranean under the command of Rear.
Admiral Charles Sigsbee. 1t was Off
cially admitted at the Navy Department
this morning that the cruisers Chatia-
nooga and Galveston of this squadron
would sail from Alexandria in few
days for the Asiatic station, for service
in Chinese waters. The other two ves-
sells of the squadron, the armored cruiser
Brooklyn and the cruiser Tacoma, will
be held in Mediterranean waters pend
ing developments in China. If the sit
uation becomes critical, as it is feared
ii will, these two additional ships will
be sen; also to reinforce the American
Aaaf in tho Orianf