Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-07
News Of the Day.

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illness that he will be able to be IN his
seat when Congress opens.
| Sir Thomas Upton is coming to the
United States and may discuss with the
New York Yacht Club conditions for
another international yacht race.
As a war measure against the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. the Vanderbilt interests
will sell l,000-mile book, good over
their 25 lines and without time limit,
for 500.
With part of the proceeds from the
recent sale of Baltimore and Ohio stock
the Pennsylvania Railroad will purchase
IA, 900 additional freight cars to aid IN
competing with the former road.
The United States Steel Corporation
has closed deal with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to take over it's cou-
trolling interest 10 the Cambria Steel
Company through the Carnegie Steel
Company.
The Realty Trust Company, OF Mem
phs. Tenn, capitalized at $780, 900,
failed to open its doors yesterday. W.
j. smith, president, gave out state
ment placing the liabilities at $50, 600
and the assets at $50, 900.
Lewis johnson Davis, dean of Wash
ington bankers, died at his residence, IN
that city, yesterday, at the sge of seventy
two years. Death was directly due to
cancer of the throst, NJ. Davis having
been sufferer for the last year.
John A. johnson, prominent farmer
OF the Moultrie, Ga, ueighborhood, and
former county commissioner, was as
ssssinated Wednesday night while sitting
at the supper table and surrounded by
his family. He was shot and instantly
killed with load OF buckshot, which
took effect in his head aud brain. The
shot was fired through hole in the
chimney.
The strained relations between Spain
and the Vatican are occupying the at
tention of the entire Spanish press and
public. The liberal newspapers severe
IL blame the governments indecision
aud demand the adoption of extreme
measures, including the immediate de-
nunciation of the Concordat, without
waiting for the enactment OF a Law affect
ing the religious associations.
Jasper Thompson, well-known col
ored man, residing about two miles from
Chsrlestown, w. Va, was shot and killed
yesterday afternoon BY S. A. Marion,
also colored. For some time past the
men have had trouble about some hogs
Of Thompson's which were in the habit
of breaking into Marion's lot. Thompson
went TO Marion's house, knocked at the
door, informed him he was going to kill
him. and started in. Marion undertook to
stop him, and reaching for his pistol,
shot Thompson twice. Marion gave him.
self up.
At the meeting Of the international
policyholders' committee at the Wal
dorf.Astoria, New York, yesterday, AT
WHICH Rich. Olney presided, and at which
almost the full membership was present,
the letter recently written by Bishop
McCabe to Alton q. Parker was dis
cussed and resolutions were adopted re-
lieving The bishop from further service
on the committee. The proceedings
we're held behind closed doors but ii is
understood that failure to attend meet
ings of the committee was the cause of
the latter's action.
After being placed in the morgue
wagon and started on journey to the
morgue in Washington, unclaimed, john
Forsythe, forty years old, who was APP
parently lifeless when fshed from the
water at the north end of the highway
bridge yesterday afternoon showed signs
of lite on the way. Identification OF
Forsythe was made possible by letters
found on bis person, but as to his place
of residence or relations, the authorities
are still in ignorance. The attending
physicians have also as yet failed to dis
cover whether the occurrence was an &C
cident or an attempted suicide.
Charged with being the first person to
violate recent rule of Public Printer
Stillings, forbidding an employe from in
terferiDg or annoying a fellow-worker
in the discharge of his duties, Ernest
johnson. a bOokbinder, WAS suspended
from the government printing Office yes
terday by acting Forman Ashton. John
son case is said to be similar TO that
of Fred. J Schlick, who was suspended
for thirty days for interfering with an.
other employe who was trying to make
a record. johnson is charged with abuss
ing one of the other bookbinders be-
cause Johnson thought he was making
too much speed.
Pensions for everybody at the age OF
90 was among the proposals adopted
at Yesterdays session OF the Trades
Union Congress in Liverpool. The adj
vocates OF the resolution conteuded that
the money necessary for the pensions
could easily be raised from among the
wealthy by taxing land values. A reso
luton in favor OF treaties of arbitration,
coupled with an emphatic protest against
the increase of ornaments or insidious
attempts to introduce CONSUMPTION in
Great Britain was also carried. The
Congress also instructed the labor mem
bers of Parliament to insist on trades
union rates OF wages being inserted in
all government contracts.
Two hours after be was married to
Miss Hattie E. Taylor, eighteen year.
old, of Richpstch, Va, Malven E
Hughes. of Lowmoor, Va, was locked
up at the Sixth precinct police station,
10 Washington charged with carrying