Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-23
News OF the Day.

Two earthquake shocks occurred early
Yesterday morning at Santiago, Cuba.
The shocks caused much damage to prop
erty and a panic among the residents.
Enough of the five county conven-
tons in Iowa today will instruct for
Gov. Cummins to insure his renomina-
ton for governor and defeat former Con-
gresham George d. Perkins, according
to conservative estimates.
An investigation of the report from
New Orleans to the effect that Sagua La
Grsnde, Santa CLARA province, has been
burned, shows that the town recently
had two fires. In Que case the railroad
station was destroyed and in the other
four stores we're burned.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
in al address at York, Pa, last night,
struck out in all directions touching in
his characteristic way on the rottenness
of Pennsylvania politics, the rate ques-
ton, the danger of the influx of for
eigners into the United States, and the
expansion question. He charged the
condition of Pennsylvania politics to the
neglect and ignorance of the voters. 0
The Senate late yesterday afternoon
resumed consideration and passed the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The
House bill sppropriating s25, 600 to de-
fray the Presidents travelling expenses
was passed by the Senate after Mr.. Hale
had withdrawn provision for the same
purpose from the sundry civil bill. All
of yesterday was devoted in the House
to consideration of the pure-food bill.
During the hailstorm in Clark and
Ocenee counties, Ga, day or two ago,
great damage was doEe. In some places
the hail fell to a level of fourteen inches.
Pine trees for miles were stripped
of their foliage. In Clark county the
storm was about mile wide and seven
miles long. In Oconee it was two miles
wide and ten miles long. Corn, cotton
and other crops in the path of the storm
were totally destroyed.
DR.. Sidney o. Heiskell, assistant
commissioner of health and quarantine
physician for the port of Baltimore, WAS
stricken with apoplexy while seated on
the lawn in front of his home. at the
quarantine station, at $50 o'clock last
night and died in less than five minutes.
He would have been 81 years old next
January. DR. Heiskell was brother
of the late Monroe Heiskell, at one
time candidate for mayor of Baltimore,
who died recently in New York.
The constitutional democrats in the
Russian Douma yesterday offered reso-
luton declaring the House, seeing in
the prevalent excuses proof of the in
spiration and evident participation of
the local authorities and of failure on
the part of the minister of the interior to
grasp the real cause of the trouble,
namely, the continuance Of the old regi
me, finds that only minister response
bic before the people can stop the out
RACES, and therefore again demands the
instant resignation of the present min
istry. The resolution of the constitu-
tionsl democrats was adopted by an over
whelming majority.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill
authorizing the acquisition of lands in
the Appalachian range and the White
Mountains for forest reserve Purposes
The bill authorizes the Secretary of Ag-
ricuture to procure lands for this pur-
pose within the States of Maryland,
West Virginia, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama
and Tennessee, in Appalachian Noun
tains, and in New Hampshire in the
White Mountains. He is also author
lied to accept donations of lands for
forest reserve purposes. The bill car
ries an appropriation of $9,OOO,O 900,
which is made Immediately available.