Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-11-13
News Of the Day.

The Secretary OF the Treasury has dis
continued the purchase Of silver bullion.
The price asked was ~ cents an ounce.
The U. s. Supreme Court decided
yesterday that figured cotton cl'th must
pay specific as well as sdv"lorem duty
The table; stolen from the monument
t. victims of the General Slocum d sas er
la, been found in New YORK JUNK
shop
The government has decided to inst
tute proceedings against the Standard
Oil Company under the Sherman aDti-
trust law.
Emperor William has informed Char-
cellor Won Buelow that the rumors OF a
coming chsngs 10 the chancsllorship
were nonsense.
There was a money squeeze in wall
street yesterday, ewing TO heavy loan
calls by banks, and soon after the open
ing call money rose to 20 per cent.
Gov. Hocb, OF KanSss, who was elec;-
ed by a small vote, blames the Standard
Oil Company for his reduced majority.
Democratic leaders declare that the cut
ting down Of Hoch's plurality of nearly
CT. 900 In 1904 to 1900 in 1906 Is 10
itself great victory.
King Haakop, Queen Maud aud
Crown Prince Olaf Of Norway lauded at
Portsmouth, Eng, yesterday, and pro-
ceede1 TO Windsor, where they are the
guests OF the king aud queen Of Eoglsnd:
A series of festivities has been arranged
for the entertainment Of the visi,orF.
A Young terrorist yesterday threw a
bono at General Rheinbot, project Of
police at Moscow, and was shoi dead by
the project while several policemen held
him as prisoner. 1t Is reported from
lrkutsk, Siberia, than an unsuccessful
attempt was made yesterday to kill the
governor, the famous General Rennen'
kampf, by bomb. The general was
not hut. The bombthrower was cap
tured. He refuses 10 give his name.
Henry Austin Adams's application for
divorce came up in court IN Seattle
Yesterday but was postponed. The writer
alleges incompatability, and it is under
stood that his New York vile will not
oppose the suit The former rector seeks
a divorce In order that his marriage with
Gertrude Descb, with whom he fed from
Baltimore, may be legalizsd. This ia
the Young woman whom Adams called
mystic soul" They have one child.
Republican Congressman returning to
Washington are declaring for the renom-
inaticn of President Roosevelt to sue
coed himself with degree Of unanimlty
that forces serious consideration. Re
publican Representatives and Senators,
who have spent the summer and fall
among their constituents say they are
convinced that popular sentiment 10
favor of the President is "a strong as 1t
hss ever been, and that all conditions
indicate an overwhelming demand for
hls nomination in 1908.
At Nashville, Tenn, yesterday the
Southern immigration and Quarantine
Conference, aside from the appointment
of committees, gave the day over to
speech making BY men, representatives
Of every section OF the South Governor
Cox, OF Tennessee, and Governor Hey
ward, of South Carolina, declsrtd that
foreign immigrants now coming to The
South may resultin solving the race prob
lem. They say that whites are supreme
and must rule. NJ. V. Richards, land
and immigration commissioner Of The
Southern Railway, in a speech showed
that the tide of immigration, which has
flowed for years to the west and north
west, has turned southward, aud With a
proper appreciation of the needs OF white
immigrants the south would easily as
simulate the new arrivals,