Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-17
News OF the Day.


More indictments OF San Francisco o.
fcisls are expected at the conclusion OF
the grand jury's investigation OF alleged
slot, Ohina grating. The work Of Sc
curing the jury to try Abe Ruef u goi
on slowly.
Chief Of Police shippy, OF Chicago
resppoinhd by Mayor Busse today,
issued statement in which be acknow'-
edgs he gave 800. towards the campaign
fund USE by the democrats in their Of
forts to re-elect ex- Mayor Dunno.
President Roosevelt, accepting presi'
dent Zelays's assurances that the war
has euded, has offered, with President
Dia2, to arrange that there @ill be no
hostile agitation on tho frontier between
The forces OF Salvador aud Guatemala.
Panic Was spread In the ranks of the
democratic holdovers in The Chicago po'
lice department today By EumoT TO Tue
effect that republican politicians are IN
Springfield preparing metropolitan"
police bill which will put the Chicago
force nnder State rule.
The Supreme Court Of Illinois dis.
missed today Governor Dineen's snit
against the Illinois Central Railroad 10
coll ect $1,000, 900 back taxes. The
court says it has no origin jurisdiction
but that the case must be started and
tried In a circuit OF superior court.
The crusade inaugurated by Police
Commissioner Bingham, of New York,
against weapon.csrrying foreigners goes
on today. All the mon who conld be
spared from active patrol duty we're IA
signed 10 the job OF running down men
who make il habit TO carry weapons.
About 2.S0 arrests were made.
OBLIGATORY exercises Of what Ptesi-
dent Roosevelt chrlstened the "laTgest
engineering center OF It's kind in The
Hofld" we're held yesterday afternoon at
the magnificent structure al q to ~
west Thiriy.ninth street, New York,
with many prominent persons 10 atten-
dance. The building Is the gifi Of An.
drew Carnegie 10 the United Engineer
ipg Societies.
The President has decided not to APP
point First Assistant Postmaster General
Frank II. Hitchcock So Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue to succeed John W.
YeIkes, and has asked Pearl Wight. of
New Orleans, 10 accept that Office. MIR,
Wight WAS In Washington yesterday and
took luncheon at theWhite House lie Is
national committeeman from Louisiana,
and one OF The big business men Of that
State. He wAs formerly from Cock.
land, Me.
The sequel OF the shooting OF Eve
white meo and Two negtce5 st Dnnkie,
La, Sunday. was the lynehing OF the
negro Charlie Strauss, uoAr Eola. La,
yesterday. Masked men took hin
away from deputies who bad arrested
him and II Ia said that the deputies
offered 20 resistance, The negro WAS
hanged 10 O tree, after which many
shots were fred into his body. lie WAS
charged With assault upon white WON
an. This was The second attempt 10
Two days 10 lynch Strauss.
Church organization Ia behalf of the
Gsuse Of temperance WAS voted down yes.
teTdsy at the morning session Of the an
aual meet,ng OF Washington PresbyteTy,
held at the First Presbyterian Church Of
tho capital city. The action Of the
churchmen followed the introduction
Of the report oil The committee on
temperance by Rev. T. II. Richards, OF
0ermsnlOwu, Md, which approved the
plan TO organize sn inIer.Church eOup-
ell for the purpose Of lighting the
alcohol evil. Rev. Or. Wallace Rad
clifie led the opposition 10 the re-
port and Was sustained by subsau.
Iisl msjosity. Those opposing the re-
port express the conviction that 1t is not
fitting that the church should enter
upon active participation IN e crusade
involving political Issues.
a Dispatch from Puerto COrtz. Hon
durss. says that the United States gun.
boat Marietta, Capt. Fullam command.
Ing. left there Monday night Tor Irujilio,
Honduras, for the purpose Of invsstl-
eating sud furnishing On outrage on the
United Ststes Gag. According to inior
nation, Col. Issula, tho Honduran revo-
IntIonsry leader, who IL in command OF
the occupation forces at TrUjllo, hauled
down a United States flag from house
occupied by an American, and when the
American protested. Issuls became en-.
rsged, tore the flag to tnttsrs, spat upon
It, aud then threw IL on the ground and
stamped 1t with his feet. When the
outrage WAS reported to Capt. Fullam,
he ielegraPhed thu gunbost Psdueah TO