Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-12-03
News Of the Day.

sale.
Philadelphia newspapers are consider
ing the adgisability Of an increase IN
price to 2 cents.
OkDahoma's two Senators will not
take their seats until they are formally
elected by the Legislature.
Hon. Henry Coventry wss married at
St James Church, Piccadilly, London,
today, to Mrs. McCreery, Of New York.
Ambassador Reid gave the bride away.
The report of r. A. Ballinger, CON-
missioner general OF the land Office,
shows that 2l,000. 900 acres Of public
land were disposed of during the year.
The Supreme Court decided yesterday
that railroads have the right to issue
nonnegotiable excursion tickets and can
prevent ticket brokers from dealing in
these tickets.
Gustaye Bargon caught his foot In
frog in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
yards at St. George, s. l., early today
and was knocked down by a switch en-
CINE and killed.
Mrs. Minor Morris, who was elected
from the White House two years sgo
has been declared insane and committed
to the State hospital for the insane at
FarminSton, Mo.
Among the bills introduced in the
House yesterday was one by Chandler,
of Mississippi, embodying w. ]. Bryan's
ideas to have the government guarantee
the deposits in national banks.
Commander Holman Vail, retired, Of
the United States navy, died suddenly
last evening from an attack OF acute in-
digestion st his apartments in the Far
ragut apartment house, Washington.
Failure of conductors to properly ring
up cash fares collected from passengers
cost the Brooklyn Rapid T,lnsit Com
papy at least 81, 900 day, according
to Vice President 7. s. Williams, OF the
company.
The conference OF republican Senators
yesterday afternoon authorized Chair.
man Allison to designate committee OF
nine to proceed with the assignment OF
Senators to committees. TIE conference
lasted only ten minutes.
A poll taken OF The democratic Sen
ators and Representatives shows an over
whelming conviction that Mr.. BTan's
nomination is a certainty. The pre-
portion is about five to one of those who
answered the question directly.
Senator Beverage will introduce in
the Senate at the earliest possible mo-
ment, resolution calling for the ap-
pointment of a commission to examine
into the tariff schedules with the view OF
submitting a report to the next Congress
as to which should be revised.
Mile. Mignonette KokiD, dancer, was
attacked by Cupid, an ourapg outang,
in the wings of Keith and Pfoctor's
Theatre in New York last night. She
was badly scratched and her costume
torn. Today she is consulting her law
vel concerning q damage suit.
A Dayton aud AcDia Traction car
jumped the track and overturned east OF
DAYTON. O., today. Five of the Is pas
sengers we're injured, Mrs. Geo. Offers
and Mrs. Charles Pindel, of Cedarville,
seriously. Nine other persons were
taken to Miami Valley Hospital.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has
refused the petition Of F. Augustus
Hsri., of Pittsburg, for resrgument
in his suit for a divorce from his wife,
Mary Scott Harjs. The court recently
affirmed a decision of the AllPghsny
County Court which. refused Har'js
divorce.
James Hazan Hyde and other men,
bers Of the old directorate Of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society have offered
to turn back more than 81, 900, COO into
the treasury of that institution. 1t is
understood that the amount which Mr..
HYDE alone offers to restore is nearly
81, 100000.
All the settlement workers, members
oil educational societies and charity and
relief organizations OF the East Side,
New York, are in a turmoil today fol-
lowing the declaration Of Mrs. j. N.
Crosman to the Woman's Peace Circle
tina! the children of the slums should be
taught race suicide.
Frank II. Warner, once a prosperous
batter, who killed Esther @. Norliug in
Esst Second street, New York escaped
from tie police on bis way to Washing
ton Square where he fatally shot John
@. Wilson, on July %, was sentenced
today, to serve "not less than twenty
years and not more than his natural
life" in Sing Sing prison.
Tickets scalpers received a decisive
blow in the U. S, Supreme Court yes
terdsy. The case of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company vs.. Mar
Gus X. Bitterman and others, involving
the right of The defendants to engage in
scalping the tickets of the railroad CON-
pany, in favor of the company, the
decision being handed down by Justice
White.
Tests in skilled workmanship are now
to be applied to cadets leaving Wee
Point. Through general orders issued
today by direction Of the President, a
board Of FIVE off sers is to be appointed
to "examine carefully the members OF
each graduating class as to their fitness
for mounted service, taking into consid-
Grafton only the degree of proficiency
shown by them in riding aud horeman-
ship, and their sizs when so general rs
70 indicate present of future unsuitable
iiy for mounted service"
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