Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-25
News of the Day.


on any ticket.
A student of the Dubuque, Iowa, High
School, who was the victim OF "irat
Initiation was put in coffin and left
for len hours in cellar OF an unoccu'
pied farm house.
The Countess Montignoso, il is re-
norled in Vienna, is shout to become a
mother, and is anxious TO marry the
father OF her expected child, Toselli, who
is q music teacher.
Officials of the Long leland Railroad
are looking for small boy who warned
the agent at the Little Neck station
Monday night of a landslide on the line
of the road near there and prevented a
serious wreck.
News reached san Francisco today
that two sailors, whose names were not
given out, were drowned last evening
during tine drills on the cruiser st.
Louis, anchored on the north side OF
the bay.
Peter Brooksby and William Neiss,
the former OF Rensselaer,, N. Y, and re-
specively an engineer aud fireman of
the New York Central Railroad, were
cut to pieces early today by an eog'ne in
the New York Central yards at 164th
street, New York.
OIL interests in Pittsburg are dis
cussipg significant gathering of indie
pendent oil operators OF western Penn
sylvania at the Duquene Club last night.
1t is reported the meeting wss to fortify
the independents against any move that
may be taken by the Standard.
George w. Beavers, who was con-
victed Of postal frauds and sentenced to
two years confinement in the West Vir-
GINA penitentiary at Moundsville, W..
Va, completed his term, with good
time deducted, yesterday and was re-
leased at midnight.
10 reply 10 SIuyvesant Fish's bid for
proxies to oust the present management
of the Illinois Central Railroad, Presi-
dent J. T. Harahsn is,ued a statement
last night. He denies Fish's charges,
and says Fish was deposed as head OF
the company for borrowing 81, 500, 600
from the railroad on inadequate security.
After most exciting day yesterday
in which much disorder characterized
the clash OF factions in the great primary
battle between Charles F. Murphy and
Mayor Mcclellan, Murphy carried the
day. The Tammany "boss" made q
clean sweep, electing all of his district
leaders with The exception OF Feather
ston and Lantry, who we're the only
ones of the district leaders that opposed
him who were successful.
AT least four monster battleships, larger
than any ahoat or now under construct
ion anywhere in the world, and five scout
cruisers of the Chester type will be rec
commended TO Congress by Secretary Met
calf, if he approves the plan that was out
lined at the first meeting of the General
Naval Board yesterday. The arguments
advanced indicated demand for big
naval program for the coming Congress
and a new fleet in the Atlantic to succeed
the one that is being sent to the Pacific.
After cutting the trolley wires, caus-
ing the stoppspe of traffic, striking en-
ployes of the Westmoreland Street Rail-
way Company in Latrobe, Pa, attacked
car in charge of Superintendent
Schwartz early yesterday, and put the
crew to fight. The strikers then
smashed the car windows and destroyed
tbs seats ard furnishings. During the
riotous demonstration number OF pis-
toI shots are said TO have been fred, but
no one was injured. The line is now tied
mp.
For IA lure to deliver the mails upon
schedule time the Pennsylvania Railroad
has been f0ed for the first six months OF
the present year about 5000. The
foes are imposed by the POstoffice
Department under authority of an ACT
recently passed by Congress providing
tina. when any mail-carriug train is more
than thirty minutes late, Zen or more
tim,s 10 any one quarter, fine shall be
imposed amounting to 20 per cent. OF the
sum paid by the government for one
days mail transportation thereon.
The indications were yesterday that
the radical element among the striking
telegraphers 10 New York would make
an fort 10 the meeting today to force
the declaration of general strike, to
take in all the brokers aud newspaper
offices, irrespective Of existing agree
mems. Daniel L. Russell said yester,
day that the situation is critical. 1t Is
understood that Russell and s. j. Small
are not in favor of such strike, and
that the passage of the resolution will be
fought as it was LAST Sunday when it was
tabled They cling to the hope that In
some way or other negotiations may be
estabF shed to bring about settlement.
Mayor Mahool, of Baltimore, yester-
day reappointed al the heads Of depart
mentz in the City Hall. The only
change is thst of George T. Ames, DEM
ocrat, to succeed George F. Jones, re-
publican, as superintendent of public
buildings. All those reappointed are
democrats who served under the late
Mayor McLane and his republican sue
cessor, Mayor Timanus. Among those
reappointed is City Engineer B. I. Fen
dali, who has most efficiently filed that
position for number of years. Former
Governor Frank Brown was appointed
city tax collector. He conducted the
cam paign that resulted In the election
of Mayor Mahool, and he will now be a
power in Baltimore city politics, which