Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-04
News of the Day.

of per cents an hour and Will return 10
work.
1t is now said that G. G. Thorp, Of
Chicago, will succeed VIM. Ellis Corey
as president OF the U. S. Steel C0rpc-
ration.
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, after FIVE weeks in
hospital, in Spring Valley, ILL.,, follow
ing an operation, has gone home.
The extended strike of the seamen at
French ports has virtually come to an
end, with the cspitulation Of the strikers,
who were expected to resume work this
morning.
Patrick Reardon, young clerk, OF
Pittsburg, Pa, yesterday shot two Of
his friends, perhaps fatally, and then
turning the revolver upon himself, blew
out his own brairs.
The per capita circulation Of money IN
the United States on June l vas $34.2 20,
which is the highest point ever reached,
and an increase Of 4 cents during the
month Of May, 1907.
Louis Albert, who is said to have mar
ried six women in Maryland and Penn
sylyania, was held in $1,000 by New
York magistrate yesterday to answer
the charge Of bigsmy.
Prof. Ktutz at the Kiel Observatory
notified the Harvard Observatory at Cam
bridge, Mass, yesterday that a new
comet was discovered by Prof. GiacObini
at Nice Saturday night.
L complimentary dinner will be ten
dered William Jennings Bryan in Bald-
more tonight, at which eli the prominent
democrats in the city will be present.
Governor Warfeld will preside.
NJ. r. Quirke, clerk in the quarter
masters yard in Manila, asserts that
Captain Cole, U. S. A., in charge, and
the chief clerk were involved with him
in the padding of the payrolls.
1t was announced in the British House
Of Commons yesterday thai the govern
meDt had opened negotiations with the
United States with view TO securing
the most favored nation treatment.
NJ. E. Iugslls, president of the Cheese
peake & Ohio Railroad Company, has
announced his candidacy for the indorse-
meut Of the next Ohio Democratic State
Convention for the United States Senate.
The trial of Senior Ferrer, Jose Nakens
and others, charged with completely in
an attempt to assasinate Kiug Alfonso
and Queen Victoria of Spain on their
wedding day, was begun in Madrid
yesterday.
Barney Aaron, the old time light
weight pugiliSt, died on Thursday in
sanitarium on Long Island, N. Y,
where he was taken about year ago,
having broken down physically. Aaron
was seventy-seven years old.
Iufstuated with the wife of another
man, Patrick Resdop, of Pittsburg, shot
two men who would not tell him where
she could be found, and then committed
suicide, leaving note that he would
haunt the woman as long as she lives.
Premier Campbell Bsnnerman yester-
day formally informed the House OF
Commons that the Irish bill would be
dropped and outlined several other meas
ures to be introduced. The Premier an
nounced that there would be no autumn
session.
In regard TO the remark of President
Roosevelt that he expected to become
actively associated in Harvard College
in a year ana seven months, one OF the
faculty said he would not vote for Roose-
welt because be did not consider him
an academic man.
Uuable to overcome the morphine
habit, fearing the loss of his eyesigbt
and reason, and disappointed at being
unable to secure position, Arthur Is.
Lynd, a theatrical man, took a heavy
dose Of morphine in his room in the
Havln Hotel in St. Louis and was found
dead in bed yesterday.
Mrs. Kendall Greasy, Mrs. John r.
Virgins, and Mrs. Charles GilleD, prom
ineDt in Philadelphia society, were in
jured by the smashing Of Mrs. Virgins
car into q telegraph pole while the
three women were being driven to At
lantic City, in the run of the Quaker
City Ladies' Automobile Club yesterday.
The seton of the captain of a North |
German Lloyd steamer in burying at sea
the body of Mrs. Chalmers Prentice, OF
Chicago, the day after she died instead |
of bringing i: to New York has caused |
interesting complications. DR.. Prentice,
husband Of the dead woman, has sued |
the steamship company for $3.50, 900 |
damages.
Gov. Hughes of New York sent a
bomb shell into the legislature tndsy in
a form of political message urging the
passage OF a bill providing for direct
on officials ballots at primar-
les and amending the corrucpt election
practice law 30 to make it constitutional
and to further limit the amounts to be
expended by candidates.
The sentence of the Savannah court
In the Greene and Gaynor case, involv-
log over half million dollars fraud in
government contract work in the Savan-
nah harbor, was affirmed in au opinion
handed down by the United States cir
cult court ofappeals in New Orleans, yes
terday, The sentence is four years i'm
prisonment each and fine aggregating
1915, 900.
Because he refused to reply to two |
letters sent to hin demanding $500,
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