Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-22
News of the Day.


ing condition at his home 10 that city.
The Irish National Convention at
Dublin unanimously adopted resolution
by Redmond rejecting the Irish bill In
Parliament.
The family of Frank Macaboy, who
was killed by CASTOR Philip, in Wash
ingion, will probably sue Philip for $40, 4
900 damages.
Hereafter the salaries of employees OF
the Treasury Department will be paid
on the lst and 10Th of each month by
order OF Secretary.
James Lingfell was fatally burned and
several families rendered homeless by
a fire which wiped out small village
near Altoona, Pa, today.
Governor Hughes pet measure, the
public utilities bill, was passed by the
New York Senate this afternoon. 1t
had previously passed the Assembly.
The report of women's societies, sub
milted by Rev. Jos. Remie, shows total
membership of Al, 1862 and that $780,
39l had been raised during the year for
all purposes.
Ten pressmeu and nine press feeders
we're dismissed from the government
printing Office 10 Washington yesterday.
Il is stated that the dismissals were made
solely because OF lack Of work In the
bureau.
A director, Of the American Protective
Tariff League says ii will not support
either Taft or Root for president because
they are unstable on the tariff. Speaker
Cannon and Leslie NJ. Shaw are the
leagues fayorites.
A dispatch from sydney, New South
Wales, says it is reported that nurri-
cane and tidal wave swept over the Car
oline Islands on April 30. Two hun
dred persons are said to'have been killed
and immense damage done to property.
Mrs. Henrietta Snowden, daughter OF
VIM. n. Stabler, and widow of Capt.
Nicholson Snowden, of the Confederate
army, died at the home of her daugh ter,
Mrs. Waiter Lea, at Ashton, Montgom-
cry county, Md, yesterday, aged ~
ears.
1t is announced that May Irwin, the
actress, is to wed her manager, Kurt
Eisfeldt, at Irwin Island, the Thousand
Islands, next Sunday Miss Irwin and
Mr. Eisfeldt are OF present In New York
and will leave for the scene of the we'd
ding Friday morning.
Abe Hummel, too sick 10 walk, was
carried on a stretcher TO the hospital
ward OF the penitenlisry on Blackgeils
Island yesterday. The collapse came less
than twenty-four hours after the lawyer
had started in TO serve his term of year
for conspiracy in the DOdge-MOfse case
Harrow n. Higginboiham, Of Chicago,
who recently was elected trustee OF the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, sent
in his resignation TO Secretary Dix. Mr.
Higginbotham sharply criticises The
"indifsrence or delay" by the State OF
New York in enacting laws for the prog
er regulation Of corporations.
The Anti.Ssloon League was given
serious blow yesterday by the report of
the committee on policy of the General
Assembly If the Presbyterian Church,
at Columbus, Ohio, when itreported sd
versely to federation with that organi-
cation. The committee would not, how
ever, prohibit Presby terians from identi-
flying themselves with the Anti-SalOon
League as individuals.
Chief Geronimo, the old Apache war
rior, who is said to have scalped more
white people than any other living In
dian, and who for twenty years has been
prisoner of war at the Fort Sill MILL
tary reservation, near Lswton, Okla, is
reported by an Apache Indian to have
lost bis mind, and has to be guarded 81
most night and DAY by Apache scouts in
the government service.
Debate upon the question OF adopting
the Charlotte articles of agreement on
closer relations between churches hold
ing The Presbyterian system was the
feature OF yesterdi y's session of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United State. at Birmingham,
Ala. Argument was upon the msiority
and minority reports of the special COM
mittee of twenty-six, submitted Monday
afternoon.
The deliberate burning alive of her
Is months-old baby by mysterious
enemy is the diabolicsl crime charged
by Mrs. John Pavett, Of Chicago. The
child-Stephen Pavett-was burned to
death in his crib at the home OF his pa
rents early yesterday. The baby was
found in flames by its mother when she
returned from a nearby grocery. Neigh
bors came to her assistance. and the
flames were extinguished. The child
died few hours afterward.
John r. Hegeman, president of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
Was indicted by the grand jury at New
York yesterday for bis management OF
the affairs of the company. There are
len indictments against him, seven for
forgery 10 the third degree and three
for perjury. He was not srris'ed, bat
through an arrangement between Dis
trict Attorney Jerome and Hegeman's
counsel, Delaney Nicoll and John G.
Milburh, be will appear in court today.
The series of meetings Of national
Baptist societies that have been in prog
ress in Washington for the last week came
to an end yesterday. The last day was
devoted to the Home Missionary Society,
which elected the following officers:
President, E. Fl. Haskell, Massachu'
setts. vica nresidents Fred A. Wells.