Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-08
News Of the Day.


CATION 10 the national convention.
The Great Northern Railroad has
been found gully OF granting rebates to
the American Sugar RefniDg Company
and fined So, 900.
Senator Tillmsn arrived at Columbia,
S. c., yesterday from his home at
Trenton for treatment in a ssnitarium.
The Senator wss feeble and looked Ill.
Mr.. John G. Wilson. general attorney
for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
died Of spinal meningitis at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, last
night.
Col. Henry Bruno Bowie, cousin of
the late Ex-Governor Bowie and OF Col.
Washington Bowie, and who served 10
the Confederate army, died Monday
night of spOplexy st his home in Balii-
more.
Ten thousand men are out of work in
Hammond and Indiana Harbor, Ind,
and their families are in want. Steps
are being taken by the authorities to re-
lieve the situation by issuing supplies to
the needy.
The republican State convention OF
South Dakota yesterday elected eight
delegates to the republican national con-
venIion aud instructed them to "vote
for w. II. TAFT and use their influence
in his behalf" for the presidential NOM
ton.
A special from Gulfport, Miss, says
that eight prisoners, seven Of whom are
under sentence to the State peuitentisry.
some TO serve life terms, escaped from
the Harrison clunty Jail about 10
O'Clock yesterday morning and are still
at large.
Governor Orothers of Maryland has
issued q proclamation declaring quaran-
tine against the States of Virginia,
North Caroins, Tennessee, Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Texas, Oklahoma and California,
and prohibiting the importation of any
cattle from the States until November /.
This action was taken following re-
por. made to him by the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board, of the existence
of splenetic or southern fever among
cattle in the States named.
In sensational charge delivered to
the grand jury st Frankfort, KY, Monday
evening, Circuit Court Judge Stout in
sisted that the grand jury begin at once
20 inquire into, ard continue until il
has ferreted to the bottom, the charges
of bribery in procuring the election of
Uoited States Senator and in the defeat
of certain measures during the recent
session of the general assembly. at WAS
common rumor, and commoner street
talk, during the session." ssid Judge
Stout, Chat bribery was rampant
A dispatch from New York says,
Nine. Anna Gould last night authorized
the statement that she has no intention
of marrying at present, and that she is
not now engaged to any one. The
statement Vas made public by Tyler
Morse, a clvse friend of the Gould
family, snd at whose home In the Hotel
81. Regis Nine. Gould WAS recently
taken ill while visiting Mrs. More.
Prince de Ssgan was at the ST. Regis
Yesterday where Nine. Gould has a suile.
He lunched at the st. Regis with Nine.
Gould and the Tyler Morses, aud after
lunch went out in an automobile with
Nine. Gould.
Returns from the local option cleo
lions in Illinois up to 9 o'clock last
night show That Springfield, Freepor!,
Bloomington, Danville, Joliet, Mon
mouth, Aurora, Eigin, Sterling and
Ksnkakee voted in favor of saloons, and
that Rockford, Decatur and Dixon voted
against saloons. A sweeping republican
victory at Chicago, gave Mayor Buses
administration complete and undisputed
possession of the city ball. The days
victories converted a democratic msjor-
ity of two in the city council into re-
publican msjority of eighteen. Spring
field, the capital OF the State, voted in
favor of the saloons by 1900 msjority.
A delegation OF citizens composing
vigilance committee called upon Editor
Smith, oflhe Mitchell county Record, at
Bakersville, N. O., yesterday and ordered
him to leave town within "a hours. The
charges sgsiDst Smith we're not made
public. He was threatened with being
driven out of town in more vigorous
fashion If he refused to leave within the
specified time. He complied with the
order of the town committee. ElitOr
Smith is sixty-fve years old. His news
paper was taken in charge by the vigil
lance committee and the politics Of the
paper changed from democratic to re-
publican. Smiths whereabouts Is not
known, nor is it known VIII ather he will
make an effort to recover his newspaper
plant.