Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-01
TELEoRAPHIC BREylTIEs.

TELEORAPHlC BREViTiES.
The Librarian of Congress has ap-
pointed Appleton P. Griffin to the
position of chief asst. TAFT Librarian, made
vacant by the death Of DR.. Ainsworth
K. Spoford. Mr.. Griffin has been con-
nectsd with library work for nearly 40
years.
The stesmer Kronpriz Wilhelm ar
rived at New York today from Bremen
and Chourburg after rough passage.
Amo5g the passengers we're: u. s. Sen
ator Daniels, Of Virgins, and other
members of The subcommittee, of the
national monetary commission.
Tie Minneapolis Journal has been
purchased by syndicate headed by
Hersche V. Jones, publisher of the
Oommercisl West. The purchase price
was 81, 200, 900 II Is said that the new
management will be favorable to Frank
Il. B. Kellogg, republican national COM
mitteeman and specisl trust buster of
the administration. Kellogg Is said to
desire election to the U. s. Senate.
A report received at Raleigh, N. O.,
today says that five hundred families
have been driven from their homes in
She lowlands of Fender county by the
floods of last week. Over g hundred
passengers marooned near WILMINGTON
on account of the snnnlment OF trains
because of washouts, left today. The
destruction of property and crops is said
t be enormous.
Thousands OF persons In Augusta, Ga,
are destitute as a result OF the flood tbst
Inundated the city for almost a week.
Opan Huguet OF the U. s. A., sent TO
Inyesti ate cond tions, found intense
suffering among the people Augusta
has refused to ask for aid, bnt the city
authorities have declared that they will
accept help from other cities. Cities
across the Savannah river from Augusta
have appealed for aid,
Countess Szechenyi, formerly Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, gave birth to \
child at Budapest, today. The ch Ii
lived but shot time, It's birth bei'g
premature. For while the Countess
was believed to be 10 a serious condition
=, but late reports from the csstle say thst
she is now cut of danger, unless fever
develops. Miss Vanderbilt was married
to Count Laszlo Szschenyi In New York
city, January 81, 1908. The wedding
was one of the biggest social event Of re-
cent years In that CITY.
William Jennings Bryan, cbampioned
the cause of labor before large crowd
of farmers and workipgmen at the fair
grounds at Fargo, N. D., today and took
occasion to declare that, If elected, he
would personally see that every promise
contained in the democratic platform so
far as II affects workers generally is made
Good. He declared tina. if elected, he
would call a special session of congress
TO carry out the promises made by the
party. Not since 1895 hes Bryan en-
countered the enthusiasm that met him
10 the Dakotas.
1t is now certein that the failure Of Mead
ows. Williams & Co., stock brokers who sns-
pended week ago, will be one Of the ar e
| III DuIldlOf Ill many wears vi numlSs'hn
made by persons in a pOs'ti TO know II IS
| n W believe that the total indebtedness Of
the 6rm will each Sl,500000.
Grateful beyond words for Their narrow e.
cape from a horrible death, Captain Watson
| end his officers of the steamer MunesstOr Cas-
| tie arr we'd at -RostOn late last night fiOm
| China and the Philippines after narrowing
experience in which ship on fire with cargo
red hot and a Chinese crew insane with fright
and in desperate mutiny were among The
| features.
The BROOKLYN fire department had fcsre
| { day when flames, viii, h originated in Pile
OF waste paper, tn eatened to destroy Pains's
| Fl ewOr scenery at B ighton Beach and came
within few feet of the building whe ex-
ulosives Of all kinds are stored. The fire did
| less than s. o 0 damage.
Cuban authorities today put out a draenct
for Senior Rodriguez, chief Of the bureau OF
supplies and vouchers in the Havana postof'
| fee, where a shortage If over $40. 90 has been
discovered. This is the second big fraud
| found i'm the Havana pOstOfice.
John Hamilton Tyson. millionaire, ap-
reared before Judge Grain in New York to-
day and pleaded not guilty to an indictment
charging him with manslaughter ia the sec
ord decree on account Of the death OF Olaf
Gnnderson, said to have been run down BY
TyssOn's automobile. Alfred X. kt4rr. q
dentist, furnished bond in tie sum OF $40 60.