Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-28
News Of the Day.

INC . VA OnO O0Je
Col. Eide Potter, one of the best
known men 10 southern New Jersey, wss
found dead in bed ct Bridge!op, n. j.,
today.
Gov. BIowsrd, of Florida, yesterday
appointed William Hall Milton, of Ma
rianps, to tuecscd the lale Senator
Bryan, of Florids, in the United States
Senate.
Bishop Paret deprecatCs PEOPLE of
the Protestant Episcopal Church OF
Maryland attending balls, dances, theaters
the opera aud other gsyeties of social
life during Lent.
Justice Stafford, in Criminal Court
No. l, in Washington, yesterday passed
sentence of death upon Albert Brown,
colored, convicted of the murder OF his
brother Harvey. The execution was
set for June 90.
Because she declined 10 resume living
with him, Henry Silsp, colored, 80
years old, of Washington, yesterday
shot snd killed his wife, Cecilia, and
then turned the revolver upon himself,
killing himself instantly.
Gov. John A. Johnson Of Miunesots,
in letter says he is willing to accept
the honor of the democratic nomination
for President, but that be would not al
low himself 10 be used for the purpose
of defeating Bryan or any other csndi-
date.
While the Stale Department accepts
az satisfactory the statement Of the Ger
man Foreign Office that here is no Oh
lection to DR.. Hill as smbai sadOr, II Is
possible that either Henry White or
Lloyd Griscom may be transferred to
Berlin and Hill sent 10 either Paris or
Rome
Sheer terror is declared to have csussd
the death of Mrs. Annie Whiibreck, rs
years CID, widow of Supreme Court JUS
lice Whiibreck. The sight oil flames in
the building where she lived in New
York is said to have frightened the aged
woman so that she dropped dead in the
arms of or son.in-lsw.
An allemp, was made shortly after
last midnight to dynamite the new
bridge under construction by the Ameri-
Gao Bridge Company over The Little
Gunpowder river at Bradshaw, 10 Bald-
more county, The derrick of the bridge
Company was damaged, but the bridge
is thought 10 be intact.
Prince Hslie de Ssgan will marry
Nine. Anne Gould, divorced wife of his
cousin, Count Boni de CsstelIane, with
IN a month. This statement was made
10 New York yesterday, and it is sal !
that If George J. GOuld's consent is OBJ
tanned, the wedding will take place in
this city. If he does not consent, the
marriage will be abroad.
There will be no occasion for the Navy
Department to lay off The men employ
cd at the Washington navy yard. After
weeks Of suspense, during which maUS
rumors Of lay-offs have flown about the
Capital City, the House yesterday came
to the rescue and pissed an urgent de-
ficieDcy appropriation bill, which will
cure the threatened trouble.
1t is reported in Rome, that the only
difficulty 10 the way Of the D1ke Of
Abruzz's marriage TO Miss Katherine
Elkins is the lady's refusal to change
her religion, which King Victor En-
manuel exscts as an indispensable con-
dition to bis giving bis sanction to the
marriage. The dukes visit 10 America
was undertaken especially to persuade
Miss Ekips to change her religious
faith and tv overcome her fsmily's oppo-
siiion to her changing 1t.
Ia the S,nate yesterday Senator
Burkelt introduced a bin to stop gamb-
ling at Benning. The House bill wSs
referred to q subcommittee Of the COM
mittee on the District OF Columbia.
After a brief executive session, the Sem
ate adjourned until Monday. In the
House bills we're passed granting pen
sions to about $50 veterans Of the civil
war and their dependents An urgent
deficiency bill was passed. In commit
tee of the whole, the House further con-
sidered the agricultural appropriation
bill.
One of the biggest Jail deliveries 10 the his
tory of West Virginia occurred at Yarmouth
early today when six prisoners obtained their
liberty by forcing the iron bars and doors Of
the county jail, Five Of them made a clean
get away, hut the sixth, after enjoying a
heirty breakfast, returned to the Jail.