Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-02
News Of the Day.


Yesterday and will not meet again until
October II next.
Thtt the Catholic Church is entitled
10 property 10 Ponce. Porto Rico, built
BY the municipality, wss decided by the
u. s. Suprems CouIt yesterday.
The accouchment of Queen Victoria
ia expected to take place at the end OF
June. according to an announcement
today in the Official Gsz,tt', OF MADRID
sell-defense was the plea Of CASTOR
Phillip, charged with the murder oil
Frank Macaboy, the cabmsn, when ne
took the stand in Washington yesterday.
The balloon Chicago, in which we're
Charles Ooey, of Chicago, and two COM
pauions. which assembled last night at
Quincy. H., Landed today at CLEAR Lake,
e. ID.
The Daupin county, Pa, court this
morning denied the motion OF the de-
tense in the capitol conspiracy trial to
take The case from the jury and quash
the Indictment
Nevsda's delegation to the democratic
national convention will vote far Bryan.
Instructions endorsing the Nebraskan
have been adopted by the State conven-
t on at Carson City.
Herr Scbiwsrs, a prominent autho',
was today at Leipsic, sentenced to
twelve yefr4 in prisOn and denied bis
civil rights by the imperial court for dis
clt sing German military secreia 10
France.
A dispatch from Texsrkana, Ark,
SAYS The Red river continues to rise rap
idly, and 1t is feared several persons
have lost their lives in the resultant
food. Hundreds are maroOned ard
homeless.
Stockholders of The Carnegie Trust
Company dropped from the directorate
Yesterday Leslie NJ. Shaw, formerly pres-
ident of the company, and chose new d.
rect,rs in place of four tthtr members oil
the board.
Five womfn sre in the hospital sui
ftring from injuries received in ltspirg
from q Philad .lphia street car tJday.
The fuse blew out and threw the pas.
sepgers into q panic. All OF the injured
will recovir.
The sentence of death was p'sssd
upon three g rls by court martial at
Warsaw, yesterday. The girls vera
fourd guilty, along with eleven mon, OF
at ,ckiDg a post car at sokolow, they
are of tender age.
FIR, which broke out in the bakery OF
William Tsckbar at East Aurora, n. Y,
today destroyed property valued at $780,
900. Three families were driven iJt9
the Il rect and Morris Dras, baker, was
severely burned. Two lifemen were also
slightly injured.
Oelt, the heavily played fsvorite,
easily won the $25, 600 Brooklyn Hand
leap at Grayesend yesterday. He stepped
the dis,snce, one and quarter miles,
In 1904 la, which is new track rec
ord for the distince. Oelt WIS backed
down fr)m 6 to 3 10 TO 5, and going to
the front 8 The start, Get fast pace and
won by one and quarter lengths from
Fair Play, with Master Robert third.
A crowd OF four hundred Italian de-
)sitOrs gathered in front Of the Bsncs
Gset mo LiCt.a in Cleveland, o., todfy
when esry Customers were unable to
| find the BANKS head, GaetanO Liotia.
They sought II break 10 and riot call
was sent for police. The four hundred
10 the crowd represented nearly all the
depositors. They told the police that
hey wfrs unable to find Liott' or any
of his fsmily.
WorkmeD yesterday began the de-
grdction of the hist nc cOlOnusde on
the east 'front.' of the United States Treas
urJ in Washington. Erected in 1885,;
the 80 Ionic sandstone cOlu ems and
elaborate balustrade do not correspond
| t. the grant, Of the remainder of the
building. The Difference in the s.oue
crew more marked with the passage OF
time and an IT empt WIS made 10 clean
the sandstone with a secret formula.
Last yesr Congress made an spprOprla-
| lion of 1898, 600 for The replacing OF The
columns with granite, and this is now
being done.