Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-27
TELEdRAPHIc BREYITIES.

Latest returns from the parliamentary
elections held throughout Canada yes
terdsy indicate that the liberals will
have a msjOrity of q: least 30 in the
next House of Commons.
A dispatch from San Diego, Gal, says
four men of the 2Sth coast artillery and
an army mechanic from San Francisco
are believed to have persisted while on a
fishing cruise of the Coronado Islands.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother Of
Emperor William and Capt. Mischke
made an ascension today at Friedricks-
hafon in the reconstructed airship of
Count Zeppelin. The latter acted as
pilot of the balloon.
"Wnl you say anything about your
present attitude toward tariff REFORM"
Speaker Cannon was asked in Philadel-
phia lat night. "Tsrif revision bel"
he replied. "Who ever heard of talk
ing tariff reform in Philadelphia
Fred w. Kloeber of Washington, D.
c., has been lost in the mountains at
Hot Springs, Wash, for more than
week and bis father, mother and sister
have arrived there awaiting word from
searching parties who are securing The
hills.
Forest 6res blazing in every state of
New England were ct last extiuguished
when rain fell last night and broke the
Jrouth that has prevailed in that part OF
The country for practically two months.
While the rain comes too late to aid veg
citation, little more of 1t will fill up the
springs and relieve the farmers Of the
fear that they will have no winter water
supply for their stock.
Terribly burned 10 trying to carry 3
blazing oil stove from her home into the
street, Miss Mary Farrell, q seamstress,
died today in Roosevelt Hospital, in
New York. Miss FsrrelPs stove OK
ploded as she was preparing meal in
the crowded tenement house. To pre-
vent probable catastrophe, she grssped
The stove and ran for the street. At the
bottom of the second fight Of stairs, her
clothing all sblsze, she fell and before
the flames could be extinguished WAS so
badly burned thst death was only mat.
ter of hours. Her last question was did
the house catch fire ?"
The Paris Petit Journals Rome correspon-
| de- is authority for the statement that the
engagement of the Count Of Turin, brother
of the Duke of the Abruzzi, and Princess
Patricia, daughter Of the Duke of Connaught
and niece Of King Edward, will be announced
J within the next month.
Kidnapped and held bound to a tree for
| s. 600 ransom, Ed English, a rich lumber
man. living at Mount Vernon, WASH, escaped
| t. lay and apr cared at his home shortly after
| a stranger had handed a note TO his wife ask
| ing him to send him 5000, as be was threat
ened with having his ears cut of if the money
was not forthcoming.
The big steamer Mauritania had to wait
until today to land her passengers end most
| of the mail at Queenstown on account Of the
| rough sea that tossed the steamer last night.
Loss of life was narrowly averted in an at
| tempt to land the pa seDgers, when the gang
way broke and badly damaged a tender. The
| port officials who had boarded the Mauretania
were taken ashore in whalebost.
After five days stly in Barcelona that
did not have dull moment and included a
bomb explosion and an accident TO their
launch, King Alfonso and the queen left TO-
day for Madrid. The bomb explosion occur
red last evening and proved to have been the
work OF some joker, as the king and queen
we're miles away.