Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-02
News Of the Day.

The House yesterday refused to pass
the Senate bill pensioning judges.
Freezing temperature extended fer
south and great damage was done to
early crops.
The report again in eirculstion thai
Mr.. Tat has rendered the war portfolio
10 John J. McCook ofNew York.
John elmer Speed, The author AID
j)uroslisf, shot himself this morning
While in bis bedroom st the Phoenix
House, at Meudham, n. j he lived
ab.ut an hour and a half after the shoot
ing,
President Obaldis. Of Panama, has
published q denial of the charges recent
ly made by Congressman Rainey in-
volging him in the alleged Panama ca.
nal scandal.
Miss Frances Oaspari, the former Bal
timore school teacher, who spent several
years in prison for defraudiDg many
women OF Der acquaintance out Of sums
said to aggregate many thousands Of
dollsrs, vas yesterday indicted for a
similar of snse committed in Washington
last spring.
Mrs. Albert Wanna saved the lives OF
two of her children when their home,
near Gaylord, Mich, burned Sunday
night, by throwing them from the sec
oud.stOry windows into snOwbanks. The
mother, however, was probably fatally
burned while rescniDg the children and
third child was burned to dCa,h, the
flames preventing her mother from
reaching her room. Wanna, the father,
jumped from q window. Then the fam
lily, bareiooled and with the mother al
moot roasted from waist to shoulders,
had to walk half mile through the
snow to secure shelter.
The Offices Of the Mallory Line in New
York this afternoon were notified that the
stesmer San Marcos passed Key West today.
Mr.. STUART'S WITHDRAWAL.
The following dispatch from Rich
mond was received a. this Office lat
night:
"Wbat are known as organization OF
machine democrats express unbouuded
abstraction over the retirement of MIR.
Stuart from the gubernatorial race.
They think Mann a sure winner now
even If Glass should enter the contest.
Suart's retirement is political s,nss-
ton"
Dol. James Mann, campaign manager
for Judge Msnu, speaking Of the Stuart
withdrawal, says
"Judge Mann regrets exceedingly that
Mr.. SuarPs withdrawal should have re-
quilted from 20 unfortunate cause as the
Illness OF his wife, but he feels that the
withdrawal will very largely increase
HE vote. The judge and his friends
have believed for some time, basing this
belief upon reports of conditions existir
10 all sections Of the stlie, aud upon the
assurances OF support that have come TO
him, that he would receive more votes
ia the primary than his competitors COM
b;ned. We feel confident that the greater
part OF NJ. StusrPs following will now
come to Judge Mann, and th0t bis nom
iDslion is therefore foregone cOnclu-
aion."
Ia discussing the withdrawal Of Henry
G Stuart rom the race for the governor
ship of Virginia, Harry st. George
Tucker sayt:
"Tbe Withdrawal Of Henry Stuart
practically assures my nomination. l
rseret, Of course, that illness In his
iamily causes Mr.. S.uarPs retirement
He ia q fne man, and one that l esteem,
bet am glad that, 90 be is compelled
10 aithdraw, sm his apparent heir to
the votes OF a maj 1rity OF our people. q"
Mr.. Glass returned to Washington
last night from his home in Lynchburg.
Regarding the probability of his entering
she Virginia race for governor of the
state in view of the unexpected with
drawsl OF Mr.. Stuart, Mr.. Class fa'd
last night;
81 will meet a number of my friends
here tomorrow, aud with them my can
didncy will be discussed. Ny decision
whether shall enter the race for gov
ernor will be definitely reached aud an
nouuced in two days.