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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
Virginia News.

Mr.. Thomas p. GrssIy, of Stanton,
vice president Of the Manufacturers
Record, oiBallimore, died yesterday as
amOre, Ala, of peritonitis. Mr.. GrasIy
wss 50 years old.
Mr.. James NJ Taylor, of Norfolk and
Miss Sue Ellen Thscker, OF West Point,
eloped to Baltimore yesterday, and after
eluding the police, who were watching
for them, we're married by Rev. Kenneth
G.. Murray.
Marriage licenses were issued 10
Washington yesterday to 4 Taylor
Flynn, Of TIE Plains, aud Mollie r.
Maher, and to Richard NJ Blair, OF Fair.
fax county, and Alvenia Martin, of Fan
quer county.
Mrs. MildrsdJ. Burnley, wife of the
late james II. Burnley, Of Albemarle
county, died Monday night at her home,
at Rivauns. of pneumonia. Size WAS the
daughter of Col. John ]. BowcOck, Of
Albemsrle, and va, born December 10,
1880.
The State B ard of Education lie
issuing formal notice to all the county
aud city division superintendent of
schools to enforce strictly the regulations
of the stste regarding the vaccination of
pupils attending the public schools, and
cauioniug the School Bard aud SUPER
intendents sgains! any iufrsction there
of.
An important circular, bearing upon
the widely discussed prize essay 90 Gen.
Lee recently awarded to Miss Christine
Boysen, of Minnesota, has been dis
tributed throughout the south by Mrs.
]. Enders Robinson, historian of the
United Daughters of the Ooufederscy
urging the daughters to abolish the all
nual prize for historical papers.
George helms Wise, recent republican
candidate for Congress Ia the first dis
trict, has issued a statement in which he
declares that it is not necessary for the
Navy Department to buy the James.
town exposition site in order to procure
a naval base on Hampton Roads, and
that Orsney Island, now owned by the
government, can be utilized for that pur-
pose.
Two negroes believed 10 have been re-
sponsibe for the incendiary fire 10 the
Skipwith home, at POwbatan, in which
Mrs. May f. SkipWi,h and Walter G.
johnson met their death, we're brought
to Richmond last night for ssfekeepiDg,
as il was feared they might be lyuched If
kept at PoWhstsu Developments
showed that the house had been robbed
and that Mrs. Skipwith and Mr.. John
son were murdered, and then the house
set on FIRE. Articles stolen from the
house were fouad, as was an axe be.
.patiered With blood. There is little
doubt iba, The unfortunate man and
woman we're murdered and their bodies
slterWsrd cremated 10 the burning
dwelling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
Orchards DESTROYED by sIset.

Cleveland, Ohio, February ia
new Phrase Of the damsge by sleet
storms developed today when reports
from the smaller towns, hitherto held
up by the blockade, told of whole Or
chsrds iellsd by the weight Of ice en-
crusted branches. The loss to fruit
growers in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Illinois will be enormous.
10 this state four deaths have occurred,
directly due t. stOra conditions.
Telegraph companies today report CO.
couragiDg conditions west of the Mis-
sissippi, where the country is recovering
from the effeots Of tho blizzard. The
snow blockade continues in Dortharn
Michigan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
News Of the Day.

Nearly six thousand immigrants land.
ed 10 New York yesterday.
I,is charged in Russia thst Austro-
Hungary is intriguing with view OF
annexipg Servia.
F. R. Hsight city editor of the New
Haven. Conn, Register and a graduate
of Yale, committed suicide early today
by cutting his throat with razor
1t is announced in B.rlin that Presi.
dent Roosevelt will remain ia Berlin
several weeks as the kAissr's guests,
when he visits that city after bis African
hunt.
The Ouusrd liner Msure'ania bai
broken the day record run ct sea BY
stesmiDg 671 knots, or 755 miles in "a
hours. Tie record for the best previous
days run was held by the LusitaDia by
Der run OF $50 knots on August II
last.
-Four passengers we're killed and &c
injured yesterday when an Illinois Cen
trsl train bound from st Louis to New
Orleans was wrecked on a treslle by run
ming into a broken rail six miles east Of
Murpheysboro, III. None of the iDjur-
ed will die.
Il is expected that the next president
general Of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution will be MIA. Matthew
Z. Scott, Of Bloomington, ILL.,, who is
now serving her second term as vice.
president general. The election will
take place in April, upon the consltu-
tional retirement of the present incum'
bent, Mrs Donald Mclean.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt, sr
with Miss Bsstrice Rutherford, dsugh-
ter of Mrs Vanderbilt by former mar
risgp, sailed from New York on the
steamer Kronpru zsssin Oecelie yester.
day. AS Mrs Vanderbilt was being iu-
tervlewed she crested mild sensation
by calmly puMng at cigarette. The
Vanderbits had the most expensive
cutie on the ship.
Ssnator Stephenson submitted to a
starchiDg examira,ion extending over
four hours by the Wisconsin legislative
committee yesterday, 10 Madison, Wis.
which started a probe of the sens-
torial primary of last fall. Ste
phenson told the story of his expeDd-
i,ure OF more than $107, 900 during the
campsign. The money, he said, wse
spent through bis agents, who cSlled
upon him whenever they needed money.
Sacks of paid checks we're placed in
evidence.
A dispatch from Lockwood Saskatche-
wan, Can, says that Mrs. Andrew
! Evandsen, a Swedish homesteader, wa
frozen to death Saturday night. The
family, consisting of the womao, bel
husband, and fse small children, wal
in Strengthened circumstances, and she
bad been working at hotel. She pur
chased about Fl ty pounds of provisions
and left with them about six o'clock or
Saturday evening to walk home against
a cold wind. Evidently she wandered
from the road. A searching party wa
organized, and traced her for about five
miles By footprints, showing where shI
hs1 twice pssled her house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
TrIaI of Cnrmack's Murderers

Nashville, TeDn., Feb. SsentiDg
day even more sensational than wa
yesterday, interested specta ora crowded
the cOur, room, as soon as the doors
were opened today for the trial of Col.
Duncan B. Cooper, Robin Cooper and
John B S,arp, charged with the murder
OF ex-senator E. w. OaIn ack.
All testimony 80 far has indicated
thft lbe trial is takiog on enlarged pro-
portions, and II is probable the argument
Of counsel will not be reached until
March. Instead Of thirty witnessed for
the state, as at first given out, there are
over sixty, and, it is said the defence
will have an equally large number. In
this event, the trial will be prolonged
The pathetic figure 10 the case is the
widow of the dead senator. She sits 10
the court room, listening intenly TO
every word Of testimony regarding thu
Meeting between her husband aud the
Ooopers, and during the recital of the
tragedy she moaned piteously snd leaned
heavily on Mrs. Sue Gray Huntington.
Another companion of the stricken
widow, 10 the court room, Is her vene-
rable mother, Mrs. Ellen R. Dunning'
TOD, who is past her eightieth year. Little
Ned Carmack, it,, IL years old, Is with
his mother, and his cOnsau! SOllcIts'
ton for her welfare has impressed
everyone.
John Tindsll, the l2-year-old news.
boy, who testified that he had heard Dol
Cooper sSy few minutes before the
killin0: "We'll get him, we'll ge
him." was a big surprise to the defense
Bat al the time he did not knOE the sig
niicance Of the words.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
Six Thousands Perish In Earthquake

Teherau, Feb. II Delayed messages
received today from the provincial
authorities of Luristan province ssy tia.
sixty villages we're destroyed aud six
thousand people killed in an earthquake
January %.
The delsy in getting news of The
quake was que TO the insccessibility Of
the affected region and the stat, Of terror
that seiz the people.
The quake was one concerning which
there has been much speculation. Seis-
mogrsphs all over Europe recorded the
shock, but none could locate the quake
zone definitely. The instruments show
ed that the quake vas more violent than
that which devastated Sicily and Gala
bria last December.
at least II, 900 cattle were killed a5d
the inhagtsnti, who are destitute. are
fl jcking to Burujsrd appealing for i'm
mediate aid. The earthquake covered
an enormous area of spsrsely popua ed
country aud nearly every village in the
province was engulfed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, Feb. II.

correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette.
Washington, Feb. IL.
President Roosevelt today put his Of
ficisl O. X. on the present plan of con-
struclion of the Panama ca al. In
submitting TO Congress 10 specal
message the report of the board
of consulting engineers who recently
accompanied Pfesident.elect Taft to the
Isthmas, the president cordially endorses
their conclusion tina. the lock type OF
canal is the proper one. 10 fact, he
saws. at would be inexcusable folly to
change to a sea level canal" He also
approves The Lowering OF the Gstum
dam twenty feet, rs recommended by
the engineers, and says be has directed
this change TO be made.
When Nc. Taft leaves Washington at
4 this afternoon for Cincinnati, where IT
is said he is to be given triple-quick
initiation iuto Masonry, 1t is believed
that he will have settled finally upon
the personnel of bis Cabinet. During
the Gay he will have another conferepce
with President Roosevelt aud will 90
over with him the doubtfuls on the list.
If the presidentelecps closest friends
are not fsf from the track, the only
places that are noE open sre the secrt-
taryships of the Treasury, Commerce ADD
Labor, War aud the Navy. he has the
men for these places but has not made
up his mind foally Just where to assign
them. The portfolios definitely settled
are the following: Secretary Of Stste,
Philander O. Knox, of Pennsy 7snis;
Attorney General, George w. Wicker
sham, of New York; Postmaster Cen
ersl Flank Il. Hitchcock, of Msssachu-
sells; Secretary OF toe Ioterior, Richard
A. Ba.liuger, of Washington; SECRETARY
If Agriculture, james Wilson OF Iowa.
The assignments that he has not de-
terminet upon but which be is seriously
considering, look today like this: Sc
rotary of the Treasury, Willis Van De-
vsnter, of Wyoming, or Franklin Mac
Vessh, of Illinois; Secretary of War,
jacob NJ. Dickinson, of Tennessee, or
Luke + Wright Of the same state. Sec
rotary of the Navy. George Won L.
Meyer, Of Massachusetts; Secretary of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
COMMUNICATED.
THE SMALLPOX GASES.

To the City Council: | have jait re-
ported u mild case OF smallpox to the
health officer, similar to many that sre
constantly occurring, but under the cir
cumstances peculiarly dis ressing one,
at No. 1444 Duke street. We are
obliged to report these cases, and even
chIckenpox, or be fned and possibly
sent to Jail. The case referred to above
is tha. of a boy 10 years old, the Oldest
Of nine Well-reared aud intelligent child"
reu, and the father is i'll with consump-
ton. This boy at ended tue public
school for OF 10 days af.tr the disease
developed, the parents being under the
impression that the child was ailing with
malaris. first .aW the boy 90 the ! 9Th
instant. found his face aud body COW
cred with pustules and vaecinated every
member Of the family, but feared they
had been exposed to the disease too long
for it t. protect all Of them.
Under the law, The entire family will
be quaranilned for 81 days, shut up in a
small honse and exposed to he danger
Of contracting tuberculosis, much mtre
to be dresded than this mild form { I
smallpox, that hss been epidemic here
for several years end absolutely devoid
OF dauger to life.
While on this sHbjsal | would state
that all au,hC rites on smallpox a"ee
that vaccination ia the best known pre-
yentive and thst isolation IS carried out
10 this city is farce and useless ex-
peuss, for he germs Of the disease are
carried by the air for several thousand
feet, without mentioning other means Of
conveying II.
Although not believing In compulsory
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. II, 1909.
THE Philadelphia Telegram OF Febrn'
o,vqh contained the following:


The reading of sstries Of resolutions
adopted recently by Walter ). NeWball
POST No. Z, G. A. r., relative 10 nam
inc one of the new public schools after
Cen. Robi. E. Lee, at the monthly meet
inc Of the Board of Education, held this
ansrnoon. caused the members OF the
latter body to sit up and take notice.
THE only comment made upon the mat
tor was that the name Of General Lee 10
connection with the schools has never
been suggested in the board. Inc res
Citations Of Newhall Post ere as follows
Whereas It has been brought TO the atten'
49,, ~ tbis most through the public press
t III he name of General Robert +. Lee, OF
sbe rebel army, has been presenter 10 tne
Board Of Education: and A.. .ohol
Whereas. As some emissary OF Ihe ISoel
osnse has presented the pane OF me IeOei or
ty,itor General with a view OF having the
s .,11 spbscribed over the archway OF public
ecbooI in this city, the Cradle OF Liberty 70
aeocb treason and dislOyalty; therefore :,
Pesolved. AS comrades Of this post ana
,,e,oheys of he GYsnd Army Of the BepuDhc
Anal stood for country and nag IN defense VI
.bs union we condemn the insult III the
strongest terms. ..,o,,,,, nm.
Resolved That we enter our solemn pro
tesf IN the Board Of Education ana appeaI "
the npbljc and the press TO resent tne Insol' :
Resolved, That we pelt'ch the pos 1 80 -
Education 10 look as we with scofh anu CVn
tempt on any one who would dare p Iee9'I. q
,,oYne for such an hOnOred place OF any Que
who had been false TO their obllgatlohs Ss
citizen and a traitor to his country
The communication was referred 10 the
committee on elementary schools tor con-
liberation.
This, as above stated, was puolIsheo
on the 9th instant. Three days LATER
on the 18th, ex Confederales in various
sections of the country gathered with
ex.federal soldiers in celebrating Lin
coin Day" On the day previous many
people of New Orleans and from the
surrounding country joined in extending
q wslcome to Presldent-elect Taft and
organizations from all over the south are
planning to appear in the parade on the
occasion of Mr.. Tsft's inauguration ID
Washington. Sill northern people con-
tiuue to pirate of the luminosity OF the
sonth. But southern gushers would con-
tinue their gushing even we're they sew
erally and Individually used as door
mats by thoss they SO greatly admire 10
the north.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
The English Mine Horror.

Newcastle, England, Feb. H.
Thirty-tEo miners, frightiully burned,
we're rescued this morning from the
Stanley coal mine, which was wrecked
yesterday afternoon by an explosion.
Eight bodies were also removed. One
of the men taken out alive died later Of
his iri1ries. One hundred and eight
miners are sill unsccounted for, and It
is doubtful whether any OF them will be
rescued. These men are In the Brock
we'll scam, and TescueTS who came from
the shalt today say there is absolutely no
way of getting into or out of this scam.
The passage is blocked by tons of fallen
some, ard the approaches to it are so
shsky that the lives Of the rescuing
parties are in constant danger. 1t will
be days before the Rockwell seam can
be entered. The limberiog of the mine
is burning aud the place is filling with
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
ANOTHER RAILROAD.

The Hamilton section Of LoudOun is
all sgog with The proposed new Obess-
peake and B'ue Ridge RailWay from
Point of Rocks, Nd, to point south,
believed to be Charlottesville. The pre-.
liminsry survey ruus through the eastern
section Of Hamilton. G. Ernst Leith,
mayor of Hamilton, returned Monday
night from 3 long conference with Presi-
dent Thomas II. Henry, OF Washing ton,
and brought the assurance that the sur
vey b. wsy Of Hamilton is strongly
favored by the company Ard s 49, :: -. -
people through whose land the proposed
system will pass will give grant, OF land
free Of expense to thu. company. no other
route will be consi ~ ~. Cauvassess
have been busy heI Tor .syeral days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
Fire at standard OIL cOmpsuy's Tank.

Long Island City, N. Y, Feb. H.
Ooe OF the sgitllors in the big Standard
Oil Company plant in this city blew up
just before noon, causing fire that
called into action the entire department
OF toe town, two OF the New York city
FIRE bCa's aud all of the Standard Oil
tUgbOsts in the East river. There Is
battery of sgilators 10 the vicinity of The
one that blew up, aud the engines aud
FIRE boats we're utilized to form water
curtain to keep them aud the tanks cool
snd prevent further explosions, which
are feared. 1t is not yet known If any
one wss Injured.
Tue contents of one tank, about six
thonsaud barrels of OIL, were destroJ ed,
bot the fremen succeeding in protecting
the other tanks 10 the vicinity. No
one wss hurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17

yyccira:lon | would suggest thst the
City Council recommend general Vsccir
nation as especially applicable to school
children aud that the physicians to he
poor be provided with vaccine potts TO
vsccinste all the city poor who may de-
sire Its protection; that the premises
where the disease occurs be plscsrded
and disinfett,d, as is done 10 csses Of
diph,heris, etc., and that the city shall
assume no other responsibility. This
will be a saving 10 the city tsxrayers of
hundreds of dollars, as heretofore Ga h
case reported has ST the city from $50
to 800 ard nothing hiss been accom-
plished. PHYSICIAN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
MINE DISASTER.

A terrible disaster has occurred at
West Stanley; small mining town II
miles from New CASTLE, England, in
which it is feared $50 lives have been
lost. There were Two explosions at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the west
Stanley colliery, which employs 400
men. Nearly 200 Of the men were 10 the
pit at the time, aud up 10 late hour
Last night none OF them bad come to the
surface, although rappings have been
heard, and it is supposed that these are
from some of the miners, who have es-
csped death frUm the explosion and the
fire which followed it.
Almost Immediately after the explo-
sion flames burst through The shalt,
scorchiug the workers at the pit head
and blowing out the fencing and appa.
ra.us at the entrance of the mine. The
flames spread rapidly, and it vas i'm
possible for the rescuing party to de-
scend into the workings. Thousands OF
anxious people gathered at the mouth OF
the pit, but for hours the FIRE burned
furious!y. At mIdoight it WAS impossi-
bic to attempt a rescue, and it will be
many hours before the entrance is
cleared.
An explosion involving II lives &C.
Cured st the same colliery in 1882.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17

SUCCESSFUL fighting by the "insur-
gent" republican senators against the
domination of the Senate bosses forced a
night session Of the body last night and
will probably make necessary night
sessions from DOW until the Congress
expires. Those who ire ltafing The
independent movement, fs we'll as those
who have enlisted in the canse, are
perfectly content with the situation.
They have already made it obvious 10
Senators Aldrich, Hale and the other
members Of the Senate oligarchy that
there must be general reform In the
Senate methods, and tbst if few men,
despite opposition, can retain control oil
the great committees OF the Senate, then
the independents will see to it that the
bills the bosses frame, II not remodeled
in the open Senate, are at least
thoroughly explained.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
TOday's Telegraphic News


Especial Dispatch to the Alexandra Gszettel
Z edmond, Va, Feb. l7.-Represen-
tslives OF FIVE railroads which consider
themselves sggrieved ~ the two cent
passenger rate order il the Corporation
Commission appeared this morning 10
support OF their petition for relieffrom the
pres rate The IA lrosds hope to show
that receipts since the 2 cent rate became
effective have 50 decreased that they are
entitled to raise the rate. Itwss agreed
that the @. q D. would first present IFS
case. CoStroller Sullivan was put on IS
a wllnts, Mr.. Wickhsm Of the O. d
o. Council questioned him. A mass OF
detailed figures were ELECTED tending to
Justify q higher passenger rate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
Died at the TeIenhnne.

Atlantic City, N. j., Feb. II Frank
G. mble, sell-knoWn local mert hast
dropped dead while trying to call for
assistance over the telephone early t day.
Gimble wss in perfect health when tis
wife aud daughter left the house last
niybt for g visit. Shortly hnsTwsrd
Mrs. G mble entered the house srd
found her husband dad on the q or
With the receiver, tora from the tele-
pbone, cIuiched 10 bis hand. Heart
disease esussc death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
HOUSE,

Conference report on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
wss reported to the House today by Mr..
Bingham, and Immediately precira'ed
date vas expected. The report nf the
House aud Senate conferees only declares
and agreement between the two houses
on the minor differences. Mr. Bingham
urged that the miner agreements which
the conference reported be new agreed
to by the House and then further con-
ference be held on the important ones.
Mr.. CLARK, obi ced. "In its extreme
anxiety to secure for Secretary OF state
certain man." tie minority leader said,
1.-The msj)rity adopted the preposterous
pol 'cy OF rtducing his salary"
Mr.. Clark ironically dlla'ed on the
fact that the under secretary of state
created By the bill would dag a larger
salary than the secretary Of state him.
self. He declared that Congress must
have a grta, desire to have Knox serve
since it put in this under secretary Of
state and secretaries AID 50 on aygre-
eating SIS, 800. Therefore" he said,
sit will cost the government $l9, 500 to
have Secretary Knox secretary Of state"
Mr.. Fitzgerald commended that John
Hay and Eihu Root, both Gr at secre-
taries of state, had not required the
services of an under secretary and Knox
hould do ss we'll.
The House was thrown into contter.
nation by Mr. Shirley announcing that
"tbe BILL" makes the salary of the new
secretary OF state nttliDg at sill. 1t
nnllifed the incra e, bat never provided
fJr return to the IS. 900 salary.
Finally Mr. TaTney explained tbst
he bill was imperfeclly pril ted In the
r cord, but that the bill assigned by the
president, or a, it went to the VIII to
House, contained a clause "sectiou 2,
the salary OF the secretary of state shall
be IS, O0O."
Mr. Clayton then sprung another sur
prise by reading the Record to prove
Inst the Sera.e bill vas the one passed
by the House. Finally, consideration
Of the matter was postponed till TO-
morrow.
A bill seeking 10 require every motor
beat in the United States of any SIZE
whatsoever to carry life preservers Was
tabled by decisive vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17

STATE SENATOR ETTELsON coutem
plstes introducing bill in the Illinois
legislature which will desigUsts bene-
dict from a bachelor He says women
are known by their titles Mrs. or Miss,
but that a man by plain "Mister" is
mot He thinks susceptible women are
often imposed upon. Not Chicago
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-17
King Edwald,s Condition.

London, Feb H. king Edwards throat is
in bad shape today, as result OF his efforts
in reading his speech At yesterdays opening
ofparlament. His cold has settled in his
throat snd it IS badly indamea. His physi-
clans have forced him to cut down his smok-
ing md to indulge in only The mildest cigars.