Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-22
News OF the Day.

An income tax is proposed by some
senators ss substitute Tor the Payne
bill Inheritance tax.
The Raleigh, n. O., schools have
been closed because OF lack OF money
lost from the taxes on liquors.
To last winters storms along the New
England and Canadian Coasts SO vessels
were wrecked and over 200 lives lost.
Robert Bopkip, the celebrated ma.
rine paia Ter is dead at his home, In
Detroit, Mich, aged rs, of pDeumonis.
Mrs Georgia Wheeler, orgsnist drop
ped dead in the organ loft of the Gibson
Heights PresbJ terrain Church, In 81.
Louis, NO., yesterday.
Safebreakers visited the Farmers
National Bank, st Exchange near Dan
Vile, Pa, Saturday and blew open the
vault with charge Of nitro'glycerine.
Oscar Lawler, OF California, has been
appointed assistant attorney general for
the Department Of the Interior. Mr..
LawIer ia at present district attorney for
the Southern District Of Osliforois.
Hurt by the rebnke Of his teacher snd
the fear Of being transferred to the
truant school, AltiIio GslligaDi, IA
yesr.old pupil OF Philadelphia ended his
life yesterday BY swallowing strycbnine.
Peace 10 the Balkan sseems assured IS
It Is reported from Belgrade that the
Setvian government will accede to the
powers request TO declare the question
of annexation OF Bosnia and Herzegovina
settled and to disarm.
Philip L. Kennedy, a mschinist Of
Philadelphia, was killed by his brother.
James L. Kennedy, in q quarrel In New
YORK last night. The murder was the
outcome Of labor quarrel, the dead man
having been slrikebeaker.
Minister Leishmsn has been transfer
red from Oonstantinople to succeed
Lloyd @. Griscom Charles N. Sheriff.
has been appointed minisiert o Argeu-
tine Republic. Henry o. IdeOf Yer
mont, minister to Spain.
Col. w. F. Tucker, U. s. A., retired,
has filed az answer In the superior
curt at Chicago denying allegations of
cruelty ADD drunkenness made by bic
wife, Mrs. Mary Logan Thicker, in her
petition for a degree of separate main.
tensnce.
The seal Of the confessional is the OBJ.
stacle 10 the way of the Newark, N. j.,
police in their search for the slsyers Of
Father Erasmus AnsioD, who was shot
in his home. The priest cannot impart
the womsn's statement TO the police,
but he suggests that If Bishop O'Connor
orders him 10 do so he will reveal the
names of bis asssssins.
The sum of 81, 076 was realized for
the support Of Irish members OF Psrlis-
ment at a large meeting 10 Baltimore
last night, Under the auspices of the
United Irish League. which was adj
dressed by Hoo. w. Bourke Cochran,
Senator Rayner aud others. There are
80 Irish members In Parliament, who
are guaranteed about 1900 a year
each.
Bound hand and foot, with flames all
about her, Miss Isabelle A. Quale, o
school teacher, narrowly escaped death
in New York yesterday. Firemen found
her 10 her room on the fourth floor
Miss Quale screamed as she lay on the
floor tbas she had been sttscked by
burglars, who bad robbed her of money
and iswelry and had set fire 10 her room
hen they went away leaving her bound
to the bed. Her story is being investi.
gated.
Vice-presdent George L. Potter, of
the Baltimore ald Ohio Railroad, has
issued new orders concerning drinking
by employees, especially trainmen. The
order says that any man who enters 8
barroom loses his job, whether on duty
or of. He said yesterday. "Auy man
who works for the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad and goes into a saloon leaves
bis Job on the outside, which can be
picked up and taken by better man,
and thus he runs the cbauces oil losing
1t when be comes out Of the door to take
itup again."
The president, Senator Aldrich, the
secretary Of the treasury and the secretary
OF state had long conference Saturday
afternoon on the tariff bill. 1t is learned
that Mr.. Aldrlch advised the president
thai the inheritance tax provision Of
the Payne bill would not pass the Sen
ale, that the maximum and minimum
provision was not Only badly drawn,
but that it must be reversed, 30 TO
speak, and that revenue must be pro
vided by altering some other rates in
the bill. The president however urged
the Senate leader to give the most care
fol consideration to the sdvissbility of
Incorporating an income tax in the bill.