Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-22
News Of the Day.

Elk. President Roosevelt arrived a.
Mombasa yesterday and was given
cordial reception.
President Taft has ordered the scout
cruiser squadron TO convey the special
commissioners to Liberia.
The "Mrs. Boyle" Of the Whitls kid
nspping csse is now declared 10 be
Helen McDermott, of Chicago. Gin
cinnsti also has kidnapping mystery.
George O. Thomas, the we'll known
Philadelphia fnancier, art collector and
churchmsn, died last night at his home
10 that city from blood clot on the
heart. He was 20 years old.
At Flushing, L. l., yesterday spe-
cisl anel OF 100 tslesmeu wac exhausted
without the acceptance Of single addi-
tional Juror, 10 the trial of Ospt. Peter
@. Hains, jr., for the murder OF William
E. ADnis.
Macmillan Harden, editor of the Di
Zukunft OF Berlin, yesterday psid foe
of sl50, that was assessed against him
10 he central criminal court for his libel
of General Count Kuno Won Moltke, In
connection with the Ground Table"
orgies of Prince Eulenberg.
Mrs. Anna Trsfford, strikingly hand
some widow, whose husband, Peruvian
silver miner, left her $3.50 three
years sgo, WAS held by Brooklyn po-
lice magistrate for trial on a charge OF
stealing bread and milk from doorsleps,
she having lost a fortune betting on
races.
Rev. J. NJ. Sheridan, president Of the
Maryland Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church, said, III Baltimore,
on Tuesday, that Rev. Charles E. Rede-
ker had surrendered the credentials re-
Gently given him by the Maryland con-
ference and has signed q paper promis-
ing not to preach or perform any of the
functions OF a minister until he has &C
quired a good character in some other
church
A board OF inquiry will convene at
the Mare Island Nsvy-Yard today to in
vesliga,e the case OF Lieutenant f. w.
Osborne, of the monitor Cheyenne, upon
charges OF conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman" preferred by
Naval Constructor II. A. Evans.
Evans declared he saw Osborne kissing
Mrs. ETans in the Evsns's home last
December. This resulted in Evans get
ting a divorce.
The latest from the sultan Of Turkeys
troubled realm is that northern Mac
edouia is 10 revolt; thst l, 800 Alba.
ulsus have killed their colonel and
number OF Young Turks, and that the
committee is organizing to put down this
uprising. OWL war is declared to be in
prospect in Turkey. More alarming re-
ports srs coming from Asia Minor, where
the Christian feeling is increasing
In violence. The sultan Is still on the
throne. aud efforts toward compromise
sra being made.
As was stated in the Gazstte, tor
nado struck Cleveland at 1888 O'Clock
yesterday which lasted only five min
utes. Five persons we're killed,
score ia'ally injured, and a hun
bred hurt, while property damage esti-
mated at $780, 900 was caused. The
storm broke with hardly a minutes
warning, and so terrific WAS the wind
which accompanied the driving rain aud
hail that roofs were blown scores of feet,
houses and barns and even more sturdily
constructed structures were demolished,
telephone and telegraph poles were
snapped of, and wires we're blown across
streets in parts of the city.
The consideration OF the tariff bill in
paragraphs was begun 10 the Senate yes
ierday afternoon under an agreement
whereby all paragraphs exciting contest
are to be passed over until the fret read
lug of the bill ig completed. The Senate
bill reviewed Is pages OF the tariff bill,
covering the chemicals, paint and drugs
schedule. Senator Aldrich tainted the
southern senators by stating that there
was demand for protection of cotton.
seed oil and said he bad been appealed
to by such producers from the south.
Mr.. Tillmsn retorted that be "didn't
represent such people," Mr.. Money
Joined in declaration that the south
did not want protection on cotlonseed oil.