Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-18
News of the Day.

Stricken dumb when she learned on
Friday that her fance had married an
other, Miss Bessie Rsun, II years old
ofSyracuse, has not been able to speak
word since.
The lettercarriers nave now jOineC
the striking telegrsphers aud telephone
operators 10 France, and the cspital II
I virtually cut of from all commuDiea
iiO1 with the outside world.
That combination of the Independent
STEEL interests of the country 10 oppOsi.
ton TO the United S a!es S eel Corpora
tim is being formed leaked out at Pitts
burg yesterday afternoon. The new con
cern is expected to total $500, 900, 900
10 so interview at Los Angeles, Gal.
Yesterday Mr.. E. Il. Hartman stated
that his physicians have told him bis
time to step down and out from the tor
moil of Wall street has arrived, and thai
If be wishes to proloDg his life he must
retire. Mr.. hartman today denied the
statement.
The Washington health department
report shows that the epidemic of mea-
sles in the District has increased In the
total number for the week ending March
10. Up to the present time there have
been 5000 cases reported. During the
last week there were 400 new cases,
making total Of 2, 600 patients under
treatment at the end of the week.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, OfNew York, yesterday decided
ItAt q moving picture lie 'slsge repre-
sentation" within the meaning Of tina
term in the copyright law. The quss-
ton arose in a suit brought by Harper
& Bros. snd Kaw & Erlanger against
the Kalem Company, manufacturers Of
moving picture films, to eDioin them
from producing exhibitions of "BeD
Hurr."
At a Rual conference In Washington
Yesterday between representatives OF the
6remen on the Pennsylvania lines end
Chairman Knapp, Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and DR.. Charles
P. Neill, commissioner Of lsbor-the
offi cials constituting the beard Of media
ton uuder the Erdman sct-ths firemen
we're informed that such grievances as
hey submitted to the board did not con-
stitute ground for action by the board.
10 40 opinion handed down yesterday
the United States Circuit Court of Ap.
peals for the Fourth Circuit holds tbst
a licensed liquor dealer has the right
under the law to ship whisky by ex-
press @. o. D. into "dry" territory,
provided he has bona eide order for the
delivery. The opinion reverses the de.
cisOn of Judge Dayton, OF the northern
district OF West Virginia. The decision
is OF great importance to The south.
Many southern states are totally or psrti-
ally "dry" and questions of similar nat.
ure are couStaotly arising.
Ten thousand dollars was the amount
of damages awarded to United States At
toruey Daniel w. Baker, yesterday after.
noon, by the jury Of Circuit Court No.
2, 10 Washington an the completion OF
the libel suit brought by him against
B ainsrd II. Warner, 10 which he sued
for 5000 The suit was based on an
srtlcle published by Mr.. Warner as a
paid advertisement in the Washington
Herald 10 March 1908, which, accord
ing to the decision OF Chief Justice Ola.
tsueb, implied that The district sttor-
attorney had received money from book
makers of the BsunIng race track to
grant them immunity from prosecution.