Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-15
News OF the Day.

S.eRmsnlp tHlS ta!s VISulUus!y ueuy
the truth of the report made TO Congress.
regarding conditions In the s!eersge oil
vessels carrying immigrants.
The Grant Lee Hall, the main build.
lug OF The Lincoln University at Gum.
berland Gap, Tenn, was destroyed by
Ere last night.
| The military appropriation bill has
been completed by the House committee
on military sffair5. The measure carries
authorized expenditures approxima!ing
1914, 900. 900.
Gen. Clement a. Evans, of Atlanta,
com mander in.chief of The United Con.
| federate Veterans, has pledged the cup.
port OF his organization to the building
of a s2,5OO,OOO George Washington
| memorial hall 10 Washington.
Mexico will support the United States
ip any action it may lake in the Near.
aguan situation, sccordiDg to note
from The Mexican Government laid be.
fore the secretary of state yesterday By
S,nor Enrique Oreel, special emissary
from Mexico.
Disclosures made in Judge Caunon's
report on civic conditions In Montreal
will cause steps to be taken at once to
brir e to trial the ii officials and others,
including eight aldermen, who are
charged With malfeasance. According
to Judge Oanuon's report, quarter OF
the city's Income for the last six years,
or 81, 200, 900, has been feloniously used
By the aldermen.
Nearly 1000 garment workers, repre-
ssntiDg th,es of the largest garment.
making houses in Baltimore, are out Cd
8 strike. The strike was brought about
By the installation OF the new methods OF
pressing Che introduction of machines).
The women operatives refused 10 do
work In the new way recently instituted.
This was followed by strike of the
male employees.
Philip Thompson, IS years old, for.
mer representative in Congress from
Kentucky, was stricken with hemorrhage
OF the stomach in Washington last night.
He is at Emergency Hospital in serious
condition. Dr.. William Gerry Morgan.
Who vas called In, said that the III mau
has a slight change for recovery. Later
reports are to the effect that Mr.. Ihomp.
son died today.
In the House yesterday The omnibus
pension bill carrying about 500 private
pensions was passed. The appropriation
bill for the District of Columbia was re-.
ported. Represent Payne, OF New
York, Landed President Tafs's stand for
economy in public expenditures. Rsp.
resentative Richardson spoke for an
hour, urging the appropriation of $780,
900, 900 for the improvement OF the
Mississippi river and it's tributaries.
Knights of Columbus In all parts of
.. the country are preparing to make q
pilgrimsge to Rome and to Genoa, the
birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
They gill vlsit Oberammergau, where
| they will remain daring the performance
| of "The Passion Play litter the
| exercises at Genoa the pilgrims will pro.
coed to Rome, where they will be re.
csived by body of American citlSsns
| resident in that city. The pope will
give az audience two Gays after The ar
rival of the pilgrims.
Milda Reiuhold vas so preoccupi.
ed with her own sorrows tina! in
committing suicide at PasSaio N.
~, Monday night she thoughtlessly
killed her friend, Fanny Remisuk, who
| was quite content With life as she found
1t. Both girls we're servants in small
hotel and shared the ssme bedroom.
Fanny came home Monday night cheer.
ful. Milda hsd bad news from home,
and went to bed weeping, aftsr talking
of suicide IS the only escape from her
trials. Both were found dead in bed
yesterday with the gas get Wide open.