Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-18
News of the Day.

Zela5a in 6 message 10 President TAFT
declares he showed his good faith by
resignipg ihst Nicaragua might resune
friendly relations with the United
Ststes.
The dispatch of the Uaitsd S s!es
cruiser Buffalo, with 700 marines abosrd
from Paoama 10 Cor:Itc, Ncsrsgua, Ia
expected to have an adverse irfaence
oa The caodidacy of Dr.. Jose Madriz.
Reports from UopsDhageo gay tia.
the committee has about completed the
exsmica tion OF Dr.. Cooks records, aud
i: is said that some OF the scientists do net
consider lbe records Sufficient proof thst
Cook reached the Moth Pole.
Limiting tie maximum annual ap-
preparation to 81, 100000 Mr.. LoWdeD,
of Illinois, introduced a bill 10 the
House yesterday for tie purchase or
erection of embassy legation and consular
buildings abroad.
The Southern Railways fas! mail
train No. 81, NewYork to New Orleans
was wrecked early last night at OSimblse
Co., Is miles north OF Atlanta. -Four
cara lett the track and two ttainmen are
reported injured.
The "Hhi.e slave traffic" bill has been
completed by the immigration commit
tee, aud will be reported to the House
before tae committee on foreign and
in!crstste cymuerce cau agree on M!.
Msnn's measpre.
After shooting aud seriously wound
ing Minnie B. Carey, aged 90 years, and
William 3. Bjs!ick, aged 81 years, 10
the diniDg,room CT a boarding honse in
tbs csu!er Of Philadelphia, Joseph E.
. Murray, alias Ernes, Bird, of La Pats,
Nd, committed suicide yesterday by
shooting himself 10 the head.
Judges W. @. Hook and E. B. Adams,
OF the United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals at s.. Louis, yesterday signed
tao order granting the Standard OIL
Oon psny's appel to The Federal &c.
preme Oous: froa the recent federal ce.
cision ordering Il t. dissolve. The as.
sigamen!s OF errote, which with the $780,
900 supersedeas tond, Has filed yestsr.
dsy afternoon, and ciIes 66 errors IN The
lower courts action.
a. Terre Hsu!e, In9., yesterday as
an undertaken started to prepare The
body OF Edward Murphy for burial the
supposed dead man arose in bad and
yawned. 81 fee! better after that long
sleep" be said. Murphy lad bseu 10
{. slate OF coma for 10 hour. lie hsd
been al icyalld for lorg yjmc. Bat
:he undertaken Was sCol r:ca:lsd Tor
Murphy really died yesterday after
joking With the frightened emca'mer
about his "irst dessh."
Two perGous we're killed, one fatally
ivj1red eat s2Vep more or less seriously
hurt wheu 8 Genital OF Georgia north
bonnd passenger train crashed inc the
com oinas!on second class, baggage aud
nail car of trsin NJ. ~, norlhcound, of
the Macon aud Brm;pghsm roat, yes
terday morning al $50 o'clock st Harris
city. The accident occurred st the
Gro :siUg of The two roads and was cue,
according to statement from railroad
I'll ;als, 20 frCstEd track.
Lillian u Her. a stenosrs pher, da0gh-
ter of J. W. Zeller, of B 6 Rapids, Mich.
vas found dead Thursday night sua-
pended from gas cbandtl.er Of a ro7m
On toe fifth loor OF the Palmer House
ia Obicsgo. Sac had hanged herself
With sheet, The room was occupied,
according to the hotel register, BY A.
W. Morse, Chicsgo representative Of a
Harrisburg, Pa concern. Morse ssid
he hsd known Mss q Her for elk years.
He met hSr at her home, add believed
her to he unma.tisd. She came to his
room early Thursday, be declared, and
planned Of dependency. Ha seft
her there to rest, be said, while he went
Out to attend 10 some business. Ga his
rsl1rn at midnight be inuud the body
hRngiog II the ryom. Morse will be
held az q witness.
President Taft, accompanied by CAPTAIN
Archie Butt. his IN litary aite, arrived in
Wae'toTn, N. \ today in his pr yate car,
to attend the funeral Of his sistcr.n.l w, Mrs.
Horace Sutton TAFT, who Gied in Rsltimnre.
The ex ensive plsnt OF the Pennsy gana
Marble AMI GraUi!e Company, near West
Grove, Pa, was destroyed by fire today. S X
buildings, huge electric crane ard large
quantity ST dressed stone were destroyed The
less will rench S'O1L00.
The EXP lnsioI of s'ove in the stables Of
W; tier s Gl;dden in Charleston, Mass. earl
today roasted 81 horses to death, completed ;
DESTROYED tie structure and guttei two ad.
Joining tenement houses. causing Loss e
$4,000.