Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-12
News Of the Day.

Cuban rural gusrds, transferred to the
army, mulinied Yesterday aud rushed to
see President GOmsz, but we're over;
powered.
Oscar Mundbink, an artist, of Ciucin-
natl yesterday went to a church in
which had been paced a statue be
created and wrecked it,
Flank q. Hitchcock the next post
master general is expected in New
Orleans this afternoon to talk over
Cabinet possibilities With Mr.. Taft.
George O. GOrmaD, one of the best
krogn journalists of Washington
ADD at one time Secretary OF the U. S.
Senate, died at his home early yesterday
aftfr q brief Illness. He was " yetr5
cd.
1t isnow a,certained that Mr.. Lincoln
once kept p saloon and that when a
member Of the Illinois legislature voted
against local option and prohibition. A
copy of his liquor license is said to be IL
existence.
The naval appropriation bill as re-
ported yesterday to the S'nate by Mr..
Hale contains, among other amend
ments, a proposition to create the office
OF vice admiral on the retired list. This
il 10 the interest OF Rear Admiral r. ID.
Evans.
Senator Us Toilette, of Wisconsin,
yesterday held up the naval apprOpris-
too bill 10 the Senate and prevented lite
consideration until Monday. He protest
ed against the rule of "elder statesmen"
and told Senator Hale that he is OPP
posed to the rule of a clique.
The Serate yesterday evening adopted
bill to repeal the provision raising the
salary of the secretary of Gate in order
to make Senstor Koox eligible to the
premiership in President-elect Taft's
cabinet It is said the measure will
meet with approval in the House.
Mss Josephine Hood, the A,heville,
N. O., girl, who was loca ed in Tucum-
carl, n. Mex, on Wednesday after =
search lasting since her marriage, in
1905, to "Lord" Reginald Snollo Doug.
La, the notorious bigamist, has dlsap.
pfared, aud all efforts to locate her have
been futile.
Sspa'or McLauriD, of Mississippi,
spoke yesterday on the Brownsville affair
upbolding the course taken by the presi'
dent 10 the discharge of the negro SOL
diers OF the TTenty-ifh regiment and
maintaining that he could not sign q
bill for their reenlistment without stulti-
Tying himself.
President elect William 81. Taft
landed at New Orleans shortly before 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon from Pan.
anna and was enthusiastically received
by the entire city, whose guest he is to
be until Saturday morning. Mr.. Taft
made a brief speech in the afternoon 10
which he heartily approved The present
lock type Of canal across the Isthmus OF
Panama. He reviewed a parade Of
citizens, miles In length, and tonight
attended one of the carnival seston balls
A special from Lincoln, Neb., Gays
that 10 spite of TIE opposition Of Mr.
W. ]. Bryan, the joint resolution, Civ
log the regents of the State University
authority to accept the Carnegie Foun-
dation fund for State University pro-
iessors who have been teaching for
twenty years, or who have. at the age
of sixty. five, been teaching for fifteen
years, was passed by the Senate. The
vote on the measure was the same "a 10
committee OF the whole-25 to s The
Senate is democratic, aad Me-. Bryan
brought all possible pressure to bear to
induce it to vote against the Carnegie
proposition.
The original plan of the House leaders
that only the tariff bill and no other leg.
islstion should be discussed at the COM
ing extra session of the sixty-frst Con.
gress will probably be modified. In ad-
dtion to passing the tariff bill, the extra
session will consider and ensct the Gen.
sus bill and probably the sundry civil
appropriation bill. The House leaders
have given up all hope of passing the
census bill at this session over the presi
denPs veto. The president will refuse to
sign the sundry civil bill passed by the
House. The House leaders determined
to retain the Law that limits the activity
of the secret service. II WIS this pro-
vision that provoked Mr.. Roosevelt into
the savage attack that be made upon the
probiIy of the congressman in his an.
nual message.
J. B. Mccarthy, reputed TO be wealthy, yes
terdsy sho. and killedhis wife and then com.
mitted suicide at his home in the fashionable
Hill section of Denver, Colo.
Despite official denisls, il was stated posi-
lively yesterday in Rome court circles that
Nicholas will pay a visit to the QuiTinal Car
about the middle Of March.
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