Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-09
News of the Day.

the coming season.
Anthracite coal miners modified thei
demand, bot no agreement With the
operators is in sight.
May wheat touched new highRge
at Chicago, yesterday, 81 26;, aud pan
demonium reigned 10 the wheat pit.
-Four women presented TO Speskel
Cannon a memorial sigued By $50, OOC
persons 10 ObicsgO, protesting against
The proposed Increase in the duty on
women's wearing apparel.
Fred Bell, who Is only six years old,
was committed to jail at Union, 8. O.,
yesterday, charged with murder. BE
SHOT and killed Ethel Thomas, aged
years, Wednesday, and then attempted
to hide the body.
10 response 10 resolution adopted
By the S)Date, the secretary Of the 10.
terror Yesterday sent to the Senate re-
port upon the production Of iron ore 10
the United states for the year 1908. 1t
shows a total production Of SO, l75, 1872
tons.
Charles NJ Strong, president of the
Erie and Pittsburg Railroad, aud q
m0lti-millionaire of Erie, Pa, admitted
last night that within the past ten days
he has received two Back Hand leltsrs
These demand s., 900, with an alterna-
tive, II he refuses, OF death, and having
his magnificent home blown up.
The beet sugar growers of the west
are preparing TO make vigorous fight
against the adoption of thai feature OF
the Payne tariff bill which would per-
NIT the free importation Of 800, 900
tons OF sugar annually from the Philip.
pines. They have been assured Of the
support Of the cane sugar men Of
Louisiana.
Formal orders we're issued by the War
Department yesterday for the converting
Of the court Of inquiry appointed to meet
10 Washington at the call Of the presi
dent to hear and report upon all charges
and testimony relating to the shooting
sfitsy which took place at Brownsville.
1t Is probable that the hearing will be
begun within few days.
Despite the fact that President 2 Isys,
OF Nicaragua, has indicated his inten-
ton to settle the Emery claim to The
satisfaction OF the United States, he Ia
not ySt out Of difficulty with this gov
eminent. he Is to be called upon for
an explanation Of the mutilatiOn Of dis.
patches transmitted by the Ststs De-
par.ment and the legations at Mica
rsgua.
The insertion Of an advertisement in
a Washington, Pa, paper, yesterday,
that here had been found in the COL
lection plate Of the Roscoe Methodist
Episcopal Church, near that place, after
the services last Sunday night, a 81, 900
bill, developed the fact that the church
officers think the donor made mistake.
The ycaVly collections OF the church do
not average much more than this amount.
The officials in the advertisement state
that they will return the money to the
owner If be wants it back and can prove
that he inadvertently dropped 1t into
the plate.
Tom" 8 mammoth elephant 10
Yankee Robinson's circus, at Des
Moines, Iowa, yesterday afternoon pick
ed up his attendant, Charles B'rtloW,
hurled him into the air, aud then beat
his body into pulp against a small
Darn 10 the winter qusrter there. After
lufIctlDg fatal injuries TO his keeper,
the big brute ran through Ingersoll
Park, uprsoted half q dozen small trees,
turned over three circus wagons, tore
the roof from the barn, and demolished
rustic bridge across the park lake. 1t
took forty men aa hour to capture the
beast, and then FIVE bullets we're sent In
10 him.
More than 80 amendments we're made
to the tariff bill by the House yesterday,
but aside from the reduction from 4 to 8
cents 10 the duty on cocoa and 10 per
cent. reduction in the rate proposed for
silk carriers and suspenders, very little
was accomplished In the direction of
bene6ting the "ultimate consumer"
At one time the republicans we're caught
mapping, and an amendment by Mr..
CLARK, Of Missouri, was adopted fixing
the rate OF duty on iron or steel wire OF
the number l6 gauge at three-fourths Of
q cent a pound, but this was thrown out
later. 40 unsuccessful attempt was made
to reduce the tsr,f on pineapples which
has been increased by the Payne bill.
Knocked down by Capital Traction
Company car at First street and Penn
sylvsnia avenue northwest, Washington,
while trying to escape being ran over by
another car going in the opposite dlrec'
tiOn, Rev. joseph M. Reese, Of Park
ersbUrg, w. Va, president Of the
Seventh Day Adventist Conference OF
w. Va, WAS fatally injured yesterday
afternoon. he was taken to the Emer.
gency Hospital, where it was found that
his skull was fractured and three ribs
we're broken. He died st that instiiu-
ton at $50 last night. Mrs. Reese
WAS brought from Psrkersburg Yesterday
nOrning and taken TO the Washington
SAnitsrium at Tskoma Park, where she
ia in a serious condition.
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