Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-27
News Of the Day.

According to The "Western Morning
News" OF Plymouth, Epg'snd it ia
practically settled the Lord Kitchener
will be the next Vicsroy OF India.
President TAFT will not attend the
home. coming celebration in honor of
Theodore Roosevelt at New York on
jane is.
An explosion in the Dolores mine In
the S ate OF Obihuatua, Mexico, yesier-
day, started fire. which destroyed 100
horses and rendered 500 persons home.
less. One life vas lost.
Two soldiers, Grady and Michel, we're
convicted 10 Paris yesterday OF the muir.
der of Madame Gouin, widow of Jules
Gouiu, a noted fnancier, Grady being
sci tsnced to death and Michel to 20
years in prison.
The diocesan convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Mary
land yesterday voted sgsiust proposed
amendment 10 the constitution OF the
general church proVidirg for negro
bishop.
Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stock.
ton, IL. D., U. S. NJ, retired, was yes
terday appointed acting president OF
George Washington University in WasE-
iuet,n for the term beginning August
81 nex'.
Mira. Eliza Reichert, sged 81 year.,
died beside her husbands grave 10 9
cemetery hear Harrisburg, yesterday.
H.r husband died FIVE years ago, and
she had jlst placed flowers on his last
restiug-plsce when seizsd BY an attack
OF heart disease.
Governor Hughes Of New York has
appoirt.d his seer. tary, Robert II.
Fuller, as member OF the Site Wst.r
Supply Commission, at an snuual salary
of $4,000 and expenses. Dol. Fuller
married Miss Bessie Olagge t, of this
city, and has many friends in Alexandria.
Commuters from New York who live
In New Jersey and who travel over the
lines of The Erie Railroad aud it's
branches will hsytto pay from s to per
cent more ior their 60.lrip Communication
tickets after June 26, according to tariffs
filed by the roads yesterday with the H.
terstate Com erce Commission.
Information received yesterday cor-
corning the condition of Associate Justice
William II Moody, OF the United States
Supreme Court, from his home IN H aver
hill, Mass, where he had been i'll for
more taan six moths is 10 t1e effect thu t
his condition is aucb,,tbat heElwill prob.
ably soon SIX for retirement.
England partially forgot her mourn.
ing for the late King Edward yesterday
In celebrating the torty-third birthday
anniversary oil G leeu Mary. Tho cele-
brstion, however, was lacking in mo-. t
OF the gala features that usually mark
the birthday of Eoglsnd's Queen.
Fire which started shortly before II
O'Clock lag. night 10 the oil rs6uing plaut
OF A. L. Clements & Sop. st Tonnelle
avenue and the L,ckawa lua Railroad
ysfd', in jersey Oily, did about $780,
600 damage before it was extingu'shed.
Almost every available piece OF FIRE sp-
parstus in The city WAS ct the scene
rbe fce drew thousands OF persons, who
stood on the heights of the Palisades,
aud watched The glare on the Hut
sor.
Secretary Meyer hes ann u 1ced that
he has s'rsady approved the designs
of the two new battleships authorized
in ihis years spproprii ton bill and that
only the specifications remain t. be
drawn. These ships are 10 be of
$1,000 tons displacement and will each
carry batteries Of ten ii inch guas.
Within the course OF the next few
weeks 1t is believed that cotton mOnu:
fscturers OF Rhoie Island will be forced
to cultail their production by closing
their factories Two days a 8esk, there
by establishing four days. week
schedule.
The lest tltort OF thu New York
woman sufffsgiBts to obtain favorable
action on their constitutional amend
ment removing the VOID smale"
from the const t1tion failed Yesterday
when Senator Ne=comb's motion to
suspend sll rules aud take 1t up for
passage was defeated, 80 to 16.
J n. Dalzsll, better known as "Pri-
vse' Dalzsll, who has been prominent
in republican politics in Ohio since the
war and is kaoWa to veterans OF the
grand army througbou the county, has
voluntarily resigned the position 10 the
treasury ct Washington which he hss
held for thirteen years. He does this,
; be admits, to forastsll dismissal.
W. s. L1Vsll, Of Birmingham, Ala. +,
wa, elected trustee and bis bond fixed at
500, 900 at he fitt meeting there yea.
terday of the creditors OF the cotton
firm Of Knight, Ysncey d o., which
filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy
on April 20. The liabilities of the
firm are as approximately $5,00O,-
900 and The assets approximately
500, 900.
ROOSEVELT WATER PARADE.
Commodore r. 4. o. Smith, chairman
& IL L. 1,