Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-26
News Of the Day.


United S,a'es Attorney for the Dis.rie
OF Columbia, aud George P. Hoover t
succeed Ivory g. Kimbsll IS judge Of I'M
police court.
Fear that four new democratic Senator
will eudanger republican Control OF TIT
Senate Is said 10 be responsible for delay
log the admission of Ar.zona and New
Mexico.
A bill to be introduced In the Hous'
within the next ten days by Represents
tive Gary, OF Wisconsin, provides tor
steel fcuadry at the navy yard to cos
1926, 900, AID II 1t becomes law 400 add
tioua,, men will he added to the navy
yard psy rolls.
Specification for the IS block gate
required for the Panama canal are be
lug prepared by the Istbmisn Oaual Eo
giDers and will be issued In short tims
By the canal commission for bids. Th'
gates will cost about s6,000,O 900.
Anticipating that the Central Labor
Union at it's next meeting on Sunday wil
off cially call of The sympbthet!c strike, II
Philadelphia, which has been In effec
for three weeks, union workero in most o.
the trades It'll affected by the genera
strike order have arranged to resume worh
on Monday.
The Lloyd resolution, proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing
for the election of United States senator
BY direct vote OF the people, was report.
ed iavorablY to the House yesterday b.
the committee on election OF president
vice president, and representatives. 10
Congress.
That George W. Coleman, confessed
looter of the National City Bank Of Gam
bridge. Mass, OF about $3.50, 600, hai
still some one who will trust him wsH
revealed st Boston yesterday 10 the an.
nouncemeut that Miss Mamie High.
tower, daughter of Matthew HightoWer,
of Kansas Oily, will we'd the deiaultel
before his trial.
A new B. & o., locomotive ran swsy
last night on long grade at Newbury,
W. Va, and crashing into tHo other en-
giues at The foot of mountain while they
were pulling a heavy freight, blew up,
scattering fragments of all three over q
Ill, tsnce OF half mile. The crews Of the
engines jumped just before the cra.h, kui
By the shower OF iron aud ,tsel fragmente
FIVE persons were Injured, two OF whom
will not recover.
Bishop Thomas a. Jaggar, who has
been pctiug cosdjator OF the Protestsn
Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania since
October l, when Oosdjutor Bishop
Mackay Smith was granted years leave
of absence, has resigned tast Office sno
returned to bis home in Boston. Bishop
Fl snry D. Robinson, of the missionary
district OF Nevada, will assume The
eulies until April IL, when B shop
Kinsman is expected to succeed him.
Search OF the wrecksge fer the remain
Ing bodies Of those 9ho lost their live
10 the Fish Furniture Company fire II
Ohicsgo yesterday vas discontinued II
the evening, owing to danger from
from ttering WALL, u. net ua II attel
IL of the dead had been recovered enc
IL of these identified. Though earlier
estimates placed the number of victini
raped on the fourth and g tt ff,ors OIL
the building as bleh as 20, lster auc
mere thorough investigation indicat:l
tbst there vera LII! Is Two Of these
escaped, which leaves bat two more Il
be acc. u,ted for.
10 the Senate yesterday MIR. BlDk
head spoke on the iii :ct of good rosds
Senator B iiley announced that be hat
received ASSURANCES that the statehood bill
would he given consideration before sd.
j1urnment of the present session. Ia The
Eouse, as stated yesterday, the new com.
lii,tee on rules was elected by an unsui,
NOUS vote, and subsequently, orga1'z
By electing Mr.. Dsla'll chairman. Geb'
eral debate began on tas naval bill Mr.
Bartholdt, of Missouri, advocated tut
one bstllesbip and sDeka In Itenalf G.
universal peace. A number of private
bills were passed;
Although ten days ago physicians gsv
up Senator Daniel, declaring he had bu
u hours to live, he bias shown such
marked improvement during the past tWc
days that 1t may be possible ! :, move him
from Day tona, Fla, to his Virginia home
In the course OF three weeks, II the I'm
provement continues. Tha senator spoke
undars!andirgly yesterday and Is prac-
tlcslly out of the coma which enshroud-
ed him for twelve dsya. The physicians
report continued improvement, but uu-
til Thursdsy 1t aas so gradual as to be IN
noticeable from day to day. The inn-
p1oyement has became more marked sne
ilas 30 continued.
While holding her babe In her arms
Mary Star TN, coloyed, was shot five times
In the stomach shortly after $50 O'clock
yesterday morning 10 Eas!op, Md, by
Martin Foreman, also colored, who, after
he had emptied bis revolver and mace
an unsuccessful attempt to escape,
gave bimself up to the authorities. The
Stanton woman Is lying 10 q hospital
with probably fatal injuries. Jnat as
Foreman WAS tsken into the jail several
negroes saw him snd atorned thelail and
demanded that be be turned over to them.
Sheriff Nicola aud several deputies, tc-
gtther With policemen, quickly dispersed
The crowd. Foreman said be did Ia be-
cause of the Stanron woman receiving