Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The loan of s5o,oOo,O0O to China
by a group of American bankers was
consumnaied n Picking yesterday.
Clifford Pinchot, in speech at De-
troit, Yesterday, saidlPresdent Taft and
Congress had broken faith with the
people.
E. A. Van VaIkenburg. editor OF
the Philadelphia North American, was
Yesterday held for court in S., 900 bail
on the charge of criminally libeling
Congressman John X. Teuer, republl-
can candidate for governor OF Pennsyl-
vania.
Albert H. Carroll, member of one OF
Baltimore most prominent families
and foremost fnancier, died at 500
o'clock this morning at the Union
Protestant Infrnary following an
operation for intestinal trouble.
Andrew Bugas, years old, of Tran
ton, N. j., is dead after "a hours OF
Inconsistencies, the result Of drinking
half glass of whisky. He saw his
father drink the liquor, and followed
his example when left alone. His
mother found him Keeling drunk, and
he soon went to sleep. When a ply
sician was called it was too late.
It is feared in Buenos Ayrcs that the
outbreak in Uruguay will assume large
proportions. The trouble had its origin
in the struggles against the opposing
factions for the presidency OF the repu-
bile. Collisions are reported to have
taken place in the provinces and within
so miles OF Montcvideo the capital.
DR.. A. Bachinl, who resigned Thursday
as foreign minister at the request OF
President whitman, is likely now to
become candidate for the presidency
One thousand persons were drowned
at Chenkiang China, early this month
following a rise OF the Han river, ac-
cording to adviccs received at Victoria,
b. G. Large areas in the Chenkiang
and the Mcnyung districts were sub
merged. Yokohama was inundated
two weeks ago. Rain had fallen con-
tinuously for II days, and 8, 700 houses
were uninhabitablc. Embaukmcnts
had gone out and heavy losses were
feared.
The committee appointed by the
State Federation OF Labor OF California
to investigate the Los Angeles Times
disaster presented report to the exec
utive council yesterday finding that
the explosion was caused by gas. The
only tenabe theory so far advanced,
says the report, is that leaks in the
Times building let loose so much gas
that, by coming into contact with an
open fire, such as a lighted match or
the fires in the printing department,
there was a disastrous explosion.
The separation OF the church and
state was announced in \ decree issued
by the provisional government Of Por-
tugal in Lisbon yesterday. Another
decree published declares for the free
dom OF the press The government de-
clincd The invitation TO attend mom-
orial mass for the victims OF the revolu
ton on the ground that it desired to re-
main neutral in matters Of religion.
The press generally favors the inaugu-
ration of a system of government SINH
lar to that in the United States in pref
crcncc to the system OF parliamentary
government generally in vogue in Eu-
rope.
The anti-dynastic movement in
China is increasing alarningly. accord
ing TO news brought to Victoria, i. c
by the steamship Kamakura. Two
French missionaries have been MUIR
dered by revolutionists in Szcchuan.
Shanghai newspapers say deep unrest is
reported from the south, particularly
szechuan and Yunnan provinces,
where the absorbing topic is hostility
to the dynasty. A traveller returning
from Yunnan says boxerism has not
abated an iota. The military in the
south is anti-Manchu to man and
would cast its lot with 4 revolution.
A Black Hand" bomb exploding
on the ground floor OF four-story
tenement. house on Washington street,
New York, yesterday smashed nearly
every window in the structure, tore
off plaster on three floors and threw
nearly all of tie 60 or more occupants
from their beds. A panic followed,
all rushing to the streets. but the po-
lice quickly restored order. John
Romano, the owner OF the house, told
the police he had never received a
threatening letter. He said, however,
that he believed the bomb 10 be q
warning, and expected that he would
get letter in few days demanding
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