Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-28
News of the Day.

To be grandmother at the sge OF IS
years Is The unique distinction OF Mrs.
Everett Parker, of Richmond, Ind.
Cardinal Gibbons has approved plaus
10 raise 800, 600 annually 10 the Cath.
Ollie church to educate the negro.
The Chinese government is contem-
plating asking Theodore Roosevelt to &C
cept a post as advisor general to the
government according to report in To.
kio today.
Practically The business section Of
Welsh L., was wiped cut by fire early
yesterday. Thirty buildings were des-
troyed, entailing loss OF 5000, 900 with
little insurance.
Thomas R. Clendinen, at one time
president OF the Park Board and q
prominent attorney of Biltimore, died
at Riverdsle, Prince George oiuatY,
Md, on Saturday, aged 81 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alois Distel and their
SOD, Charles, were instantly killed at
at SellersVille, Pa, yesterday, when 8
Philadelphia and Reading Railway train
struck the carriage In which they were
riding.
Terrific explosions In the interior o.!
Mount E'ns continue, tu. the flow Of
lava is not 30 strong. Five large pew
iss1res have open near the central crater
of Mount VesuVius.
Col. Philip NJ. snowden, aged 70
yesru, q former sheriff and school com.
missioner of Baltimore, died at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon at the Smedley
House, To~son. where he wss spending
the winter. Colonel Snowden was
stricken With apoplexy on Saturday.
The prosecution On Saturday closed
Its case In the Pinchot-Ballinger contro
versy, and Attorney Vertrees made his
opening statement for the defense, In
which be bitterly denounced both CLAWS
and Piuchot and defended Balllpger's
conduct cushcut.
The birth Of hia'ihy baby boy has
made Joseph Sears, at Dedham, Mass,
the father OF thirt; -'ou. children. He
has bean twice married in the last foItl
years, his frat wife giving birth to eigt-
teen children, and the present Mrs. Scare,
to sixteen. But twelve Of the large
family are living. Mr.. Sears is 81 years
old.
A report has reached Manila that
gun on the United States crusier Charles.
ton exploded during target practice, and
thst eight men we're killed or wounded.
The Charleston is returning to Manila
from OloDgapo. No detaIls OF the re-
ported accident have BEEN received.
By unanimcul vote, the Central Labor
Union, of Philadelphia, yesterday de.
clared off the general sympathetic strike
which was called more than three weeks
ago as q mesture to aid the strikirgcsI-
men of The Rapid Transit Company, and
directed all men who went out st that
time 10 return to their work this morning.
Driven to desperation by circumstances
which may never be known, an aged
man whose identity has not been ascer-
tanned and whose connections and past
are clothed 10 mystery committed suicide
by hanging himself from bed post 10 q
looming house on Missouri avenue, north
Rett, Washington, yesterday afternoon.
An empty envelope found In bis pocket
bore the name OF NJ. 8. Talbert.
In confession made at Cambridge,
Mass, Saturday by George W. Coleman
and given out BY his attorney, g. Win.
slow, The young msu charged with en-
oezz ement from the N&t 'ooal City Bank
of Cam bridge, admitted that he took
$50, 900, and that practically every cent
of it WAS lost in trying to "break fsro
bank" in New York,
The tariff dispute with Canada was
practically settled on Saturday evening
at conference at the White House, 10
which President Taft, Secretary Kuox
and the Canadian minister OF 6uauce
and railways took part. The negotiations
have taken form which gives assurances
that friendly understanding will be
come 10 Immediately. Il 10 expected
that the Official announcement will be
mede simultaneously at Washington and
Ottawa ON Wednesday, the 3Oth ipstanf.
Asher Kinds, parliameu t,riau of the
Htue, was Informally nominated to
succaed Speaker Cannon Saturday by
Representatives. Poin dexter, Of Washing
ton, 10 corridor address in Washing
ton in which be spoke fer some Of bis
fellow inlu'gents. he pointed out that
the speaker need ptt be member OF the
House. and rsu:d in favor of the Eng
Iish system of giving to to the speaker
40 powers other than those of a presiding
officer,