Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.


pear to be improving and foreigners are
not so apprehensive.
An aerial lighthouse for the guidance
of sky pilots has been erected at Span
dau, Germany.
John Redmond, leader of the Irish
nationalist party, maintains the bal
ance of power in the House of Com
mons.
The House of Representatives yes
terday paid honors to the memory of
the late Representative William c.
Lowering of Massachusetts,.
Sidney Porter, one of the most pop
uIar shortstory writer's in America, UNI
der the name of IN. Henry" died
yesterday in New York.
Mrs. J. w. Sutton, mother of Lieu
tenant Sutton, whose tragic death in
Annapolis caused a sensation in naval
circles, has declared herself candidate
for Congress in Oregon.
Burglars visited the Leonessa cathe-
dral in Rome, and made off with a
gold cup, worked by Benvenuto Gel
lini, which is valned at $4,000, and
also a gold case containing the heart of
saint.
After serving as a vehicle for politi-
cal debate in the House of Representa-
tves for nearly a month, the sundry
civil appropriation bill, carrying pro-
posed appropriations aggregating $l10,-
900, 900, was passed on Saturday even
ing.
President Taft, in an address at Jack
son, Mich, Saturday, declared social
ism to be the great problem which
confronts the American people. Many
of his hearers believed it to have been
proclaimed as the issue of the coming
campaign.
The president and Mrs. Taft return
ed to Washington yesterday. Mrs.
Taft, who had been visiting her sistes,
Mrs Laughlin in Pittsburg and Mrs.
Anderson in Cincinnati, arrived at the
White House in the morning, and The
president last night.
BENJAMIN S. Cowl, a well-known
patent attorney of Washington, is dead
and his wife lies seriously injured in the
Casualty Hospital as the result of a
peculiar accident caused by escaping
gas in their home at % Seventh street
southeast yesterday morning.
Fire yesterday morning caused near
w a quarter of a million dollars loss
in the business section at Laurel, Del,
and caused many persons to leave their
homes. Miss Annie bloomington was
rescued as the window curtains in her
bedroom burned. Fifteen buildings
were destroyed An incendiary is
blamed.
Running to bid his mother good-by,
Ralph NJ. Dole, aged six years, Of Will
mington, fell on Saturday under the
wheels Of Peoples Line ear and both
legs were cut off He was taken to
hospital, but died as a result of his in
juries short time after being admitted.
The boy was the only child of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Dole.
In the main, the state machine about
held its own in the primaries through
out Pennsylvania on Saturday. 1t car
ricd through all but three or four of the
legislators who were picked to re-clcct
Senator Oliver in the Allegheny county
districts, and helped Congressman John
Dalzele avoid a threatened defeat there
Nearly all of the republican congress
men were renominated.
The anti-clerical demonstration plan
ned for yesterday by the radicals, repub-
lican. and socialists of Rome, was post
poned Only 200 or 300 persons as
sembled at the meeting place in a
pouring rain. Those who had assem-
bled waited an hour, and then as their
number did not increase they decided
to postpone the demonstration, after
which they dispersed, drenched and
shouting Down with the Vatican"
A few nights ago President Taft con-
ferred with the leaders Of the two rival
republican factions and an agreement
was entered into which will aid the
election of the independent judges
ticket in August. This lines up the
republican party with the anti-Patter-
son of forces and points to the selection
of Secretary Dickinson as the next
senator from Tennessee.
A desperate battle in which more
than one hundred shots were ex
changed was engaged in between reve
nue. officers, under Deputy Collector
J. F. Miller, of Asheville, and moon
sinners in the mountains in Wilkes
couny, n. c., late Saturday. None
Of the officers was hurt, but it is known
that several of the mountaineers we're
more or less seriously injured. Deputy
Marshall c. II. Holland had his horse
shot under him.
The Royal Blue express train No. !
SOC, nOrthbound from Washington for
New York, went through a switch onto a
"Y" near Wilmington on the Philadel- |
phia division Of the b. q 0. Railway Sat
urday night, at 1870 clock; the engine,
rolling down a deep embankment, over
turned The baggage car also partially |
overturned, hanging over the embank-
ment. The engineer and fireman were
badly hurt but all the passengers es-
capped severe injury.
Although the House of Representa-
tives appropriated $3.50, 600 last year to
cover the cost Of reducing the size of
the chamber and substituting English
benches for the big desk and swivel
chairs, the improvement will not be
made for the present, at Toast. Speaker
Cannon and other leaders are inclined
to think it won't be many years until