Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-05
NEWS OF TILE DAY.

JlOIi.
The date for the next annual reunion
OF the United Conferate Veterans has
been fixed for May 16 at Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Memorial services we're held through
out tho country yesterday by the B.
P. 0. E. in honor OF other deceased
brothers.
Prominent Insurgents reiterate that
they will not allow themselves to be
persuaded by appointments or other
considerations to abandon their prin-
cipals.
Senator Root, OF New York, has been
appointed permanent arbitrator repse-
senting America at The Hague Tribunal
succeeding the late Chic fJustice Fuller
OF the Supreme Court.
At Yazoo City, Mass, on Saturday
L. 9. Dulaney prominent planter and
and political leader, was adjudged not
guilty of the charge OF bribery in con-
nection with the recent election OF
United States Senator Leroy Percy.
Statements from leaders OF various
parties and factions in hand for the
opening CT Congress indicate that the
short session will accomplish little as far
as legislation other than the regular ap-
preparation bills is concerned.
Unprecedented storms have swept
Mindanao and Zamboanga, flooding the
country. Twenty lives have been lost,
and property damaged to the value OF
$3.50, 600. No reports have heen re-
ceived from other districts as yet.
Director OF the Census Durand has
announced that as soon as the work OF
ascertaning the census is completed
next Saturday, 120 OF the Census
Bureau employees who are on the tent
porary list will be discharged.
Just as the undertaken put out bis
hands to lift the body OF 3-year-old
Lillian Wand OF New York, on Satur-
day to prepare her for burial. the child
sat bolt upright in her winding sheet,
opened her eyes and Cried Mamma!
| want my mamma; I'm cold"
Walter Archer, an amateut aviator,
proved he possessed great inventive
genius by making an ascent OF 700
feet i'll heayier-than-air machine
near Denver. Col, Saturday. Incident
ally, ho lost his life, dropping 700 feet
and breaking every bone in his body
by falling on pile OF rocks.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A.,
retired, died at National Bridge, Vir-
ginia, Saturday. His remains have
been taken to West Point, n. Y, where
the funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon with full military honors. Gen.
Merritt's death, although sudden, was
not wholly unexpected, as he had been
in poor health for some time.
A duel with swords was fought Sat
urday night in the outskirts of Paris
by the light OF torcheE and automobile
lamps. The principals in the duel were
NJ. Raucourt, an actor, and M. Cham
payne, dramatic critic. The actor
ran the critic through the lung, and
the wounded man is said to be in a
desperate condition. The case is now
in the hands OF the police.
Joseph Vending in Louisville Sat
urday night was found guilty Of the
murder of eight year old Alma Kellner
and his punishment fixed at life i'm
prisonmcnt. Vending was talking to
his wife when the verdict was announ-
ced, He remained perfectly calm.
Il either killed the girl or | did not. +"
said Vending. They should either
send me to the electric chair or turn
me free
For swearing falsely in making ap-
plication for a marriage license at
Rockville Nd, several weeks ago,
Otto Linaweaver, of Manassas and
Washington, was convicted of perjury
in the circuit court at Rockville Satur-
day afternoon, and sentenced 10 60 days
in Jail. Linaweaver was married in
Rockville October 90, under 9he name
of Owen Lamonta to Miss Lephia Blu
chanan, daughter OF Armenia c. Blu
chanan, OF CraigsviIle, Va,
The food continues serious along the
valleys of the Loire, Rhone and Ga
rome, and there is but slight improve
mant elsewhere. All the country to the
northwest Of Nantes, to the extent OF
about 10 miles in length and five in
breath is q sheet Of water. Reports
from Nantes shy that during Saturday
night dixie collapsed and five villages
to the southeast of the city we're over
whelmed in few minutes. Several
thousand families by this disaster we're
added to the already large number OF
sufferers, although no casualties are re-
ported.
Fred H. Pratt, manager OF the Amer
lean Paint Company, obtained divorce
on Saturday from Mrs. Margaret Pratt,
now living in New York. Chief Of the
allegations of cruelty put forward by
Mr.. Pratt was charge that his wife
pinched him to keep awake to listen to
her at night and that when pinching
did not accomplish the purpose che
rolled him out OF bed and beat him
soundly. They could not agree on re-
ligious questions, Mr.. Pratt said. Once
she shot at him in the street, Mr.. Pratt
testified.
Because her husband forced her to
shave him, ctt his hair and polish his
shoes, Mr,. Andis V. Leak got a de.
cree OF divorce from her husband, John