Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

day from his trip Of 5 900 miles through
Is States.
Both republicans and democrats
claim to be confident Of winning in the
Maine election tomorrow.
President Taft yesterday called on
Justice Moody at Magnolia. The JUS
tice has already announced his inten-
ton OF retiring from the Supreme
bench.
Liners which left British ports on
Saturday for the United States carried
between six thousand and seven thou
sand passengers. Many well-to-do
Americans we're obliged to travel in the
storage.
The University OF Cambridge has ac-
quired the copyright OF the Encyclo-
paedia Britannica, and is about to pub
lish. at the University Press. an en-
tirely new eleventh. edition OF this
wel-known work.
The population Of Boston is go, 5S5,
an increase OF 100, 693, compared with
$50. S92 in 1900. Boston is still the
fifth American city. A decade ago st.
Louis outranked Boston by IA, $40, and
the present census leaves St. Louis still
ahead by IA
1t was announced at Managua on
Saturday that the last armed opposition
to the new regime under General Es-
trada had ceased with the surrender OF
|GeneraI Fernando Riyas, with one
thousand men and eleven cannon
The New York cold Guard" will, it
is reported, make certain concessions to
Roosevelt in the republican state con-
yention for harmony sake, though
there is talk OF the colonel's friends
trying to stampede the convention for
his nomination for governor.
Gold bullion valued at $57 800, part
of consignment of $4,000 from the
Washington-Alaska Bank Of Fairbanks,
to the Dexter Horton National Bank
OF Seattle, on the steamship Humboldt,
was stolen in transit. Lead was sub
stituted in the strong box that con-
tanned it. The stolen gold weighed $50
pounds.
Frank A. Day, chairman Of the
Minnesota democratic state central COM
mttee, on Saturday made public John
Lind's formal resignation rs demo-
cratic nominee for governor Of Mime
sofa. Mr.. Lind was nominated over
his emphatic protest. The state CEN
trail committee will meet next Thursday
and fill the vacancy on the ticket.
At least nine Iaborers were killed
outright yesterday and 10 Others in
jured, one Of them critically and all OF
them seriously, in the collapse OF an
Ioverhanging shoulder Of rock from
above the western mouth OF the old
Erie tunnel under Bergen Hill, con-
meeting the Erie terminal in Jersey
City with its westward divisions. The
collapse was directly beneath the edge
Of the Hudson Boulevard, which at
that point runs along the inner line Of
Bergen Hill, and though the actual slip
was out of sight Of the holiday crowds
thousands lined the boulevard all the
afternoon, peering down at the work OF
removal.
A tersc note OF resignation from the
Hamilton Club of which he had been a
member many years, was the answer
made in Chicago on Saturday by United
States Senator William Lorimer to the
action OF the club president, John H..
Battcn, in Withdrawing his invitation
to the Roosevelt banquet Thursday
night. The invitation was withdrawn
at the demand Of Mr.. Roosevelt, who
refused to attend banquet at which
Senator Lorimer was guest. Later IT
was decided by Mr. Lorimer's friends
to accept the resignation.