Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-11
News of the Day.

DR.. Frederick A. % k srrived at Rio
Janeiro Wednesday urde' fictitious
name. He will leave fer New York on
March Is.
A shsrp earthquake Was felt In San
Francisco about 1906 O'Clock last night.
Telephone and telegraph companies re-
port 1t was felt In other parts OF the state.
Dol. Alexander Robert Ohisolm, form
erly lieutenant colonel on the staf OF
General G. 7. Besuregsrd, OF toe armies
of the Ooniederacy, died yesterday at bis
home In New York.
The United States Military Academy
bill, appropriatiug 81, 700, 900, Was pass'
ed by The House yesterday. The Indian
appropriation bill, carrying about ten
million dollars, passed the Senate.
The engagement announced OF Miss
Louise Dulin Goldsborougb, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. Brice WorlhiuRton Colds.
borough, OF Cambridge, Nd, to Mr..
Barr Powell Harrison, son of the late
Powell Harrison aud Mrs. Harrison Of
Lsssburg. The wedding will take place
on April 81.
The run on the Society for Savings st
Cleveland, Ohio, Is believed at 40 end.
Assurances took the form OF offers OF
many local bond houses and other con.
Germs to accept bank books at face valu',
with iptnest, and OF heavy deposits by
big concerns.
The dispute bftEeeu the Baltimore
and Ohio Company and It's conductors
and tralnmen Was not settled by the
mediatory conferences condu,ted By DR.
Charles P. Neill. The outlook Is brighter,
however, and an agreement may be
reached today.
Collector Stones name hiss not been
withdrawE By President TAFT. His
nomination for collector Of the port Of
Baltimore has simply been held 10
allegiance by the Senate, pending an 10
vestigstion Of the charges laid against
him.
Representative James B. Perkins, Of
New York, died OF Garfield Hospital
at lis this morning after . months
illness, aged GO years. Present st his
bedside when the end came were his
wife and the nurse who had been at-
tending him during his illness. His
death wss due to intestinal troubles,
from which be had been suffering for
several months.
In decisIon rendered yesterday At
torney General Wickershsn held that all
foreign steamship companies whose YES.
sells ply between the port, Of this and
other counties are subjsc! II the provi-
sions Of The corporation tax and must
furnish an accounting and pay Into the
United States treasury tax oil per
cent upon their net incomes from busI-
ness transacted and capital invested In
Inc uai!sd slstes.
Deputy Chissa, yesterday In Rome,
fought the second OF series Of dusls,
the outcome Of allegations which he re.
recently made in the chamber against the
Baroness Siemens aud the Duchess ID
Litta The deputy, on this occasion,
crossed swords with General FeclsdI
Cossato. After twenty-iour assaults,
the general was wounded In the cheek
and the duel ended BY bis shaking the
hand Of his sdysgary and embracing
him.
The Dudley pearl, which Was import.
cd By Dreiacer q Co., OF New York haE
been sold for lit,le more than 5000,
900. The name Of the purchaser va.
not divulged. "Ths Dudley pearl is the
6uest specimen Of the collection OF the
Earl Of Dudley, who was famous as an
amateur collector Of these gems" said Q
mamie, IT the firm. SIT weigh, more
i & 200 grains. !. Is from the Indian
fisheries, spd |, Of exquisite lnssef, ~. ~;
Ing pinkish whIte.''.
Mrs. Jack Oudsby, OF Ksusas City,
whose husband attacked Banker Jert
r LIllis, has refused offers to 20 on the
,t,ge. LllIis is quoted as saying that
Mrs.. Cudshy had beep upjustly accused
Of misconduct, BE is saIa 10 b. isElaly