Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-06
News Of the Day.

fire which destroyed large barn Uu
the farm OF Lycurgu, Hedges, at Han.
son7ille, Frederick county, Md, yes
terday.
Four men we're injured, one seriously,
shortly after 5 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, when q Baltimore csr going
north OF Gilmore street, collided With 8
Gay street car going west, at G.lmor and
Baltimore streets.
| A dispatch from Rome says Cardioal
Bishop sslolli, who has been critically
Ill for the last two weeks, showed q
slight improvement today. The doc.
tors, however, hold ont no hope for bis
recovery.
| Alarmed by the activity of the special
grand jury headed By John D. Rocke.
Teller, jr., 10 investigate the so.called
"white slave" traffic, many persons b.
lieved to have been engaged in thst
business have fed from New York.
Josephine ulley, sister of The wife
of Dr.. Frederick A. Cock, declared in
New York yesterday that her sister vas
with her husband. She said that Dr..
Cook was a complete mental and physi-
cal Wreck-s victim of aphasis.
Judge James W. Griggs, who has
represented the Second Georgia district
10 Congress for years died suddenly at
bis home 10 Dawson, Ga, yesterday
afternoon, from heart diseass The de.
ceased was born at La Grange, Ca, on
March 20, 1861. he had served 10
Congress ever aimee 1896.
Eight boys on snow truck dashed
down the bill 10 Thirteenth street from
K street, Washington, shortly before s
o'clock last plight. They sped like the
wind, and collided with street car in New
York avenue. Four of the boys we're
injured, one seriously.
Four striking shirtwaiat makers, in
New York, who were 6usd $25 collec.
lively yesterday for their activities as
pickles, paid their fines in pennies. 1t
took the entire clerical force of the court
nearly halt an hour to count the 2. 500
penniep. Meanwhile the girls looked %
With amusement.
There was big break 10 The New
York cotton market late yesterday, with
May deliveries selling "a to 1850, or 81
points lover than last oisht, Ga points
below the best level of the day and Sc
points. or 81 80 per bale, below the high
level OF tee season.
Mansgua was jasilsnt lac! night over
The prospects of early pace. President
| Madr;z made public telegram which he
had received from General FORMS Diaz,
one Ut the legders 10 General Eatrsda's
insurgent army, saying that he was
leaving Rama for Msnagua to discuss tbs
situation with the president.
Secretary Knox, with view Of making
International arbitration jodtc:al in fact,
es we'll as In theory, has addressed cir.
cular note 10 The powers proposing that
the jurisdiction Of The International
przs court, authorized in 1907 By the
| Hague Peace Conference, be extended 30
as TO make it court Of arbitral justice.
Dominica Falssco, toe Italian track
walker, vas convicted in Washington,
yesterday afternoon, of an attempt to
wreck trains 10 the Union station tuone
o .tober 10 and November II last. Fal.
assoc took The stand 10 his own behalf
| Yesterday and and made good witness.
He denied all connection with the crime
With which he Tss charged.
Former Qaeen Liluokalani, of Ha-
| waii, left San Francisco, last night, to
| appear before congressional committee
aud again press her claims for several
! million dollars, which she declares 10
due her by the government for crown
lands seized 10 Hawaii when the United
s ates took possession OF the Islands.
Prince Cupid, her 500, accompanied her.
The Maryland Senate aud House OF
Delegates organized at Annapolis yester.
day. The rominees of the democratic
caucus we're elected, Mr.. German being
chosen president OF the Senate and MIR.
PEBBLES speaker OF the House. The mes.
cage of Governor Ofothers gas read in
both Houses. He advocates the subnis.
sion OF another suffrage amendment.
d convict who bias been released from
the S:eos (ltsiy) prison has made sensa.
tionsl revelations to the Berlin police
about the assassination of King Hum.
bert In July, 1900, at M1nza. ae tod
a datalled story of the organization of
! tho plot, the drawing of lots among the
| anarchists OF Paterson, n. j.. to decide
(; who was 10 commit the crime, and other
particulars relating to Gaetano BrescI,
the assassin. he alleges be got the
story from fellow. convict, noted an
srchist hailing from Paterson.
Armed with a shotgun aud knife,
Mrs. Sarah Andell, keeper Of board
Isg house ct 90 ice cutting camp ct
Twin Lakes, Wis, covered mob of men
sad cut the rope with which Samuel
Roberts, cook at the camp, had been
banged 10 q ra!ier in no ics.house by
the mob. Roberts LIFE Was ssVed al
though three ribs wers broken and he
was q mass of bruises. Mrs. Andell,
after cutting down the bsDgiug mao,
screamed for sid, and an open eight
tJllowed be:weea Roberts friends
and his enemies Roberts friends Tou.
Roberta, i. is reported, wss accused OF
procuring the discharge of several union
meu.
Capt. John NJ. B,wyer, the new super
fntandeut of the Naval Academy ct
Annapolis, has begun q vigorous CAM
paign for the elimination ofdruukenness
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