Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-10-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The loan Of S50,OOO,OOO 10 China
by a group Of American bankers was
consumnaied m Deking yesterday.
Clifford Pinchot, in speech at De.
troit Yesterday, saidlPresident Taft and
Congress had broken faith with the
people.
+. A. Van Va!kenburg, editor OF
the Philadelphia North American, was
Yesterday held for court in 50, 600 bail
ON the charge OF criminslly llbellng
Congressman John X. Teuer, republI-
can candidate for governor OF Pennsyl-
vania.
Albert II. Carroll, member of one OF
Baltimore's most prominent families
and a foremost fnancier, died at 500
o'clock this morning at the Union
Protestant Infrmary following an
operation for intestinal trouble.
Andrew Bugas, 4 years old, OF Tran
ton, N. j., is dead after "a hours OF
Inconsistencies, the result OF drinking
half glass OF whisky. He saw his
father drink the liquor, and followed
his example when left alone. His
mother found him reeling drunk, and
he soon went to sleep. When a ply
sician was called it was too late.
II is feared in Buenos Ayres that the
outbreak in Uruguay will assume large
proportions. The trouble had its origin
fn the struggles against the opposing
| factions for the presidency OF the repu-
bic. Collisions are reported to have
taken place in the provinces and within
80 miles OF Monteyideo the capital.
DR.. A. Bachinl, who resigned Thursday
as foreign minister at the request Of
President whitman, is likely now to
become a candidate for the presidency
One thousand persons we're drowned
at Chenkiang China. early this month
following a rise OF the Han river, ac
cordng to advices received at Victoria,
b.. G. Large areas in the Chenkiane
and the Mcnyung districts were sub.
| merged. Yokohama was inundated
two weeks ago. Rain had fallen con
tinuously for II days, and 5000 houses
were uninhabitable. Embankment'
had gone out and heavy losses were
feared.
The committee appointed by tho
State Federation OF Labor OF Calllornl;
to investigate the Los Angeles Times
disaster presented report to the exec
utive council yesterday finding tina
the explosion was caused by gas. Thu
/ only tenabIe theory so far advanced
says the report, is that leaks in thu
Times building let loose so much ga
that, by coming into contact with al
open fire, such as a lighted match o
the fires in the printing department
there was disastrous explosion.
The separation Of the church an'
state was announced in n decree issuc'
by the provisional government OF Por
tugal IT, Lisbon yesterday. Anothe
decree published declares for the free
dom OF the press. The government dc
clined the invitation to attend mem
orial mass for the victims o; the reyou
ton on the ground that it desired to re
main neutral in matters OF religion
The press generally favors the inaugl
ration OF system Of government slml
lar TO that in the United States in pref
ercnce to the system Of parliamcntar.
government generally in vogue in Eu
rope.
The anti-dynastic movement II
China is increasing alarmingly, accord
! ing to news brought to Victoria, i. c
by the steamship Kamakura. Tw
French missionaries have been mur
dered by reyoutionists in Szcchuan
Shanghai newspapers say deep unrest
} reported from the south, PARTICULAR
} Szechuan and Yunnan provinces
where the absorbing topic is hostlllt
5 to the dynasty. A traveller returning
, from Yunnan says boxerism has nc
2 abated an iola. The military in tn
( south is anti-Manchu to a man an
. would cast its lot with q revolution.
} A BLACK Hand" bomb explodin
on the ground floor OF four-stor
tenement. house on Washington street
New York, yesterday smashed nearl
every window in the structure, tor
off plaster on three floors and thre'
: nearly all OF TIE 60 or more occupant
from their beds. A panic followed
I all rushing to the streets. but the pc
lice quickly restored order. job
Romano, the owner OF the house, toll
the police he had never received
j threatening letter. He said, however
that he believed the bomb 10 be
! warning, and expected that he woul
get letter in few days demandin
he Dayment Of money.