Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-12
News of the Day.

prIation bill, carrying lolsl Of -. wv
GOO, was passed by the Honse yesterday
practically without amendment.
The subcon miGtee OF he Hcu's COM
mItt ,e on naval aflsirs decided Il report
adversely the bill t. retire OommsndeI
Robert Z. Pesry, With the raDk aud psy
of real edmi a..
The French antarctic expsd t on
stesmer Pourqu1j Pas, With DR.. Jeso
NJ. Oharcot, head of the expedition on
beard. has arrived at Punis Arenas,
Chile. The Frenchmen did not reach
the south pole.
Is presidett Yesterday before con-
gressional invest cation comm! tie oe-
nouuced So 40 insult tie iulimation by
congressman that trading 10 IN Ii es on
the New York Co.ton Exchange Is
grsmbling.
A resolution will be introduced In
The Maryland legislature Monday
night Inviting The Virginia leg''l.t-
ture to send commission TO Anpsp)l.s
to confer about the oyster situation Ia
the Potomac river.
Miss Minnie King Broumel iltd
salt 10 Baltimore yet 'Tdsy against Dir.
II ward War6eId Gil, alleging that
Mr.. Gill has broken h!s promise to
marry her aud asking 800, 900 dam
ages.
Mics Mary u. spiers, a clerk In the
gu ,geou generals office Of the War
Department, hos been selected by MIS-
TAFT 10 succeed Mics Alice Blech IS
social secretary at The White House.
The engagement Of Miss Dorothy
King. d. u IhIer of Mr.. David King, Of
New York, and Mr.. Fairfax Ayre,'
,op OF the late Liert. Col. Charles G.
Ayres, U. 8. A., has been broken By
mutual cousert The young mao and
woman have agreed TIA. he csnuot IuF-
port a mother aad wife at tie same
time.
A verdict of SIS, 600, said to be The
largest ever rendered in 80 alienation
suit, was awarded yesterday to Mrs
OnsrIes O. Hendrick, OF Brooklyn,
again t Laura Biggar, the former sd'ess,
accused Of alternating tho affections OF
Wrs. Hendricks divorced husband, Dr.
Hendfick. Mrs. Hsudrick sued for
100000,
"My Vile's klssss "a t t'u mlouies,
and don't Ike ZEN that long," vas
Sol LowenthaPs defense In Mlgistrite
Oorrigan's court In New York yesterday
when his wife accused him Of not loving
her any more, LDwenthal had his vile
10 court for leaving hin. sac declared
her husband didu't lore her aoy more.
The magistrate seat the couple home
With the irju Iciion to sgfee upon the
ZENITH of time a family kiss should
coDtu ne.
Louis Tewksl u'y, who fell from a
bcotblsck's stand In New Orleans two
weeks sgo and fra, tufed bis skull, died
Yesterday. When he rescued New
Ohears the latter psrt OF January he
, said be Wal d to luiId So. 600. 900
hotel 10 lhst c'ty. Two days later he
vas a charity ptt cit at a hosp III.
rewksbury, who was native OF New
Hsmpshlre, said be recently speut more
than $500 900 in New York In less than
two monthe.
May YOhe, Who, st the height Of sew
eral SINS. Ousl spochs Ia her remark
sble career vas The m celebrated &C.
1ss of three continent; ne wife Of
Lord Francis II ipe, the pr, lest pier OF
Eoglaud, aud finally principal 10 the
Jgrftt It of all international scandals
her eIopement with Osft Fut IAN Brad.
lee Strong-has lurjed 10 Seiits as q
refuge from the evils OF The mad life she
led. she has btuytt smslI rooming.
house and proposes ID live there and
| conduit It's saair',
Tailed to the houss OF Abraham
ABEL, Brooklyn, where the police were
convinced she Etu 90 to sac her a.
yeir- Did daughter, who bad been stay
I log there for some time, Mrs. Annie
IS5ltz, 45 years Oh, Of B Aon R)uge, L.,
the mother OF eigh, Children, sud A5ra
ham Glsssmsu, 10 years old, Of the
same place, we're srrssed yesterday al
the reduest Of tao police # that city.
They alleged that tine couple / ped aud
carried aWsy $4,000 in cash aud q
diamond rms belonging t. the Uomsn's
husband.
Crlsdsld, Nd Ia gresIly Wronght up
over the death of J. d. Collins, The aged
wstchnsn Of the Ba more, Chesapeake
aud Atlantic RAiIESY, whose cbarrsd
and mutIls.e1 body MSS found in the
gstsr near the rsilroad's s'eambol
wharf ct Cris6sld, which vas destroyed
by FIRE Thursday. A corone,'s iury
Yesterday rendered verdict Of Il der,
and the so. y rites are g s6sd "A. The
| wharf property wss s;t on FIRE to CONCEAL
the deed. When OJllins' chsrrsd BODY
sss Brought to the sutfsce By mes0' oil
oss,e ,ues only tie bones remained,
ps,t Of TIE head std hands being m'se-
lirg From the condition OF the body
no doub. exists That Collins met bis
dest by III play. TIA, Collins vas
not purned to desth Nss shoEn from tbs
fact hat rart OF the * Ill waich remSic'
cd was crushed, tnd that the Abdomen
sas iipp,d oPeo.
Local Coke Wood