Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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OF New York, returned to that city
yesterday after an absence since De-
cember Z, when he disappeared. He
said he is an i'll man.
Sam Morano, OF Wheeling, charged
with selling his wife as white
slave" was convicted at Parkersburg
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years and to pay q fine OF $1,000
Mrs. Edith Melber, who confessed
that she had killed her tive-year-old
son, was taken from Rochester to Al
bany, n. Y. A hostile demonstration
was probably avoided by the woman
leaving the train at West Albany.
A complete agreement on the North
Atlantic fisheries question was reached
by representatives OF Canada and the
United States in Washington on Satur-
day. Negotiations with Newfoundland
will DC continued.
William S. Carroll, formerly of Bal
timore, where he was president of the
Peoples Bank and was closely con-
nected with many other Institutions,
died yesterday at his home on Wash
ington avenue.
The strike OF the garment workers
OF Chicago, which has been drawn out
for many weeks, and which was par
ticipated in by nearly $50 workers,
was practically settled Saturday. All
striking employees will return to work
within ten days and there will be no dis
elimination on the part OF the en-
ployers between union and non-union
workers.
Four persons were killed and four
injured in q gas explosion which last
night wrecked and burned thrce-story
frame hotel owned by Michael Ken
dali, ut Niobrara, Nebr The explo-
sion was caused by leak in gas plant
in the cellar OF the hotel. 1t is thought
that all OF the injured will recover,
though the injuries OF three arc serious.
A memorable day was yesterday to
tens OF thousands OF Cinnamon through
out the world. The day had been set
apart as 4 fitting time for the wholesale
destruction OF the ancient hirsutc ap.
pendagcs, commonly called queues,
and countless thousands OF them were
Topped off. The decree from China
was in no way binding, although all
we're urged to comply.
Practically the entire time OF the
House on Saturday was devoted to the
army appropriation bill. Small pro.
gress was made with its provisions. The
agricultural appropriation bill was
completed. 1t carries SIS, 800, 900, il
addition to the So 900, 900 ofpermanent
appropriations. The postofiice appro.
priation bill, carrying S253, 900, 900
was completed.
A bill to provide for the operation Of
the Panama canal, regulating the
charges for the use of that waterway
and authorizing the establishment oil
dry docks, warehouses, etc with ample
facilities for furnishing supplies tO
craft, was introduced on Saturday by
Representative Mann, OF Illinois, chair
man OF the House interstate commerce
committee. Tho. introduction of the
bill followed number Of conferences
with the president.
Emphatic Endorsement of Capt
Peary rs the discovcrer Of the north
pole vas voiced Saturday night by
President Taft in speech at the annual
banquet in Washington OF the M,
tionaI Geographic Society. The prcsi,
dent expressed the opinion that had
Capt. Peary been an Englishman, q
Frenchman or German he long ago
would have been amply rewarded. He
said lie hoped Congress was taking
sure steps, even though SLOW" to re-
cognizc Capt. Peary's achievement
The London Chronicles Yokohama
correspondent gives details OF the plot
to assassinate the emperor of Japan,
for which tweuty-six Japanese anar-
chists recently we're secretly tried and
sentenced to capital punishment. Ac
cording to the dispatch mysterious ex
plosions were heard on Mount kiso. II
was Mt first supposed that they were
volcanic. A police investigation led to
the discovery on the summit of the
mountain OF complete modern dyna-
mite factory. and the unearthing of n
plot for the assassination of the royal
family, peers and others, and the de-
struction OF official residences.
For the first time in the history oil
aviation in this country, according to
army officers, loaded bomb was
dropped from an aeroplane on Camp
Seliridge, field San Francisco, yesterday,
and exploded. The experience was
made by Lieut.. NJ. S. Crissy, of the
co ,st artillery, flying with Philip Par.
malice, in a Wright bi-pIane. At a
heigh9 OF 475 feet, Lieut.. Crissy released
the shrapnel shell, aiming at clear
spot near the lower end OF the field. A
puff Of smoke as the missile struck
showed the success OF the experiment
The shell was capable OF woundine
within radius Of 70 yards, and great
care was exercised in selecting the
place for dropping it.
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