Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-24

formation has been received from the
relatives OF the men reported executed
nor have any requests for interference
been received.
A terrible plot by ten nlaniacs TO
murder nine attendants At the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane has been
unearthed by the asylum authorizes,
and today the hundreds CT inmates Of
The criminnlly insane ward are all IN
heavy chains and under double guard.
The murder vas planned for tonight
when the force Of men guarding tl:e
criminals was 10 have been reduced in
order that some Of the attendants might
he sent to a hall where the. harmless"
inmates were TO give q theatrical per-
formance Only nine men were TO
have been left to guard the criminals
and ii was planned to kill every one OF
them. The maniacs in the plot are all
convicted mnrlercrs. They had secured
an assortment Of slrcl files. iron bars
and chair legs Shiel, they intended 10
use as weapons. The plot was dis
closed by Howard Hall. . patient. who
heard two OF the criminals discussing
their plans.
The Navy Department vas notified
today that George E. Middleton. slew
ard on the L. S. s. Petrol, nov at
Santo Domingo has died rs the result
of an assault by Philippine boy
uamsi F. Quiamboa.
The long standing war between 81.
Paul and Minneapolis vas carriedsto
the Interstate Commerce Commission
when a milling company in the latter
city explained that ST. Paul nlillers
were being given preferential freight
rates IN Shipments OF rye and its pro-
ducts and demanded damages from the
defendant railroads.
In far reaching decision The !. Z.
G. today blocked concerted effort by
all The railroads Of the country 10 evade
the anti.rebale laws. Several weeks
ago the commission learned that rail
roads, while granting no rebates TO in
,Iiridnal shippers were cvadng the
ruling as it related TO themselves by an
interchange Of rate conrtcsicS. ; This
was particularly true on shipments OF
coal. which were transported for
another carrier al about half the rate
charged TO an outsider. The commits
sion today declared this practice illegal
and ordered that rates be made open
to all shippers alike. >
The census bureau today issued =
special report sho%ing the supply and
| distribution Of cotton for the six months
period ending February Is. 1911, ~
follows: Total supply. i2,1';4. ~
running bales. stock n beginning 81
period, l,040; ginning. | | .o3s, %'32'; net
imports. 1856, 5Sl. Dislribntiun: TX.
ports. G.33S, 4G6; consumption, 200, :
rs; stocks al close o! period, 1 .02i .921.
Changing mole than 100 railroads
and navigation companies with Grant
| Ing indirect rebates 10 The Morton Sail
Company, two mih-wesrrn rompe'i-
tors Of that concern today filed com
plant with The Interstate Commerce
Commission demanding an invrsIiga-
ton. Ii was charged that directors OF
The Morton Company also controlled
The Michigan, Indiana and Illinois
Railroads and The Lnlinglon Transfer
Company which operates on the great
lakes. Rebates we're secured. IL vas
alleged, hy rate comhinalions between
these companies and other railroads
and boat lines.
President TAFT is suffering to-day from
pink eye
Charles ~ Schwab, the steel maSnatcy
called today 1T the State DEPARTMENTAL
had an interview with Acting Secretary
Huntington Wilson. Mr. Schwab de-
ciined IT, state the nature OF his business
and said IL WAS merely an Informal call.
he denied that his visit was IN conna3-
lion with the securing Of any foreign
contracts for hattleShip Steel or other
business oil that nature.
James j. tfill, railroad aud Pacific
steamship magnate. held conference
with President today just previous t.
the cabinet meeting. Hill declined 20
discuss his huiness affairs i'll general
further than TO say that D good rain
would be Of vast benefit to the country
In tue case Of Philip j Roche on trial
lor making I handbook Oh the races Pre-
ciuat Detective HoIas told Oh his emf
ploying Joshua Jubio ana Of hiS having
paid him SlQ5 for making" seven cases
He further testified that each officer hai
his WORK assigned MIN before making
tie raid,