Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.

With five war ships patrollIDg the
north coast. the garrsons of the border
provinces Of Portugal augmented by
several regiments, and hundreds o'
armed carbinecrs treadiug the streets o1
Lisbon, the government is confident
that no serious monarchist manifesta-
ion can take place. The cruiser San
Gabiel left Wednesday night for the
north and the San Rafael is bound for
the mouth OF the Tagus river to trans
nit wireless messages from Oporto IN
the event Of outbreaks. Several sold
iers have been arrested in Lisbon as
suspects in the monarchist plot. Two
priests who refused TO accept the new
separation law were arrested yesterday
Miss Hazel Hicks, twenty-five, and
Miss Olive Blaine, twenty-five, of the
Toronto College OF Music at Ogdens-
burg, n. y, lost their lives in Lake
Ontario yesterday In company with
c. ]. Wolfe and II. A. Clarke, students
of Trinity College. the girls vent out in
a salboat The boat was struck by a
large wave and capsized, throwing all
into the water. The young men held
Oh to the upturned boat and were res
cued by passing steamer. The girls
disappeared from view Immediately
after striking the water.
A novice of the name OF Benson,
who was qualifying for an aviator's
certificate, was killed at Hendon, Eng
land, yesterday falling 100 feet while
trying to vclplane.
Mayor Herman Baehr, the only
man who ever defeated the late Tom
L. Johnson for mayor of Cleveland,
Ohio, today announced that he would
lot be a candidate again for mayor.
Baebr gave i'll health as the cause.
Last night in the Brery Branch
section, 10 miles west of Harrison-
bug, Va, G. P. Fairchld, farmer
80 years old. fired a bullet in the brain
OF his wife and then shot himself
through the head Both died instantly.
Domestic troubles are said to have been
the cause Of ihe tragedy.
A balloon, apparently in distress and
drifting northuard over Lake Erie, vas
seen late yesterday to drop into the
water about 10 miles off shore, at San
dusky, Ohio. Watchers with field
glasses declared they saw man in the
basket For a time the balloon would
rise in the air and then drop to within
a few feet Of the water. Suddenly it
went down out OF sight. Searching
parties in launches have been unable
TO find any trace of the air craft.
A political feud figures in the Ser
ate's rejection yesterday OF the Presi-
DEBTS nomination OF William A. MoX-
ley TO be postmaster at St. Marys.
Ohio. in place of John A. Anderson
Anderson, friends contendcd that the
nomination vas an injustice to Ander-
son and was based on = misrepreseuta-
ton that he was politically unfriendly
TO President Taft and had been active
against the President. One Of Ander-
sons principal opponents was John l.
Sullivan, Anderson predecessor as
postmaster, who was removed by Pres
ident Roosevelt following the publica-
ton in SuIl;vans newspaper OF an
article about Miss Alice Roosevelt, now
Ms. Nicholas Lougworth.
c. l.. 5 Tingley, Of Philadelphia,
second vice president OF the American
Railways Company, which owos the
street car lines in Lynchburg, and in
Roanoke. yesterday denied the report
hat the Gould interests had purchased
ihet tgncnburg lines and would merge
them witl,.lioSe OF Richmond, Norfolk
and Portsmouth. He asserted posi-
lively that otllclNs OF bis company had
not been approached on the subject.
William j. Bryan III. todav's issue
OF his Commoner cdltorially castigates
the Supreme Court decision in the
Standard Oil case and the court itself.