Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-06-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Singing The Union Forever" II
wives and daughters Of striking miners
OF Westmoreland City Pa, were re-
turned to the county jail at Greens
burg Wednesday night. Two of the
women took their infants with them.
They persisted in serenading the non
union miners by beating OH kettles and
other kitchen utensils and by ringing
bells, although recently released from
jail on bail after being sentenced for
similar offense Dynamiters destroy
ed the bridge between Herminie and
Madison, on the Sewickley branch Of
the Pennsylvania railroad, Wednesday
night. About six weeks ago the bridge
near Claridge, on the Manor Valley
branch was dynamited
Judge Frank l Duncan has signed a
decree in the Circuit Court at Towson,
Md, granting Mrs. Elizabeth c.
Lackey Abel an absolute divorce from
her husband, Charles s. Abel, pro-
prietor { the Norfolk Landmark, and
formerly one of the publishers of the
Baltimo Sun. The divorce was granted
on the ground of abandonment. Tie
iecree provides that Mrs. Abel shall
have the custody Of The four children
If the cGuplr 1t is fur,h,r provided
that Mrs. Ahell shall receive 5000 a
year for life a aIinonv, provided she
loes not remarry.
Offering to lay bare all facts con-
corning the United States Steel Ger
)oration and to stand or fall on the
record" denying tina, he is planning
II form trust to control steel produces
md prices oi the entire world, and
anKly admitting that the Steel Cor
p ration has absolute domination oil
subsidiary companies, Ebert H Gary
appeared Yesterday as the second wit
'rss in the inquiry being conducted Ivy
nr Steel Trust investigating committee
{ the House.
Rep e-e"ta'irc S. A. Roddenbery.
I Georgia, came to blows with negro
n PennsylyaI ia avenue street car
arly this morning, While returning
rom the democratic wroI caucu. nj
hr Canlinli company with Speaker
lark, Representative Ben Johnson,
# Kentucky, aud Representative Ollie
James, also of Kentucky. For several
minute, Reprrs' NATIVE Rnddrnber,
and the negro mixeh matters" in a
5t-'.i"us manner, ana the melee was
stoplei only when Speaker Clark and
lis colleagues interfered. In he brief
light, the negro was badly beaten about
he face and head. The fight was caused
y the negro croWding Mr.. Roddenbery
md when the latter demonstrated the
larkey iabbed bis elbow into bis side
A dispatch from Cape Haitien,
Haiti, says the revolution in the north
ern department OF Haiti against the
government of President Simon i.
growing serious. The uprising began a
month ago, and the rebels are daily
becoming stronger.
The announcement OF James J. Hill,
III St. Paul, Of the execution of a
mortgage of 5000, 900, 900 by the Grea,
Northern Railway Company followed
ny the news that the Great Northern
has cold to the First National Bank Of
New York $4,000, 900 4 and one hal
per cent 50 year bonds, secured under
its new mortgage. 1t is also made
known that the Bankers Trust Com
pany, OF New York, is the trustee IN
der the $500, 100000 mortgage execu
! ted by the Great Northern. This is TIE
largest corporate mortgage on record
Nicaragua, probably the most war
torn republic. OF the tropics is to be
split into two nations. if plans of thu
liberal party successfully materiaIize
This i. according, to gossip 10 the
Central American colony in New
Orleans. The scheme provides iol
making independent republics out OF
The Atlantic and Pacific provinces. In
the west the conservatives would rul,
while the new Atlantic republic would
he dominated by the liberals, who
precipitated the revolution OF year
or more ago that resulted in the deposi.
ton of Z,.laya. 1t is planned that
Adolfo Diaz shall be chief in the new
Pacific nation, while Estratia shall
resume rule as president OF the Atlantic
departments.