Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.

lays reply so France will agree to
give up the Turks surrendered by the
captain Of the French steamship Man
cuba. when that vessel was detained by
the Italian authorities, but as an act OF
homage TO FraGse and without preju-
dice, according 10 special dispatch
from Rome received in Paris.
Capt. Julius &. Sitgreaves, Con-
federate veteran, "A years. old, whose
company was in the attack on Fort
Sumter in 1861, and who was credited
by some with having fired the first
gun, died suddenly while sitting at his
desk 10 the office OF an art publication
in New York yesterday. Apoplexy
vas gi:An .as;sbe cause OF death. Capt
Sitgrt esswas born.in 5Rocihill, S. c.
He served With d,ssl8BGssIion in. the civil
war, retiring with the loss OF his right
leg in battle. He had been engaged
in editorial work in New York since
1887.
l.. A. Yockstad, of Alexander,
n. D., who fell in well Of
icy water when the temperature was
ID degrees below zero, a2d who was
compelled to stand on his Toes TO keep
his mouth and nose out, is lowering
between life and death. His daughter
aged 10 years, made frantic drive OF
SIX miles for help while the father
faced death. Yockstad fell into the
we'll while trying TO rescue cap which
had blown from his head. He vas ct
home alone with his daughter on their
farm ana the child could not aid
him.
Rev. Clarence Y. T. Richeson; the
confessed murderer OF Miss Avis Lin.
nell, is believed 20 be dying, and may
not live TO feel the extreme penalty
pronounced upon him by the Massa-
chusetts court.
Pensions for Confederate veterans
are proposed in bill introduced yes
terday by Representative Branticy, OF
Georgia.
William J. Bryan takes the side OF
Gov. Woodrow Wilson in his break
with CoIoueI Harvey and Henry Wat
terscu, justfying the action OF the
New Jersey Governor in requesting
that his name be Withdrawn from the
columns OF Harper's Weekly. Senator
Benjamin K. Tillman, OF South Caro-
Liza, is OF the opinion that the Harvey
Watterson- Wilson incident has proved
a boomerang for the "Star-Eyed God-
dess" and the editor OF Harper's
Weekly, and will resound to Cover
nor Wilson's credit rather than injurc
him as a. candidate.lA4S.
Leroy and Ethel Lee, aged FIVE and
six respectively, drew strams IN Denver
Monday to determine which should 60
on tho operating table first. The boy
lost, went under the knife and died III
20 minutes. The children were afflicted
with adenoids. 1t was At their own
suggestion that straws were drawu.
The boy failed to recover from the
anaesthetic and the girl was not oper-
aled upon.
A suicide pact contrived by the
father aud intended to wipe out d
family consisting OF father, mother
aud three children was said yesterday
morning by Gertrude McFey, aged
20, to explain the death OF William i.
McVey, Mrs. McVey and their five
month old child. The bodies OF the
three we're found in a two.room shack
ih Shantyto Ru, dismal section OF
TaylorsviIle, west OF Terre Haute, Ind,
early yesterday morning by nelghbors,
who were attracted by the frantic
screams of Gertrude, the daughter OF
the dead couple. The girl yesterday
morning said her father had poured
the poison from a bottle and dellber-
ately gave the children and her mother
the poison aud then swallowed what
was left in the vial.
President Taft told callers today that
he will veto The Underwood bill To re-
duce the steel tariff. The administra-
tons fight against the democratic
measure was outlined today at a White
House conference, with all republican
members OF the House Ways and
Means Committee. They agreed to
oppose the Underwood bill in the ab-
ssnce of steel report from the Tariff
Commission.
President TAFT told the minority
members that he is against any tinker
ilg with the steel tariff until tangible
Information is available.
The tariff commission is nov work.
ing upon the steel schedule, but Presi-
dent Taft has not been advised OF its
progress.
know exactly what it was.