Alexandria gazette. [volume], January 03, 1910, Image 2

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MONIHY KVENINO, JAN. 3. 1?10.
CoUMTLl n Chicsgoaos tr.ed to cor
r, ' roaaO-atllan market Satorday,
tl" *i!..'e3t oight 0/ worahipat tbeleet
fo Eacchus tha'. city bas ever koown.
F/om mid, ight nr.til dajlight tbcra waa
bedliin io the dowotowo etieeta, and the
Wfkir.g bc-uis wire msde bidcoos by all
?;ris oJ racket makera io tbe hande aod
moo'ha of h*lf imoxicated revelere. It
bjm %joa n,.l z.d by the p>lice that the/
w ra poweikss, aod no attempta were
aade to u?e cbeck whetla on the revel
lerc Xhe chief of police bad isaaed or
dtta that ail marrymakir.g moat cease at
oldoight and tbat tbe cafts tnd otber
publ:c plKCta mnst be c'ostd at tbat
hocr, but tbe ordfra of the Ohicago
cbitf bad abcot as moch tflect on peo
plP of tLat city as thoBe of tbe police
dqaUtaaul of Altxaodriaforbiddiog tbe
ns?;of pslole, caoooctrackers, e'C, in
thia ci y no the a-?t F mnh of July.
POflT A, ' HAVEI.I.RH PIIOTECTIVE A8
,,,,!? m 'u a meetiog io Eiobmocd
Tourjday mght aad weat oo recoid as
nowilllog to indorae a bill which may be
preaentfcJ to the legia'atare, because of
its dr&a ic testtlctions oo the hotel aod
boardiog hoose busineai. The bill calli
for a niMie thoroogbsjatem of BacltalioD,
loofcer sbeets, to be cbaoged after eatb
gneat, individual towei?, and ooe hoo
drad aod ooe o;ber thloga to raforna and
rejalate tae laodbrds' bnsioesa. Wh?t'a
the matter with Post A; don'i they ?an
clean Bheoa aod towels? Tbe T. P. A.
up brre do _
The iceome tax imposed by act oj
Ojogreur, passed Aogost 6, 1909, be
camo tfl:cu?e l?s'.Sa:urday, and ia retro
atctive, proviuiog for tbe paymeot of tbe
tax lor tbe year enrJiog Sitorday. Th*
law U?ies a tsx of 1 per ceot oo the oe<
ioomeof all corpoiatioos, piot stoek
?oaaoaaUe, aaEOoiatiooa and loaoraoce
compauf) with a ntt Income in exce?
of?/, iy. Itiscalcolated tbat
tbe lai wili yield to the United Statea
goferument an aonual reveoao of from
tSS.OOO.OOO op._
II; -. i DTIONfl denoonclog the placiog
ol a atatue of Uen. Robert E Lee io the
Oapitol at Wtshiogtoo, "aa againat pob
lic policy, against tbe fondatnentai prin
ciplts of our rtpoblic, and'.Bgaioat the
nonor and iotegritj of tbe yeterane who
nobly tftV0 ?P "f0 8D(1 home t0 pre'
uerfe tbo cjontry Robert E. L'.e at
tempal t) des'.roy," wcte adoptsd at a
raettiog o? Oaicago posts of the G. A#
R on BaUrdey. Woat fools tbete
">jmb prjofs" be.
foi evfry cltren martisge llcenses Ia
?ned io I hiUdtlphia io 1909 ooe suit
for divorce was fi'ed. Tbis 1b not ooly
nn incrta^eio tle nomber of diyorce
*aits, B3 c mpared with tbe year 1908,
toat it ll *l*o>i sligbt inaresse in tbe
percenta^e of euils to the nomber ol
tnarmgep. Ihe City of Brotberly Love
ia tapidly btcomlnga Oity of Free Lo?e.
Ifia Ai in i 11'-', ** *ctreeB, of
Loodoo, who becsme the btide oo Ftl
day io London of Frederick William
L'oyd io the presence of the Eoglisb
nobiliiy. acc:rjing to a Loodoo cable
gram ii a granddaoghter of 0?oeral
Robert E. L'-e. Aoother Lee heard
irom wbom oooe of tbe Virgioia I*"
??er brard of _
Ki | 1'ay *ai ctlebrattd ln
Par;a ty i ducriminste kleaiog between
xe:a'iff? and ?veu mtti atqtaintances ln
tbea r r, nstauiaita and Otber pbcaiof
pablic reaatt. How naany Alexaodriata
would :ike to bave been io gay Paree
oo tbia ff<r.Jgp rrcaaloi '?'
JrjsT bow much New York ipent on
h>r eaia snd dtinke F.iJay nlgbt lb<re
is nn way cf trlling, but it li cooeer?a
tWelf eitimsted tfaa'.f l.SOO.OOO changed
hand. ln thnt ti'.y, witb no otber excuie
for th< prodigility tbao tbat anothtr
day bad <:a*ned, tnat DecEmber 31 bad
giveo way to January 1, a thlog fiat
oaa breti tnking place rtgulaily fcr a
great msny Tpatf._
From Wiwhiiigton.
lCorra?p9tiJ>nyt ct the Alexandria Gautu ]
Waahington, Jan. 8.
Io a certnnny enebroudtd by tradi
tioo aad ooiahle for its imprcaaiveneaB,
Horace H. Luttoo wai today ioveited
wifh thr r ?b\* of < Mi:e ai an auociate
jaaticr of the U. S. Sapreme Oourt. The
t,n>all c utt rocm waa crowded to it?
titmo->t lualt t> witneta tbe ceretnony,
httofbal iuioressivt'. At noon tbecrier
?nnoncpcd lha hnnorable tbe chlef jaa
tice ind aeeodata ja?ticei of tbo Supreme
Cou''. Ihe cbief juice wii at the
brad, Rtid lha new juttlce at tbe end ol
the fil ?. lbi jaittcea took their eeata,
mhilw thp rrier prooonnced the time
bon '>ed admonition. Judge Lnrton
tn k a cbair io ftont of tbe bar, just be
aide the deek of Cleik McKenoey.
The-i Cbief Jostice Faller leaned
forwsrJ itoJ aoDounced tbat fiorace B.
Lnrion wss pteaent, havitg been ap
polotcd an aaiociate j istice of tbe ria
prttzse Churt of the laittd ?tatea, and
ajria ready to take tbe oatb. Tbe clerk
wai directed to ipread bii comaaiaiioD
oi tbe recoidi, and to adtainiiter tbe
O'tb, Immediately tbe coart and all
aj> ctatori rcne t? tbelr fett, m Jodja
Latton turned to fice the bsr aod C erk
M;Keaney took tbe presctibed oath.
Tne cbief jjitice apoke the . a h, and
Jodge Lar'.oa repeated lt a!t-r h!m.
Tbe cetemony haviog beeu conclud
ed, Manball Wrigbt marched to tbe
clerk'a deik, aod cooducted the new
ioitice to hia aeat on tbe bench?tbe aeat
fattheat on the left of ,<he chlef jaatlce.
Tbe court then proceeded wi'h ita ncnal
Monday buiinee*, tbe renderiog of
opinione. riave Jaitice MooJy, all of
tbe membera of tbe court were preaen*.
Be ialllatbiibomeat Bayerbil), Mair,
bot ia expected to retarn to Wasbiogton
within tne next few weekr
Accordlog to preieot proipccU, Sena
tor Nelioo, of Minoeso'.a, will prp
aide at tbe trial oi Bfcre ary of tbe Io
terior Ballinger aod Cbief Foreater
P.ncbot, which ia to be cooducted by a
j)int committee of aix membera each
from tbe Senate aod the Bonte. The
rtaolatloo providingfor the iotcstigation
wlll be introdnced aimultaceoaily in
!>;th brancbei of coogreis M Wc-dnei
day. Ohargei of conipirfcy made by
both ildei to the coniroversy will mako
the poaition of cbaimao of tbe inven'l
gating committee difficolt to fil'. No
matter what tbe dec'iioo, tbe mtoiberi
of tbe commlt'.ee will be made targcti
for criticiim by tbe looaing eide. The
6odiDga may drive titber Piocbot or
Balllnger from the goffrnment eervlce,
aod tbey are certaia to fi/jura pronai
nently la next yaar'a coogrcuional eltc
lioo?.
A real war on h'gh food pricca, that
wlll bit tbe food combinei wbero it will
bart ia beiog planned io detail today by
the ceoiral committee in Waahingtoo
tbat propoiea tbe orginizttlon of a boy
cott aaa-ciailoc of 1,000,000 famillea
tt.rjngbout the connlry Tne firit 6ght
will be foughi^gainit tbe beef troi>, ar
cordiig to E. L. bcbarf, at whoie home
40 peraoca, leveialof them coagreiemen
aod congrejsmen'a wi?ei mtt, yeeterday
to plau tbe boycoit. The leaderi br
lieve tbat in certain c ties, pricei are
ressooable. Theae wlll be exeropt from
tbe operation of tbe boyeott, which will
be eaf.ned, whsrevertbeprice iiplalnly
exorbltaat. lt ii tbe theory of tbe pio
moteri tbat tbe auddeo dropplog cfl iu
trale will denooraliz) tbe beef trade, and
redocB tbe prlcea to the retailer. "Tbii
|a a lrgdl bojcott which we propoae,"
said S:barf io d scoeaiog the bojott
"li ii the r^ght aud priiilege of any
oumo?r of citiz?ns to refuje to buy com
moci lei wben tbeir cimmon knowledge
coqvIdcb them tbat the price ii an ex
tort'on "
Anothtrcaie which may >iave an lm?
porUnt bearicg on the fatare proieca
tiooa by tha govercment of tbe augar
truiti waa dockeieJ today. It waa tbe
erjveroment'a appral In tbe cnei cf
Oiatave K aael and Th mai B. Harned,
charged by the governmer.t witb con
spiracy which rciolted witb ths cloiioji
w'.tb the Penniylvanla Bogar refioery,
the bankruptcy of Adolph 8fg?l and ibe
auicide of Fraok Bipple ln PbiUd^lphia
three y?ua ago.
Argument wai bpgon in the U. r.
fijpreme Oourt today in one of the gov
ernment'a biggest truit-buiting lults
The \obacco truer," ia on trie', The
government eieka ila desttjciion, ap
pointment ol a receiver to legregate tbe
aixty odd corporaliona now parilea to the
combine, and ooce agaio reaore compe
ti lon in the tobaccJ induitry, and ln
yjkaa the arm of the !aw to prevent it
dolng an interala'e busineai until the
?iolationa of the Sherman anti Iroit law
ihall ha?e ceaitd, The gofernment'i
biggeit lawyeri w:ll argoe the case.
Special Attorney J.O McReynol Ia today
opeoed tbe argoirent, aod Attcroey
Ueneral Wickenibam will lollow. Tbe
goreroment deiirea tbat the op'.nion of
tbe Supreme Omrt iball go larther tbati
that of the Oircuit Ooort at New York,
wbicb adjadged all excep' a few foreigD
corporaliona and ae?eral indivldoa'a
guilty of illegal monopoly in restraint of
trade, and itreogtben the ^herman aoti
ttait law witb a aweepiog declilon
against predatory comblnatlone.
JamatN. H ? ?'"? formertreasurer ol
the Unlted Statea, wai indicttd by the
Federal grand pry, tbls afternoon 0d
'.be cbarge of cooipiracy and frandalpnt
uae of tbe maila. Toge'.bcr witb Ho ji'.oo
are indicted Simuel Orabam, a w-altby
broker of Monlreal, Oanadi, K/erett
Dafoor, of thia ci'y and II r?ey M.
Lewia, all coaqecttd witb the aame uon
cern.
Tbe appral of tbe 9'aodird O.l 0)m
pany of New JerB?y from the declaina of
Jadgei Binborn, Van Davanter, II ok,
aod Adama of tbe Miaaonri Urcuii
Oonrt aCjadgiog it a comblnaiion in r.?
atraint of trade, waa fiiled trday In tbe
U. 8. SjpremeOonrt. andamoiion made
for adraocemeot of iis bearings by tbe
goveromeot As yet, tbe Suoderd Oil
Oompaoy his oot flled ita br'e' be'ote
tne conr', altbougb Sjllcttor Gecer
Bowers auaoujjctd that the compioyjs
cr uobpI concnrred in lb8 goyernment's
motloo to ad?ance tbe caa". Tbe ?ol
ominooa conrt rrcord io tbe casee bow
ever, baa aheady been receired by tbe
8arreme Ojort. Tne motion to nd
?aDce tbe case wbb taken nrder cansid
ertt'on.
The legal brawl between G >yernor
Haskellaod8:aeAttoroeyGenaral Weat
and Diatrict Jadge A H H ?ton over
tbe Pralrie Oil and U.s Oompit-I b
proaecotion io Oklahoma waa today
dismissed by the U 8. 8opreme Ooort
of the Unlted States. Without tj.:nion
tbe orlgioal tas9 wss aired doriog tbe
prealdeotial raitptim of 1908, aod
becaose of Goveroor H tskeH'e p sce as
treasurer tf tbe democra'ic oatiooal
committete, eicited oo little commeot.
The whole cootiovcr*y origioated io a
proBecotloo broogbt by tbe a'toroey
<reoeral before Jadge Has'.oo sitting aa
Jadge of the 11th diatrict coart agaloat
tbe Pralrie Oil aod Gw Oompinlee for
impr iper use of the hlgbwar.
Tne U. 8. Sopreme Ooort loday af
6rmed the j ldgment of tbe circnit coart
in boldiog tbat the Miooeapolia city
ordioacce of Febroary 9, 1907, which
reqoired the Mioneapolls Street Railway
Oompany to sell eix cartickets for a
qua'ter, was DDCOoetitoliooal and io
valid. Tbe I'rcet car comp ny ciaio a
that the crdinaoce impairtd the cuotract
with the city, implied io tbeir earller
ordioaocee and francbisea (o tbe com?
paoy, Jastice Dsj wbo rra 1 tbe opioioD
of tbe coart, eteted btiefly that the court
thongbt that tbe decision of the lower
tribnoal was in eome respecta too broad
and tbat it sboold be modiSed.
Joseph A. McNalty, Heory Vao Vleet
*nd Jamea Richmood, alias Herbert 8.
L amao, the promotera of tbe defaoct
Americao Oivil BtflffaM Ioetiio;e, were
Indicted by the graod jary thia after
ooon for false prettoses and vlolatioos of
tbe poatal regalationa. Tbese weo rep
rmoted themselrte ia adyertitemente to
De desiricoa of appoiatlng fgents for
tbelr compaoy or laiti|a(e io ygrlput
paris of the UnitedStatea to snperiolecd
the giving of ioatractioo to people whj
wooted to take the ciril aertIce examl
nationa for goveromeot rxMitlone,
Furtber evideoce tbat formtr Preai
deot Zlaya haa cot eotirely given op
tbe h pc of retarniog to Nlcatagaa was
contained in dispacbee received todsy
at tba 8'ate Departmeot from Manigaa
to tbe cffect that Madam Z'Uyaatlll
remaioB at tbe cspitol and tbows oo dia
posltloo to l.avr. Her cootiooed prea
ence there gifeo rise to aowe sospicioo
rf inlrigoe io tbe iotereslB of Z-lajr.
Dispstches todsy iodicateaNo tbat t>rep
aratioos to meet General Estrsda oo bia
weBlward marcb cootiooe.
Tbe emperoi of Germaoy, the kiog
of Italy and tbe new kiog of Belgtam
exchangcd New Year'i greetloga with
Presidtnt T.f, aa aoooooced at tbe
6 ate Dtpartment today.
Tbe lu at deairibS aeat on (be demo
cratic a'da of the Bena'.\ flrst row, mid
dle itlp, was held by tbe late Bsnator
MiL'.urio of Mississippi. It wlll be
occupied hereafter by Senator Saiyely
of Indlara, who mada applica'.ion for
it on the moroiog aftcr McLsorin'a
dentb.
F r selliog oleomargrrioe as botter,
io yiolatioo of tbe oleomargertoe lav,
aod for msnafucttiriDg olecmargerioe
witbont a licecc6, John A. Harmoo,
Tbomas J. Harmon aod William Har?
moo were indeted by the g and jary
thia afternooE). It ia chsrged tbat tb-s ?
meo, wboss place <A bosioess waa 721
9 h atreet.r. e , purcbased a qaantity f f
white eleomargerioe aod by aJdiog
coloring matter made It to apjoar like
botter aod eold it as socb.
The traoaportatioo iotereats of tbe
coantry ga?e their views on iolerstate
c".mraerce law ameodmeot at tbe Whit*
Hoose torfay. 8 x big railroad pr.'si
deotJ repreaeoting wide iotereats dis
ccssed with Prrsidsni Taft his proposi
ticn for drasticiaUroad cootrol, aet fortb
io hie meaaage which ia to go toOougrra*
thia weer. Presideot L-.vett of the H?r
rimao lioe, Bterof ths Readiofc, F.oley
of tbe 8oathero, McOre* of the Peoo
sylvaola, Browo of the New Y .rk Oen
tral, aod Meileo of tha New Yorr.New
H.yeo in1 Hartlord, were tbe railroad
meo io a'tendaoce. It was se'tlcd
early in the cooference that the prea!
dcoi'a interstate commerce ameodmeot
will probaoly not go to Ooogres<
oo Wednesday as wsb planoed. I
was b?lieved geoerally aboot tbe White
Hoose thattodar'a confereuce was thr
'esult of the vifcit of J. Peirpont M >r
gm, who made a batried call at the
White H )CBi laat Fr.day. The tailroad
presi'ienti tcd?y looked oycr tbe draft of
tie piopcasd loteratate commerce law
atmodm^ot, ai rs framed by Attoroe?
Geaeral Wicfcei?h?m. The attorney gene?
ral wsa talled in to explaln tbe nuaiare,
ba' left before tbe confereoee was over.
Ooof^reoce concladod at 11:80 and tne
r i'rjsd meo left the White Hoose
furrledly. Presldeot B o?n of the New
Y?rk (J-jotra! said: "We came to m?k
inme obj.'ctions aod wj were ltatencd to.
Bayocd that I cannot discass tbe mat?
ter." Jadg<) Loyeti, hcad of tbe Har
rimai lioe, B*id that tbe dieoassioo
woold pnbsbly be exp'ained in a state
ment from ibe Wbite Hoose la'er, aod
tbe railroad msgoates looklng ntber
glum eotered their anlos aod rode away.
The cooference tetweeo the railrcal
meD aod Presldeot Vafl lasted two hoort
aod a bal'. The railroad meo while re
fusing to discusB the confereoee cpeoly,
in imated that thoy hul failed eotirely
io their niiiaioD. It ia oow certaio tha'
deipiU oiraost eflirls of the railroad In
t-r;B'?, Ibe propositione hr federal con
rol ol stock isiues.federal incorpotaiiof,
an.d lot?rstate commerce coorts wltb
pUoaty piwerg, aq 1 tbe cthtr dras Ic
claoaeB of ibe Wicktrsbam mta>ore, wi;l
goto Oongreis thia wetk witb the on
or q/jalltied lodorsemeot cf the Preai
dent.
News of the Uay.
Rev. Richard 0. Grojao, a Oathollc
pricat, attempted auicida by ehootlog
hlmself at tbe Grao J Uoion, Hotel, New
Yjrk, oo Satorday.
Tbomas Waggousr, a Tesiacattle aod
iand kiog, h?s giren e?ch of bia two
ciilireo 100,000 acrta of Iand, 30,000
head of cattle aod 1,00" horaee.
Presldeot Ta't wlll 'oday give a hear
hg to the preuldeots ofalxblg railroad
companifB io get tbeir tlews oa the prc.
posed ameodmeoti to tbe lotcrsta'.irfom
m?rce law.
Foqr liyei were loit and ttree perionj,
rereived orhoi hurti io a teoemcnt
hoaae fire io Jereey Oity rarly yeaterday
moroing. Tbe fire ii bel'.eved to bare
been ol incejdiary orlglrj.
Agnes Biotb, the famoni actrcia of
two decadea or mire ago, wife of Joh 1
I!. .^jhotflel, maoifc?r cf the Treaoot
Theater, B atnn, died al her home In
Rrookline, yeiterday, aged 83 yeari,
Bar-d io )eit by a mmpanloa to iboot
himiel', Motton D. liodgef, ie?enteen
yeari old taiaed a rifle and nh>t bimaelf
throogh tbo btaiB in Oincinoa'.i jeatar.
day, dying initantly.
Dr. Fornoi Dlfi a mntnal frlend cf
bttb Preaident Madrir, of Nic&rafcui,
and General Eilndi, kader of tbe rev -
lu'ionary forcei, ia teeklug Io eflto; to
agreement between them.
Ioformation from tbe White Home
printi Io tbe probable nomicatloa of E,
tl. Tbomaa as comroiisloner of the Die
irict of (J >iuaibi?, aioog witb Cnno B.
Rudolpb, air.ady lelected by tbe pree!
dent.
Wiil'am Keller, of Dtroit, wai rbot
anl Inatintly kiiied laat night in a
ittnggle wl:h an onknown amllant,
who, wilh a companion, bad foilowed
Keller'i wife aod ber aiiier-in-ltw, Mrr.
Peter Keller, home from a5 cen'. theater.
A diapatch from Ohicago tayi the
American Federation of Ltbor wlll de
maod an inveitga'ion by the Pure Food
Oommiaaion of certiin breakfaU foodi
which, it ii alleged, are adalterated with
peaout abelli.
The execntiie conocil of tbe Ameri?
can Federarion ol Libor bai tent oat an
appeal to all trade nnioniiti for 10 centa
trom each ooe with whicb to figbt tbe
ateel trnat fof tbe iron, ateel aod tin
plate wnrkers.
Eaatern Rumelia has been swept by
the moat diiaitroni fbod In fifty yeari,
and tbe wbole p'ain resemblea a va?t
lake. M*ny peisom are reported
drowne-l, wblle tbe lonea in cropa and
lireitock will be very hea?y.
The Yonog Torki, beiog in power,
are aeekiog to moderolxs and to extend
Gonatantincple. Hence tbe isiuing of
an irade by the new inltan, aanctioning
tbe demolitlon of a pirt, at leait, of tbe
worlj-fimom B.zintine will* of tbe
1%
The cmtoma tobacco I'orei, at Alex
andna, Ejyp, conta niog tooacco tc tbe
Taloe of ru.rly 15,000,000, wai gotted
by nre cn S.tarday. Fi.emen incceeded
Io rating aegreater part of tbe 'obtecr.
Tbe lcsa ia eitirrated at $1,500,000.
Preaident Tift bai completed the
ipecial mettage be wlll aend to (Joogreaa
urgiog legialation to make tbe antl- roit
and ioteritatn commerce lawa more ef
fective. Ojngreae will meet Tueeday
and the meaaage will be lent In Wed
nuday.
The deminda of the railroad iwitcb
men in tbe Oblcago territory for in
crea?ed wagei were refcaed by the rail
tJiAi in a propoiition preaented at a
conference of repreeentativea of the
awitchmen aod membera of the general
macagera' conference committee.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, gare
out liat nigbt hia liil of ?ppoiotmenti,io
far aa he bai been able to ma':e them.
Noue of the appoioteei are Tammany
men, Th? only new offlcial who ii
eren ilightly iffiliited with Tammany li
Rhlnelaoder Waldo, the new fire com
miaaioner.
Ooopleting the Icngeit bridge ln the
world, the laet iplke in the cooitrnctlon
of tbe entire syatem ol tbe Norfolk and
3 uthero Riilway waa drtren Sanrday
eveniog at 6 o'cl-ck. Tbe bridge orer
Albemarle aoand, wblcb oonoecti tbe
two branches of the rcad, ii aix miiei
loog, aod coat aboot $1,000,000.
WloBeld Gibaon, aged forty-elght
yeara, a promineot reaident of Mnnball,
a Pitiaburg lubnrb, ?hot and killed bia
wlfo Saturday night, irriouily wonnded
a eon, flred three ahola at bia daeing
daogbter, and thro killed bimsel'. G.b
aoo, who w'.s a former arjperintendent of
tbe Carnrgie SteelCompaoy, ctme home
la'.e Saturday aftormoa alt?r a day of
drinking witb frienda, and Immediately
began he killing.
In abj'ct poverty, ihunnlng relatkei
and frienda ol bia proiperoui dayi, with
facultles Impared by yeari of dleiipation,
H. Bartlett Llndley, graduate from the
Uoited Blatea Naral Academy %\ Ao
napolii, contribator Jo tbe Eocyclopedia
B.ltanolca, newipiper writer, and a*
ooe tlme a well-known atterney, died in
theCookOouoty, II?., Hoapital,on8atur
d.y.
L'zcie E. Orenihaw 23 yeara old, ae
verely wouuded John M. Jenninga, a
b>okkceper, by cutting hls :broat io
Naihtllle, Teoo., yeaterday. Later ibe
banged heraelf ln a cell at the police
itation, uiing ber apron itringa ai a
rope. She wai dead when dlicotered by
tho turnkey. Jennlngi may recover.
Jeilooiy waa the came of tha womio'a
actiooa.
Jamei Middleton, a firmer and prin
cipal wltoeaa Io a night rlder caae a?t for
trlil In the Federal Oourt In Mobile tbie
moolb, wai ehot and killed from ambotb
near bia home ln Baldwin county, 8>t
nrday night. Oitiz ne aided the aberifl
yciterday In a fatile if.empt to capture
tbe aisaiilo. The caae in which Mid?
dleton wai to be a witoeia wai agalnet
aix promloent men wbo are aald to baie
killed ibeep bclonging to A. Oomitnck.
J. Pierpont Morgan'i huty and ruya
teriooa viilt to the preiident on Friday
ii beliered to hare reference to tbe pro
p:ied liaue by tbe treaiury of Panama
canal bondi at tbe bigber ra'.et of Io
terest provided (or by tha Aldrich tar.11
bill, notwithitmdiog oatcoaible efforts to
create tbe impreaaion that the great New
York finanoier waa merely aeeking io
formatioo reipectiog conditloni Io Nica.
ragua and other Oentral American re
publica.
Seoaior Albert B. Oammlna in a
ipeech Satordaj nigbt in Drs Moinee,
Iowa, at a "dollar dlonet" giren by the
ao-callad progreiilverepnblicaosof Iowa,
lerved no'.ice that tho fight for progrei
aive prlociplca ii not at an end. He r-aid
tbat he did not alteropt to obicure or tc
minim;/ |f he extent of tbeir defeat io
tbe recent ipecul teiiion of Gongrea*,
but that II any one barbora the delusloo
tbat the paaiage of the recent tariflla*
endtd the figbt for falr and reaianablr
protectire dtities It would be wiie for
blm to at once reform hia conclmloo.
Jndge Borace Harmon i.arion, of
Tenoeuee, who waa today aworn in aa a
juitlce of tbe U. 8. Sopreme Oour'. He
arrlved in Waibtngton yeilerdiy moru
irjg aod regiatered, with hia family, at
the Willird. Preaident Taft, who ap
pointed Judge Lurton, called at tbe
W'illard, infjrmally and unexpectedly,
Ute yeiterday afternoon.to welcome the
newrat membcr of tbe natioo's higheit
coort. Jndge I.orton and iin, Lurton,
boweyer, were oot.
Obarlea W. Moree itarled from Nnw
York for A. ''anta yeiterday morning to
u gin b!a term of io yeari In the federal
priaon. Mra. Morse >aid good by to ber
builaod at Ibe Tomba bef- ra Maribal
Henkel took blm away. Hia two fooa,
Harry and Ben Mon?, followed to tbe
PencaylTania atation in Jeriey Oity,
wbere Marabal Heokel allowed them tu
enter tbe Pollman compaUmeut on tbe
iiirmingbam ipecial and wlib tbelr
fatber a aafe jogruey. Morae gare oot
a ata'.ement bltterly deoouncing the j ry
tbat convicted h'm and aald: "I am
going to Ailinta to begln penal seryitudc
under the moat brqtal lentcoce ever
pronoonced aga'nit a citlzen In a clrl
lized conntry," h hia openlng oentenc?.
Virginia Newt.
Tle annnal meeting of ths Virgin'a
3 ate Horticultnral Soclety will take
place at Wlnobeater, Januar; 5 and 6.
Joieph Ambroie Parker, one of Por ??
month'a moat p-omloent buiineaa mir,
died at hia home, Saturday in the 68h
yeari of ige.
Frank Nicde Brown and Miia Hattie
Huma Bike', danghter of Mr. and Mn.
William E. Baker, of Ktng Gjorge
county, were married Tburaday.
Albert Kendall, of Alabama, and
Miaa Irene Rawlett, of Kiog Oeorge
county, were married at tha realdenca
of tbe bride'a father, on Satnrday, ftif,
H H. Fonea officlating
Howard 3. Ciift and Miia I.iura New
ton, daogbter of Mr. II jck Newtoo, all
of KingG.orge county, were married
Tburiday at tbe reaidence ol Rer. W.
W. Oweoa, who performed the cere
mooy.
Charlei B. F.enner, a well-known
farmer, 43 yeara old and unmarried,
ahot himaelf tbroagh tbe bead on the
farm of Grorge R. Eiaoa, nr-ar Barry
t1 le, Ciarke coonty, 8atnrday eyenlog.
He ia dylng. Renner had been on a
polor.ged tj ree.
Warneld B>ale Biyley, of New Pallz
V, Y., acd Miaa ^allie Jackaon Michia,
daugbter of Mr. Tbcmaa Q. Mieb<e.
were married Satnrday at the home of
tbe bride, 0 k Hilla, Albemarle county,
Arcbdracon Frederick W, NeTtperform
icg tbe cttenasoy,
Aoooaocement waa made in Norfolk
8atorday that the 3 o'.h Amerlcaa Froit
aod Stestnab p 0;mpaor, rrgaoind a'.
Baltimore, with Mattio V. K. P*u!seo
presideot, ondtr a capilal of (300,000,
will eatabliib a iioe of paaaeoger, mail
and froit ateamahipa betweeo N'.rfolk,
Jamaica and Oaba in a abort time.
The cffice aod atorage depot of the
McWane Pipe Worka at Lyochborg
wtre boroed ont Bitorday eotailiog a
lou of $35,000, fally iosored. Tbe
Weatern Uoioo Ttlegiapb Compaoy
loat all of ita wlrea aloog tbe rfjuth
era aad Oheupeake and Ohlo railwaya
aod thoae lioea were tied op fot tbree
hoors,
Ii the democrata of ihe nlnth dia
trict can have their wiahea complied
with Jadge William F. Bbea, of Briatol,
member of tbe Vlrgioia oorporation
comm'8-lco, will retarn to bia old
bome aod make the race for Congrees
againat Repreaeotative Biacom 8iemp
thia fall.
Aa a reward for tryiog to pty the
part of a peacemaker, Oharlts Oole,
colored, now liea io Norfolk atabbed to
dratb. Edward Lse, also colored, who
ts charged with morderiog Oole, U at
large. A woman nated Jaoe Jacksoo
waa beiug beaten by Lee, wben Oole
tried to atop the figbt, bat L?e toroed
oo bim, aod, drawlog a locg kolfe,
atabbed hiai repeatedly.
Q)?, and Mra. Snanaoo on New
Year'a ereoiog gaye their laat publlc
receptioo io tbe execotive man?loo, the
hoora being from 9 to 11 o'clock. Gor.
3*aoson, Mrr>. Bwanaoo, tbe membais
of tbe goyeroor's staft aod tbe receiviog
psrty took positloo ia the b'ae parlor.
Io tbe receltlng Iioe were tbe goverocr
and Mr?. 8wanson, Ool. Eugene O.
Masaie aod wife, Ool. W. Payoe aod
wif , Col. J. Bcott Parr'.a aod wife,
OjI. Jo Laoe Btern, Adjt. Geo. Oosr'ea
J. Andersoo.
Today's TelegraphicNewa
Condltlon ia Spaln.
Madrid, Jan. 3? Geoeial Weyler ar
riyed lo Burelona today to take te
preesiye measorea agatost aootber
threateoed revnlatiooary ontbreak.
Newa from I'trcelooa is beiog ligldly
censored, bat it Is koown tbat the re
policao factioos tberr, hetetofore work
Ing at crcsa porposes, have ooited aed
are plaooing a more serioos outbreak
thao that of a few mcntba ago.
G.rersl Weyl-r baa been glven the
iank cf cap'.aio-geoeral, and aathotiz d
to take any eteps be seea fit to crosh col
tbe rebellton.
The goveromeot droied today that
aojo.e was bart ia the foor bomb out
rtges io Sarsgossa ycaterday, but from
prieate soarces it ia l< arned tbat several
wero aerioosly bart and mach property
dettroyed.
The aerlooa atabhlog of 8aperioteo
deot Kiog ol the Marbella mloc, otar
Malaga, is alio, si:rt to be due to politlcal
agitatioo. Kiog is an Eoglisbman.
Morse ia tbe PenUentiary.
Atlaota, Ga , Jao. 3 ?Oharlts W.
Morse, ooce cbaracter zcd as the wizard
of fiuaoce aod the ice aod a'eamboat
king of America, ia tblaatternooo a fede
ral oonvict ia h cell in tbe magn'ficant
federal priaon bere. He arrivid today
from New York io charge of two
New York depoiy marahah aod at once
bfgan tbe aervlog of the aeotence of
tilteeo years impr-sed oo bim for his part
o maoipolatiDg the funda of tbe Ns
tiooal Biok of North Amcric His
bair was cot sbort aod he waa garbed io
the prisoo noinrm for frcsh ariival*,
which is ma'<e ol brown and wbito roa
terla'. He w>8 locked Io a cell aod Io
morrow will be aaslgoed to tbe work be
is to do wblle a convict.
Yeggmen at Work.
BufLlk, Ya., Jan. 3 ?The towo of
H il!?n, which waa tottlly wiped cot by
fire Snnday, waa vislted by a duiog
ga-g of yeggmen early today. Every
tbing portable io tbe raioa were takao
away aod two safea io ibe atnolderiog
enoters of J. Y. Joaea & Oompsoy, aod
J F. H)!iaVs stores were dynamited
and their cootenustoler. The yeggmen
heo ?otight to blow open the vault io
tbe ruins of tbe Biok of Hollan, bot the
ooise awakeoed re?:denta ia the towo
?nd a pitcbed rerolyer ught occorred,
oq ooe being itjued. Ail the aafe
blowers tscipsd.
Saarchlog for W'oaadcd Robber.
Ohiesgo, Jao. 3.?A posae of citzeos
today are acoorlog the priiriea and tbe
wooda of Norwood I'ark, a aobarb, io
search of a wooorled rebber, ooe of two
who attempted to blow tbe aafe in tbe
poatt Uj :e tbere eaijy lo the day because
his ccmpaoioo bsd "a grodge asjaioet
the goyeromsct," Tae other banit waa
eaptored. Tbe m's^lrg man U believed
to bave brrn woaoded io a gun hat'le
which followtd tbe discoyer/ of the rob
bers at work by aulitaat poitmasler
BalrJ. ______
Inluocilon Qranted.
Buflalo, N. Y., Jao. 3.?Federal
Judge HrE'l today anooonaed that he
bad graoted a prelimloary Injunr.tlon
to Wilbor aod Orville Wright.tbe ootad
aviators of Diyton, Obio, reatraioing
the Htrring-Oartlas Oompsoy, of Ham
moodsport, N. Y , from ihe maoofac
iora of tbe preaeot type of Oartisa
aeroplane,_
Murderera Elccuocuttd.
O-aloiog, N. Y., Jao. 3 - -Less lhao
ten mioatea was rrqalred to shock to
dealh two morderers fo the electrlc
chalr io 8 og Biog prlion today. They
were Wllllams Morse, who abot aod
killel Pjlkemao Eiward J.Kavacaogb,
Io Bro?klyo oo Ojtober 24, 1907, and
Johi Barbnto, an Itiliao, who mardered
Gib-'do Ficlylt Io Middietown, N. Y,
on Janaary 20, 1909.
Woman Murdered
Oioclooati, Ohlo, Jao. 6 ?Two white
meo aod a negro are noder arrest io
coocectlon wi.h thu murder of Miss
Aoca L'oyd, secrttary of the Wlborg.
Uanna Lamber Oompaoy at Fairmooot,
who on New Year'a morolog wai foood
alaio near the place where abe had
worked for IT years.
Fire In Ooeton.
Baetoo, Matf., Jao. 3?Big wbole
sale airuc'.orea bere narruwlyeacaped de
a'.ruction early toda/ wben fire deatroyed
the Harrison areoae auxiliary power
station of tbe Boeton ele?ated railwaya
with a loaa of 150,000. On eitber aide
of the boroiog boildlog wboleaale hoases
took fire aod only afur a bard figbt of
fonr hoors were they taved.
Three thoosaod riiiss aod revolrers
aod one milHon cartrldgea tbat were
beiog smoggled into Fiolaod have been
?'^d by the 3asttans,
TELEQRAPHIC BREViril-S.
A d apstch from St. Petenborg aayi
two Ruuian arrat cfficeri wlll a'tempt
to reach tbe South PJe by meana of
dingible balloona nrx; inmmer
B.-cauie he conld not remember parl
of an addreta which be waa to deliver a'
a diooer ln Georgetowo, Ky., on Safur
day eienlog, Jodge Jobo 0. Voyla com
nrnted aulclde by ihootiog hlmaelf
throogh tbe br.ij with a rerol?er.
All bcpe bai been giren op for Saxuel
K Oweoa, of Bitler, N. J , aod Paol
K. Whltaker, of A-laotlo Oity. N. J.,
wbo left bere on Decmber 27, in a
amall boat. for a day's fiiblng, aod hare
not been heard of liuce.
Wb'le tbe aurireona were preparing to
operafp on liim for a'fractured apiaeeanatd
by t*iug rnn down by a atreet car iu 8an
Francisco oo Saturday night, F. H. Jermyc,
theSoranton, Pa., millionaire eoil operator,
died today.
Thirteen peraona who were naroaued on a
atrip of lind by the recent doode in tbe Santa
Ana river reir Loe Angelea, Cal., have been
reaoued, It wai auppoaed that they bad been
drowned.
Thirty peraona have been armtel in Bom?
bay on au?picion of Ibeiog oarties to the con
aolracy by which Arthnr M. T. Jackaoo, the
Egyptian adrniniatrative head of Nank waa
BMaasica'.el.
Vew York Stock JVUrket.
New York, |Ian. 3. -After the nnuaual
atrength of the opening the market became
weak with eharp deoliuta in price* throogh
the remainderof the iirat hoor, Deoiinea in
in pricea practically i II iaauea traded in
ranged from one to 2 pointa during the for> ?
lio-.n. In the early afternooa the tooe con
tiuned weak,_
VIRQINIA 10VVN DE9TR0YED.
Witb balf of Ita 220 it habltants home
le?, the Majeatlc Theatre, poatoffioe and
all but one of i'i 28 buiineaa placee
lyfng in ro!n?, tbe barnlet of Holland,
12 milei from Sufblk, on ibe Boutbern
Ktilway, bai been practically eriaed
from tbe msp by a flre wbich began at
10 o'cltck Batnrdiy night and raged
uoiil tbere waa no fucl to feed upon.
The flatnea, Uoced by a brlak breeee
oot of the eoutli, wblcb carrled flre
brsinda bundreda of yarda abead, and
nnhlndered by a 8re department, left in
tbelr wake acenea of deaolatioo rarely
seen in roral communitiee. Borae io
habltants, conmmed witb comtcrnalion,
fought fraoticslly toaate theiraubatance,
white othcra, cbilied and balf-clad,
hoddled in tearful gronps and wruog
tbelr banda helpletitly.
Neirly all of Maln atreet and tbe
wbole of Railroid aveooe are flreiwept
Tbe only buiinesa booie left Ia a store
formerly owned by Bamoel Hardy, aen
tenctd to deatb for killiog liberlua
(iracbiui Jooea, wbcae cue U now
pending before the Goort of Appeali,
Tbe fire, of onknown orlgio, began in
tho itore of Joecph Baz-lett, who bad
jii't closed hia place. Tbere Ia no water
aopply in Holland and appeali to out
slde towos were wlthoot reinll. Oaly
21 homji are left, and theae are housior
the homeleea, none of wbom ilept durine
tbe nigbt. Tbe losi, iccloding $10,000
wnrtb of pcanula, ia $120,000; ioaurance
168,000.
Fifly ypais'eiportencenf anOltl Nurae
Mra. U n.il.iw'a ?oothing Syrup ia the
nrojcriptioa of one of the leat feuiale phyiic
,i i% and nuraea iu the United tttatee, and
h w beea m?d for fifty yea's with neyer-fail
i ik aooMBi by mill om of mothers for their
rhildr<-n. It relieves thi child from paiu.
rurea diarrhuii, griping in the bowela, and
wladeclle, Ity giving hea'th totbechiltit
re ita tbe molher. Twtntyflve oenti a bottle.
dea Uti5#
am>
The Liudner Shoe for Ladies
fioe wear haa r o equal, John A
Marstull & Brv* 422 K tne atreet
__^^_^MI1BEMENT3.
Opera Housl?
TONIGHX *4
THE GL'Y J9HNS0N CO.
WILL PRE3ENT
"A Wild Night" and "The House
of too Much Trouble."
Two one-act farce comediei.
THREE BEELS OF PICI17RES.
Firat appearance of FLAMANSKI
The mtdium who answere a ealed queationi
prcaented by tha audienca.
Pricei lOoand 15c
A few choioest aeata at 20c.
DREAM TFIEATER-down atalri-from 2
ln 5 and 7 to 10"?5 csnta,
RESOLVED
That by drinking our deliciooi
Freoch DrJp Coffee
That excelleat
S.veei and Buttermilk
and eating thoae
' -Mightyfioe" Sandwichea & Piea
You t'eei battar and tSere'a no dark brown
tiite the morniog after,
0?0-o
Cameron Dairy Lunch
906 KING STREET.
OPEN ALL NIGBT
THE annual nieeting of the etocknrldera of
tbe D1TLIN 4 MARTIN COkfPANY
will beheMat the <ffi3?e of ajid company.
R( oi.nl and 2 Alexandria National i'ank
hiii dlcu, Alexandria, Virginla, r? TrE8>
DAY, Janmry 1?. 19 0, at 2.30 o'c'oik p. m?
for the election of directon and for the tra ??
a^tion of auoh dtbar buaineaa aa may legally
come before uaid roeetiog.
janHtd_T. C. pnf,IN, Pearetary.
THE annuil meeting ot the atockhrlierscf
thel.Ai. <>/A.S C<?VfPANY, Incorpo
rated. will be beld \l the officei of aaid com?
pany, Rooma t and 2, Alexandria Natiooal
Bank buildinir. Alexandria, Virginia, on
IDrHDW, J?uuary 8.1910, at I oVock p.
m., f.?r theeleotion of direetora and for the
tranaaction of aaeh other buaineei aa may
leiraliy come fce'oro aaid mee'ing.
j xD3 til OEQROE C. REfD. 8eeretary.
NOTICE?Tho annnal meeting of the
atookbol lera of THREE RIVER8
MANHFACTrBINO COMPANY will b?
hehl at room 8, A'exandrla Natiooal iiank
Bu Mint, Alexandria, Virginla, on \SED
NEtiPAT, the 19th day ef January, 1910, at
,0 o'elock a. m. J. M. aaILt,FB,
ju3 td _Becretary.
THE annual meetinK of the a'.ockholdern of
the ATLAMTIC BITtLDINO COM?
PANY willh? h 1J .t the officeof the com?
pany. 12.1 aouto Royal atrcet.Alexandrla.Va.,
on THC1HDAY, January 20. 1910, at 11
o'oltxk a m., for tbe elcction of dire> t rt ai d
ofheera for tbe enauing ye-tr and for the
tranaaction of auch o'her bn^iness aa may
propeilycome before the meetiog.
M. M PARKER, Preadent.
LOUI8 BEYER, Ja , 3tcreUry.
jan3 w3w-m_
LO.^T -FriJay, Deo. 31, )90?, a black
t-IIEPHERD 1X)0, white pawa and
white apot on breaat. Keward if raturned to
MS(jne>n atr et ; _u
The late eummer and fall ia o-e of the hert
timea in the year to piint yonr hoa^e. Oont
forget that we are beadqnartera for eTiry
thina in the pa'nt line. See ua before yOTt
place your ordar. E. 8. Uadbeater A f ?oa
fno ____^__?_
The fiiat minute after a tra atarta U the
m oat oritlcal Ume, and the "Colooabta" Ei
tingaiahar bdng alwaya raady for pa. ttaka
yoa nraaiar cf tha aitnatfos, I, I. l*AD
?1ATGR 4 rJONa. i
Grat illliiiilii'
Iocorporate a promlae rtuoPg ycnr
New Yeata reeolutiooa totest tbe claina
of thia compaoy io regard to higb q 1 >lity
aod low pricea. Yoor wants ?ill re
eeive prompt coosideiaioo?840 aidt*
tional brancb atorea are aervlog tbe pec
ple of all aectlooB throughoat tbe couo
try, and we are cpeniog o?tr 50 oew
atorea each year.
Dried Peaa.
Sootch Peaa, 1b. 6a
Ureen Bplit Peaa, Ib. 7o
Canaed Peaa
looa Peas, cao. 10a
?jl.ana Peaa, cao. 12)
Dried Beans.
Llma Bjans, Ib. 7<j
RedK'dney, Ib. 7o
Tomatoes.
Victory Brand Tomatoes, car 'o
Iooa Tomatoea, cao. 8;
Special Reductioos Thia Week.
Ohoioe Moir Peacbee, 3 Ibe. 25;
Japan R'ce, 5 lba. for. 25<r
Beeded Raisios, 3 psckagee. 253
Flaked Fiah, pkg. 8*
Poiaih or Lye, can. 6a:
Ohloride of Lime, can. 6a
WaeMngSade, Ib.1 28*
A. 8c P- Fi?ah Coffees
Omtalo Aromi, 8-reagth aad Flaror.
Repeat ordera bring yon tbe eame criap
and delicioas ceflee that you flrit ot
talned.
8snate Blend (5 Ibe for $1.15) lb. 25*
Ooagreseiooal 0..ff ?e (3 lbs for $ 1) ih85a
Otbergood grades, ib., 15c, 20c,
SOoaod. 40a
Finest Flour
Reguiar i? lbbags. I5a
Regolfr 7 Ib bags. 29a
Regular 121 Ib bags. 43c:
Regolar 24} lb baga. 86c
Regnlar 491b baga. $1 70
Fullbarrel.16 75
Grabaoa Fiour, tack. 12c
Plain Duckwheat.
10 lb. b?g redaoed to.Stka
Pute MapleByrnp, boitle, L6j and.. 35c
Lonialana Pute (Jane Hytop, can
lOe, 15;, 20o, 85a. 65c
H-OSeWRaising Backwhekt.ptg 17c
A & P8e]f-Rai?log Bockwheat.pkr 10?
Amo Firra Wb??t pkf.12$fr
A & P B.ksd Beaiia, cau. 10*
Saidei'a Poikaod I'oaos, 10c, 16a, 20a
AsparagQB, cao. 253
525 KINQ ST.
PHONE 277.
GBOOBRIB8.
jB_B-R?m.av3liJs ika Bl'V
Largest, Besl,
Cheapesl Sfock
in Towo.
FANCY
NAPLES
Walnuts
18c
RAMSAY'S
VA TONS
CANDY
8c to 35c a pound
AND 1J4 TONS
NUTS
Good Mixed Nuts ;- 12}?c
Best Mixed Nuts - 15c
ALL NEW CROP.
RAMSAY'S
n " o-o
Fine Soft
FIGS
Gheap at
Kaiiistiy's
o-o- ? -o
FANCY
Florida Oranges
AND
25 Barrels
Malaga Grapes
Both Gheap,
Ramsay's
? i