Alexandria gazette. [volume], April 05, 1910, Image 2

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>.\Y EVENISG. APRIL 5. 1910.
Ehyi/X ii. as interp'tted on tbe Btsge,
ia an icsut to ihe Jewia race, acd tbe
"Merchatt ol Venice" shtu d be barred
from Ue j tnlic achools, ia the opinicn
of Rev. Dr. Joseph Silvermao, rabbi of
lha fempla Kn?D0 el. New York' Id
hiskciorer.iaday Dr. Bdvetman advo
caed tbs iuaogunt on of a campaign
aga;ost thecsrlcauriog of the Jea in
tbe mrgtz ne. in the public picaa, atd
on the B-ase. Ha reitrred to Ihe prote.t
male by the Msb against Ihe stage
rep-eaenut on ol that race, aod said tbey
had soc^eded in bsnishing the .ttge
Irisbman 1l the domain of discardcri
property and rrjected mat u crlpte. Be
tboagbt tbe Bsme could be done by tbe
Jews by a vigort a l csopalgn of prtt;.t
* T?e MercbBnt ol Venice" waeconctW
eaBtapfirfodiafieworld'abWoiywbcD
taHg.09.il ii ?-? were In their bit ereststa.e
and whcu Jewa in continentlal Eurofe
bal no righta which any ooe was bouud
11 re>p;ct. It did au?h toward faoniig
the fl imea ol anti-ScmeUem. Ba>, lik?
nFoJt'aBwk of Maityra" and "Uncle
Tom'a GiWV' it bas loag elnce spstt
it. force aod been "plactd upon the
abelf."_^_
Wm n William tbeOorq^rerlovaded
E aland we are t,ld be ttznl towna and
c'j=veried theireitesiit. bunting grcu ids
and psrbs. The practice ol John D.
Roekefl4.tr, Cblonel Jobo Jacob Astor,
lea Hrrirranand other mu tmil
lloBBlreslnpurchaslDg enormoua Utttf
ol laod and converting them intoprlvale
park?, M porttonsof their ccmtry u
Ut?, was Beathingly dcnouuced at tne
?a,io3 r.f tie New York Methodl*'
Eilacppal conference in P.ugbkeeps'e
iMtveek.Rav, ii K Wllson, preaidiDg
eld*roftie I'.i.rhkeepsie dittict, atd
R9c. Hueh Htu.tcn. prcaidirg eldercl
the ClagtOfl district, in their report dt
notioced this syatem ss "tyrannita! and
ee!6*hJu tie extremc," They declare
whcla vilisges had been bought u? atd
the Inhabltauta fnr:ed to acatter fnm b>
calitles where they and their auoeBtor*
bad lived for generstions. Tbe resoH,
acco-diog lo tie presidlng elders, ia ibnt
in n.pir di-trirt arveral towne are no*
towns In Darne ODly and a half dczen
cau ehea will have to rloBedown becaute
there ure no inhabicanta in tbe reglon
from wbich t.o draw a rongregtiion.
Tiu-i\.. the history of Isbmael and
I?r?l tbrt u>b tie Old Tcstament, fiev
LlOfd IXiiiiss, in a sermoc-lett in
Snday n^ght at Ibe Lu.beran Plac
Memorial Oitrcb, Washiogton, showed
how the splrit ol each tsndency wa?
rehfibilitated in the rivalry of Mobam
mfds?m and Cb it Isnitr. Ksv. Mr.
iDouglss aaid Mohammedism is yearly
ootjrowing ObrlBtauity, wbicb, he said,
was rea'Iy loslrg Its grip on the world.
"M Miunarira of every Obriatiaa Dame
and rreed," be sa'.d, "confesa that every
atf-Ohristianreligionintbe world today
ia yielding Lut MohammediBm, wbicb
is giowing rju't? as rgpidly aa Cbrlstar.
Hy, aud will hold aadlafatad sway witb
ojr religior._
Ii nii: rsilro&d workm will bavr
bCM r pay, it Btill reroains an open
qaeMi-n where the additlonal money
fiill cotr>e Irom. Evidetily tbe railroad
co3ipao;?s nre in no mlod to take it cut
of their ecrninpB, for tbe New York,
.New lUven aod Hartford road laat
week filed w'uh the latersim Oommerce
OammisMOO echedalfs of iocreased pts>
senger rstes. It is understood ti?t theic
are the dircct result of tbe increase lo
wages receotly graotcd by President
Mellen to a?oid a strike. Wee!ern rail
soads are said t > be preparlng lo iocreaae
fbtt'i paaset'ger and freight rsfs.
From Washington.
tCrnsancndanoa of tba Alexaudria Garettf
Washington, Ap'il 5
Mfjir 0?n?'al Leonard Wood wbo
fcaa i tat I sted by Presldeot Taft
to act aa special e mmia*ioner at the Ar
grntine Eipn?itior?, wili sail cn tbe
i-raiapr Monlana, from Hamptoo B;ada
?n April 8.
Tbe "back from Elba*' morement io
naUoo.^l politica t day gave way to tbe
"power bflhiud tbe throub" morement,
folloaifg tha iliarmmlnatlon of tbe goa
?!p tbat Theoocre Rooaerelt baa com
>vninicaten witb lbe Whtlljoae, and
haa deteimioed to fake bia place wth
tbe aduiiniBtration. Senatora aorl con
grraamep, remembericg tho psrlonB
tlme ol the atrei n Bl one, are ininios
aroond in cirrhi Irying to fiod oot jaai
wh. r<> th<y waot to s'.and. Ftihlic
oOeaaW, froai etatta lo bnreao chief*,
me prfjaring lo ahift their poiot ai
vlaw at a monient'e nolice, for, if tla
.iof-d creaecce bere Is
t ue, Waahii.-gton aud tbe Uo.t d
to expatieaxs ano'ber
\\!?, wih Mr. It oae
relt at the apam brhiod the (bronr
rjcti i> 1 by Pr-'sldent Ta.'t Erery
raerri isaaaa and tffiolal i*
rioin,', bia itaoal today lo locatf
tbe RooaertI'. report,
t&nd at aaa hare followed tbe trai'
v?ry cloaa ln thn Wbitj llsaae.
Piaaidttt Tafl has allowed the ln*.
I n io go f. i t'l tbat Mr. Rioaevelt,
? ?o very far, in epirit, from tre
cabin?t roosa. ln etti u t'ng ihe repo t
i day g iVral the ald.tiooal drtail,
tutMr. Koose-vilt haa aaked Ssca'c r
tfjot t > procted imnieiiateiy to Earope
for a conference na tha "s'ate of the
onlot ?' 3eni t >r Roet ?(ii'd oot diacoaa
the ma'ter, but it ia nnderatood that
both be and Mr. Rooaerelt are fearful
tiat aoch a meetiog might gire riae t)
nnpleasant ttlk, and are therefjre pr< ?
ceedlog cauilooaly. Followlng tbe apread
ing of tbe 'power behicd lbe tbrooa"
etory, the critics of the admlout-atioo
bare reached tba conclusioo tbat tbe
goaaip waa diaaenloated by tbose cloae lo
tbe admioiatratioo, for political tff.'ct
aod tD futther embmssi tbe waning
"back from Elba morement." Wbat
erer tbe object of i'a diaaemloatioo tray
hive beeo It baa certainly aet official life
wjiryiog.
All brt tbree of tbe tweoty nine
men Indicted br tbe grand jury of
tbe Diatrlct of Oolombia io tie federal
(ampalgo againat the bocket Bbopa
ara now tnder arreat, oriu on ball.
Tne lateat arna. waa t at of E. B.
Buoga, heai rf the buckit fhop fiina
>f that name in New York, who waa
at firat deetrel to be a mytbical |e
aooage. II i baa been foood, howerer,
n r>ii proper peraoo aod placed ucder
15000 dollara ball.
Cbarged wltb libelling Repressntatlre
-Ueoersoo, ('ep. Mlon ) .Tjbo A. Per
too, tniliaber of tbe "American Fiag,"
of Oiereland, 0., aod secr>Ury of tbe
Merchaot MarioeLtagne of the Uolted
Stalee.^rae arrea'.ed thia aderocoa aa be
fctipptd fronrft ie II )uie office bnildiog
wbere be bad beeo Bommooed to teatlfy
io tbe coogrtasiooal icqu'ry ioto the sblp
? iMaldy lobby cbargea. It develops Ihi t
Peoton waa aeen tlr iodicted laat week,
m acount of editoriala io the American
Fiag attackiog Steeoeraoo'a integrity.
Pentoo wao releaaed io $500 ball.
Fjllowiog tbe threat of Repreaeotatire
Murdock (r?p. K*n ) tbat be woold
move lo diacbarge tbe commt'.tee oo post
roads from fortber cooaideratioo of tbe
liil to rzleod tbe franking privilege to
Tbeodore Rooaerelt tbe committee has
declded to faroiably report the bill and
io reiieve Mr. Mardock of aacb reepoosi
bllity.
lne cclt >n exchaogea ol the cooolrr
are doorned, if lbe bill wblch it ia ex
pected tbe agrku' u al committee will
sboit'y report favorablj D tbe Houae, Is
K'?aed,
With awataf Kepresentative Jamea J. Mr
Cleary, of Mionntota, upon the stand. the
committee inmtigating tn?- alleged cnatence
ofa (.hipaubeidy iobby at Waahington. heard
aapiryinter-^mnK". betcten tbe witne=a and
Kepreaeutative Stteneraon whe-n the hrsrjnsB
wre hegun this morninjr. Mr. Mct leary
re?ented a question propo??d by Mr Steener
H3n wheae reaolution is reapanajble for tn?
inve?tigaticn. This 1(aestion tntiwtfed lhat
MrCleiry bad u'cd hi? privilege of the Hoor
lolohbyfor ahip aubsidy. MpCleary denie
that he hsd ever used hia noot privilege for
anch a parpoae.
JSixty-first Cungress.
8ENATE
Tbe Lodge bill waa paased antborix
ing tbe aecretary of ihe treasury to ac
cvpt a cbirae of bells for the Bjaton on
t rn htute from Mrs. Sirah Oahoti
Wbeelwiigfct and permit ber to care for
ibe malnttnance and opertt'onof tbe
aame witbin'expenae tolhegorernment.
Further Itqalrlea were made in tb?
Senate tjday by Peoator Brrah re
^srding the myeterious dieappearance of
lb? repoit eubrnitted by S:nator Bert
ridge on the iratebood bljl.
ijjnator Smoot rtported that be had
telrpbonad tbe public prioter aod waa
iun r ntO liet tbe j-.?of ihuli ???? ???'
Mr. Bsreridge for reriaion aod bad not
been returned.
The conference report on tbe bill lo
ameod the safety appliaoce ad waa
agiced to.
h.>i
Debate oo the navalappropriatioobill
waa retuned.
The abip lubaidy inreatlgation com
mi'tee begao .ita hearings.
Consulatea Attacked.
Washiogiob, April 5?Tbe attcks
apoo tbe Perovian cooaulate aod legi -
tioo at '/'layiquil were followed late laat
oigbt by a i icks opoo tbe E:oadorlao
legat'on io Lima, aod today it appeare
to be almoat certain th>i war will follow
u ileea tbere la aome ir trrfereoce. W
P. Oreasop. cbarge of the American Ir
gatioo io Lima, ln diapaicbeB aeot at
midofgbt aod recelved at too State Dr
nartmeot t >day, says tbat a mob of
Peruvlao I'uleiti atttcked the Ecos
dorian legatlon ntd coniulate remoriog
the abieldr. Tbe preaident of Fera ha
rangued tbe mob, adrisiog patleoce aod
H;tro:!!Bm. Ibe crowda afterward pa
raded tbe efratt', boi were ordedy.
Tne Pernrian cooanl ha< applied lo
ihe UjIimI fct etes conanl at Oaaytqnll
f r aBBlBiance and the BtaM D?partment
in rcaponse tl a reqoeat for inetrnctioot
tiday rkbled.Oonan! li-rman Dielrich
permifBloo I) afljrd t^roporsry r.?foge io
bia diaeretioo wbra oecrvsiary io pres^rve
innoceot fciiTan life.
The effic al dlapatchea recelved by tbe
Patn i-iii government from itt repreBen
tat ve io F:oador were of tbe oioat alarm
i^g chartcter. They are t> efleit tbit
tbe conuil bad btenaataulted by Ihe mob
and tbat tbe Ecaadoriao troopa cere
present bnt did oct Interfere. Tbe Pero?
vian fiag was desnyed and Pernriana
assttil'ed. Ths feellng io L'ma ia rery
(.reboding and ib' re ia fear that demon.
atration may brcak tut it aoy momeot.
Expretelooa of Tbankfulnesa.
Boetoo, Maas., April 5.?"For nighla
aod daya l prayed to Gjd to ahow my
mnotence to tie world \ nerer loat
bope. I beliere tist ju:tce wiw'd
erentally be done me bnt at tlrres tbe
ong walt aimost crazed mr. B.t (lol
worked in bia own time and I am now
free. It ia mocli tet er to be oot In i he
bleesed aooahine (han bebiod theae crnel
bara of Iror." Biamiog no one acd
hjaterically hapny io ber recorertd
freedom, Mary K>lliher, who fareighleen
moDths set lo ihe ahadow of the electric
halr aa t ie re u't of a chaio of rircom
aaotial evidecce which eeemed t > prove
lier gnii1/ of the a uder of aix members
if ber own faoniiy, today roicrd her
ihaokfoloeas ibat her ioncbeow had at
l??t beeo t-stabliahed.
Aasuaita Cnarge of nank.
New York, April 5?After a storrny
s?B"icn hst n'ght in, the office of State
Superintendent of Ranks Lheny. ex
aminers today assnmed charge of the
luion B. nk of P.rookhn and ito severnl
br?Dchee. The t aik has pa'd in cap?
ital htock of $1,000,000 with indiv'dual
deposi'.s aggregating more than $3,000,
000. Formrr city comptrcller Edward
M. Grout.is president of the corporation
It is intimated that tbe bank exim
in rs, in rnaking their regnhr exam
ination found tbat large sums bad been
1 itied on paper wbich they did not be
lieve wa* safe. Those lo?n?, it is said,
were made during a former adminUtra
tirn !n tbe lail. The Unicn J'ank,
with its inar.y btaacbca, was c ne of the
best known of the .i-ialler banka in the
Borongb of Kinga,
Senator Daaiel'a Conditlon
Daytons, Fle., April 5-l'oited Sts'es
Sanator John \V. Daniel, piased a rtatiesa
night, but seeniel aooiewhal better today.
Roosevelt and tbe Vatlcan.
Rome, Aprl! 6.?Mr. Rocesvelt today,
displeaaed with tbe s a'emrnt i.? u-d
laat night by Re?. 0 M. Tipple, of the
Mtthcdist Chnrch in Rome, wbich be
characteriz d ai ao mcalled for attempt
to launch a sectarlan controvrny, called
08 tho pnblic rereptlon for tomorrow, at
wbfeb be waa to att as hon at the
American Etnbaaay.
This recep'ion was to be a publio
aflair, open to all re^aidless of nation
a'i y or crsed, acd, wbile not so ar>
nounced, was looked npoa ca taklng tbe
place of a csil by Mr. RooeereU opon
the Methodist Ohnrch.
Tbe prime purpose ol tbe reception
was toempbas'z; the religious toleration
for whicb Roosevelt stands, and in view
of thia parpose tbe fcrner p'esideut
took (H'ea?e.t Kev. Mr. Tlppe's ttitc
ment, in wbicb be fiercely attacked the
vatlcaa in conncit on wirh Its treatment
of Rooaevet, the very thlog tbat Rocae
velt was trylng to avoid.
Wbile officially Cblonel Roaseve't
locks npon his cottroversy wltb tbe
vatlcaa ai a closrd incldejt, It is no
betrajal of confidence t > say t lat the
afl.lr haa worried bim and ia worryirg
him today probably more than any
former controversy In which he wts
ever involved.
Mr. Booserelt baa reit;nt?d bis atate
ment tbat he wa* willing tn"Hi: bis case"
on Oirdinal Merry del Val's staement,
wbich was to tbe eff?tt tbat he (the
cardina ) wi u'd bave allowed the colonel
to claim in public the right to go to
ibe Mtthodbt Oollegethe day after bis
aodience with tbe pope, on conditir-n
thi t tbe colonel would prirately asaore
the cardinal tbat be rtally would not
g'i. It ia not going too far to ssy tbat
Mr. Roosevelt looked upon this propossl
as insincere tu> as insiocerity in whicb
he expressly atif ulated thtt he did not
believe the pope bad anv part.
Mr. Roosevelt and King Victor weii
riding together thia morning.
Londoo, April 0. ? EsgHsh poMiclans
are apptebenslve ndaylea-t Tneodore
Rwevelt spring his next seosstion on
Eiglith soll and tbxt somebody is golng
to be iearfully hsrd bit by I'.
Fjr ptblicstlou Eoglish pdi iclaca
unlformly and conventlooally rxpresser
treme pleasnre regardiog R-joseveh'a
comlcg vlsil to Londun on Msy 16, but
ibe truth is they can II! conceal the fesr
lhat poiaesies most of them tbat Mr
Ruosevelt will let loose another bolt
wbile hrr?.
At Knaitt un it was Ool. Roosevek'a
flgorous appeal for submission to Rig
lish nile tbat a'.irred tbe preaa of the
world; at Oairo it was bis severe castiga
tlon of ihe oationalisla and at Rome bl?
refusal to be tfcelved by the pope upon
tbe rules la'd dowu by the vatlcan.
Todat's London p?para go into tie
Rooserel'-vstican incident more full?
than on yesterday and they are pract'cally
unanimt us Iu tha oplnlon that tbe vstl
can's rxnlanation ul its course is aa
satisfactory. Tbat tbe vatlcan acted
wit j exreme Isck ol t ict is the CQocensns
of opinion ol tie Erglishpress, which I
jn't as onanimous in delariog tlat Mr.
Roosevelt'a coune waa proptr Irom fir?t
tolast. ? , .
rarrs, april .v?Uol. tfoosavelt ncay
sent word t> President Fallleres lhat he
wru'd be plessed to present the French
?StOttiva wltb tbe sktcs of some of the
animals be sbot io his African 1 n I
Presidett Falliercs was deligtt?d witb
the clier aod tekgrgphed his acceiliDce
10 the colonel Bt Rome. il Is Infcr.cd
from this offer lhat Roosevelt will re
member all the Eiropean mUrsand
presidenls whrrn he metii w vh aimilar
Bonvenirs of his bunt.
Paris, April '>.? Tho Fournier News
Ageacy's Rome corrcspondent wirec tbal
(be Americio colony Iherp, Catholic and
PrifstantB alike, severely crit ciz) the
ati ude of the valican in Ihe Roosevelt
malter aod inslst tbat tbe pope was H'
adviscd. I'hey bave decided ?) boyco |
the vatlcan and are wrltiog weslih?
friends and relalivfs alike io Amrrlca to
do likewlse. Tbe French pspers gen
erally are ttking liule nctlce of the inc
dent.
Sulcides.
Trentin, N. J , April 5 ?Ha7lng
accidentally shot and killed Frank
Fraceila., lo wHom he wia eiplainlng
tbe mecbanism of a revolver be tboogbt
was not baded, J-.-bn Oonnolly, a
waichman employfd by the Pbiladelphia
and R'ading Rallway, became craz?d
witi gritf acd killed bimself toda*.
Tbe afl.t r took place it Treoton Janc
t on, fire milt-8 Irom here.
Springfield, Mass , Aprli f>.?Lru's
Boe!H, formerlya wellkcown whole
saledesler commiL'ed suicide today by
ju nping /r.)M tbe V ath End Bridge
icti tbe Ooonecticut. river. lie left in
his bat on tbe bridge Batttl nsmiog a
man lo coonrctlon wlthtse Blsckstone
rnurdir. II ?elr.l was exsmlned yes?
terday by Judge Rcawortb as to his
sanlty, but was releaied. It is belitvtd
bis mlnd became onealacced by ponder
ing over tbe mnrder of Mics Martha
Blsckstone by a tu-glar laat Thuraday.
The arrei of Bartam Q. Bpencer,
(l West Springfield, Mas?., loday Is
belleved to be in connertion with the
murder nf Miss Martha Uiacka >oe on
Rouud II lilaat Thursiay.
JM.IIIooairea Daughter a uypay Queen
fialtimor*. Md., Ap'il 6? V eecret that hai
he*n kept looked witbin tiu hearU of many
Baltimorearn hecame kno*n taday. wli-n
new> reached here from 8t. I?uU that IS
V?i, v while wjman, wifrof "King'' .1 hn
Miichell, a famoas rhi-f < I a hand <>i gypsies,
ivvealed that ahe waa /orrjjer'y Miw Jeam
Key Hahertbaui, a debuUnH cf Baltimore
bm ietv aii veara ago and a merabcr rf an old
Maryland i imily an 1 fc-II expalria'^d society
woman. She lirat waa attracte.i by gypay life
while alltnding achool at Baratoga JSpringa,
N. Y. The atory becanoe more atr-inu. M d
rarilyilie troth today when A, W-'Habcr
aham, the nell known liroker, aaid th.t Mra.
"King" John Mitrbell waa hia eldeit d*ti*h
dr. who four yejkrv ago had li^ipptared and
who for two yeara had (("ft him ij isrn-?
of hi-r cbei \! onta During t1 oee two vers
be aaarobaa, iio. i irace of her
couli'" '?a_l| Itlaatal bai
tellmx that ahe *ii M'l"1 ? ltP?J tribe.
mani d the r^iUI of the trit>* and tW>m? ita
qin-en ar.d was happy ar.<l a nteaied Ia Ihe
hf? of the wand-ring flartaaa Battere who
i new no home hut ihe wajrnn of the trail atd
no "abama tfsoc.iny."
Arrived at Mutuat Ctnclualoa.
Baltimore. Md.. Apnl 5?The Balti?
more anl Ohio Ra Iroad today issued rn
official atatemrnt iiinsuncin^ that the
conferences that have been insesaion for
aevetal weeksbetween operatingofficial*
of tbe road amlcommiticeaicpresen'.in;;
the locomotive rngineera, bave come to
a mutual conrlnsiori._
Thelnlia-a s'ate repnM c^n conveo
tiou aaacaablcd at ladfanapolia today to
niminate a aiate ticket, with the excep
lioo of governor.
Newa of the Day.
Tbuijb orgej by Mr. E'kln?, ibe
ganate ye?t.?rday refused to fix aditi
f,r a voto on the adminlstn t oo rail?
road bill.
Tne two Japaneae arreated in Manila
oa ihecla'ge of being apice were rc
leaa d by order of Becretary ol War
Dickinson.
Dr. T. A. MiGalre, pbyslclan at tbe
Tombs prison, declarte tbat Albcri
Wr.l rr, acrmed of the Ttfder ol Ru.b
Wheeltr, isa moral imbecile.
The Marylaod legislaire setsiou ol
1910 came to a close last nlgh*. Ia a
speech in Ihe Senate Preaident G:rman
anntuoced his io'ection to retie from
public life.
8*1 z'rlaod's largest Oa'hollc college,
the Mariahtit, located near Schwjz, with
tbe cbnrch library and valuable
scieotific collectloo, wss burned yester?
day.
Miss Freda Norrence waa shot and
killed in 8sn Franclsco yesterday by
Nathan Pollock, a n j?ct?d talt, wbllo
stioding on a crowded atreet corner with
Bamuel Gildberg.
Ecadorian mobs yesterday attacked
the Pemrian Legation at Qu'to and tbe
consolste at Gaayrqill and destroyed
mmh property, brioglng tbe refithlics
ou ihe verge of war.
ltjllevlng bis wi.'e, who was walking
the fbor with ber six-montbs-old child
in her arms, was a burglar, June Vac
dervoort, a Jvansas farmer, yesterday
ahot acd killed her with a Hhct_u9. Ibe
child was unl art,
Bnrglan in Webb Oity, Mo., tt >le a
4,000-pcuod safe from R-chard Jenkins'
poA ball, bsuled it in a sttlen wagoo
two m.iles into the couctry aod blcw It
opeo, obtaioiog $l.r>2 in cash.
Foimer Vice Presider t Falrbaoks de?
clined the tffer oi President Ta.'t lo act
as special eorvoy of the Uuitid S:tt 's 11
Baenos Ayrcs on the occasion of the
ceoteaary celebrstion to ba held
there.
More than 300 saloons were voted
OBi of basiness by the pecple of nineteen
Michigaa couct es ytsUrday. Of tbe
36 cru'ities where local option election*
were held, the only cntot/ not brard
from ia Oaclda, which is aa.d to p.isstss
only one saloon.
A cyclone of three mlout's' duralion
latt yesterday left In ita wake to tie
sjuheaat of Youogslown, Ohlo, a s:ore
ol injurtd persoos, thousands ol fright
ened on<?, ten demcl shei hoases, and
a hundred pirtlally wrecked. The loss
isitpwardcf 1100,000,
Ex President ltjoaevelt's refusal to
Bccep'. tbe conditions imposed by tbe
vaicao as a prerrqalsite to an audioocc
wiih tbe pope has caoe.ed a pr f ind stir
The Metbodid Oonferencea now io ses
sion in various parts cf tbe couotry are
sdcptlcg resolotons congra'.oletiog Mr.
R.oseveit oa the stand he took io the
mat er.
Ia the New York Benate, laat nigb ,
Senator Ben Oonger, after reading a
a'atement In ablch ba declared be fu'lj
reallatd tbat, aa a reiult of tbe Allds
brlbery charge, h's nsefulnesu as a leg
ialator was ?t an end, banded his re
signation to Li titecant Governor Wh:t>,
n pnhlirat* nf whleb bo lalct UlcJ with
the secretsry ol st-t?,
The French ambassador in Waahlng
too, ywuerda/ received a dclegation,
besded by Oul. Jam?? Maon, appoloted
by ihe governor of Yirglola to amnge
for Ibe presentstlon to the French re
public of a r?plic? of thefamous Ihudor.
stir ie ol George Wichlnjlm. Tha am
bassador expressed Ibe gtatiAcatlon be
felt at the gift and promised to notify
the commlsslou aa sooo as he beara f orn
his government on a tuiubledateforthe
presentatlon of thestatue.
Virginia News.
The elghlh antual meetiog of tte
Virginia Conference of OharitUs aod
Oorrecticn cooreccd at ObarloUea?l"e
yesterday ercniog.
Tbe booae aod groucda beloogiog to
Mr. V R. Labooisse at Warrenton bas
heeo renled to Mra. E H. llirriman of
Nea York, from the middlsot Msy uot i
Noiember.
Mr. N. Frank Neers, jr., of Biltl
more, and M aa Brt'te Gold, of Dela
plaoe, were married Tneaday night at
ihe Warreo (l.-eeo Hotel Warreotoo, by
Rer. Wm. Ohtou.
Mra. Virginia Htryogfellow, of Mi'
chelN, wbo bad been viaiting P. Q
Cbsby, when abcu' t) lake the S inihern
Railway for hcme, fell down a fl gtt ol
stepa, fractariog ber aboolder aod both
wrlats, spranlng ber ankles aad tnitain
iog several cu s aod bruises. rihe Is 7f>
yeara old aad her recovery la doabiful.
The trial of Prof. J. D. Harria, of
Warrenton, charged wib tbe mnrder of
W. A. ThompaoD, aaaociau editor of tbe
Warreotoc Virgiolao, in t io itretttof
Warreotoo Int May, was called for trial
yemrday aod pnatpooed ootil April 25.
Tbe poatpinemeot was by agreemeot of
both sidea.
Fred Oauoicgbam aod Frank Obps'er,
the men uider arrest in New York,
charged with baving robbed the poa:
office tt Richmond of fSi.OOO wortb of
atampa, were iodicted yeHerdty afier
r.ooo by the federal graod jury, which
met in Hichmood. laspectora aod tbe
diatrict attnroey will leare for New York
11 baiteo the rttaro of lbe meo to Rich
mood. i
B? a m.prily of 190, io a total role
of 73?j, Mancheater, acroas tbe rlrcr
frcni Kxbm->cd, decidid yeaterday to
becooie a part of the lattermoolcipa'lty.
This is the fnal s ep lo tbe cooBolidi
tioo of the la* cltl.a. It la eitimated
tbat it wiil gire Ricbmood io the ap
proachlog cenraa a popalation ot froa
140.000 to 150,000.
Ju ige Jamea Keilh, preaident cf the
Vughia Oocrl cf Appeali, aaaaajahaj
yesterday his foriieib year aa a member
of the judiciary ot tbe afaftj Of the
forty years, taeolyfoor yeara acd alx
months were tpeot oo ihe beoch of tbe
Oircnit C)urtpr,'or to bia eleratioo to
tie bjpreme bcncb. He bta bad bnt
the twj pis t o'li?Oinu'i j idge aod
Supreme Oonrt jistice.
lo R cbmood veitetday iHm on the
graod juy creaied a seotatioo, wLen \r.
dictmenta were retu ned agiio-t tbe
Phil 8. Kr'ly Cjmpa'iy, Incorporated,
dlatilltra of whiaky and, pirhapi, tbe
best-kcowr aad largeit distillers in tbe
aUte, if n )'. in the aooth. It la ciaftaed
tbat milllona nf gallooa of whiaky bare
beeo fnulaleotiy haodlcd by tbe coo
oern thnogh a pcrf^c'ly formed ajafem
of h ijl, ia which I ,j rrlsx'ebaro beeo
: itM kaaarWaJajtj aj ibe
gortrnm" i. l'hrre ar" llH COOBla io
all ag*isat the company,
IHEOJiNBUB.
The eeaaaa begisa April 15 and mti t
1 be completed io two weeks in citiea and
' in tblrty daya in all other areas. Tbe
i enomerr-tora will wear a badge Inacribed
"United Ststes Oenans, 1910." Tbe law
requirea every adult person to 'umieh
the preacribed ioformation, but also
providtsihs' it ahall betreated cooflden
tlally, so that no Irjjry can come to acy
I pirson from answerlug tbe qaeations.
Tbe preaident baa itati d a proclamatioo,
c.lltcg on all citiz.-ns te cooprrate with
the ceotas aad asauriog them tbat it has
notbing to do with texatlon, army or
jury aerrice, compulsory sehool atteud
ance, regulstion of immigntiun, or eo
forcement of any law, and tbst no one
caabe Irju-edby ar^wfrlngthelcqalrlee.
I. is of ue utmost irrpiiUoce that tie
ceniin ol population and agrlcnltue in
tiis Btatebecomplet* aadecrrect. Lb?r -
frre every p>rson should promptly,
accaiately, and completely answer the
censas qiettions aaked by the ecuoer
ators. Tne f illowing is a list of the ec
umeratora for thia cocgressional district:
AI.BXANDKIA CITY.
First warJ, David E. Kobey and Ed
ward J. Flemin&.
rtjeond ward, Iltrrls Whlte acd
Josepb A. D'laney.
Tblrd ward, liraxtoo ii, Smith atd
Jsmes Oalian.
Fcttrtb ward, Oarlin R. Orrlghton and
Robert W. French.
AI.EXANHEIA COUNTY.
Arlington district, Obarles R. Pritcb
ard, Arlington; Oh?plain W. W. Bran
der, Fcrt Myar, 15tb Gavalry; lijbert
F. Orowley, Arlingtoo.
Jeflerson district, Willam E. Barrell,
8:. Elmo; Henry T. d'Aloert, R. F. D.
No. 2, Alexandria.
Washlngloa din rict, Samojl H. Payte,
Eatt Faila Ohurcb.
IAIRKAX COUNTY.
Oenlerville district, Uampbrey B.
Ilawe\ Oliftou; G bert B. Bpiudle,
Oli'ion.
Draoesville dirtrict, Artbur F. Ba:
gess, Great Falls; Acdrew G. Hutchi
aoo, llerndr.n; Gbarles W. Dey, R, F.
D. No. 1, Herndoo.
Falla Obu'ch district, Timothy W. T.
Noland, Falla Cburch; Bydoey, E.
Bmitb, R F. D No. 2, Alexandria.
Falls Oburch towo, JohnG, Herndon,
Falls Ohurcb.
Lee dstrict, Natban C. Dav's, R. F.
D. No. 1, Swetoam.
Ml. Vernon distrlit, Walter A. Bmitb,
Oorbetl; John H Moore, R, F. I). No.
1, Ocrbett.
Provldence district, Jamea HunUr
Mack, L-winsvlll*; Eigsr M. Wiiey,
Fairfax; James W. Pob t, Fairfax.
l'KlNCK WIl.UAM OOOafTY.
Brentsvllle distric', William G. Llpe
comb, Bristow.
(Jjles dit-lct, Thomas Woolfenden,
Kopp.
Dunfrlea diit.-ict, William T. Rns
sell, Dumfries.
G*loeevil!e dlst'ic?, Robert A. Meade,
Haymarket, Btcbard B. Hoeaorn, Water
fall.
Manasssa dittrlcr, Pbilip A. Lips
comb, Manassa*; Robert L. L?w!?
Msnafsas.
Ojcoqaen diitrlct Hmjclah Rjld,
Hoadley.
i a i qmaa i otn rv,
Oadar Run dlatriol, Hnbert B. White,
Gaaauovri.
Osntre dia'riot, O*rlaod Hkinker,
Warrenton. R. F. D ; Bamael M.
Wlihers, Warrenton, R. F. D.
Warrenton towo, Waher P. Wyer,
Warreotoo.
L?e dialrlcl, John G. B;ale, Midiaod;
Mfs Mitle 0. Robioaoo, Midiaod;
IbomasT. Jonea, Morriarille.
Mbrshall distrlc', Leooidaa L. Trip
lett, Markham: Theodore 8. Moore,
Orlean; Jease W. Richarda, Marahall.
8c<tt district, Beojimlo 0. Ohap
pelesr, D.'laplanc, Wiliiam H. Lewia,
Rectortowo; Heory II, Hulfitb, The
Plaioa.
boajDoua ootJjmr.
Broad Rua dla'rlct, Jamea W. Fer
gnson, Aldle; Jeflersoo D. Lambert, }r.a
Byao.
Jeflersoo dialrcl, Wiiliatn M. Jamea,
R'tisd HiII;Oli.t33 M. Waroer, I'ur
cellrille.
L?e8borg district, WilHam E. Nor
ris, Liesbnrg: Eirle Taroer, Leesbarg.
LcPsborg towo, Georgi 0. Fergaaoo,
Lecsl u rg.
Lorettsrllle dhtrfct, Hsrry 0. Filler,
I.irottsrille; Robe.tG. Joboaoo, Lor?
ettsrllle.
Mercer district, Preatoo B. Gochnaoer,
Middleburg; Joho W. Furr, Bloemoot.
Mi. Gilead district, George E. Thomas,
Hamlltoo; HIlteoL Cunmloga, Porcell
rillf; Tbomaa W. Lake, Phihmoot,
8TAKFOKH lOON'TY.
Aqoia diatrict, Joseph K, Byan, Htaf
ford; Edgar B. Moore, Btallord.
Falmooth district, Wiliiam T. Bsrry,
Leeland, Lee Willace, Pasaapataczy.
Haitwood diatrict, Gilmer E. Beale,
Lanc; Eidie A. B!ak?, Berea
Rock llill dietrlc', Leooard A. Brigge,
Oojkley.
KING uF.olUiE CO0?TT.
Potomac Dutrict, Robert A. Peed,
Osteoa; ObarUs W. Porks, Goby.
Rsppahanocck diatrict, Jamea B
Boggs, Oomcro; Robert T. Purkioa, jr.,
King George.
Bbiloh diatrict, Frederick D, Daries,
Edge Ii I'; Tbomaa 0. Payoe, Hhllob.
< ri.rrci'ER rorvrv. t
Oatalpi diatrict, Joho M. Apperaon,
Cu'peper; Robeit M. Mackall, Cu peper
(Oulpeper tiwr)
Oedar moootalo. Ahram S. White,
Wioatop; O:orge W Cortla, MitcheU'a.
Jf ilr-uo diatrict, If?ory 0 Waymao,
JefTeraooton- Manry M. Lake, Lakota.
Salein diatrict, Oarroll V. Burgeas,
Rera; Jimea G. Hrace, R F. 1). No.
3, Oolpep'r.
St?ieoilur< diatrict, John Walker,
B tna; Thmai L. AHiaon, Rlcharda
?H!e,
OBAMI county.
Barbour dl.tict, Lewla II. Davls,
Albano.
<?irdon dtetr'C, Natban T. Barlley,
j-., Barnll'; Rbert A Gibbs, Tru?
B i:a.
Madlson tfetrlet, William F. Jaeobi,
Gordonsvil!*; Alfrei" V. Houeewortb,
Orange.
Tsylor district, Gray W. Hume,
Rapidan; .Tobo A. Newman, Unionvillf;
Eujene Woolfolk, Pamanky.
[XNnei omrjmr,
Oackoo dlBtrict, A S. J?ckson, Apple
Grote; R-bert 0. Hart, Apple Grose.
Green Sprlcg dia'.rlcf, Bhelley L.
Branbao, Walf'rop; Jibn W. ,P_ year,
Gordonaville; Jibn W. Mcrrla, Wa
drop,
Jackioo di't-ic', L?e A Pleaaaols,
Bjoopaw; Gjorge E. i-?iggs, Bumpas*.
The Biggest Bargaios Ia
MATTINGS
Ever offered ia Alexandria This is your oppor
tunity to renew yourfloor coverings. We want
you to compare our prices and quaHties with the
advertisements of Washington stores, and notethe
difference.
China Mattings at 11c, 15, 18c, 25c.
Best quality Jap Mattings, 25c.
D.
BENDHEIM & SOIS.
316 KINQ STREET.
ESCAPING!
from the discomforts of uncomfor
lab'e footwear you can do by buy
ing your shoes at Kat/.'s. Our dis
play of ladiea' one, two and three
strap sl ppers, Oxford tiea aad
pumps ia something tbat the daioty
and tender feet wil< find pleasurein
during warm weather. We have
shoes of all kiods for the farntly in
up-to-date styles and handaome
and comfortable sbapes at
A. KATZ'S, 400 King St
Loolra district, Wiliiam J. Roberta,
Loulsa; Fraok 0. Terrell, Lnrsa.
Mioeral dlstrid, Wiliiam 0. Maasie
Luisa; Walter L. Bishop, Mioeral.
THE MErHODHTS.
Tbe warmest discaaaioo that haa cbar
Bct?rized (he sfasions ot tbe Baltimore
Conference of tbe Methodht Epiacopal
Ohurcb, wbicb ia meetiog in Baltimore,
occurred yetUrday afteraoon, fhe dle
ciisslon waa csmed by the report of the
committee oo temperaooe, which waa
read by Rer. Dr. C. E. Gutbrle, of
Washlogtoo. After giving ita haarty
lodorsemeottu the r tan-wide local option
bill for Maryland aod condcm*'" tia
Irglalatare ia geoer*' ;or ,? ffti',;re t0
eoacttuoh- awu.t fntoi?Wr thfl rf
^.ort referred to the leaders of the H mse
oi Delegatea aa "paat masters of p litlsal
infamy" aod weot on to ssy: "We ea
pecially condema Hoo. Oarrllle D. Bec
son, of Btltlmore county, as u b fayer
ot tbe public, whom be was pkdg^d to
aerre."
Immedlalely opon the reading of the
report Rer. Dr. Herbeit Ricbardsoo
moved ln Hrike out the peraocal refer
eoce to Mr. Beoson. A loog debate fol?
lowed, t ut tho;motion to strike out waa
laid on ihe table. Tbe report waa re?
ferred to tbe committee on tempersoce,
witbont instroctioo.
The report on Habbatb obserraoce
also caued coosiderable discotslon. Dt
Gutbrie did oot thiok it weot far eooogb
lo coodemniog Bihhath desecratloo. He
said Washiogtoo waa a-ideopeo oo Hun
day. "Erery movlogplc ure abow ia
preseoted, the tbeatera gi7ealleged sacred
cooccits, aod ao a!t?mpt la beiog made
io lotrcdme profesalooal baaeball oo
etaoday," aaid be. A apecial committee
was appoioted to memorialfze Coogreaa
against Sabbatb deeecrat'or*.
Tbe conference paaaed reaoluiiona
commeodiog former Preaident Rooae?
relt, aud with Its endorsemerl of Colc
nel Rooaerelt it conpled ooe of former
Vice Presldeot Fairbaoks, whom lbe
pope refosed to receive aboct a month
ago, afnr tbe ln er had dellvered ao ad
dreas before the Metbcdlat college at
Rome.
The Bethlehem Steel Company.
Newark, N. J , April 0 ? At the ao
ciil meetinjr of tho stockholders of the
Bethlehem Btatl Oompany here today all
of tbe retiricg directors were re elected.
Preaident Scr-wab reportedtbat tbe corr
pany bad a most proaperuvs year.
Blnce December 81 laat centrscls bave
been bcoked for moje than $10,000,000
worth r f armor plate for abipa of tha
United States and Argentioe naviea.
At the present t me tbe company
has on its books ontxeru'rd orders for
armor plate amoonting to $25,000,000.
Tha report for the fiscslyear endlog
December 31, laat ahowed tne total net
esmings to be $2,836,593, an iocrease
of $044,238; s-trplna to be $3,268,076
an Incrrase of $800,812. The cimpany
had 11,$N employes ca iu rolis on
December 31.
Ctaewed by Dog, Gets Caat.
L-u'sfiile, April 5.?After t hard
fougbt legal bittle Ferdioand Rapp, a
ollector for a clo'hing house, was ycs
t t lay awarded a verdict of oae ceot and
costs against J. H. Danlap wbose bnll
dog bad attacked him. Tho complaht
waa liat tbe Danlaps kepl the bolldog
fortbespccfic purpose of staoding be?
tween them and over inaitnnt creditore.
Rapp made a record daah around the
bouae w fi ihe dcg hangiog to him,
yelling in for belp in both German and
Eoglisb, ahd fioally Bought safaty In
Mra. Dunlap'sbedroomand wasrescu*d.
Tbe evldeoce coosiated rhiefly ol a
p.ir of troosers. which r -ombled a
storm ritg after a cyclone, and coat with
the left wing gone. Tbe conrt beld that
if Rapp bad reooaloed lo tha yard he
would have been well wthin his rtgbts
and entitUd to recover more than normal
damages, but when he entered Mra. Dun
Dp'e te.'room he was tecbnically a tres
patsrr ar.d lost bis Ifgal ttanding.
Mora tbao 300 aaloona *erc roted ont
of buaioeaa by the pecpie of nineteen
Michigao coanllw yf st -iday. Nineteen
coooties roted "diy" aod 16 voted
"aet."
Anoiberairl io New York yealerday
t ld < i bavirp b-cn ured to Albert Wo.?|
ter'a ipartmei ti by aaoflerofa place
ai ateoograpber,
Fancy New Orleans
Open Kettle
nollasses,
60 cents a gallon
Q. W. Ramsay.
Cox & Gordon
nissouri Hams
Q. W. Ramsay.
Veteran Dust
Exterminator
Does the Work,
atRamsay'sOnly,
250 pounds,
Fancy
Evaporated
Apples,
Not in Packages,
o. w. RAHSAY.
Choice
Evaporated
Peaches
10 cents a pound
Ramsay'5.
Extra Fancy
Bloater Hackerel.
20 cents a pound
and
Norway flackerel
about 3-4 pound each
5 cents.
_Ramsay.
Wall Paper
Pictaaa Framea. Window Shades. P*r?r
hanging promptly att<>nded to. Work
gnaranne I.
M. Le Marders
l:'9 South Fairfax Street.
apr4 3t
Tuue up and bebappy. let a* aing a book to
sprioe;
"Laugh atd tha world 1 uuha wilh yoa,"
vladufH is the thiiif :
Let us tiad a pleiuure in ou' work and ia oar
pliy.
Let us wesr tbe amiie that wont come < rf and
be cbeerfo) everv ilay.
We are full of energy and have
a large cupacity for tervice, ?o
we jnvite you ail to
Lunch at the
Cameron
Opi-n all night. &3R Kin? atnet.
t/irty yeare'experlence ot an Old Nnrae
Mra. Winalnw'e goothing hyrup ia tha
preauriotion of one of tbe beat female phyaic
inua and nuraes in tbe United H'ttes, and
baa been uaed for nfty yearg with never-fail
ing Mjcceee by mill oo* of moth*rs for thtrir
childrjn. It relievea th? cbild /rrm pain,
rarea diarrjun, gripin?' in the bowela, aod
wjud eaitB, Ky giying health to the child it
rssts tua loolher. Twentynva cents a bpttia,