Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-11
From Washington.

sinner who sent $l2, 900 TO the con-
science fund last spring. lie says ne
would like to recover 1900 OF the
amount because ne sent more than was
really due the government The writer
Of the letter, who, from the chirography,
is not the same as the sender OF the W.
600. after exploiting that he had tray-
eled southwest and had been taken care
of by a ''kind lady" in the illness which
overlook him, says. ''Send this poor
lady a little of that money il you please.
S1e is trying to school two little girls,
and her name is Addie Adams. When
Won get this will be at rest" 1t IS
hardly possible that Addie will get any
of the money.
A long distance telephone message
from Senator Knox states that his
daughter and son-in law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tinden. who were in the Harrisburg
wreck. we're not seriously injured. Mrs
Iindell was cut and bruised about the
face. legs and body and Mr.. yindell cut
about the face. Both were taken to the
residence of Gov. 2. nnypacker where
their wounds were treated.
British and German electrical engl-
neers are much interested in a high
soeed telegraph printing system invented
by Donald Murray According TO a re-
mort which has reached the State De
partment from y. S. Consul Liefeld, at
Frieberg, Germany, the apparatus oper-
ates linotype machine at the receiving
station. Mr.. Liefed writes that the
Murray machine was given lis first pub
lie test at the Royal Institution, at Lon
don, and worked admirably. "When
a message arrives at the receiving sta
lion" says Mr.. Liefeld, describing the
apparatus, at is represented by n num-
Der of holes punched in the tape which
operate special keys on the typewriter,
pulling the carriage back if necessary,
and by working ii as if by human hands.
In the same way linotype machine Is
worked. A press message Is sent OIL III
the usual way and by means OF the Muir
ray apparatus it is Immediately set up
in type at the other end. "
The discussion of block signals by
section of the International Railway
Congress has offered some OF the most
interesting data of the convention now
in session here. The ratio between hui
man error and the failure of apparatus,
was, according TO the study OF the dele
gates, the gist of the problem, and it was
decided that where traffic increases the
average of failure of apparatus decreases,
whereas the average of human error in
creases. The delegates this afternoon
visited the Patent Office, National Mu-
scum and other points OF scenic interest
in the city. An effort will be made TO
have President Roosevelt visit the Amer
can Railway Appliance exhibit tomor-
row morning.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, appeared
before the State committee on interstate
commerce this morning as one OF the
champions in the agitation to confer
upon the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion the power to fix railroad rates.
Foreign delegates to the international
Railway Congress showed deep interest in
the Harrisburg railroad catastrophe, and
expressed the deepest regret at its oc-
currence. ave have had no explosion
such as this seems to have been on
our railways" said prominent English
delegate, and III fact none of our acct
dents have been due to cars of one train
being thrown across another track
alongside.
Hobart, o. T., May 1.-THE cyclone
which wrought death and destruction in
this city last night, came from the south
west, and at nine o'clock dipped and
struck the town of Snyder, with terrific
force, dwelling buildings and burying vic
tins beneath the ruins. At least sixty
people are dead and sixty more injured.
The dead are badly mangled and many
of the injured are so seriously hurt that
they will die. The reads of some OF the
dead we're crushed off, Others lost arms
and legs and timber was blown through
the bodies of some. Only eight build
ings are lett standing. the property
loss will be about $500, 600. The
storm was not confined to Snyder. On
the way to the stricken town the dead
and injured were passed in plain sight
of the relief trains.
Some Joker has been industriOusly cir
culating from one end Oflhe country to the
other a story to the effect that the War
Department intended to make present
TO every union veteran of the civil war
an oyercOat lined with buffalo fur. Seve-
raj thousand applications have already
been received, most of them containing
clippings Of the story, and each incoming
mail adds to the pile. Of course there
is nothing in the story except trouble
for the clerks in the office of the chief
clerk of the department.
Commissioner of Corporations James
r. Garfield returned to his desk today
after an absence Of five weeks in the oil
fields OF Kansas, Colorado, Texas and
California. where he was engaged in an
investigation of the oil situation. He is
not ready to. go into details of his inves-
LEGATIONS.
The first meeting of the American
members of the international deep water
ways commission was held this morning
in the offices of Gen. O. II. Ernst, the
chairman. Afterwards they called upon
Secretary of War Taft and with his APP
proval it was decidad to invite the
Canadian members to meet in joint con-
ference in this city on May 25th for the /