Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-23
News of the Day.

Meat packers Of Chicago are said to
have made bon6res OF books and papers
needed BY the government in csses OF
rsbating.
Nearly 81, 900, 600 has thus far been
spent for 6,stiug equipment, rolling
stock and machinery on the work on the
Panama canal.
John Mitchell, in addressing the
miners convention at indianapolis yes
teIday, said be is willing to go to jail If
1t will assist organized labor.
A pair Of surgeons forceps, sewed 10
her abdomen after an operation IL years
ego, caused the death Of Miss Mary G.
Donovan, Of Philadelphia, yesterday.
The Senate yesterday adopted Senator
Fliuts resolution iuquiIiug as to wba'
officials OF government are using govern
meut vehicles for their private purposes.
10 the fortifcation appropriation bill
completed by tho House committee on
appropriations yesterday the item for
$500, 600 to develop flying machines for
war purposes was stricken out.
New York ststs authorities have ap-
piled to the federal department for
siricter legislation against the steamship
companies In ths matter of bringing
alien lupaticts into the country.
A gang Of masked men held up q
freight train on the Rome, WATERFOWL
and Ogdeusburg branch of the New
York Central NJ ar the brow Of the Lewis
ton mountain about 3 O'Clock yesterday
morning and succeeded 10 getting away
with several wagonlcads of loot.
Railroad companies have no right to
Withhold elevator ALLOWANCES" from
grain shippers because the latter fail to
return cars within forty-eight hours.
This decision was rendered by the Inttr-
state Commerce Commission yesterday.
The commission decides that the grain
companies are entitled to recover as
damages the difference between what
vas paid by the railroad company to
their competitors and 10 them.
The Ssra'e, by vote Of 46 10 "a,
Yesterday adopted the suggestion made
by Ssnstor Kuox for a survey for
grand highway between Washington and
Gettysburg, as a memorial TO LincOlu.
The Lincoln resolution as adopted makes
February II a national holiday. The
Senate passed the legislative, executive
and Judicial bill. With the amendments
for increased salaries including that of
the president from $50, 900 to $780, 900,
President Roosevelt yesterday sent to
the Senate response to Senator Fo'
rsker's resolution calling on the secre-
tsry of the treasury for an itemized state
ment Of expenditures from the So, 000,-
900 war deficiency fund. The reply
reached the Senate in the form OF an
executive document. 1t purports to be
complete answer so far as the use OF
the war deficiency fund is concerned,
but some Of the names OF persons to
whom payments we're made were with
held.
Before a subcommittee OF the Senate
committee on interstate commerce, rep
resenatives of the Western Fruit job
ber's Association, Of Omaha, appeared
yesterday in behalf OF the bill to prohibit
express companies from carrying in in
terstste commerce goods of their own
production, manufacture or ownership.
1t was claimed by these gentlemen that
the Pacific, United States, Wells. Fargo,
add the American Express Companies
had, through their agents, gone into the
fruit commission business to the great
detriment of the private growers and
business men.