Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-03

The House committee on public anda
today recommended the passage Of the
MoDdell bill providing that phosphate
deposits shall be clsssed as placer land.
There has been much confusion 10 the
past. The matter affects especially
Idaho, Utah, aud Wyoming.
Inspired by the value of the wireless
telegraph at sea, Congress is preparing
to extend its field Of operations. There
va, hearing on the subject today be-
fore the House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries. Congressman
Burke WIS present TO urge The passage
Of his bill providing that all ocean
STEAMERS carrying more than 30 ra'-
seogtrs and SAILING more than 500 miles
shall be equipr d with wireless tele-
grsph sppsrsiul. The cost Of squippiug
ship with the wiz less, Mr. Burke
said, ranged from 1915 10 81, O0O
Elk Governor Magoon, optimistic as
usua calledat the War Department today
to pay bis respects to the secretary and
10 prepare for bis supplemental report
which will cover the affairs of his admin-
istra ion in Cuba from the beginning of
the year to the Inauguration. Governor
Msgoon sees no basis for predictions OF
failure for the Cuban government 10 the
incidents that occurred since his de-
psrture.
Shigetoro Yanasbits, az engineer In
the Nagsura ordnance depot, japan, has
invented torpedo.sieeriDg device which
opens up pew field of possibilities 10
avail warfare, according to aIvices tba
have reached Washington. With the
new equipment torpedo can DO fired
around promontOry or point of land
intervening between the point OF dis
charge aad the point OF attack, giving a
boomerang effect.
Tbs anti-Jspa1ese situation on the
Pacific slope wss thoroughly canvassed
oy President Roosevelt today 10 couftr-
noes with Senator Newlsnds and Nixon
II Nevada and with Senator B)iah, OF
Idaho. The latter senator assured the
president that there was little likellhoO :
t the legislature OF his stste taking &C
ton similar 10 that of Nevada, inssmOch
as the legislature had passed Law four
years ago, during the Russo-JsTauese
var prohibiting the alien ownership OF
ends 10 that state. Senator Borah fur
her informed the president that there
gss no school question to &c tate The
people. Senators Newlsnd and Dixon
ieclined to difcuss the purpose Of their
mission further than to say that 1t re-
ated to the action of the Legislature OF
their stste. 1t is understood that they
have put themselves in communication
with state officials, but it is not known
shether they have laid any reports BE-
fore the president.
A delegation of I0dians, men and
women, wrapped in their blankets and
wes RUG mOccasins, aud headed by Gov.
Bigheart, of the Osge reservation IL
Jkahoml, made a personal appeal to
President Roosevelt today TO prevent
sgislalion plicing DC The Usage rolls the
ames Of 81 people Who they charge sre
white Indians" The usmes IN ques-
iou have been rejected q number Of
lines by the secretary OF the interior.
The significance of the movement is that
ach name on the roll entities its owner
t. $25, 900 worth of property or IT.
qulvalent in money. All the sstisfac-
ton they got Was a declaration from
President Roosevelt that be was opposed
10 "whie Ind ans"
Dr. Gsorge Tully Vaughan, yesterday,
removed The bones from the knee OF
George A. Kelly, OF 1857 Twenty-thiTd
street, and substituted the knee of a desd
man. Before his death, the relatives Of
be cead man agreed to the test. The
eg WAS removed before the body bad be-
come cold. Such an operation vas never
performed in this country. The patient
is said to be improving rapidly.
Confirmation Of the report tia, Z. +.
Q1ahrougb, commanding the ba'tleship
Georgia, is to be court mariisled, was
eceiVed from Resr Admiral SperrY, in
a caolegrsm, by Secretary Of the Navy
Newbsrry today. Admiral Sperry stat
cd 10 reply to a query from Secretary
Newberry last night, tba. charges had
been made against Captain QusllrOugh,
alleging intoxicstion and conduct unbe-
coming an officer aud gentlemen at a re-
ceplion to Resr Admiral Wainwright,
given 10 the officers by Mr.. Gummere,
he American minister at Taugier, on
Saturday night last. Commander
George w. Kline, executive officer Of
the Georgia has been placed tenn
porarily in command of the ship and he
will bring the Georgia home if Capt.
QualtrOugh is convicted.
A demand for information as to why
the U. S. District Court, for the south
ern district of New York, has not in
structed the grand jury to investigate
he absorption of the Tennessee Goal q
Iron Co by its mooster competitor, the
U. S. Steel Corporation, will be made
on the floor of the House shortly, by
Mr.. Gaines, of Tennessee. He told
President Roosevelt tOdsy that he WAS
in earnest in his endeayOr 10 ascertain
the facts leading up to this absorption
and, although some Of his best frenas
we're engaged in the deal, be thought it
the part of public policy to have full
investigation. 81 will At once prspGre
resolution Of irquiry demanding to
know why the district courts have re-
fused to take coguizsuce of this proceed
ing" he declared, as he left for Con-
gress.
The House committee On merchant,
marine and fisheries will recommend st
meeting on Friday the passage Of