Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
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has planned to make sn organized fgh
to defeat the administration postal say
ings banks bill.
A vibrant for The arrest OF Gdfin
| Hals,esd, the Washington broker wb'
recently failed, was Issued yesterday on
complaint Of QUE Of bis tuItomeTs VIC
lost monty in a stock TRANSACTION.
Dr., JOs'pb 7. Howard, one of tbs
oil lest phys clsns of Washington, died
suddenly last night at his residence,
1925 Ninth street northwes'. Dr.. How.
srd was seventy.eight years old,
In the House on Saturday Mr..
Champ CLARK offered resolution pro.
vidi0g for rules committee Of flfeen
members and the dismissal Of the ores.
en-! COMMITTEES, of Whioh he 10 q mem.
h2r
The witnesses ct the hearIue held by
the congressional committee on post.
Offices sad postrosds declared the gov.
eminent was wasting money by moi
furnishing business naturalization oil
ne Port, ffiees Department.
Mss Mary f. Lewis, d,uyhter Of
Wlllism O. Lewis, president OF the
sac Savings Bank OF Tallahassee, III !,
a1d cashier OF the First National Bank
OF the same city, died early today at the
IL )tel Msrlbort ugh, New York, from
paralysis. The girl was s years old.
A dozen foreigners discussed the meat
boycott at breskiss. 10 Pittsburg, Pc,
bOsIdiug house yesterday, aud all ex.
C pit MIC SkovlAC, a Slav, agreed 10
eat no meat. Skovlse, delighted With
having the breakfast STEAK to himself,
tackled 1t % Vinieutly that he CHECKED to
death With the frst mou,hfal.
Rev. 03orge Calvert Garter. pastor o.
st, Andrews Proies.ap, Episcopal
Church, Washington, surprised his con.
gregation at the i O'Clock service yes.
teriay by announcing bis intention OF
accepting call 10 the Church OF The
Redeemer, at Bryn MaEr, Pa.
Tue Berlin TsgebIalt, one of the
leading German papers, after an ex
haustiye investigation today dsclered
positively tdst Or. Frederick A. OoOS,
OF Brooklyn, tho alleged discoverer Of
the North Pole, Ia not ia ssnatorium
at Heidelberg, nor in Inst neigabor.
hood, and that be has not been there.
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, retired, Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the
best known clergymen in the country,
died IL Philadelphia, Saturday night, 10
the HsUuemann Hospital, from q stroke
Of paralysis, which seizsd him while be
vas riding In trolley car there Cd
January Is. All the members Of his
fGmIly we're ct his bedside when the end
came. He was bora In KingstoD, N.
II on January II, 1894.
Mrs. JaUe Elizabeth Hewlett, sixty.
seven years oil, lifelong resident OF
Washington, was aspbyxIated in her
home at 1913 Wallace street northwest
yesterday afternoon. Her tody was dis.
covered by her husband, John II. How.
lett, when he detected thu odOr OF ga
and made an investigation. Coroner
hewitt decided The death Of Mrs. How
lett was accidental,
Abrsm and Jacob OrswD, father and
son and boon compaDionsin their cups,
lost their nay Saturday night 10 New |
ton, N. j., while fuddled. and yesterday |
morning jacob was found frozen to death |
10 a snoWbnnk. Both Beo we're on the |
"guardisns' lisp' at Branchville, aud no |
saloons there could sell them liquor, |
On Saturday they vent to Newton to do
their marketing and took advantage Of
their freedom to drink as they chose.
They spent ell their money and we're put
ofi the train on their way home. Start.
Dg to walk, they became separated, and
apparently Jacob laid down TO sleep 10
he snoT. He leaves wife and FIVE
Beginning today 1t Is said the big
packing interests oil the country plan 10
nest the fight on high prices Of food
with q counter a,tsck that will extend TO
very center where the public demon.
trstIoD has been made against prevail.
Dg rates. In making Its 6ght the pack.
Dg contingent hiss decided upon two
measures: First-The cuItallment of the
hipments from packing centers into
Ssw York and other central points OF
be snti-high price ciuisdp. Sscond-
The raising OF the wholesale price Of
neat, tased upon the alleged shortage
o The supply,
With bands playing "DiSie" and
Home, Sweet Home" Capt. Joseph
;. Ship was greeted 1t Chattanooga,
estsfdsy evening, BY at least 10. 600 OF
is fellog.cItizsns when he alighted from
he train that bore him TO bis home 8
rom Washington, where be bad just I
ompleted e sentence 10 prison for cor I
smpt OF curt In connection With toe
7ncbiog OF Ed. Johnson, regro. Ii
as the most unique reception ever &C.
orded q private citizen Of Chattanooga, t
nd probably one OF the most unusual 4
reuIences 10 the history of The counlry, Q