Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-26
WEDNESDAY, EVENING, JAN. 26. 1910,

and o.n.,r @ar.s OF France are bringing
Great t:isr;ss to Ia ussnds who have
bsea rendered homeless and hungry.
Tie Pasisian capital, generally regarded
as The prettiest city Ia the world, is a.
m,s. deu sd by the river Seine, ard
tao bcsu ifu, bridges, now a#ash with
tie raging torrent, will, it ia expected,
be dvyami,e5. The sufi:rers by tie hot d
number mors ttan hundred thousand,
and the monetary less ia incslula Die.
;hoassuds o! poor are helplessly rniEed
apd arc fl:etiug to Pasis. The region 4
foundation 10 steadily enlsrgipg, aid
villages ia scores OF places sre completely
submerged, the people hseipg for their
lives nuI sbardoaiag everything. The
mud and ws.er Is kace deep in msny
st,ee;s. 10 Paris line situation Is rapid
Il becoming worse, the hoods sparirg
neither ,he fiGt 70, the poor. This bed
Is issidi0rsiy iuVaiog the compaetly
haiit srsa on either eide Of the winding
Ssiue, undermining the residences aud
IN Sic bnillinga and forcing the eVac'
urs:!7n OF many house, parlI IS
practically en-: eff south ADD west, ana II
The present conditions continue tie
qses.ioa OF food suppl!es will become
mcpscluy. There bare besn many cases
of drowning and t;oah to The aged anu
sisk ss s rssult Of shock snd exposure.
O:o7i, OF tlseiag mea tuggiug st Vs!isee
aaL trunks, caa be ssen. weeping no.
nsn hutdsued With children aud all
aa.ta CT Household belongings. Tie
traditions are appalling, and the dls'
ss.er is duo chisil7 to The fact that tie
uhoie marvellous underground architect
ura O! P.r., which Is houeycombed vi b
lsby:inths, is filing mp With water,
gaming the sewers to burst End the
streets to case ia and Threatening the
foundations OF buildings.
Dispatches today s,a to the effect that
tia s5ioe ia still! rising, nov rsglstsr'rg
aSit:t s. tbs Pont Roysl. or IS feetsrd
s Inches above the normal. Sixty thou' :
sad psr1oBs ara thrown out of enplo,, =
rasnt BY ,ha closing OF factories, ard
900 600 hanats are flooded. The river,
sreskiag through retaining walls, eontin-
uas 10 spreai over the city, causing a
loss ,ha. viii aggregate many milllops.
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On tbs second day oi. tho session Dill
wss otta.ei il Tho general assembly,
"ro bar 81! tasea on laad and improve.
msoi. thereon tu1 the commonwealth
aa.s tbs Giles aad c, at:ea Of tho same, :"
Hi!Is of iika purport have bsen Intro
iace;! ID The lac: tgo or thres session..
Th- title of the bill should be altered
end MAIDS to read. IA bill to sncour-
age the p0I.paSmsnt OF taxes une tue
p.ats, cities sud couIties and to place q
premium Oh dishonesty" Just Why a
tex Delinquent! should be relieved of lhia
firs! ttus. or lien upon his property
sir,ply baoausa tax collector has fail, d
u enforce tho lay, or for any reason Il
bill may remain unpaid. is somelhlI
NJ. undcTstoG6, certainly not understood
by thos8 who pay their taxes, and do II
promptly. If not a, chesrfully as th'y
mes! o,he. obligations. ills hoped tt at
sheso bills which are offered Ia many
csscs cnly that their patrons may get
their nants in lha newspapers, will mol
ba considered seriously by The commit
tsss OF the legislature, but that ninety
aad nine In every one hundred will be
thrown in the waste basket or pigeon
Aoled.
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