Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-28

on their way to New York. They will
also Inspect the military academy at
West Point. The object Of the princes
visit I. to stu iy the military syatems oil
this C, TRY and Europe.
Pfeti lent Taft has requested tbs in-
sulsr sffairs committee Of the House 10
report an amendment to the organic law
Of the Philippines by which The Fiiar
lands will be made subject to the same
limitations ss the remainder OF the pno'
lie domsio. According loa recent de-
cision OF the Attorney General the Frlar
la ues are exempt from the resirdtlon
which prevents an individual from acquir-
Log more than 2. 500 acres.
An attempt by Attorcey l.. ID. Brar-
els, council for L. Z. CLAWS, 10 secure
de finite documentary evidence from the
attorney general IS to the exact date on
which that Office wrote the summary"
OF the CLAWS charges sgsinst Secretary Of
the Iuterior Balliuger, was today tt)p-
ped by the congressional investigating
committee. Ia executive session the
committee voted 10 deny the request OF
The prosecutions" u1sel by a vote OF
s to 8 Chairman Nelson, Senator's Flint,
Sutherland sud Boot, aud represents
yes MCCALL and Olmstead-- all re-
pubicaos, against Attorney Bfandeis'
requ sst snd Sentt1r Fletcher and Rep-
resentallves james and G'absm DEM
ocrats-votiUg that the request be grant
ed. Senator Purcell, snd Representative
Madison, the former democrat aud the
latter republican, we're not present.
Madison's stand on the question breaks
the strictly party alignment previously
evidenced in the vote.
The President today sent 10 The Senate
tho nomination Of Fairfax BiyaId, OF
Penusyl,a lia to be examiner 10 the Pal
ent Office.
A strong protest against the es' ablish-
ment of a parcels post system In the
United States was presented to the
House committee on postofiices today by
Jobn +. Green, of New York, represent
ing the National Association OF Retail
Grocers. He declared that not only the
grocers but all retail merchants through
out the country were unalterably op-
posed to the pending legislation. He as
serted that such legislation would practi-
cslly wipe out the middleman, give a
subsidy to mail order houses and allow
the government to enter inte competi-
ton with legitimate business. The re-
suit of this, be said, would be to drive
MANY retail merchants to the wall tits
confidently predicted by members OF the
committee that an experimental bill will
be favoraply reported before the close of
the present session.
For the first time in the history OF
legi lation during modern times the
Posto6ice appropriation bill was today
reported to the Senate without amendment
No change whatever was made in the measure
rs passed by the House. The amount carried
by the bill is approximately Sl4O.OOO, 600:
The condition of General Nelson A. Miles,
u. s. N retired, who WIS thrown from his
horse and seriously injured yesterday sitter
noon while riding in Potomac Park is report
ed 10 he much improved this morning. No
internal injuries have developed, as had been
At rst feared, and while the length OF his
conf ement cannot he judged, the General is
resting easily and his condition is very prom:
Using. Reports of conclusion fthe brain and
dislocateds shoulder proved erroneous upon
careful examination.
A plague has broken ont at Bassorah, ac'
cording to dispatches received at the stale
Department today from Consular Agent
Henry P Chalk. Bassorah, at the head OF
the Persian gulf dominion, is the port from
which many dates are shipped for export.