Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-29
News Of the Day.

"Rcsu!nrs" in lh9 House are alarmed
by tae pIan Of The "iusurgents" to take
charge Of the rules committee and ex.
clude Sposse, Oannon.
The guuboa: Psducah has reported to
the NAYS Department. lha. the schooner
Ge5rge A. McFadden, Of Bath. Me ,
w5s wrecked eli Cape Hstteras Thurs
day.
4 dispatch from Heidelberg says a
usn who hss been identified as Dr..
F.ede5;cE A. Cook is in hiding at an
4sgium for irebrialcs 10 the Valley oil
Nsc&ar, twanty Eve miles from here.
Before the Balleogsr-Pincho! iuvesti-
gatica committee yesterday L. r. CLAWS
testified that Mr.. BliIinger asked him
to postpone Iho Alaskan coal invesllga.
lion uo,il after election, as several Of
.ha claimants were heavy contributors tC
the republican cgmpsign faud.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson hiss
ori.rad the destruction Of the 1000
japanese cher? trees recently presented
by The Municipality of Tokyo to The
goytramaot for decorative purposes in
Potomac Park, Wa hingtco. 1t is said
ths! the roots of the trees we're
licensed.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Douglas
made speech In which he proposed the
creation OF budget committee, 10 limit
The appropriations of each committee
according 10 the revenue in eight. He
ohrcca:sd turning OYER Tho taoneg ~hich
gculd be required to fuild one osttlsship
to thu egrical,nra committee. MIR,
Tswre7 expressed Ills app rcyal.
William O. Btien, who has been ont
Of Irish politics Ter some time, was elect
cd yesterday for tbs northeast division
OF Cork county. II Is nov member
Of p..:i.cioont for two p!acea. Hs @as
r, taTnad FOR Cork city aGmo days ego.
The ,easup lie C0rtsstec. the Cjrk county
division @aa 10 prevent the election oil
follower OF ,Ioha Rednond, the leader
| Of the ratioua!;sjP.
a oeH attenpt to secure toe relesss o.
Charles ". Mo:se, tho New York
baker, wEo is serving Is year SEN
t2ncs in the Federal p:isiou at Atlanta,
Georgia. was begun hera to-day, whec
| corps OF caag&sstfs started through tht
c!:g VITA petitions asking PreFideu
Taft 10 pardon the banker. The pit
t;o;s ere being circulated widely, arc
the cauvssscTs retaso 10 say who is be
hiGd the mo7omcn'.
Gen, WiIiac1 franklin Draper, Dis
ineuished civil war veteran, forne
| representative from Msssacansetts, ont
time ministes 10 Italy, and brother @
| Coz. Eden s. Draper, OF Massachusetts
died last night in Wa:hii 6 on Gsn
| D-gp9r had baen suffering from live
iroabia FOR segcral months. The de
CEASED came o. a distinguished Mssaa
chnaetts family. Ho wss son O
Gorge and Hannah Diaper, and wa
born in Lowell, Mas'., april 0, 1912
tbs iaunaatioa in Paris covers abou
nioc :qrare !ailes, or one.quastet OF thi
city. Great chssms ara opening IL
s1n.e ni the most important bou'eva'ds
caused by tae bursting sG.ers ant
ra.hiag waters underneath the city
TIE r4lsco Of -hs L-gioa ot HONOR ant
ether !aipo;t7u: pubiic buildings have
bae: svacaa!si. i'll railway traffic Ii
! TIE city hiss hear stopped. Thousand
OF homeless rs2p's from The aoodes
iig!r;cts are Outside Of Paria and price
|! CT TODD ara rapidly s3vsnciaV.
Bsf0n E!2std v0o Storm Graves Fad
died yes.arl y ~ Cccz9t from injurie
s1stn;ncd in fall frofn his horse las
| FcdsT. Whcn iouud unccnsci IL alou
ths road aide Friday of last weak Re wa
rano7ad t. sanatoriun and for zee
had i,sea II 'isr he constant care of geV
eyai physicians. U9uDt Edward Storm
Of B>srcn, reaohe! Crt2 yesterday su
VS. a. kis brothers bedside when h
did. Tan veara sgn S crm came to Vii
giue from II Hand AID PURCHASED fGrI
near II :c&om'5r river. He vas unmarried
Tao dead hsioa was related to Q lee
| WIhelniE:a,