Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-03
News Of the Day.

uesr Hampton BY ore fisherman.
The Oklahoma House has passed bill
DISTINGUISHING sons or gIandsons o.
slaves.
Ooult Goelz YOU 5eckopdorf, former
court marshal, d ed 10 B,rlin, yesterday,
| sged 68 years he officiated as grand mast
or oftbe ccuit 10 the late do1sger Empress
Frederick. 1t was once reported that he
had married her.
The fog which for time OF duration
(tur dsyt) and density has broken all
records. continued over the Pstspsco
river and the Chesapeake bay yesterday,
and has csuled commercial loss at Bal
timore to date estimated as being close to
800, 600.
Henry J. Furlopg, former Brooklyn
police magistrate, was found guilty by 8
Jury yesterday OF accepting bribe In
the performance OF his duties 10 couit
The specific charge Was that he bad &C.
cepted $i6.66. The maximum penalty
is 10 years In prison, q fine OF %. 900,
or both, and the minimum i've years 10
prison with no fine. He was remande1
to Jail for sentence on Friday.
Declining TO lake advantage OF the
pardon granted to him on Monday by
President Taft, Thomas Taylor, sentenced
10 Washington to Is years In the At
Ianta peniteI tisry for the murder OF hla
wife, will remain as one OF the "trnsties"
OF the institution. During bis long in
generation Taylor studied pharmacy and
was assigned to the custody Of the prison
pharmscy. He will remain 10 that Ca
pscity.
Senator JEFF Davis, Of Arkansas, nay
have violated the lsw by appearing be-
fore a congressional committee In adVo-
cscy Of land bill in which he was, APP
PATIENTLY, to receive fee. senator
Davis, was yesterday refused the privl-
leges OF striking out statement in hls
testimony before The House public lands
committee that he would receive q good
fee II he recovered the price OF cerIa'n
timber specified In The Ol1held bill,
which he was advocating.
After futile attempt to hold up a
reslau,ant 10 Federal street, PitlsbuTg
Pa, yesterday, q man, whose name can
not be learned uotil he RECEIVERS con-
scIt usuess, lies In a hospital, battered
aud bruised, as result Of beating he
received ct the hands OF diners. Pointing
gun, he ordered, Throw up your
hands and give ms your money" A
waitress dropped tray OF dishes aud
two OF the men diners Jumped for him.
Then the ambulance came and took him
away.
The dead In the Wellington Wash,
avalanche, based on lltt OF dead and
missing given out last night BY cfi1rs
OF the Great Northern Railroad, msy
reach a total Of 81 before the rescuers
resch the bO tim Of the mass OF snow
and wtecksge that crushed tso trains
into deep gulch. While only 8 psssen
gers and 8 railroad employees ara knowu
TO be dead, SS passengers end 20 en-
ployes of the road ere missing. Railroad
men think few OF the missing will be
recovered alive If they are. buried under
the snow.
By the vote oil 30 TO 40 the Maryland
House OF Delegates yesterday afternoon
defeated the statewide local option bill
by laying on the table g motion to stake
out the enscting clause, which carried
with Ii the subject matter. Then, to
cliuch their victory, the opponents Of
The bill pu through mi ton to recon-
slider the vote aud 10 lay that on the table,
which was carried by vt, OF 81 to AZ,
This practically dIsposes Of The bill at
this session.
George B. Anderson, Usited Sites
c)n.ul at Msr inique, died yett 'fdsy
afternoon on q We, Short train, between
Kinptt)n and WeehsWken. Rheumatism
of The heart was the probable cause OF
his death George B. Anderson was AZ
years old and was for many years 10 the
consulsr service, serving 10 france, Oan-
ada aud 10 the West ladies'. He was born
10 Rsleigb, NO, aud was son of Gen.
George Anderson, OF the Confederate
army. H, was educated at The UDiveF'
slty of Virginia aud was admitted to The
bar 10 Washington, d. O., where he
praciced Law. He was not married.
Alta meetIog Of the directors OF the
National Blnk OF Commerce In New
York, yesterday, J. Pierpont Morgan
Thom as F. RYAN and Fl. O. Denlng re-
signed from the directorate. ]. P. Nor.
gan, it,, Henry P. DAWSON and Allan
A. Ryan we're elected. The retirement
OF the big fnsncler from this great Nor.
gan bank aud the election OF his SOD,
Jack Morgan, and Mr.. Dawson, OF the
Morgan firm, are said to foreshadow the
gradual retirement OF Mr.. Morgan from
active participation 10 the banking bud-
ness aud disposition to place bis grea.
interests 10 the hands OF bis son and
trusted lleutenantJ.
DOG NUISANCE.