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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Virginia News.

Many farmeIs .hroughou! the state
b re filed their ice houses.
NJ. Pe5ton Rowe, son OF Osp:. M. b.
r as, OF Fredericksburg, has oeen sp-
,inttd Inspector In the State Dairy aad
F Jod Department, with headquarters at
lchmu3d.
Mr.. Henry G. Thompson, native OF
Cllpcpsr, son OF The late Df.
William NJ. Thompson, died 90 Wed.
resday at his homs In San Francisco,
where ho was a prominent railroad
official.
Retreat" the beautiful estate OF
William 81. Wilson, hsa been sold to
Mr.. Paul D. Kelley, If Caicsgo. The
estate, which Is near Castlenan's Ferry,
CLARKE county, is one of The prettiest IN
the valley. Il is understood that The
| amount paid Eas in the neighborhocd oil
S25, 900.
Announcement: was made from the
White Fl Juse yesterday that President
Taft bad decided to accept the recon-
nendation OF At orney General Wicker
sham aud appoint Arthur E. Fl. Middle
ton as police Judge for the District OF
Columbia, to succeed Ivory G. Kimtall,
sho has held the position for more than
| eighteen years.
Thurman Skinner, alias Thompson,
vas electrocuted In the penlteu:lsry 10
! Richmond yesterday for the murder OF
Charles Noel, q youpg man, near Oifax,
| in Bedford couu'y. Skinner attacked
Noel With an axe Scptember 90, shat.
.eyi1g the ls!ter's skull, causing death
the following morning. The muId:i
followed 'possum hunt. Noel VAS
Norfolk and Western Railway fireman.
The Washington, Potomac and Ohes.
p=ske Railrosd, commonly known as
the Sou!htra Maryland Railroad, Wss
old on Tuesday in front OF the Court
House OF Upper Mailooro, Nd, BY the
Backs County Trua! Company, Doyles'
town, Pa, trustee, Mr.. Edgar Allen
Poe, of Baltimore, being solicitor, to
M. II .ury W. Watson, president oil
np railroad company, for The sum OF
SIS. OCO.
While attempting 10 cross, high
t,estIe between North Garden aud Co7es'
Vile, In the southern end Of Albemarle
county, Marlin or Marcus Anderson, an
aged tailor, gas run down and killed
Thnrsdsy afternoon by Southern Bail.
yay train. Anderson, finding tia: be
could not make the end OF the trestle,
deliberately turned his back to the on.
coming train and awaited the blow that
goulo end bis life. Anderson was o
sEede aud was making hia way south on
foot, pe0uless.
A delegation OF Virginia negroes few
dsys sgo asked President Tat. to refuse
sppoin ime1.s OF white men to Virginia
Offices whose chief qualification is their
.ntagonIsm 10 the nfgro under nearly all
circumstances. "Wbat We want ia cord
!ality between The RACES in Virginia. !"
| the said spokesman oil the delegation. "We
| caonot have this cordially and complete
understanding i. white men "ho are So
i,ators of race an!agonisu are named to
| federal positions. The president seemed
| 10 be iu pressed with the argument OF The
| visitors.
Msir Gorge O. Waddill, a we'll
known souLheruer, died yesterday in
the home Of hia daughter, mra. g. Catch
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Sixty-tirst Congress,
Second Session
Washington. JAP. Is.
SENATE,
The Senate WAS not in session today

HOUSE.
The urgent def9iency bill, providing
s5,0CS, SIG for various governmental de.
por,meIts and enterprises not taken care
OF 10 the othsr appropriation measure,
vac reported TO Ihs IL Jnse today by Dir.
Tswoey. The larges! single item Ia
81, 569, 400 for the military establish.
uenf. The nsvy gels 1888, 1856.
The statehood bill MAS put on lis way
to passage by Mr.. Hamilton, chairman
of the committee on terri!orier. He
called it up as q privileged report ane
the bill vas referred to the committee O.
the whole where 1t will be considered
next week,
l. rtq1lred 6itsen minutes before tht
Il ,uss could scuTry together enough
members 10 do business. After the
prayer was 6oished, some o1e made III;
po!nt of 10 1nornm and The messenger
had hard wcrk TO git enough members
into the hall.
A parliamentary taps'e eDsued wher
the constitutional amendment chang.nE
the date for Inauguration came up
Neither side was willing to take a vot'
and the bill was reconnlilted to thu
judiciary.
The H ,use ra:ssd unanimously cur
rent resolution accepting from the stat
OF Idaho the statue Of George L. Shoup
frs! governor of that state, and forme
Uni ei SAFES senator irJm lda5c.
Tributes to The life aud achievement
OF Sson.or Sanup were paid 10 speeche
by Messrs II ,mer, EIull, SteVeos, Moc
d.l, Needbam sad Graham.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Snow Storm 10 New York.


New York, jan. 15.-New York to-
day Is gripped by the ssverest SHOW
storm snd blzzlrd 1t has known 10 years
With Is inches of suoV on the ground
and bowling blizzard raging, the city
is practically psralJzad
Five Ceaths axe known to tave &C.
CURED aud many accidents have been re {.
ported. Traffic on elevated and surface
lines is 80 greatly delayed as to be p,att IT,
oally useless. Horses caunot pull leads
through the drift snow aud people can
hardly walk in the face of tie binding
snow and bowling wind. Shipping In
the hsrbor Is in peril aud already SCORES
OF minor accidents haze been reported.
Conditions on Staten Island, in New
jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, aud
othe. suburban points are simply appsl.
ing. Traffic is absolutely tied mp. 10
some places The SNOW, carried by the
gale, Ia banked ten and fifteen feet high.
Ia New York city the hotels are pack.
ed.
Reports from railroads having vest.
ern connections show thst dcz,ns OF
trains, due..in New York, are stalled In
suow drifts Ia various portions of the
country, with no chance of being dug
oat for many hours to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

| ings, Livingston, Staten Island, n. Y
Ha did distinguished service for tbs
southern cruise during the civil war. lie
was born in Lyuchburg, in 1881, lived
fer many years in Vicsaburg sad Later
raised cotton extensively In Louisiana.
He was president o. he Louisiana Leves
Board ssd director of the VIcksburz,
Shreveport and Pacific Railway. ils
retired from business Is years ego. Ha
was graduate OF the Virginia Military
Institute. Us left a SOD and two daygh.
| ters.
The House yesterday passsd az omni-
bus pension bill without opposition.
Representative Murdoch introduced q
resolution calling attention to the deficit
! Of ST., 900, 900 10 the Posto!fics Depart
ment and the d;Vidends of s25, 600, coo
declared by the Wells-Fargo Express
Company during the past yesr, and call
ing for information from the Postcfice
Department concerning the alleged sur
] render of the governments right 10
carry "packet" mail. Chairman Mon
dell, of the House committee On public
lands, refused to introduce The pres!-
DENTS CT reservation bills.
John R. Walsh yesterday sigred TIE
agre ement which will settle his foaDclGl
trouble.. The document wss sent 10 The
First Trust and Savings Bank Of Chicago
to be hsld until the gusrantors OF the
mole also align the document. The sig-
nature gives TO the Associated Banks OF
| Chicago, which backed the adjustment
of Walsh's financial sfisirs after his
banks were suspended 10 1905, The Sl4,-
| 039, 900 10 securities Put UP TO cover
note for 81, l2l, 6S7. II ia return for the
cancelled note. 10 addition the banks
will ee: 5000, 900 from the guaratt rs OF
the big notes, who are then to De given
the $949, 900 In securities they put up
as surety,
Through the efforts of Robert E Lee
! IT,, Who Ia administrator fer the estnie
OF Gaorpe Washington, Congress hss
been asked to vote 1900, 900 to the es-
late to pay for S,05l acr's Of land which
we're given to Washington By the stste
Of Virginia for military services shortly
| after the revolution. The bill was i1.
troduced By Representative LAMB, Of
Virginia. The land Is unimproVed sud
lies jast across the river from Cincinnati.
In later surveys the title vas ccnfused
and the Washington heirs lost the prop
erty. NJ. Lee Gays he hsa every rea-
son to believe the bill would pass.
The jary impaneled 10 Washington yes.
terday to psss upon the death Of Mics
Brown, the graduated nurse who wss
shot by Martin L. Sterlirg, broker,
while delirious from typhoid fever CD
December 20, returned The following
verjic' "We believe that Mary Rem'
bert Brown came to her dea Janusry
6, 1910, at the Emergency H'spitaI,
from guoshot wound of the chest, and
pneumouis; said wound Waa caused BY
ball fred from pistol held In
the hand Of Martin l.. Sterling; said
Martin L. Sterling vas suffering from
typhoid teTe. a. that time, and We
sbsolve him from responsibility for the
DEATH" Mr.. SefliDg, who wss sill
suffering from nervousness, explained
to the jury that be had DOT the slightest
recollection Of the shooting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
SAT- DAY EVENING. JAN. Is, 1910

THAT pualc sentiment. Is 10 favor Of
~, Of ihe beat means Of ss:tliug inter.
national dispute, and that the advocates
oi uriYslsai pace and arbitration axe
FIR in tho minority, wSs the bold decls-
ra!ion e IIon. John W. Foster, former
secr:tsry OF states, in sn address before
the members of the National Peace So.
cie!y foil owing luncheon In New York
t,cay M. Foster declared that the
proper gsy for the advocates of universal
pace 10 work 7ss not to devote their
tine 10 cndeavoriug to force legislation
tu. to w0,k among the masses aud
c.ea,e sentiment. for peace which
would of it,slf force legislation. The
Spanish war, Dir. Foster declared, wss
ryeripitated by tie blowing up of the
Msiae, sd be laid that 1t is by no
means certain hat this explosion did
not or;gioste iuside Of the bat!leship.
There would have TEN no need of this
war he declared bad it rot been that
popular opinion forced the conflict when
,iplomacy wac still available and would
Ave prevented conflict. Continuing
lhs speaker esid:
I t!lak tibet all of tbs foreign wars In
sh.ch the United States has been or
gagged were brought o. by our own pre-
cipi.ste seton, that they vera not In
ev,,aeie, aud that they might have been
avoided by ihe sxs.ciue Of prudence END
elaboration.
Many peopla il this county saW no
rfasau for the attack on Spain. The
Uo;ted States demands upon Spsin,
aorls of which were hnmiIiatipg to thst
countTy-ao!abIy that Wsyles should be
removed froa his position in Cubs--and
they were complied With. Bu: this
country was determined to 60 to war,
and The j!ngoes csrtied the dsy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Conditions ia Mussacfuettss.

Spring 6e!d, Mass Jsu. Is. buried
under the worst blizz.rd 10 years, West.
eru Massachusetts Is today suffering
from almost total paralysis OF t,snspor.
talon lines.
Two deaths Ia this city are directly
Gus to the storm, William O. Gold.
smith, while blinded BY the driving
snow, wss struck b. train In the West
Spring f cid yards of the Boston aud Al.
bany Railroad aud killed. Mrs. Jacob
Bal7iile vas blown from her porch OF
her home aod fell head first on 10 the
ground, dying shortly aiterIard.
10 order to gain more power 10 operate
the troily cars, the lights we're turned
Of and The conduc;ois collected fares by
tho aid OF lanterns,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
GRAFrEkss:

President f. II. Jennings and Vice.
President F. A. Griffin, OF the Columbia
National Bank; Mex G. Leslie, county
delinquent tax collector and fyrner re-
publican city chairman; former Oonn.
Gilman Charles Steward and F. F.
Niools, capitalist and real estate opera
tor, we're arrested in Pittsburg yesterday
on warrants issued By District Attorney
". A. Blskely, charging conspiracy to
cause the selection of the Colombia
National Bank as q city depository. 10
addition, Lsslie is accused of perjury,
and still another information cbsrges
misdemesnor aud alleges that Tor two
years he usds business of soliciting
the cid OF councilmsu to iuhance lsgls'
latlon.
The charges sre the realls Of graf
scandals OF 1908, when 1t wss brought
out that courcilmeu bad been paid
money to vote for six depositcries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

EDWARD s. harding, commando
OF lbs '.Itoa Brigade" in recent in
terv:cw in Fond du Lac. Wiz, said:
The government has not done liza
ehare in supervising strikes which have
arisen al over The United S.stes.
Tnese ou.b1ssts are nothing more than
signs of aaarchism and are sounding
warnings which must be beeded. l
present socia! conditions continue civil
s.rife Is inevitable. At times l think
it Is not fst away. The French rsVolu.
zion ahoald servo Rs an example to the
Uoitsd Ststes.
TIE general bit reports what many
Others who are studying the signs OF the
airnes have uttered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

A SUMMONS Sss issued oD Thursday
Sy the S:ae Cooperation Commission
requiring the Vsliey Railway Com.
pspy, of Vlrginis, to appear Jsuusry 20
to show cause Why it should not be fined
for failing to BALD proper station for
Hsrfisonourg, as previously ordered by
the commission. A depot In Alexan'
dvia would be ordered, it is believed, for
the asking.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

a DISPATCH iron Oopenhagea saye,
scc.riiug to Waiter Looadales private
secretary to Dr.. Frederick A. Cook, the
latter el:aued II, $4,000 before his
f,suju'snt claim 10 the discovery OF the
N9r.h Pola wss esposed. Lonadnls Is
sodsy preparing to return to the United
"a be las s, Ies. become convinced that
Or. Cook does not Intend to come cut Of
hiSiog and "!ace the music"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
News Of the Day.

The breaking Of sn ice gorge in ths
Mississippi st s.. L1ais did damage es
timsted st 5000, 600.
The marriage Of Kicg Manuel of Port.
usal and Princess Patricia, younges
daughter of the Duke of CoDnaught, vii
be solemnizsd next May.
Dol. f. E. Gayl,, Fourth Regiment,
Field Artillery, died es bis temporsry
quarters 10 the Eobist II luse in Wash.
!ugton Oh Thursday night. Hs was 6
na.ivs OF Virginia.
A raid on the Military Club and the
arrest of many army officers at Madrid
are believed to have dipped 10 the bud 6
widespread conspiracy sgsiDst toe Spaa'
iss cabinet.
Mr.. Meredith Kendall, a farmer liz.
Ing uear Mcravia, Orange couaty, killed
large esgle Oh Wednesday morning.
The eagle measured eigat feet and fon,
inches from tip to tip, and weighed over
twenty pounds.
The election CT Theodore Roosevelt,
H:rVard, 80, IS president of the Hsr-
ward Alumni Association, succeeding
Charles ". EI;o, president.sneri.us oil
Harvard University, was announced last
night by The executive board of The as.
ISOLATION,
The Treasury Department announced
yesterday that 1t had issued orders to the
collector of customs at NeHport News
to close the custom.houae at that port
on January 49, the Anniversary of the
birth OF Robert E. Lee, 30 fer os public
business would permit. No similar order
had ever been issued by the government.
A house occupied by homesteadet
named II anderson, his vile aud twa
children and Mr.. Reid and two chill
drsn iu ssssooD, Saskatchewan, ives
buinsd early yesterday. M;s. Henderson
and her two children and the two Reid
children we're burned 10 death. NJ.
Rid wss so badly burned trying to req.
cue them that DO will die.
The Merchants ard Miners Com.
psny's steamer Chsthau, Cspt. Free
man, from Baltimore fer Jacksonville,
Fls., With 50 first. clsss passengers, went
ssbore on tbs north js!ty, st the en-
trance Of the e.. Johns river early yes.
lerdag morning, aud will be abandoned
as a hopeless wreck. Tbs passengers
we're all taken off by the steamer No.
hawk.
The charges of forgery and peljary
against Miss Mae O. Wood we're dismss.
ed 10 e,ncrsl Ssssious Court in NeT
York yesterday and Mics Wood YES dis
charged from custody. She was iudict.
ed In 1907, following the trial OF her
suit against ex.U nited States Senator T.
o. Plat, sho, she alleged, married her
IN New York. S,ra!or Pla!ps Illness
hss made impossible his appearance 10
court TO testify sgains! Miss Wood.
The federal grand jury of Ne~ York
yesterday reluraed indictments agains!
Charlfs R. II ike, secretary o. tie
American Sugar r. in'ng Company: Ell.
usst ". Ga'bracht, former snperinteod.
cut Of the II .vemeyer & Elder Company,
aUd James F. B,ndcrpag'l former
cashier of the II syemeyer 4 Elder C-m.
pany, and three other man, former
checkers, charging them With conspiracy
10 deirgnd on false entry OF sugsr pro.
duct.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

MHG THEBEs is again propbesylnr'
Accoralag 10 lNe "s5eiess," the Russian
bear will assert himself during the year
1910 and "wili rause other naiious G
tas esr:h TO sls up and take notice"
S5s a!sc says there will ba numerous
modficaijops Of the present alliances
Mrse. Tkehes predicts disscIer by lire
during 1910 for every section 0. the
world. Nine. Ttebes directs most Of
her prophecies toEard France, Whers
things are scheduled to hsppen thick
aad fast through 1910, She ''foreielIs''
3 tremendous scandal between high
dig nitary OF Stale and notable society
R0u;a1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

A pEEFEcr 6slnge of bills has been
airesay introduced in he Legislature. a
wise plan would be to throw tbree1
sour.,s tls masters no! which oneF) OF
thsm into the irroacs aud then kill al
seas. one half OF the remaining fourth.
There are already sufficient number Of
law, on the s:stute books to last hun
Died years and the Legislators could bes'
devote their time by repealug old, rather
.hsn b7 making nsT law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
From Washington.
CosSesscadenos OF the Alexsnaris Gssstte
T,,Lso-to,

,Cosrsspoadonos OF the AleIanoris Gasettt
Washington, Jan. 15
The Pacific coast steamship problem
which hss been source of difficulty to
merchants aud shippers for several years
has become more acute as the result OF
neS arrangement made between Sec
retsry Dickinson aud the Pacific Msil
Steamship Company, By the new
agreement the steamship company takes
the liop's share of the freight and pas.
sepger tariffs on trsffic By way OF the
Is,hmus of Panama. This vas formerly
80 per cent. 1t has new besn iDcrsssed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Blizzard Conditions in Connecticut.

New Haven, Ooau., Jan l5.-Con.
necticut is today experiencing dupii.
cation OF the blizzard that struck The
state, together with the other New
England states Christmas. The snow
today averages about IL inches sill ever
Connecticut, while the drifts. caused b7
stiff northeast wind are piled msny
feet deep.
Railroad and trolly trait; Throughout
the state Is reported badly crippled.
Telegraph and telephone wires in many
pisces are down aud Wire.coununication
demoralizsd. At o'clock it was still
showing hard Rilh,u apparent chance
OF let.up,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Injured Ia a Collision.

Mslone, N Y, jar. ia number
Of persons we're irj arsd in head on col.
lision between freight and passenger
train 90 the New York Central near
Loon Lake The wreckins crew aud
doctora from this city have been s:n! to
The scene.
1: developed that only one person, a
woman passenger wa' tu't and abe Dot
seriously. Traffic vas blocked for some
time
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Nav York Stock Market.

New York, Jan. 1.-the downward move.
1nent 10 the stock market continued unchecs.
ed this morning, Losses az the opening and
during the first fifteen minutes ranging from
fractions to over four points. After the &c.
elipes Of the frat Is minutes the market aE.
sanled steadier tone with prices recovering
early losses and moving above yesterdays
CLOSE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Big Chimney.

Anaconda, Mont, Jan. 1.-THE new
chimney at the Great Falls smelter Of
the Boston and Montana Consolidated
Copper and Silver Mining Oampsay,
which vas blown today, was topped ou'
October 20, 1908. This chimney is SOC
fes. 10 height abova the foundation, and
ia the largest, both 10 Size and capacity,
in the world. The smel!er plant, which
consists of rs7erbersory and blast fnrl-
sces, McDougsl roasters end conveTtars,
has capacity of $500 tons OF ore pei
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

After brie. hearing before a msgls.
trste Ia Philadelphia yesterday afternoon
Ferdinand Cohen, who ran away with
Miss Roberta De Jsnon, vas committed
to prison without bail for further
hearing.
Cohen's lawyer declared that under
the law, Cohen hsd committed no crime
The police made the emphatic s'a'e'
msut tina! Cohen did not hsrn the girl,
aud the young runaway still adheres te
her story, cor.oborated BY Cohen, that
she MAS aians responsible for the affair,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Shoe ana Leather Men Meet.

Boston, Jan. Is Hundreds OF pronl'
men, shoe and leather men from all over
the United States are here 10 attendance
on the national convention of the 1880
citation which opened today. The most
i'm pottaut question 10 he discussed FILL
be tina. of Increasing the cost OF shoes In
common with the upward trend Of other
necessities. Mr. J. O. Smoo'. of Alex.
aadria, is attending the convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

BECAUSE the people cut down their
mes. bills. the beef Trust has raised the
prizes OF hides. Whichever way you
look at it, Gays the Philadelphia North
Americas, i. is skin game.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
Today's Telcgraphic News
SWeepine Liquor Tax Bill.

sweeping Liquor I OK Btu.
Especial dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette
Richmond, Jsu. Is The Senate acd
H use we're in session only few min
utss Today.
Senator Holt, OF Newport News, in
troduced a s8eeping liquor tax bill. The
SILICON license is decreased to $500; the
brewers to $1,000; supply houses to
81, 500; dis!illers one hundred per cent ;
out of State brewers to 1000, sDd q
high graduated lax on hotel bsrs is pro.
Vided.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15
COURT OF APPEALS.

Proceedings of The Court of Appsals
yesterday.
Chesapeake a1d Ohio Railway Ss.
Willie. Foil srgued aud submitted.
National Dash Register Company Vs.
Norfolk City Really Company ct all.
Same vs.. Burrow & Martin, trustees,
ct al. Partly argued aud continued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

You can make the holiday season
mere appreciated II you present some
dear friend with pair o! the handsome
shoes shown 10 Msrshall's Windows,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

A dispatch from Rome says the Rt. Rev.
Neil Mcneil, bishop ST, Georges. Rev found
land was seday named as 81 ~
Taticaa,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-15

james W, Fuller, millionaire iron and
cement manufacturer, died suddenly al hia
home in Catasaagua, Pa, today,