Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-02
News of the Day.

died yesterday.
The Genesee Hotel, at Lsroy, n. Y,
was partly wrecked and q persons we're
hurt by natural gas explosion.
| Mrs. Phillip W. Webster, AZ years
old, OF Niagara FslIs, yesterday gave
birth 10 her twenty.sixth child. She
married st the age Of Is. Five pairs oil
twins sud one set OF triplets were in
Cl1dtd 10 the number.
DR.. William Penn Compton, a well
known physician OF Washington dropped
dead yesterday afternoon while cslliDg
on one of his patients. DR.. Compton
vas 45 years old, d son of the late Barnes
Compton, OF Maryland.
Inspector Henry G. Boyer, or Sur.
geon Charles F. stokes will be the next
surgeon general OF the United States
navy, according to the present indics-
lions, to succeed Admiral P. NJ. Rixey,
the Incumbent. The lstIer's term expires
on Saturday next and his successor will
be named within a few days. q
Henry V. Wolf, a city councilman
and clerk in the Southern Railway
office In Louisville, KY, chOked to
death yesterday on piece OF meat
which he was eating at lunch counter
10 8 saloon. Mr.. Wolf had taken but
few bites when he grew blsck In
the face snd fell to the floor. A ply
stefan wss called, bat Mr.. Wolf was
dead before the doctor arrived.
SIpptr; combining both backing and
CHI llsnge have deem accorded President
Taft By two csucases within the past SO
hOnrs, one by the frightened House
regulars from New York Safe, the
other ir,rn the II Juse "insurgents, "Who
acted in the sense of ENEMIES only by
implied susp cion Of the honesty of tn
sdminlsiration's declared pu posss. Both
caucosss, however, avoided tskiDg aggres-
i've positions on the subject Of changing
the House rules.
Liie-ssyerc watched ell OF yesterday
In vain Tor the crew of the tbres-masted
schooner Francis, which went to pieces
on the shoals between the Cape
h itterss aud Big KiDnskeet life.saviDg
slatioug. That no dead bodies we're
washed mp on the beach Is probably due
to the fact that the men fell prey to the
several schools of manssting sharks
%hich are said to have infested the
waters Of Cape Hs.terss within the past
week.
The FIRST congregational reception since
the establishment OF a new regime at the
White Hcuie, heretofore one of the most
ovtrcrowded functions OF the winter,
passed into history last night with only
few more than l 300 guests. In add.
ton to the leaders OF the two houses OF
Congress and many of their followers,
there were present to greet the presiden!
and Mrs. Taft the ambassadors and mio-
! isierS, accompanied by their families, the
Supreme Court justices and lumber
from residential circles.
The banking house OF Fix & Rob.
insOn, of New York, prominent amoog
the hcS'es dealing Ia government, stats
and city bonds aud other Investment
securities, Jailed yesterday. The firms
representatives. said the liabilities we're
approximately $7,0O0,000, of which
more than $l,O0O,0 coo is unsecured
The liabilities Srs thus greater than
those Of any other private baking house
which has suspended since long time
sntedstiug the panic of 1907 The
failure vas dne directly to heavy UNDER
iakiugs on bsbsli OF the Buffalo and
Sl,quehanns RaiIrosd sys'em.
Al the meeting of the Nav York
Board OF Aldermen yesterday Alderman
Nicoll cffsred q resolution ADD ordinance
ending TO 10 away with g strenuous
Fourth Of Jnly. In the resolution be
ssys that by reason Of the means en-
poyed to commemorate Independence
Day it has become national evil; that
msny persons sTe killed sad MANNED by
the unrestricted and careless use Of fire.
works and frscrackers and asks thst
the rules committee appoint a commit
tee OF fi7e members for the purpose
Of dsvlsing some means to commemorate
the day less dangerous to life and prop.
erty than the manner in which 1t lie now
observed.
o. @. Dickinson, democrat, Wss
elected to Congress yesterday 10 the
Sixth Missouri district by 2 500 to 3 600
msj0rity over Phillips Griffith, repub.
lean. No republican gains ara re.
ported from any republican pfsciDct.
The Sixth congressional districts demo
cratic majority has never been less than
/, 500 since the present district was
formed in 1901, except In 1904, when
the republican tidal wave reduced De
Almonds majority 10 l, 04l. The dem.
ocraIic sud republican congregational
committees sent poted speakers into
the dissTic. 10 the campaign just closed. |
A sweeping investigation ipto the In |
creased coat Of living to be conducted |
By the ways aud means conmittes of
the House Of Representatives, Ia prOvd.
ed for in resolution introduced by |
Represeu tatiVe Payne, yesterday. The |
resolution empowers the committee TO ad- |
minister Osths, employ experts, send for
papers aud persons, and hold meetings |
snyBbeTe ia the United States. A |
thoFough and far.rsschiug investigation |
of the beef trust" is provided for In a
resolution alec introduced yesterday by |
Representative Coudry, a republican
member from Missouri. The resolution
is drawn 10 drastic terms, sDd sppro-
PIRATES $50, 900 to be used 10 getting at
the facts. Representative FOelker, OF