Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of Alexandria Gazettel

New ! Ork City, announcer Ills iutcH-
ton to provide fund OF $4,000 an
nually for three years to finance an
investigation looking toward the
establishment OF uniform system OF
accounting in American cities. The
letter was written in Hamburg, Ger
many. and addressed to Alonzo
Twccdalc. auditorofthe d. OF G., ask
ing his cooperation in the plan. Metz
saws he has observed the final value OF
the uniform system employed IN Ger
many. He says such change would
be OF great value is estimating the cost
OF government and making compare
sons. He points out that 1t also would
be n great benefit to investors consider
ing municipal bonds.
Public lands aggregatng approXi-
mately 900, 900 acres in the Lennon
Land District, South Dakota, were
practically opened to agricultural entry
today by Acting Secretary Pierce, OF
the Department OF the Interior. This
action was announced following con-
sulta,ion between Gov. Wesley, a dele
CATION from the Commercial! and
Iomcstcadcrs Clubs, OF Lennon,
South Dakota and acting Secretary
Pierce here today. The governor and
his party desire that these lands be
opcncd to settlers with the understand
ing that the government retain posses
sion Of whatever coal deposits are dis
covered in the future. The acting sec
rotary had anticipated this move by the
state officials and had issued a proc
lamation prior TO the arrival OF the
governor A telegram was sent today
by Mr. Pierce to the register and re-
ccivcr of the local land Office ut Lem
mon, South Dakota, which reads as
follows: After consultation with Gov.
Wesley and party deem it advisable to
instruct you to hasten examination oil
agricultural entries and issue final GER
tiiicatcs as rapidly us possible in which
you shall reserve the coal to the
United States
The Census Bureau today announced
shat the present population OF India
napoIis, Ind, is 233, $50, showing an
Increase of a ,4S6 over the population
of 1900. The population of Albany,
N. Y, WIS announced us lou, 2o3,
showing and increase OF 6,l02 since
1900.
Governor Charles E. Hughes. Of
New York, has leased for n term OF
wears Il commodious house here, at
No. 2l01 Massachusetts avenue, which
will become his residence when he
ascemdS the Supreme. Bench.
William Javin, white, 80 years old,
OF $40 NJ street southwest, driver OF
I'm ice cream wagon, ATTEMPTED suicide
by shooting himself in the mouth this
morning 1T 18th and G streets south
west. He was taken to the Emer-
gcncy Hospital in an unconscious
condition. He cannot recover.
Four-hundrcd Punjabists, British sub
iccts from India. will arrive at San
Francisco in about one month, &C.
cor,ing To Il dispatch from the Consul
General at Calcutta to the State De
partmcnt! The Stale Department
officials notified The Department OF
Commerce and Labor which today is
seeking somcway to prevent the entry
OF the East Indians into this country.
The immigration laws OF the United
States do not bar this class of aliens
and only charges head tax Of 81,
while Canada has head tax Of $500.
1t is said that the Hindoos are not
promising citizens, as they are lazy.
nomadic, and do not understand the
restriction of honesty. The officials
will cndcavor to exclude rs many as
possible by making the physical ex-
amnations extremely rigid. Even
then. it is feared most of the four
hundred will succeed in entering the
United States.
\ vehement denial was issued today
by S. G. Hopkins, of this city, TO the
story that his son was secretly married
last November in Baltimore to Miss
Margaret Orlway M;lury, the father
asserting tina, the Baltimore records
which show the names OF the couple
must be in error. The elder Hopkins
said that his son, Shcrbourne ?. Hop
kins, is now cruising off tn" coast of
Maine; that he is only II years old,
and that he will 60 direct from Maine
to Europe in n few weeks to spend
three years completing his education.
Hopkins said he knew Miss Maury and
that he had received denial Of the
story from her, though she could not
be found here today. The Baltimore
story sud that the young couple re-
turned to Washington after the we'd
ding and succeeded in keeping the mar
rIagc i secret.
Certificates for merit for courageous
action were recommended to be granted
To five men who prevented further eX-
blossoms when eleven men were killed
by an accident at Battery de Russy,
Fortress Monroe, on July p. in a re-
port received at the War Department
today. The certificates will hr issued
To the following, all of whom are mem
Lcrs of the Sixty-ninth Company,
Coast Artillery: Corporal VIM. Bryan;
PriyatcS Chas. f. Parks, Fred Faux
ncr. d. C. WigIcy and Cocks, W. H.
Hawk. The men carried bags of pow
der through Il shower of sparks that
followed the explosion of the big twelve
inch gun.
ON account of the death of President
Muntt Of Chile. At Bremen. the lnterna-
tiunal Bureau of American Republics is
in official mourning here today and a re-
ccptiun which was To have been tender
cd the delegates to the Esperanto Con-