Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-23
From Washington.
tCorsIpondenSs OF the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, February 20.

The capture OF Grenada by the revolu-
lIonary forces OF General Estrsda and the
seizure OF The steamer Vht,ry on the
lake wss reported TO the 8 ale Depart.
mett today In 8 dispatch from Consul
Moffatt at Blu 6slds, dated Monday
night. Il is believed there that the
revo 'utionists ara now marching on Man
aeu,. Consul MOIST reports that the
MadrIz forces suffered 10 the engagements
on the 19lb. Scores of nnburied dead
we're seen lying on the field after the
Madriz forces vacated Acoyspa snd f d
ia disorder. The loss of the Estrsda
forces wss only six men. Some doubt 10
expressed ss to the accuracy OF these
reports, bot 1t Is believed that the revo-
luiiousry forces have been tu ,cessiul and
that the ca tare of Msuagus 10 q mst'er
Of only o fsT days. OoDtul Olivaries OF
Mauagus confirms the report that Ma
drlz has made Iriss PRACTICAL? the dic'a-
tor over several provinces.
II will be q penal offeuss for any Off.
Ger OF a national bank to accept
deposit after he knows the bank Is insol-
vent, If g bill fsvorsbly reported by the
H use committee on banking currency
today becomes 8 Law. The bill will come
up for action next week.
Sspat1r Davis, Of Arkansas, received
another jolt today in bis fight sgainst the
ootopul when the Fl u,e committee on
public lands unanimously reported the
bill granting right OF way across the gov
eminent lands In Davis State ID the pipe
line concern owning oil and gas fields In
Oklahoma
The Navy Department was informed
today of the death of Eusign Philip ..
Ghfiths at the quarantine hospital at
Port Townsend, Washington. This Is
the third fatality from vsriols, mod
fed form OF smallpox, picked up BY the
craiser Washington during the recent
visIt of the feet to Oriental ports. Ser.
eral cases are still ia quarantine.
The special committee Of eight sens
tors to Investigate the increased cost
of living will hold a meeting tomorrow.
Replies from all the executive DEPART
ments and bureaus will then be avail
able, showing exactly what information
can be obtained through agencies already
established. The committee will con-
slider the scope Of Its Inquiry as based
on data collected through the depart
ments and their agents 10 the field and
Gu lined chat IL necessary beyond such
facts and figures.
On account OF a reported shortage oil
$l44, 900 due to the defalcstIou OF the
bookkeeper, the National CitI Bank, OF
cambridge, Mass, has been declared in-
solvent and was closed today, according
70 an announcement made by the comp
trolles of the currency. The resources
and liabilities OF the institution at the
time of It's las. statement 10 the comp
troller we're reported as 1882, 240 81
each. The alleged defslcsiions OF the
hook keeper more than cover the entire
deposits, as given In the last report to
the controller OF the Currency, on Jan.
81. At that time the bank report d
1928 432. SO deposits, and t09, 400 %
surplus.
A two million increase over the same
| month last year is the showing oil toe
January receIIts Of internal rsveDne
taxes, according " figures made public
at the Treasuty DEPARTMENT t)dsy. The
totsl for Jsnusry reached $40, $40, 692 20,
| which brings the sggregste for this fsr
10 the fiscal year up to $40, 800, Oo3
more than that for the same period oil
1909. The nsW corporations * added
&c, 1876 81 TO the January receipts. Inc
collections In spirits were $l2, 1897, 949;
tobscoo, 81, 257, 204 and oemargsrine,
$93. 1913 all large increases over Jsr'
usry 1909.
A bill thst cquaIizs taxation on all
government bonds was favorably passed
on today by subcommittee 10 the
House committee on barkiug aud tu;-
reucy. The law was urged by Secretary
Mac Vesgh and President Taft and IL
considered necessary by the govern
ment before The Psnama canal bonds
can be Issued. At present tive per cent
bonds are taxed one half of one per cent
aud all olhers at one per cent. Thii
depresses The market 10 two per cent.
The bill seeks to tax the Other bonds Ia
proportion.
Perclyal Dodge, the American minis
ter to Morocco, has been Instructed TO re-
main In Tangisrs untll the crisis bttWeen
that country aud France has passed.
| Minister Dodge has net yet presented
his credentials bat at the present time It
Is considered dangerous for him 10 90 10
Fee, the Moorish capital, for fear that
hostilities may follow the rejection OIL the
French ultimstum. Dispatches received
at the s ate Department today throw q
more hopeful light on the situltiop.
The Moorish ambassador to Paris has
been granted foil powers to negotitt'
with France q settlement OF the claims
srlsiDg out of the CASA Blanca stialr.
II 10 probable that an agreement will be
reached without ho litleS.
The BAllIDger resignation report hs'
sgsin been revived. Among friends Of
t1e secretary 1t was t,day whispered tbs
he has intimt I ID that when the congres-
uIonal committee now Investigating The
three cornered row bet himself,
CLAWS and Pinchot Rhsll have concluded
It's probe, the head OF the Interior port
folio will st'p down to sgsin enter Law
practice. II Is said that the only
thing thst hiss KEPT BillInger In office
this long is his dtsiTs not - have bis
enemies put false contraction on bis
resignation nor give them chance t,
in,inust, that be stopped down because