Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of Alexandria Gazettel

correspondence OF AIeAanurld OdZeIIel
Representatives of Congress at the
funeral Of Senator Daniel at Lynch
burg. at p. m. tomorrow, were APP
pointed today. The Senate committee
includes, Martin, Va; Rayner and
Smth, Md; Simmons, n. c., Dupont,
Delaware; Oliver, Pa, Warren, Wy
oming; Keans, n. j.; Bacon, Ga;
Carter, Mont; Wetmore, r. l., and
Money Miss. The House will be rep
resented by the Virginia delegation Of
ten members, Payne, OF N. Y; and
Clark, of Mo, floor leaders of the two
parties in the House; Bingham, of Pa,
the Father of the House," Hull, Of
Iowa, and Tawney, of Minnesota.
Daniel was formerly q member OF the
House, and so representatives TO at
tend the funeral were chosen from
some Of the older members. The
delegation will leave on special car
attached to the regular train at 9 a. m.
tomorrow and will return in the even
ing.
Boosting that he is prepared to clear
himself Of every charge brought against
him by Senator Gore of improperly in
huencing congressional action to secure
contracts for the sale of Indian lands,
j. +. McMurray, the Oklahoma attor-
ney, today sent letter to the special
investigating committees Of both the
Senate and House asking for an i'm
mediate investigation. Il am ready
aud anxious to assist your committee
in every possible way to secure and
establish the real facts in regard to this
matter" says McMurray. He also
states that Cecil Lyon, republican
national committeeman from Texas,
who was charged by Gore with cooper
ating with McMurray in lobbying.
has no interest direct or indirect in
the contracts nor has he been interested
at any time in securing them" The
Senate committee can take no action
until the next session Of Congress, as
the Senate failed to provide it with
funds, but the House committee, which
is thoroughly equipped with both
money and authority, will start in at
the earliest possible moment.
Representative Butler Ames, poll
tician and inventor, will divert his
attention from his campaign for the
senatorship from Massachusetts, long
enough about the middle of July to
try out his new airship on the torpedo
boat Bagley at Annapolis. The ex-
pertinent, for which he pays all the
expenses, will be made to demonstrate
the lifting capacity of his machine
which is built on entirely new prin-
ciples The bouyancy is maintained
by revolving planes and the propeller
which is used in all the aeroplanes at
the present time will be discarded al
together Representative Ames says
that his machine has already been
tried out with some success. The
Navy Department is watching the re-
sull OF the experiment with much in
tereSt.
The Navy Department has agreed
to pay the Arbuckle Company ST.
600 for the raising of the collier Nero
and the firm has agreed to undertake
at once the raising Of the transport
Yankee which has been under water
for nearly two years. The Yankee
went on the rocks of the Rem and
Chicken roofs while she was headed
for Newport. She was afterwards
raised but went down again before she
could be flowed TO a safe berth.
In responding to complaint made
by the Commercial Club OF Omaha
against the Chicago and Northwestern
and other railroads the Interstate Com
merce Commission today dirhcted that
the rates on lumber from 0maho to
points 10 Colorado, Kansas and Nebras-
ka should be- lowered from one to three
cents per 100 pounds, The Humbolt
steamship cOmbapy OF Seattle which
sought to compel the White Pass and
Yukon Route TO cutter into Joint rates
and through routes from Seattle to
Alaska lost out. the commission adj
herring 10 is recent decision that it has
no jurisdiction over Alaska.
Doctor Harvey w. Wiley, chief food
expert of the government, has beep
trying it on the dog and it made the
dog howl. He has whole kennel OF
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