Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-05
FROM WASHINGTON.

tlOnai charges OF aItetIpteu DIlDet
i, Involve the proposed sale Of $50, 900
IRIS OF richam:neral land belonging
10 she .C!loctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
]. f. McMurrav. an attorney of Nc
,..,ier. Ok a., nd his associates had
ma :e 90 !. racL, with numerous in
diyidua Indians by which the
a ioruryS w.. e 10 receive ten per cent.
Of the proceeds Of The land sales. Sena-
TOR Gore opposed the McMurray COLI
tracts and introduced measure in the
Senate providing that all contracts with
indians must be confirmed by Congress
Il WAS this measure that caused the
trouble. The possible attorneys
fees under the McMurray contracts
are varipusly estimated from S9,OOo,-
600 to so. 600, 600. 1t is understood that
there is Il standing offer OF $50, OOO, OOO
forthc land. while the Geological Survey
has estimated its value at 500, 600, 600.
McMurray's agents, it is charged,
FASTENED to Washington to oppose the
Gore measure. According to Gore the
bride was offered to him in an effort to
induce him to Withdraw it. The Gore
| measure was favorably reported and
we'll on its way toward passage. Dur
ing the absence Of Gore from the Sen
| ate on June "A, 1910, it came up IN the
course Of routine business and its en-
emicS had practically killed it wheI
| Gore rushed into the chamber. RealIz
ing that only the most extreme measures
could save the bill ut that stage OF the
session Gore made his sensational speech
in which he charged the attempted brlb-
cry and that various members OIL
Congress were interested in the deal.
On the last night of the session, Just
before final adjournment, special com
mittccs were appointed by both the
House and the Senate to investigate
the matter. Gore had succeeded in
having his bill recommended and adopt
ed in such shape rs to be satisfactory
to him. Under the previous law 1t was
provided that all contracts with Indian
tribes required the approval OF the
president and President Roosevelt III
1908 refused to 20. k tribal con.
tracts made by McMurray. The Nc
Alester attorney then proceeded to ob,
tain individual contracts which led Gore
to introduce his bill.
Horace 4. Taylor, assistant secretary
of the treasury under President Nc
Kiulcy and for many years 4 promi'
nent citizen Of Wisconsin, died her,
today ut the age OF Is.
Postmaster General Hitchcock re-
sumed his duties here today sitting Oh
the lid as the only personal representa-
tive of President Eaft's immediate Of
fetal family.
Figures made public by the Bureau
OF Statistics, Department OF Commerce
and Labor today, tend to show that the
prime food necessities are shrinking
and that the United States is gradually
consuming and not exporting her fooc
products.
4 finale sufficiently comic to have
ended Il cruise of III. NJ. s. Pinafort
was today suggested by Major vii
liam s. Hodges, Judge advocate genera
of,he District National Guards, to the
deserving sailors from the Distrlc
Militia Ship Ozark and to the disgrunt
led officers who have been threatened
by their men with an investigation
After deep consideration OF the re
guIations governing the District militia
Major Hodges declared that if the mer
returned TO their ship within ten day:
he was of tlcyopinion that q charge o
descrtion would not hold against them
The Ozark is destined to arrive at tn,
naval militia wharf here tomorrow
! Consequently twenty-five tarS" arr
today having the dust gathered during
their long hike home after DESERVING
the ship cleaned from their uniform:
preparatory to lining up on the wharf
tomorrow for i scramble aboard to re
port before the ten days have expired
An official summary appropriation
made by the second session OF the 6lS
Congress, completed to-day by Thomas
fP. ClcarcS and lanes G. Courts, chic
clerks of the Senate and House APP
preparations committees, showsa CRANE
total of 81 .o27 .901 ,629.1S. Contracts
authorized requiring furture appropria
tons aggregate $70,945, 800 which i:
an increase of S44, S64, $50. Over thu
contract liabilities authorized by tn,
preceding session.
The statement shows that 9,707 new
government employees an annual com
pcn,ation of IS, GA ,335, were provided
for ard Thai 5.44S previously en-
rolled were omitted, making ne
increase of + 80 employees at an ad
dilional cost of 81 ,459.S7S These in
crra>cS included 97S postal clerks ant
5000 naval apprentices. Nearly al
the departments increased their EN-
plovcs except the Treasury which was
reduced by l0l and the Pension Office
which was reduced by nearly 100. l.
is pointed out that comparison of the
total appropriations Of the | scconC
session of the seth Congress with those
of the second session of the G1st. show:
4 reduction Of SIC. 500, 227 "a.
The belief that Il tidal wave, or per-
hapS several such manifestations, oc
Icurrcd in the Atlantic Ocean about
1000 miles southeast Of Washington
WAS expressed today by Father Torn
dorr. of Georgetown University, afteI
examining the Scismograph record:
made by the extraordinary disturbance
last night. The tremors continued
from SAC 10 9:33 p. ~. and the mos
remarkable feature OF the record wa: