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

was partly wrecked and p persons were
nuri by natural gas explosion.
| Mrs. Phillip W. Webster, - years
old, of Niagara Falis, yesterday gave
birth 10 her twenty-sixth child. She
married at the age of 16. Five pairs oil
twins aad one set OF triplets were iu-
clu6, ia the number.
DR.. Willism Penn Compton, we'll
known physician OF Washington dropped
dead yesterday afternoon while calling
on one of his patients. Dr.. Compton
vas IS yesrs old, i 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
nsvy, according to the present indica-
tions, 10 succeed Admiral P. N. Rixey,
| the iScumbsat. The lat;er's term expires
on Saturday next sud his successor will
be named within few days.
| Henry V. Wolf, city councilman
and clerk in the Southern Railway
office in Louisville, Ky, choked to
death yesterday on a piece Of meat
! which he vas eating ct a luoch counter
| in saloon. Mr.. Wolf had taken but
toe face sni te!l to the flor. 4 pay
sicisn wss called, bot MIR. Wolff was
dead before .ho doctor arrived.
SIppor; combining both esckiDg and
CHI ll=ngo have dsen accorded President
Ts!t BIZ two csucases within tho pas, SO
b0nrs, one by the frightened Houss
fegulsrs from New Ycrs Safe, The
other fr n the Il use Insurgents, who
aCt:d IN ire sense Of ensmics only by
| implied susp cion of the honesty of ID =
sdnll!s:ratl9n's declared pu poses. BJtu
caucnsts, however, avoided tskirg aGgres-
] i've positions on the subject Of charging
the House rules.
| Life-ssgerc watched eli of yesterday
| In vain ior the crew OF :he thres-masted
schooray Frsaca, which vert to pieces
| on the shoals between the Cape
! Il 1tterss aud Big Kinnskeet liie.aay;ug
-lat!ous. This. 40 dead budies we're
! Hsshad mp on the bach is probably Que
10 the fac. That The men fell prey to the
! q versl schools of maaeating shsrks
hich are said 10 have infested the
| .vs.ers of Cape Hste-ss within the past
] week.
The first cougrezsiousl reception since
the establishment OF new regime at the
White Htuis, heretofore one of the most
\ uyercrowtled functions of the winter,
passed into history last night with only
| q few more than 1900 guests. In addi.
; tinu to the leaders OF lha two houses OF
| Congress and many of their followers,
there we're present to gree. the presiden.
and Mira. Taft the ambassadors and mio-
istc7s, accompanied by their families, the
.Supreme Court ui.ices end a uunber
from residential circles.
| The banking houae OF Fisk & Rob.
inacn, of NoT York, prominent amoag
the hta'es dealieg ia government, s'ate
and city bonds aud Other in7estmsct
s5curities, Jailed yesterday, The fms
| representatives said the liabilities we're
! approximately 5000. 900, OF which
more than $1,000, COO is uuaecuted.
. The liabilities sre thus pras:er than
!hdsa OF spy other private banking house
which has suspended since long time
satctiating the panic of 1907. The
failure vas dna directly to heavy under
taEiugs Oh behsli OF the Buffalo end
3Slsquehanna Railrosd system.
A. the mes.i0s OF the Nav York
! Board OF Ai1avmea Yesterday Alderman
! Nicoll cfi,red q resolution aoG ordnance
! riding t2 10 swsy with atreouOra
!; EoIrth IT July. In the resolution be
ias7a that by ressoa OF the mcars emf
p!ogai to commemorate Independence
/ Day it has Become natiOosl evil; that
| msny persons $40 Killed sad msined BY
| The uUras ratel and careless use CT fire
| WORKS ard Grscrackers and asks thst
! The :ules committse appoint commit.
tee OF ife members Tor Ihs purposss
0. daysng some mesos to commemorate
| The dey less dangerous to life and prop.
erty thaa the manner 10 which IL is now
Observed.
o, G. Dickinson, democrat, v5s
elected to Oo2gre:s yesterday in the
Sixth Missouri distr:e. by .. 500 10 g 600
msi1rity over Phillips Griffith, repub.
lean. No republican gains ara 70,
ported f:on any republican p'sciDc:.
The Sx.h congressional districts demo
cratic majority has never been less taan
| 500 since the present district vas
formed in 1901, except in 1904, Hhen
The republican tidal wave reduced De
Almonds majority 10 !, OIL. The dem.
ocIaic snd republican congregational
committees sent roted speakers into
the d:asric: il Lie campaign iuss closed.
a sweeping Investigation iato the in
creased Goa! OF living TO be conducted
b5 the ways sud means committee of
the H9nse OF Representatives, ls pro7Id.
ca for iu q resolution introduced By
Representative Payne, yesterday. Tbe
resolution empowers the committee % ad-
minister osths, employ egpert1, seud for
papers and persons, and hold mee!ings
snyw5eTe Ia the United States. &
tacroagh anti fsr.r;sching investigation
OF the beef trust" is provided for in a /
resolution also Introduced yesterday By
Representative Coudry, a republican
member froG Missouri. The resolution
is drawn 10 drastic te:ms, and spprc-
PIRATES $50, 600 to be used 10 Ceiling at
the facts. representative Foeiser, OF
Ee7 York, introduced his bill placing !
beef, mutton, lamb, pork and othe:
meats on the free let Of entry into this |
ccnutry for period OF one year from
enactment Of the measure toto lar.