Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-03-18

bilities which do now exist. By this
ultimatum we, In effect, assume pro-
tectorate over Cuba. This is new de-
parture 10 our national policy, as tnas
Is power which we have never before
undertaken to exercise and wnicn u
has been insisted was entirely out. Oh
the question 10 connection with Tue
Philippines. do not believe
protectorate can be predlcfed upon
the Monroe doctrine, nor 90 oeiieve
that we can constitutionally exercise
such a power. II we can, we can OK
ercIse It wherever the Monroe doctrine
applies, and it is conceded that apphes
TO the whole continent. Are We 10 OK
ercise protectrste in time over Gil tne
South American governments as occa.
sion may arise? The assumption OF
such vast responsibilities no one VINO
loves our institutions can contemplate
without serious misgiviDgs."
The President has com muted TO lie
imprisonment the death sentence OF
Private John II. Schmidt, Company A,
36th u. 8. Volunteer Infantry convicted
OF the marder OF q native 10 Porto Rico,
by court martial. Not since the begin
ing of the Standardization war has
the President permitted U. s. col.
der to be executed. Several have been
sentenced TO death by courts martial
for murder, desertiOn or other ohenses
made capital by the war, but In every
every Gaze executive clemency has
| been extended.
The State Department proposes to
investigate the reported imprisonment
OF u. s. Consular Agent Ignacio ID.
Baiz, at Barcelona, Venezuela, by the
authorities of that government. 1t 10
| the second time that BAiz has been
imprisoned within the last six months.
The first time the American Consul OF
La Guayra, got him out and secured
statement that the authorities regretted
the incident. Baiz was born in st.
Thomas but was appointed from Vene.
zula to his present position which pays
something over $500 year.
The latest alleged fraud being inves-
tigated by toe post office authorities Ia
| the case of a doctor who advertises to
cure deafness, without fail, for $3.50.
1000 pills are thep sent by the doctor,
with the Injunction that one must be
taken each day. Thus six years would
be required for the "cure." The doc
tor adds that If the patient should miss
one day, the charm would be broken.
and to insure 'cure" it would be
necessary to start all over again. The
department is 10 somewhat OF q guam
Diary, as 1t has no record of any one
having taken the pills for six consecu.
tive years, therefore cannot say posi-
tivly that cure would not result under
such circumstances.
Another American claim has been
collected from South American gov.
eminent. Ia 1894 during the revolu.
ton In Peru. VIM. Fowks, On Ameri-
can citizen at Tombez, was thrown toto
| prison because he refused to contribute
400 ole $4,000 to The insuIge1t cause,
After "a hours in jail Fowks concluded
to pay up and he then proceeded to put
in claim for the return Of his money
and damages for imprisonment. The
claim was presented by this govern
ment and involved considerable diplo
matte correspondence, but today U. 8.
Minister Dudley informed the State de-
partment that the Peruvian govern
ment offered TO pay 5000 soles ($l ,5O0)
in settlement OF the case. As this is
satisfactory to the claimant, who ia 10
Peru, the department has instructed
Minister Dudley to accept the offer.
Detectives Proctor and Watson, who
were detailed to make an investigation
of the complaints filed by local mer-
chants against soldiers who de-
stroyed or carried off property dur
| Jog the inauguration have submitted
their report to Msjo Sylvester. While
the officers found several victims who
were unable to tell from where the
soldiers who robbed them came, most
Of them fixed the offenses on the Penn
s;lvaDia troops. 1t is thought that the
actual damage done by soldiers will
q mount to considerably over $4,000.
Colonel Thomas Thornton, of Iii.
nois, whose father. General William
Thornton, lived in Alexandria long be-
fore the war between the States, is now
here, on business with the govern.
ment, with which he has recently been
connected.
| An Ohio man here today says ex.Congress.
man Thomas johnson, the democratic mayor
of Cleveland, o., will be reelected, and will
| DO the democratic candidate for governor OF
that State, and be elected to that position also.
| Seventeen members Of the late Doth Con-
gress, two Of whom were from Virginia,
Messrs. Epes and Wise, have died, and three
gone crazy.
Il IN NJ otol.x he blu avuc
paper printed in Alexandria, that was started
by Senator Stewart Of Nevada, will not 60
into the hands Of q receiver, as was reported,
| but will be purchased by people here. and its
| publication be continued in Alexandra.
| There are about fifty members Of Congress
in the city, aud as Congress will provide
| travelling expenses, including wet and dry
| groceries, for the funeral Of the late Repre-
sentative Brosius, of the Lancaster, Pennsyl
vanis district, the one the famous Thsd.
| Stevens used to represent most of them ap-
piled for tickets for the trip.
| Richmond man here yesterday said that
IL minority representation be allowed by
| the democratic committee OF that city, Swan.
Montague forty delegates TO the State
convention. He also ssid that Mr.. Wad-
dill would probably defeat Mr.. Joseph Bryan
for the constitutional convention Ia Henrico
county, and Mr., Carter in Hanover, and that
the delegates from Richmond would probably
be Messrs Meredith, Bloomberg, Wise, Smith
and Newton.
Among the strangers here today Is Mr.. a.
G. Miller, the new deputy q. s. attorney for
the eastern district of Virginia. He is on his
way to Richmond to attend the meeting Of
the State republican committee which has
been called TO assemble there tomorrow.
President Gompsrs, OF the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, stated todsy that according