Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-21
FROM WASHINGTON.

Washington, D. c.. April 81.
The House committee on ways and
means today authorized favorable re-
port on the following bills: Regulating
the pay of storekeepers and gaugers
to admit the Rochambeau statue free o.
duty; to provide statistics OF the Island
territory OF the United States; to re-
fund the legacy tax to religious and
charitable institutions; and allowing
outage on liquors, bottled In bond.
The democrats OF the House will eau
Gus tonight al. the request of the demo
cratic members Of the committee or
insular affairs, who desire the unani
nous support of the minority OF theil
substitute bill for the civil government
of the Philippines. providing for the
withdrawal of the United States forces
after a stipulated period OF time. There
seems to be little opposition to the
minority measure on the minority side
and a rather harmonious caucus is pre-
dicted.
The findings of the court martial ID
the case OF Surgeon f. II. Marsteller
u. s. N, tried ut Port Royal, s. O., OF
charges of drunkenness on duty and
scsndulous conduct were received al
the Navy Department today. The
court found Surgeon Martteller guilty
on all the charges and sentenced min
t be suspended from duty for 2 years
to receive during that period one hal
of shore pay and to lose FIVE numbers
10 bis grade. Although Secretary Ions
approved the sentence, he remarked In
his official comment on the case that II
is entirely inadequate to the gravity o
the offense. Surgeon Marsteller Is
Virginian.
Captains Joseph II. Coghlsn o
"Hoch der Kaiser" fame, and Cap
tain James II. Sands were today nomi
ed to be Rear Admlrals. Tht
President also nominated, u. s. Sartlr
to be postmaster at Kansas City
Kansas, and Luther MCGEE POSTMASTER
at Joplin, Mo.
Grover Flint of Cambridge, Mass
grandson OF the late DR.. Austin Flint
testified this morning before the Senst
committee on the Philippines that be
had seen the inhclion of the water
cure on native Filipinos 10 at least
twenty cases. In some instances the
victims were rendered unconscious and
he had heard that in one case des tn
had afterwards resulted. No action
was taken on the request of the demo
cratic minority to call Aguinaldo and
other Fliipinos from the archipelago.
Senator Daniel has returned from
Richmond, and was 10 his seat In the
Senate today. He is looking remark
ably we'll and while the river and har-
Dor bill was being read in the Senate
this morning he sat with Senator Mar
tin looking after Virginia's interests 10
the bill.
The Crumpacker resolution, pro-
viding for an investigation OF suffrage
conditions 10 the South, is undoubtedly
dead. A good many republicans. in
addition to those originally opposed to
it's consideration, are ready to vote
against the resolution, since it has ap-
peared to have been used as a club to
drive members OF the House into voting
for the Cuban reciprocity bill. The
resolution, already in bad reputs, will
be looked upon now with such general
disfavor that no action upon ii can be
secured at this session Of Congress.
Representative Babcock, chairman of
the House District committee, is quite
Ill again. suffering from an attack OF
erysipelas.
Senator Hoar said to q representative
of the Gazst.e today that bis adverse
report on the matter of the retrocession
of Alexandria bad been read In full In
the Senate and received by that body
and that he supposed that would
bs an end OF the matter for this session
of Congress at least.
Leave TO file bill of complaint
against the Northern Securities Com.
pany by the State of Washington was
today granted in the Supreme Court
OF the United States 10 accordance with
the general rule. The motion for
leave to file was orally argued last
week by Attorney General Strstton of
the State OF Washington. The case
will be ct once filed and date set for
hearing.
Private services will be held on
wednesday afternoon over the body OF
the late Frank r. Stockton at the
home Of Mr.. Robert f. Barn, 2133 p
street northwest, where the late novel
ist died. The body will be taken to
Philadelphia afterward and intsrment
De made ln Woodland Cemetery the
following day.
The will OF the lsts Rev. T. De- Witt
Talmage was 6led for probate this
afternoon. The testator leaves his en-.
tire property to his widow, Eleanor M.
Tslmage, and to his children. He
bequeathed 81 900 to Greenwood Gene.
terry OF Brooklyn, as perpetual fund
t keep up the family lot. No memo.
randum lie filed giving the value of
property begueathed.
u. s. Minister to Colombia Hart
was among the White House callers
this morning. II hope the canal will
be built over the Panama routs" said
be, "for then the revolutonists would
give up their regular business OF stir
ring things up and the country could
settle down and enjoy life as 1t should.
The Panama route is by all odds the
better line, to my mind"
The case Of the United States against Lee
Len Tai for Illegal entry into the United
states through Canada was today decided by