Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-01-25
The hin nrenared bv Delegate Flynn,

state. with additions Of certain parts
OF the Indian Territory, is the hrst OF
the measures that the oommiltse on
territories is now wrestling Witn'
Altar next week the House will take
very few holidays. The big approprla'
ton bills are to be pushed through
one after the other, and Cuban, fnliP-
mines and Chinese matters Will iolio"'
The Pacific cable question will appear
before very long, and with penny post
ACE. irrigation, the coinage bill and the
Cumpaoker scheme to cut down the
renresentation of the South, it would
seem that enough work is planned for
tine members to keep them busy for
many months to come.
Rear Admiral VIM. K. Van Reypen,
chief of the naval bureau OF medicine
and surgery, retired today upon his
own application after 40 years of service.
He is succeeded by DR.. Presley M.
Rixey, who will also have the rank OF
rear admiral. DR.. Rixey was born In
Virginia and entered the navy in 1874
Four years ago, after considerable sea
service, he was assigned to duty at the
naval dispeussry here. He mas been
we'll known largely through his selec'
ton ss family physician to Presidents
Mckinley and Roosevelt, having been
at the death bed OF the former.
Col. Tasker n. Bliss, collector OF
customs at Havana, representing Gen.
Wood. appeared before the House
committee on ways and means To-Day
and made a number OF important sts TO.
ments, to the effect that II the United
States desires to avoid political re-
latiops with Cuba, 1t must enter into
more intimate commercial relations.
There is little or no beggary in the
island, labor is employed, yet he intl'
mated that o failar to grant some
tariff concessions would send the Cnban
sugar planter, now trembling on the
verge Of bankruptcy. to the wall. Col,
Bliss adyocst ID readjustment oil tariff
rates 30 that the trade vi the islands
might foil into our hands, $37 600, OOO
of the $66, 900, 900 annual imports now
being brought 10 from foreign countriea'
He was not convinced, he said, that
annexation of the Islands would DC
desirable from our standpoint.
Reed Knox, a son of the Attorney
General, was fined So In the Police
Court by Judge Kimball today for fasl
driving. The policeman stated thai
be was driving at the rate OF 10 or ID
miles an hour. The young man
stated In his defense that the horse,
which was a spirited animal, bolted
and got beyond his control. Judge
Kimball regretted having to impose the
fac, but stated that the law made nc
distinction OF persone.
A series of lottery schemes which
have been in operation in Lexington
XIV. and the Immediate vicinity for
four or FIVE years are being rapidly pat
out of business. Frank orders for using
the q. s. mails for illegal purposes have
Just been issued against the Fsyelte 10.
yestmeut Co., and the Centred Mutual
Deposit Co., both of Lexington, the sc
making a dozen or more concerns
which have been barred from the
mails during the pact month.
IL is estimated by the Postoftice De-
partment that these various concerns
have, during their four or five years OF
operations, taken about $lO.OOO,OOO
from the gullible American public
The plan of operations Is said by the
DEPARTMENT to be the sale OF tickets
calling for different amounts Of stock In
the companies. The stock is redeem
able at it's face value with varying rates
of interest. The prizes are simply
paid out of the cash received from the
investors. AS fast as the concerns are
unprecedented, and investigation by the
Postofioe Department justihes it, frank
orders are issued against them and the
Illegal business is promptly killed.
Geo, G. Crawford, of New York, 8
vaudeville actor now playing IN this
city, and Isabelle Hirschfeld, an &C
tress without an engagement at present,
wife of Alfred Hirschteld, of New York,
were arrested this morning charged
with adultery. The womsn's husband
and a detective found the couple &C.
cupying room together In a disrepu-
table resort.
A fraud order has been Issued against
the Y. n. Company, of Petersburg,
w. Va, by the Postofioe department.
This company advertised 10 pay
premiums on various United States
coins and asked that ten cents be sent
them for prize list.
August G.. SchoenborD, who designed
the dome of the Capitol last night at his
home In this city, in the seventy. fifth
year of bis age. He was born in Subie,
Germany in 1927.
Naval and military attaches to for
eIgu legations are badly scared at the
fate which has befallen Captain Bsyly,
knowing foil we'll that he has been
selected as a scape0oat for the crowd,
Nearly all Of them have been engaged
In practices similar to those that brought
Captain Bayly into disfavor. The selec-
ton of Captain Bayly ia, from the State
department view, q most unfavorsble
one, since 1t has been the policy there
for some time 10 avoid any semblsnce
of unpleasantness with Great Britain.
The Navy department In choosing its
victim overlooked this point and
acted apparently on personal grounds.
Before the ways and means commit
tee of the House today, Louis Place, of
the Cuban delegation denied the
charges that the sugar trust is respon.
sible for the movement for free sugar.
Mr.. Mendozs, also OF the Cuban dele.
cation, explained that When Cuba &C.
cepted the Plat amendment 1t was on
the promise of President Mckinley that
the United States would give Cuba
tariff concessions. Without such con-
the Platt amendment would
work no advantage to Cuba, he said.
NEWS OF T4K nAY