Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-03-17

eral subsidy OF one cent per ton eacn
hundred miles sailed by American yes !
sels. 1t ia payable only on conuiI'ou
that the owners hold themselves III
readiness TO perform, when requireu'
aneoifio service for the government.
The subsidies proposed Will amoun. 70
a 072 900. of which the steamers Woulu
set 1850 900 and sailing ships $olo, wv.
Increase ia expenditures depends on In
crease Of shIpbuilding. The last part
Of the bill provides for bounty 10 yes
sells engaged 10 the deep'sea nsneries,
the annual expenditures being eStlmat-
ed at SIZE, 900.
Immediately after the opening the
House today went into committee OF
the whole on the river and harbor Dill.
To this bill are provisions for surveys
for the harbor OF Alexandria aud for
Improving Hunting Creek and Tor
channel from Alexandria to the Mary
land shore. n,n
The contested election case OF Will
son vs.. Lassiter from the Fifth Virginia
district was heard before elections COM
mittee No. 3 OF the House today. Inc
same committee has 90 far made no re-
mort ip the contested case against Mr.
Rbea. of the Ninth Virginia district.
Mr.. Otey, Of Virginia, today intro
duced bill 10 the House approprlet-
ing hundred million dollars for the
construction OF good roads to be ex'
pended in the States and territories 10
proportion to population, the census OF
| 1900 to be the basis. In no state lie
there to be expended more than one
dollar per capita of population. Mr.
Otey saws: "We've spent $4OO,OOO,OOO
on the Philippines; hundreds OF NIL.
lions for irrigation, railroads and foreign
commerce, now let us spend something
for our own people directly and some
thing that will make our whole coun-
try and the South in particular blossom
| like q rose."
Mr.. Rixey has introduced bills in the
House for the relief of Seth K. Cooper
OF Stafford county, Va; for the relief Of
Annie E. Hughlett; granting pension
to Edward A. Branham, OF Alexandra
county, and bill granting an increase
of pension to Thomas Wells.
The Senate calendar has been cleared
of all miscellaneous bills that did no
call for debate, such as bills for public
buildings, bridges, pensions, etc. Thi
fact was called to the attention OF I'M
Senate this morning by Mr.. Hale Wn'
declared that in all his experience II
the Senate it was unprecedented o
this or any other stage Of the session
at shows that the Senate is doini
business" he said. at is too bad the
there Is not quorum present to hea
Won say that" remarked Mr.. C0ckrell
as he asked to nave the roll called.
Secretary Of War Root announces
this afternoon that General Funsto
would be assigned to command tn
Department of Colorado as soon as hi
present furlough shall have expired.
Politicians here on both sides ant
from all over the country say that tn
fight is on between Roosevelt and Han
ma for the next presidential nomination
There is q we'll defined rumor i
, official circles here to the effect tina
Mr.. Lawrence Washington is an appli
cant for the Alexandria postmastershi
and that he has some influential back
ing-but not from the Virginia republi
caos. Some 90 80 far as to say that b
will be appointed by the President.
The Marine Hospital service announ
ces the fact that a fatal case OF plagu
was reported February %, from
Berkeley, CAL, a suburb of San Fran
cisco. This is the first case OF thi
disease that has occurred in the Units
States outside OF San Francisco.
Funeral services over the remain
of the late Maj. Gen. Stanley were he'll
this morning, the body being intered i
the cemetery at the National Soldiers
Home beside that Of his wife, the dea
officer having been at one time To
governor of the home. A military es
cort with band made up the coltsgt
aud at the home the old soldiers wer
drawn no In review. A volley wa
fred at the grave over which taps wa
sounded by trumpeter.
Corinne. the IS year old daughter {
Nj. B. Slocum, OF Fall River, Mass, Wa
bound, gagged, and then ohloroforme
last night by two burglars who wishe
to silence her while they rsnsacked tn
house for travelling case belonging t
her father supposed to contain abou
$4,000 worth OF iewelry. SlocuI
travels for q jewelry firm and the bure
lars evidently thought they coul
make haul. Miss Slocum was alon
8 ia the house. She was not badly hurt
| The huroIara faiied IN find the oaag
Shortly after they left, Miss Slocum
brother returned home and found hi
sister unconscious.
Nathan stubblefeld will give q publ
demonstration OF his invention Of wirele
telephone on the Potomac river on Thursda
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