Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-06-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the AlsIandris eAse.t'' }
Washiueton IN, ID. c.. June IL.

Wsshiuet IN, ID. c., June IL.
The republican members OF the
Sansts committee on Cuba NIT ibis
morninP and agreed upon the Spooner
hill proyiding for 20 per cent
reoiprocity arrangement with CUBA, 10
continue for five years with safeguards
whereby the benefits of the measure
are assured to tne Cuban planters.
The bill will be presented TO the re-
publican caucus which, 1t has been
decided, will be held tomorrow night,
and the attempt will bs made to have
1t adopted as q party measure. Ssna-
tors Platt Conn., and Aldrich still De-
lleve this can be done. Other OF the
administration Senators are not go con-
fident, realizing that If the beet sugar
Senators remain firm they can defeat
legislation &C this session and thbt tne
only recourse will then be to allow the
President ID negotiate u reciprocity
treaty for presentation TO the Senate
next December. Tnls action, 1t 10
thought, will Kill Cuban reciprocity
30 far as this session OF Congress
is concerned. The reciprocity sitna'
ton was the subject OF conference
last night between the President, Sec
retary Root and Gen. Wood. The con-
yersation also turned, it is said, upon
Gen. Woods expenditures in Cuba. III
ia expected that the General will soon
make statement disproving tae
charge that the payments to Gen.
Gomez was 10 the nature Of bride,
and producing the official record OF t1e
transactions 10 show that they were
actuated by nothing but perfectly
proper considers tons. The action OF
the republican members of the COM
NIT 90 was unanimous. Messrs Pit f,
Aldricn, Cullom, Mcmillan, Spooner,
Deboe aud Burnham all supporting the
mt ton to ADOPT the Spooner bill ss the
party measure. No other proposition
was submitted or considered.
At the Cabinet met ting today 1t was
decided to send one or two United
States war vessels to Venezuela for the
purpose of prot citing American lives
and property which are believed to be
endangered on account of the revolution
progressing 10 that country. The
President is considerably worried over
the fact that no answer has been re-
ceived to several messages cent during
the past few days to Minister Bowen st
Caracas. E ther the cables have been
cut or censorship has been established
90 rigorous as to exclude, even govern
ment dispatches. Ia the latter event
the Venezuelan authorities will be
asked to explsin.
There hes been much talk today OF
adjournment Of Congress on or about
July let. Word reached the House
from the Senate side that the Senate
leaders had reached tentative UNDER
standing to that effect The general
| Interpretation Of such move was that
| Cuban reciprocity would either be
| abandoned, or receive 30 better treat
ment than the passage by the Senate
of the House bill, with the dltierentisl
| on refined sugsr-aboiished Inc
House leaders say they will be ready ID
adjourn July Let, with Cuban rtcproc-
ity OF thu wayout OF the way.
The House committee on military
affairs today authorized favorable re-.
port on the resolution by Mr. Bartlett,
of Georgia, calling on the Secretary Of
War for detailed information in rela-
on to payments out of the Cuban
treasury TO F. B. Tburber or any other
person for the purpose Of promoting
| Cuban reciprocity.
CONGRESSMAN DeArmoDd, of Mis-
| souri,, will deliver the address before
the cadets of ihs Vireiais Military
| Institute on the % b instant.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce today author
| lied favorable report on the Foraker
bill to amend the act requiring rail-
roads to equip their cars with sutom tic
| couplers and continuous brakes and
their locomotives With driving wheel
brakes so as ID make it apply on and
after January 1st, 1903, to "all LOGON
tives, tenders, cars, and similar vehicles
used on any railroad operated by steam
power engaged In interstate COM
merce.n Section 2 of the Foraker bill,
which section Is to take effect Uinety
DAYS after the passage OF the act, pro-
vides that when any car is equipped
with train or power brakes the same
shall be used in every train in which
such car Is hauled, unless independ'
emily of such car sixty-6ve per cert OF
the cars 10 such train are equipped
with power or train brakes.
The Senate committee on naval affairs to-
day took action which il hopes VII put an
end to controversy over the SIMPSONS hley
case. 1t has reported favoTsbly the McComss
bill giving Rear Admiral schley, who is now
on the retired list, the same pay and allow
- 80 81, m ana n
tive list. This means that his present pay is
to be increased by one quarter. As OIi finally
introduced the McCOmss bill contained the
following preamble: where's, Commodore
Schley was the senior officer Of our squadron
off Santisgo when the Spanish tquadron at
tempted to escape on the morning Of July
3, 1893 and whereas, he WAS in absolute
comm and and is entitled to the credit due to
such commanding officer for the glorious vic
tory which resulted In the total destruction
OF the Spanish ships" The committee de-
cided, in the interest Of harmony, to strike
out this preamble and report only the hii
| itself granting him the additional recognition
! OF increased psy and allowances.
Edward II. Morsel, AZ years OLD, attempt
cd suicide today by stsbbing himself in The
throat at his place of business. 11O9 h st,
THE STRIKE "A dispatch FROM Blue.
Fl I'D says several parties OF 100 to $50
strikers each parsded the Flst Top coal
fields armed with rifles yesterday, and
a great many shots were exchanged be-
tween them and the guards at the
mines.
At the Buckeye mine party OF 100
strikers, most of them armed, prevent.
ed men from going to work. Thirty
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