Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-06-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.J
Washington, d. c., June q.

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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. j
Washington, d. c., June p.
IT is the intention of Senator Hanna
to introduce a resolution today or Mon
day providing for a Congressional IL
yestieation of the Cuban postal frauds
and the trials of those alleged to have
been implicated in them. He will do
this at the solicitation of Major Rath-
bone. who was convicted by the Cuban
courts but was pardoned under the gen.
eral amnesty act passed by the Cuban
Congress. Major Rathbone said this
morning that some of the statements at
tributed to him in recent interviews have
misrepresented his position.
In resuming his testimony this morn
ing before the Senate committee on the
Philippines, Admiral Dewey gave fur
Their details regarding the arrangement
he had with the Governor General of Ma
Mia to surrender the city just as soon as
the American troops arrived to take
possession. 'The agreement was that
was to fire upon one of the outlaying
forts. that of Matte" said the admiral.
81 was to engage this fort and fire for a
while when | was TO cease and signal by
the international code. " do you surrend-
err On receipt of this message, the
Spaniards were to hoist white flag.
Everything went according to pro-
gramme. / had communicated the ar
rangement to General Merritt, The ar
rangement was simply for the purpose OF
taking the city without needless loss OF
life. 1t was fully understood among my
squadron that there was to be no resis-
lance by the city," Admiral Dewey gave
it as his opinion that Aguinaldo went to
Manila "for the sole purpose Of gain
for loot and money" He declared later
that within 4S hours after his arrival
there, Aguinaldo began robbing right
and left, taking rice, stores andprovisions
from every body that had them, the
Americans included.
President Roosevelt arrived at the
Pc. nsylvania static n at 1875 this morn
ing and was driven at once to the tenn
pOrary White House at % Jackson
Place, v b oh will be his official residence
until the repairs on the executive man
sion shall have been finished. The
usual Friday cabinet meeting was held
in the new Office. 1t is said that this Is
the first time since the days of Madison
that President of the United States,
while in Washington, has transacted any
of the business of the government else
where than at the What House.
The democrats of the Honse will eau
Gus tonight for the purpose especially OF
considering the tariff and the trusts as
campaign issues and of adopting resolu-
tions setting forth their views on these
subjects. 1t is the intention to make
these two the foremost ismes of the COM
ing campaigns and the action tonight
really marks the opening of the struggle
for control of the next House.
The State Department has received
the following dispatch from special Am
bassadOr Whitelaw Reid, sent last night
from London. "ToOk leave of Lord
Lansdowne today, and after formal
leave of Prince of Wales shall close
special embassy unless otherwise in
structed and quit London to pay promised
visit to Admiral CrOwnshield. Lord
Lansdowne expressed his warm appre-
citation of the Presidents speech at
Harvard and of the general American
sympathy in this time of trouble. The
feeling about the king today is dis
tinctly hopeful"
Representative Kern, of Illinois,
forfeited s. in the Police Court this
morning on the charge of indecent eX-
posure. His secretary, Chas. A. Karch,
forfeited a similar sum on the charge OF
disorderly conduct.
Frances Harris, who came TO this city
dressed as man, was arrested this morn
ing with her companion, Cora Dougla',
and held on suspicion pending an in
vestigatiOn. Beyond admitting that she
has been travelling over the country iii
mans attire and stating that she spent
eight months in Denver without her sex
being discovered, she refuses to give any
information about herself. She was ar
rested here while trying to secure ac-
commOdations at a house of i'll fame.
The leaders of the House have inform
ally settled on next Tuesday as the date
of adjournment Nothing but failure of
the conferees on the Philippine civil
government bill is apt to postpone the
date set
The House committee on labor today,
authorized favorable report on the Nc
Demott bill to create national boa d
whose duty it shall be in case of strikes
affecting interstate commerce to make
investigation and report its findings to
the President of the United States.
The work of extending the arsenal
grounds over the shoal water of the har-
Dor and of the Eastern Branch and the
raising of the sunken land near the
James Creek canal will be commenced
at once.