Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.


Alexandria district has arrived here from
his home in Culpeper county and will
remain during the session OF Congress.
Senator Thomas Martin, of Virginia,
was at the Raleigh yesterday. Reports
that constantly reach him indicate his
strength with his people, and ioreshad,
ows his easy reelection to his present
office. The Senator and Mrs. Martin
will probably make the Hotel Gordon
their home for the coming season. Their
little boy who has been quite sick at their
home in ALTERNATE county is rapidly
improving. =,
Thursday, November 26, will be
designated as Thanksgiving Day by
President Roosevelt
There are nearly 5000 postmasters IN
Virginia.
Senator Hanna is expected to retire
from the Craftsmanship of the republican
national committee on account OF his
health, and he will be succeeded by ex-
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts,, if he
will serve. 1t is said that Perry >.
Heath. who is still secretary of the re-
publican national committee, will not
continue in that office. After the publ
cation of the Bristow report and the
Presidents comments next month, 1t
will not be possible for Mr.. Heath to re-
main. Louis Coolidge, a well-known
Washington correspondent, may become
secretary of the republican national com
mittee. Postmaster General Payne,
who is vice chairman of the republican
national committee, may also retire after
the next national republican convention.
The re-establishment of the army can
teen was strongly favored in the report
OF the committee appointed to inyestl'
gate the subject by the American Public
Health Association, which report was
submitted to the association this morn
ing. This afternoon the members OF the
association were received by the Presl-
dent at the White House. Tonight they
will attend a reception at the home of
ex-senator John B. Henderson.
About 81, 600, 900 in gold will be
transferred to St. Louis today from New
York. OF this $685. 900 will 90 direct
and the remainder by way of Chicago.
Mrs. Beuloli Nesbit, % years old, of
Sideview, Fairfax, county, Va, COM
nitted suicide at the home of her father,
429 r street, this city, at an early hour
this morning. Mrs. Nesbit, who has
daughter one year old, has been in i'll
health for sometime and this fact
prompted her to take her life.
The State Department has received a
dispatch from Minister Powell at San
Domingo, which says; "Morales, Gov
ernor of Puerto Plata, has pronounced
against this government. Both naval
vessels with have been sent there. 1t
is currently reported that Mocha is in
instruction to-day. All quiet here.
Deschamps, Vice President, is prison
er. The instruction is in favor OF
Jiminez."
Secretary Loeb has completed arrange
for the Presidents trip to Oyster Bay on
election day. The President will leave
Washington at 1910 Tuesday morning
in a special car. He will reach Oyster
Bay at 8 a. m; will vote for the judge of
the court of appeals and at 1870 will
again board train to return to Washing
ton. 1t is curious fact that the princi-
pal officer for whom the President will
vote this year is a democrat, DEM is
O'Brien, the candidate for Judge of the
Court of Appeals He has, however,
been endorsed by the republicans. The
President will also vote for republican
member ofthe Assembly from the Oyster
Bay district. These are the only two can
didates at the President summer home.
'The Oregon grand jury is now grind
ing out, in the shape of indictments,
the material which we have dumped in
to the hopper" said Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock today, discussing
the latest phases of the land fraud in
vestigation. He had just received
telegram notifying him Of three addi-
tional indictments. THAT makes seven
for the week." he added "And it is
but the beginning. None of those in
dicted today is CONNECTED with the
government in an official capacity"
The November number of Federationist
will contain an editorial by President
Gompers of the A. f. of L. on "The open
Shop Brazen Hypocrisy, called forth by
President Roosevelfs recent action in
the Miller case atthe Government print
ing Office. Among other things he will
say 1--WE do not deny the right Of
the non. union man to work where, when,
and for whomsoeyer he pleases. We
simply insist upon the same right Of all
union men to refuse to associate with
them in factory or in the club, and we
insist upon our right to tell employers
that they must have either union shops
or non-union shops. If they want our
labor, they must make it pleasant for us
to work for them"
Louis Kempner, the recently dismis-
sed superintendent of the registry
division of the Postoffice Department,
sprung a sensation this afternoon at
hearing given him by 4th Assistant p.
NJ. G. Bristow, in compliance with di-
rections from the Postmaster General.
In defending the charge of general in
efficiency, one of the four upon which
his removal was based, Mr.. Kempner
submitted the original copy of a
letter of recommendation to Post
master General Smith given to Kemp
ner August 5, 1899, by Mr. Roose-
Welt, then governor of New York.
The reopening of the Kempner case is
upon direction of the President, to