Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
lcorrespondence Of the Alexandria 6azetIe.I
Washington, ID. g., July 10.

rcorrespoudence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, d. c., July l6.
Owing to the fact that Mgr. Falconio
believes that the first news of the Pope's
death will come directly to the Papal
Legation from Cardinal Rampolla,
constant watch is being maintained at
the Legation by representations OF the
press associations. At every hour OF
the day or night the little group OF news
paper men may be seen lounging in the
front yard of Mgr. Falonio's official
residence awaiting the arrival OF the
expected message. AS there is no tele-
phone at the legation any news received
must be taken to the nearest public
telephone station which is located IN
drug store about a square away. Every
day since the Pope became i'll Mgr.
Falconio has received one or more
messages concerning the condition OF
his holiness and in some instances they
have beaten the press bulletins from
Rome. In the event Of his death, II Is
stated at the legation, the news will be
withheld from publication at Rome I'M
til the various representatives OF the
hierarchy throughout the world can be
informed by cable and the news thus
transmitted to the heads of the various
governments. Mgr. Falconio has given
up all hope of the Pope's recovery and
would not be surprised to receive word
of the end AT any time now.
1t is the intention of the postofiice au-
thorities to begin a thorough investiga-
ton of the New York city office within a
few days. Among the first complaints
that reached the department were charges
of gross Irregularities and the sale Of pro,
motion in that Office. An inquiry would
have been instituted at once had not
graver charges in the department here
demanded the undivided attention of the
inspectors.
Senior Don Antonio Lazo Arriago, the
Gualemalan Minister, called at the State
Department this morning and, with Sec
rotary Hay, signed a treaty of extradl-
ton between the United States and
Guatemala, covering many points that
were not included in the treaty of twenty
years ago.
The Civil Service Commission has been
called upon to decide whether a man can
lawfully be dismissed from the classified
service because he is distasteful to labor
ORGANIZATIONS whose members are employ
ed in the same line of work. W. A. Mil
Ter, an employee of the Government print
ing office, was removed last May. He
has filed complaint with the Commission,
saving that the real cause of his dismiss
al was that he had given information to
a certain Congressman whereby the Gov
eminent printing Office could be run on a
more economical basis. The labor or
carnations. he declares, took umbrage
at this and we're instrumental in effect
ing his discharge.
VIM. McAdoo, formerly Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, and now one OF
the general counsel of the United States
Shipbuilding Co., saw Secretary ofNavy
Moody this morning in behalf of his
clients. Mr.. McAdoo desires to have
removed certain penalties that have been
levied on the company because 1t is be-
hind in its work on several of the war
ships which it is building under con-
tract 1t is understood that the MEM
bers of the board on construction will
recommend that the penalties be re-
moved. Mr.. McAdoo stated positively
that his purpose in seeing the Secretary
was not to procure advance payments
from the government on the contracts OF
the company.
1t was announced at the State Depart
ment today that the incident off the
coast of Borneo which occasioned so
much excitement in the British House of
Commons last night and was represented
as the seizure by United States vessels of
islands belonging TO Great Britain was
merely the visit, for purpose of surveying,
of United States ships to the islands Of
the Cagayan Sulu group which are the
property of this country. Through an
oversight these islands, which belong to
the PHILIPPINE Archipelago, were omitted
from the boundaries noted in the Paris
treaty. Consequently they became the
subject of another special treaty with
Spain and the United States paid $780,
900 for them.
Herman Werdig, AZ years old, was
found hanging in the shed in the rear
of his home, Oil Delaware avenue
northeast this morning. He had been
dead but a short time when found by
his daughter.