Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-03-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette.


William r. Day, DR.. Hardin said there
were no unfavorable symptoms, and that
Justice Day is better this morning. 1t
is now admitted that the justice is suf-
fering from pneumonia. That this news
was held back by the doctor yesterday Is
due to the wishes of the family that no
alarming reports should be sent out re-
garding Justice Days condition. DIR.
Osler, of the Johns Hopkins Hospital at
Baltimore. has been summoned aud will
90 into consultation with DIR. Hardin to-
day. Besides Mrs. Day, two of the
Justices sons are in constant attendance
upon him. The other two sons will be
summoned to Washington should it be-
come necessary.
There may be an extra session of the
18th Congress in the fall. 1t was
learned today that the President yester-
day told several ofthe democratic leaders
of the Senate that if they should insist
on lacking on to the Cuban reciprocity
treaty an amendment providing for con-
current action by the House to make
the treaty effective he would hold him
self free to call an extra session for the
adoption of such resolution in the fall.
1t is believed that he will take this
course should the Senate programme re-
garding the treaty go through as out
lined at present. The President has also
served notice on the Senate leaders that
he will not accept defeat of either the
Panama canal or the Cuban reciprocity
treaty through failure to secure quorum
but will hold the Senate in extra session
until both the treaties shall have been
passed upon.
Republican Senators generally deride
the story that the President intends to
call an extra session of Congress Octo-
Der 1. They point out that there are
number of State legislatures to be elected
next fall, which are to choose United
States Senators. The fall elections will
be in full swing in October, and it is
pointed out that the calling together of
Congress in October in extra session, or
at any period to the polling day, would
be not only undesirable from party point
of view, but extremely distasteful to
those Senators who are expecting re-
election.
In the executive session of the Senate
today Mr.. Morgan occupied practically
the whole time in the delivery of a
speech on the negotiations between the
new Panama canal company's represent
atives and those of the United States, in
which he attacked President Bo, of the
French Company, and Mr.. Cormwell,
the American counsel, for their conduct
of the negotiations. But for the efforts
of Mr.. Cromwell and his friends in
Paris, Mr.. Morgan said, the United
States would now be preparing to dig
the Nicaragua canal.
The State Department today received
dispatch from Vice Consul William
G.. Wildt, at Ceiba, Honduras, to the
effect that Ceiba has been captured by
revolutionary forces and suggesting that
worship be sent there.
Daniel w. Kaufman, Of Marquette,
Mich, the millionaire mine owner and
railroad magnate, this afternoon took
out license to marry Miss Lulu B.
Kerr, daughter of Dr. VIM. r. Kerr, of
the Auditorium Hotel in this city. The
wedding party arrived here last night
and are stopping at the New Willard.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has received an
invitation to visit Manila and spend
several months in the islands as the
guest of Governor and Mrs. Taft. She
is known to be very eager to make the
trip and it is believed that her father
will consent. If she goes, it will proba-
bly, not be until after the close of the
rainy season. Miss Roosevelt will leave
tomorrow for Porto Rico where she will
remain several weeks as the guest of
Miss Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of the
Governor of that island.
Secretary Shaw las appointed George
Uhler, of Philadelphia, supervising in
spector of steam vessels, vice Gen. James
A. Dumont, removed. Mr.. Uhler is
president of the national association of
marine engineers.
Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan had quite a
lengthy conference with President Roose-
Welt at the White House last night.
Later Mr.. Morgan and his party dined
with Senator Hanna at the Arlington.
Thursday next has been selected by
the republicans of the Senate as the date
upon which to take final vote on the
Cuban reciprocity treaty, to be followed
by an immediate adjournment of the
present extra session OF the Senate. This
proposition will be submitted to the
democrats today, and if acceptable to
them will be adopted as the programme.
The republican steering committee was
E in session this morning discussing this
and other subjects. 1t was agreed that
the republicans should present united
front against the acceptance of any
p amendments to the Panama canal treaty.
, This is because of the fear that if any OF
the amendments suggested by the
democrats were adopted the treaty might
be endangered in the Colombian con-
gress. 1t was also agreed to accept the
/ amendments proposed to the Cuban reci-
procity treaty including that which re-
auires the concurrence of the House in
the terms of that treaty. Arrangements
D were made to have all absent republi.
/ cans in their seats on Monday and
E Tuesday, when the voting begins on the