Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-07-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra oaze''e'
Washington, D. c., July ~.


Superintendent of Free Delivery, are
stiil under investigation and the depart
ment officials are endeavoring 10 learn
TO what extent he used his oihcial posi-
ton in promoting the sale Of stock oil
the OREGON King Gold Mining Company
of which he is president. Having
CHARGE of the free delivery service
HEDGES came in direct contract with
nostmasters. who were compelled to ap-
Div to him for any desired increase ID
the force of carriers. On such occasions
he has cen known to furnish his visit
tors with copies Of circular letter setting
forth the glowing prospects OF the MIN
ing property in which he and other
postofice officials are interested. IL Is
inferred that many postmasters, beileV-
ing that by so doing they would iur-
ther their interests, subscribed 10
mining stock under these conditions.
Postoffice inspectors are visiting the
various brokers in this city with view
to obtaining knowledge of the stock
transactions of George w. beavers,
while he served the government mere as
superintendent of the division OF salaries
and allowances. Beavers lived beyond
his salary while here and to his friends
explained that he had been very fortunate
in certain stock transactions. 1t Is de-
sired to establish now the truth or
falsity of this declaration. The oihclals
pursuing this line of research Will not
State whether it is for the purpose OF
tracing properties that may be recovered
for the government, or whether 1t Is the
nurpose to use the information obtained
in presenting the Beavers case to the
grand Jury of the District
Secretary Root left this afternoon at
l O'Clock for Leesburg, Va, to review
the District of Columbia militia. He
was accompanied by the following army
officers: Col. Parker, Majors Greene,
Gothals. Beech, Capt. March and hi:
private secretary, Mr.. Chance. lie VIII
return to Washington this evening.
He left upon a special train and will be
given a dinner by General Harrles'
commanding the militia at the close O.
inspection.
Secretary Pulido Of the Venezuelan
legation called early this morning at the
State Department to present the ne"
Minister. General Hernandez, to acting
Secretary LOOMS. They remained but
a very few minutes.
Mrs. Anna A. Davis, widow O
the late Senator Cushman X. Davis, o.
Minnesota. was married this morning tC
William Hunter Doll, a wealthy mer-
chant and landowner residing in Knox
vile. Tenn. The marriage was quite
unexpected to Mrs Davis's friends here
She had been acquaintedwith the groom
| it is said, only few months. Rev. X
! II. McKim, of Epiphany Church, per
formed the ceremony at Mrs. Davis
home. 1t was witnessed by only thu
immediate relatives. Mr.. Doll is a Nir
ginian by birth.
Consul General Gudger, at Panama
wires the State Department as follows
General Castro arrived this afternoon
and took command of the troops. do
fully sustains the governor The com
mander-in-chief, Cobos, is to leave thu
department"
There was rear-end collision OF
Pennsylvania avenue, near Tenth street
this afternoon between two electro
trains. A mail train stopped in from
Of a passenger train, and the mOtormar
was unable to stop his cars in time t
prevent a collision. The front Of thu
motor car of the passenger train wa
partially demolished and the rear car o
the mail train somewhat damaged. Tit
motorman of the colliding train had one
of his arms injured.
Mrs. Catherine Martha Crouch
widow of Prof Frederick VIM. Nichol
son Crouch, author of kathleen Ma
vourneen," is critically i'll at her hom'
in Baltimore. She is a sufferer iron
consumption. Mrs. Crouch gained re
cognition in the literary world as Mis-
Martha Vaughn prior to her marriage
to Prof. Crouch, thirty years ago. Sh'
is a member of the Vaughn family o
Virginia. Prof Crouch had been mar
ried four times. Five children wer,
born after his marriage to Miss Vaughn
making him the father of twenty sever
in all.
Postof1ice inspectors have been in
vestigatng the operations Of Beavers
Machen and other former postal chief
in the stock markets, and have obtained
from the local banks some checks ant
other documents showing the extent 0
their financial operations in this city
1t is intimated that the evidence thu
obtained will implicate persons Outsid'
the pOstOflice, through whose hands
checks passed on their way from con
tractors agents to the corrupt Post
Office Department officers. A superin
tendent OF a local ub.station, it is as
serted, is likely to be drawn into the
net as one of the go-betweens in thu
grating schemes. Some comment, not EN-
tirely favorable, was made at the PostOiiic
Department yesterday upon the announcement
that Representative Cannon, the speaker-tO-b'
of the next House of Representatives, an'
other influential members Of the House ar
guests of Representative Sibley in northern
New York and Canada. The peculiar cir
cumstances attending the sale of registry
books by Representative Sibley's Genera
Manifold Company, OF Franklin, Pennsylvania
are under investigation, with the proba
biities in favor Of the dismissal ofat lest tv
chiefs Of division becal.e Of the interest the.
have displayed in the Introduction ofthe Sible.
books into the postal service. Ii is know
that Sibley desires to be chairman Of tn
postoiiice committee Of the next House, anC
that Cannon can crafty his ambition if h
wishes TO. Under these conditions it is re
garded as unfortunate that the next Speake
and some Of his colleagues should be carrying
, ON committee making plans with Sibey. \
chairman of the postoifce committee MI