Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-19
FROM WASHINGTON.

avenue, will be celebrated the marriage
of Miss Irene DIES Planques, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gabriel des Planques, of
Paris, to Mr.. Alex Pavlow, Russian
minister to Korea. The elaborate rites
and ceremony of the orthodox Greek
Church will be followed The only
Bishop of the Greek Church in America,
Bishop Tikhon, assisted by four priests
of the church from New York, will Of
fciate. Count Cassini, the Russian
Ambassador to Washington, who is a
life long friend of the parents of the
bride, will act as sponsor and as host at
the Russian wedding supper that will
follow the marriage. The wedding
gown is a gorgeous creation of cloth of
gold, ornamented with pearls. The
maids will be gowned in white silk
null. White roses and lilies will be
used exclusively in the decorations.
Solicitor General John K. Richards,
it is said, has been selected by the
President to succeed Judge William Il.
Day who leaves the United States cir
cult bench to step into the Supreme
Court when Justice Shiras leaves on
February "a. Judge A. G. Thompson,
of Ohio, was the candidate of Senator
Hanna for the place. Senator Foraker,
although not especially friendly politi-
cally to General Richards, endorsed the
latter when he learned that the Presi-
dent had personal leaning toward him
seeing an opportunity to thus score
political trick on Senator Hanna.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, announced this
morning that at noon he would move
that the Senate go into executive session
to consider the Panama canal treaty. 1t
is his intention, he says, to hold the
Senate in continuous session until the
treaty is ratified. Senator Morgan's
desk is piled high with reference books,
and els prepared for indefinite continual
ton of his speech against the ratification
The coal strike commission met be-
hind closed doors this afternoon at the
interstate commerce commission quar-
tiers. All the members were present.
As tremendous volume of testimony
must be examined and passed upon the
secret sessions of the commission will
possible continue several weeks before
the members reach verdict. When
the verdict is reached, the finding will
be reported to the President who in
turn will hand it TO the operators and
miners and simultaneously furnish
copies to the press for publication.
Germany, through Ambassador Tower,
has formally notified the United States
hat the blockade of Puerto Cabello and
Maracaibo, Venezuela, has been raised.
w. w. Russell, acting United States
to Venezuela, cables the State
Department from Caracas that the rev.
are showing increased
activity.
The United States Minister to Hon
iuras informs the State Department that
he Congress of that country has met
md confirmed the decree placing the ex-
ecutive authority of the government in
the Council of Ministers and also the
decree making President Sierra Com
of Honduras.
The President today sent to the Sen
ate the following nominations: To be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Of the United States, William r. Day,
IF Ohio; to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit,
John X. Richards, of Ohio; to be solicit
or General, Henry NJ. Hoyt, of Penn
to be U. S. District Judge for
he District of Minnesota, Page Morris,
If Minnesota. Mr.. Hoyt, who succeeds
Mr.. Richards is now one Of the attorney
generals of the Department of Justice.
Senator Quay has joined Senator
Morgan in .filibustering against the
Panama canal treaty. This is not be-
cause he opposes the treaty but because
be wants a vote on the statehood bill.
Mr.. Quay claims that he was induced to
give time for the consideration of the
treaty under a misrepresentation that
there was urgent need for the immedi-
ate ratification of the agreement with
But he is of the opinion that
the acceptance by this government Of
the Panama canal company's offer,
which was cabled Wednesday acts as an
extension of the French option.
For this reason when the executive ses-
sion of the Senate began today, Mr..
Quay began to demonstrate to the Sen
ate leaders that they could not dispose
Of the canal treaty without consideration
Of the statehood bill.
Fire was discovered shortly after i
D clock today in the basement of the
building occupied by L. d. Ridenoufs
Art and Antique store, 1915 & street,
northwest. Owing to the freezing of the
water plugs the fire department was
greatly delayed in getting stream of
water to the flames and as result the
was Quilted.
The Senate today passed the House
bill providing for the payment OF claims
Of citizens of Virginia for damages to
heir property incident to the encamp-
nent at Manassas and the march from
Camp Alger to Thoroughfare Gap, Va,
during the Spanish war.
Favorable action was today taken by the
Senate committee on military affairs on the
of Brigadier Generals Wade,
Ludington and Breckenridge to be major
generals. The military academy bill will be
reported TO the Senate today
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