Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-13
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| State Department between acting Secre-
tary of State Adee, Judge Pen6eld, the
solicitor of the State Department and
Capt. Pillshury, assistant chief of the
bureau of navigation, it was authorita-
lively announced that the Russian aux
iliary cruiser Lena at San Francisco was
in actual need of repairs requiring about
six weeks in which to complete them and
that under the law she would be per-
mitted to make those repairs. 1t was
stated in addition, however, that any.
thing in the nature of exceeding such
repairs as were necessary to make her
seaworthy would be prevented by the au-
thorities. This decision was reached
after full report of the circumstances
under which she entered the harbor and
of her condition had been received from
collector of the port Stratton and Lieut..
Commander w. G. Herbert, feet engi-
neer of the Pacific squadron, who visited
the vessel yesterday afternoon under d.
rection of Admiral Goodrich. The lat
ter reported that the condition of the
Lena's boilers was such as to rem
der her incapable of making more
than 10 knots an hour in fair weather,
and to arouse grave doubts as to her sea-
worthiness in storm. Officials of the
Navy Department are of the opinion that
the Lena had been crowding on more
steam than her boilers could withstand
and that their impaired condition is due
this fact. If the Russian authorities
elect to accept the governments offer to
allow the Lena to make only necessary
repairs, the vessel will be required to
leave within "a hours after their compile
ton. Otherwise she must be disarmed
and remain until the close of the war.
Minister Takahira, representing Japan,
called at theState Department this morn
ing and had an informal and brief con-
ference with acting Secretary Adee. he
told that official that he had been official
" informed of the arrival of the Lena
at San Francisco and that he had called
merely to express the entire confidence
of his government that the United States
would take every proper step in the case.
The Minister made no formal protest
and is likely to make none if the action
agreed upon this morning shall be carried
out as planned.
Many delegates, accompanied in
many instances by their wives, of the
Society of Chemical Industry, arrived
here this morning for two days sight
seeing stay before going to st. Louis to
attend the International Congress of
Science and Arts. The members of the
Society of Chemical Industry of Balti-
more and this city combined to en- ter
tain the guests, many Of whom are from
foreign countries.
The State Department has received
the following dispatch from Minister
Finch. at Montevideo, Uruguay. Ser
via, military leader OF the revolutionary
forces, is dead.
Acting upon information furnished
his department by the cotton exchange
of Savannah, Georgia, that there was a
leak in the governments official estimate
Of the cotton crop figures on September
2nd, Secretary Wilson, of the Agricul
ture Department, has instituted a care
full investigation, through the medium Of
the secret service. 1t is intimated that
the investigation will center around j. S. |
Bache and Company. of New York, who,
it is said, furnished the cotton report to |
clients in Savannah q half hour before |
the governments figures were made pub
lie in this city.
The investigation of the steamer
Slocum horror will be resumed in New |
York by the commission in charge on
Thursday next. The re-inspection of
excursion boats in New York harbor has
been practically completed. The COM
mission has been resting on its oars,
waiting for the completion of this work.
Testimony on the subject will be taken
beg inning Thursday, to continue, proba-
bly,, until Saturday night. The COM
mission will then push work on the re-
port much of which has already been
written.
Central labor bodies that persist in
allowing local unions that have been
suspended or are not members of the in
ternational unions controlling their re-
spectiye trade, to retain membership in
the central body are to be disciplined
by the American Federation of Labor.
This action was decided upon today by
the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor which is now in ses-
sion in this city. The question of central
bodies harbOring unions thatare outlaw
I'd from their international union is one
IF moment In labor circles. The execu-
i've committee will notify all central
bodies that the outlaw unions must be
expelled or the central body will be in
LANCER of being communicated from
he organized labor fold.
The Postofice Department is taking
active steps to exclude from the mails
he business of what are known as
diamond lottery concerns. Fraud orders
we're issued against two so called dia-
nond firms this mCrning-the National
Diamond Co., and the Golden Gate
.Iercantile Co., both of San Francisco.
other fraud orders issued by the depart :
nent this morning were against the fol- ,
owing concerns: Maturity Commits ;
ion Corporation, San Francisco Peoples
contract Guaranty Co., of Philadelphia
Cumulative Credit Co., of San Franciso
Joseph c, Hunter, of Oakland and T.
B. Walker, of Seattle, and National
Mercantile Co., of San Francisco.