Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-26
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correspondence OF tue AieA1i'ui. "a N'N0''e''
Washington, d. c., Oct. 26.
ono matter where a British war ship
NAV be on the Atlantic Ocean or in the
Mediterranean the British Admiralty
can communicate with it at any
moment" This rather startling state
ment was made today by Signor Mar
conf, the inventor of wireless telegrapby,
who is here as a guest OF the Italian
Embassy and who was entertained at
luncheon by President Roosevelt on
Saturday. Naturally" continued Mar
conf, "there is great excitement at the
present time in Great Britain over the
action of the Russian Baltic feet in
firing on the Hull fishermen. If it
should become necessary for any reason
for the British governmental send orders
on this subject to Gibraltar or to the
British feet at Venice they would go by
wireless, because that method, under our
improved system, is so much faster and
surer than any other.
Chairman Cowherd, OF the democratic
congressional committee, returned from
New York today. lie denies the story
recently circulated, that the committee
will close on account OF lack OF funds
and that he went to New York to raise
more money. He says the committee
headquarters will remain open until after
election, although the folding and mail
ing room will soon be closed. Chairman
Cowherd will leave for Kansas City to
look after his own campaign the latter
part of this week and will return to Wash
ington the day before election. In New
York. be says, he found both republicans
aud democrats confident OF victory at the
polls.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has set for hearing at Atlanta, Georgia,
on November II, the case of Davenport
Bros & Co. VS.. the Southern Railway
Co. ct al, involving discrimination in
rates on canned goods, grain, flour, hay
and packing houses products from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, to Helena and McRae,
Georgia, and the case of John Compton
vs. the Southern Railway Co. ct al, in
yolving the question of unreasonable
minimum carload weight on shipments
of lumber between southern and eastern
points.
The letter containing the formal
charge by w. B. Gaitree, of Cincinnati,
late superintendent of the rural free de-
livery for the middle division of the
United States, that he was being prose-
cuted by Fourth Assistant Post Master
General Bristow has not yet been received
at the department here,
Isabel Beach has been appointed
postmaster at Occoquan, Prince Will
liam county, Va, in place of Ida +.
S lecman, removed. Howard w. King
has been appointed postmaster at Sui
phur Mines, Louisa county, Va, vice
Henry NJ. Holiday, resigned.
It is understood that postmaster for
New York city, to fill the vacancy caus-
ell by the death of Cornelius Van Colt,
will not be appointed for at least a
month.
The expected appointment of Mrs:
Helen d. Longstreet, widow Of General
I.ongstreet, as postmaster at Gainesville,
Ga, was made this morning.
The Census Bureau this afternoon issued a
bulletin showing that the quantity of cotton
pinned TO October Is in SO counties from
which reports have been received was 426,S63
running" bales as compared with 292,6h9
from the same counties to the same date In
1903.