Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-24

Morgan and BlsnOp anu mIs. DVono
went TO the Arlington Hotel. After the
ouests had rested few minutes break
fsst was served, and special service Of
Thanksgiving for the visitors providental
escape from death by accident
was held in the Bishops private
chapel. Rev. DR.. Devries conducting
the ceremony. Sir Mortimer Durand, the
British Ambassador, called soon
after to pay his respects. There
was an almost continuous procession
of florists wagons and messengers
hearing boxes of blossoms during the
morning and the house of the Bishop
was soon very fragranGly decorated.
Shortly after noon the archbishop was
escorted to the White House by the
British ambassador and Bishop Satter-
lee, where he was introduced to the
President. The presentation took place
in the Presidents Office in the west wing
of the building. The archbishop is to
dine al the White House this evening.
An interesting hearing was held at the
Treasury Department this morning in
which the American Tobacco Co.,
otherwise known as the tobacco trust,
and the independent cigar manufactures
were arrayed against each other. Incl
dentally spice was added to the pro-
eings by the fact that two of the
Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, Mr..
Taylor and Mr.. Armstrong, occupied OPP
posing positions on the question involved.
The Independents claimed that the stamp
put upon every box of imported cigars,
showing that it was imported, acts as a
discrimination against the sale OF
domestic cigars, because the stamp IS
believed 10 be a badge of superiority.
They appealed 10 the Treasury De-
partment to change the stamp so as
to make it smaller, and to place it
in an unconspicuous position. Asst.
Secretary Armstrong, on Sept. 7, while
acting as head OF the department in the
absence of Secretary Shaw and of the
senior assistant secretary, Mr. Taylor,
issued an order in accordance with
this appeal and providing that the
stamp should be placed on the bottom
of the box. The tobacco trust, which
imports practically all Cuban cigars
sold in this country, protested against
this action on the ground that it would
deceive the purchasers and lead to fraud
On Secretary Taylor's return he suspend
ell Mr.. Armstrong; order and called fer
hearing of both sides today.
Secretary Morton has sent letters to
various large industrial companies
throughout the country asking for infor-
nation about the pay their machinists
receive, the classes into which they are
divided, the amount of piecewOrk done,
the premium paid for overtime work
and other matters. The machinists at
the Washington navy yard have asked
for increased pay, and the investigation
by the Secretary is in the interest of this
request.
Parties in New York and Detroit are
corresponding with Second Auditor Dew,
with view to obtaining the interest on
FIVE Virginia bonds Of $1,000 each.
The auditor has written that the bonds
are worthless. The bonds are some of
number ordered printed during the
readjuster regime. They. were printed
by the Kendall Bank Note Company,
shipped to Richmond by express, and
refused for some reason. The express
Company sold them as waste paper and
they have since turned up from time to
time with forged signatures to them.
The first step necessary to the assemb'
ling of new peace conference similar
to that held at The Hague in 1899 was
taken this afternoon, when the repre-
sentatives of the psrliaments OF 10 diff
ferent countries gathered together at the
White House and formally requested
President Roosevelt to issue the invita-
ton to the governments of the world.
Over 200 members of the Interparlia-
mentary Union, representing every
country of Europe which has con-
stitltional form ofgOvernment were re-
ceived by President Roosevelt today.
Amos X. Grim has been appointed
postmaster at Stanleyton, Page county,
Virginia.
President Roosevelt this afternoon, in
a speech to the members Of the inter-
parliamentary union for international
arbitration, assured them that at an
early date he would invite the other
nations OF the world to send delegates to
a second conference at The Hague.