Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-06
From Washington.

From Washington.
rcorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Mrs. John B. Patterson, mother Of
Nan Patterson, the actress who is held
By the New York police in connection
with the mysterious shooting of Caesar
Young, lies in precarious state at her
home in this city as the result OF the
shock she suffered on learning OF the
affair. Reassuring kilograms have been
received by the family from Miss Patter-
sons attorneys, who express their con-
6dence iu her exoneratiOn by the coro
ner's Jury. Mr.. Patterson, the young
woman's father, LEFT for New York last
night. He is quite prominent 10 the
real estate business in Washington.
John Tregaskis, James w. Webb,
and James Whitlock are in here, en-
route to Manassas. The are committed
respectively, from the Associations of
Duryee's Zouaves and the Fourteenth
Brooklyn Regiment. They will place
marbles on the ground and make ar
engagements for the purchase of site
for a regimental monument.
The Navy Department today received
the following dispatch from Rear Adj
miral Chadwick 'The British minis
ter to Morocco has requested his govern
ment to send battleship to Tangler.
The Sultan is expected here from Fee.
The general opinion among foreigners
in Tangier is that the force in the har-
Dor should not be reduced at present"
The famous Stadium at Athens is be-
ing restored with funds donated by
wealthy Greek merchant. According to
a report on the subject sent the State
Department by U. S. Consul MCKINLEY
at Athens, the great amphitheatre has
been opened to the public. There are
50, 600 seats in the Stadium. Work on
the marble "propylaes," or entrance,
which is to be an exact copy of the old,
has not yet been commenced.
European diplomats are somewhat con-
cerned at the positive position assumed
by the United States in the Perdicaris
kidnapping affairs as shown by the as
sembling at Tangier, Morocco, of the
large feet of American war ships under
Rear Admiral Chadwick's command.
Spain, particularly, fears that the United
States intends to force the Sultan OF
Morocco to give port to this country
and has already sent three war ships to
Tangier to watch Spanish interests in
Morocco. 1t is most positively stated
at the State Department today that there
is not the slightest intention on the part
of the United States to remove its feet
from Tangier until the release of Perdi-
carts has been effected. Neither is there
any truth in the report from abroad that
this country desires port in Morocco
or has any intention of making any such
demand on the Sultan.
John F. Wallace, engineer of the
Panama canal, arrived here today to
take up his new duties. He spent the
morning consulting with the officers OF
the commission. He expects to 60 to
Panama within the next three weeks to
assume charge of the actual construction
of the canal. Parties of engineers are
now on the istbmus making special bor-
ings and investigations along the route
of the canal about the exact nature OF
which additional information is desired.
The President this afternoon received Com.
modore Schroeder and several other officers of
the German feet of war vessels which is now
at Newport News. They were presented by
Ambassador Sternburg The fact that the
President conversed with them in their own
tongue was especially pleasing to the visitors.
Secretary Moody today announced that the
following commissioners had been appointed
to select the site for the naval station on the
Great Lakes Capt. William III. Reeder, U.
S N; Henry NJ. Waite, of Lexington, KY,
and William NJ. Bradley, of Portland, Me.