Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-10
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, d. c., May 10.


Washington, D. c., May 10.
In administration circles the belief has
become a settled conviction that Senator
Fairbanks, of Indiana, will be nominated
Tor the vice presidency on the ticket
with President Roosevelt. 1t is under
stood that the Senator has informed the
President that he desires the honor OF
running with him. There is much I'M
certainty with regard to the question as
- - 10 Tho national chairman,
but it is expected that the choice Will
finally lie between Franklin Murphy, OF
New Jersey, and Senator Penrose. Jeal-
ousies have arisen over the selection OF
Senator Lodge as chairman Of the commit
tee on resolutions at the republican con-
yention. These have gone so far that
The President has been notified that both
Senator Spooner and Senator Allison
will refuse to serve on that committee
under Lodge.
In the Tyner-Barrett case this morn
ing the government placed on the stand
officials of bond investment companies
to prove that the companies received
circulars from Barrett stating that he
was going to practice law. The testi-
mony of S. Smith Bowman, secretary
of the Southern Mutual Investment
Company, of Lexington, KY, was at
variance with the indictment returned
against Tyner and Barrett. The in
dictment recites that Barrett received
money to represent the concern before
he left the department. On the stand
Bowman contradicted this statement.
General 1yner was not present at the
morning session.
Minister Lloyd G. GriscOm reports
from Toxic that the port of Wakamatsu,
which is between Nagasaki and Shin
oneski, has been declared an open part
for the export of coal and iron products
and for the importation OF raw iron.
An attempt will be made next winter
to establish national conservatory OF
music in Washington. Miss Maria Won
Unschuld, formerly court pianist to the
Queen of Roumania and who made her
debut in Washington society last winter,
will be the head of the conservatory.
Should U. S. Consul Miller report to
the United States that the consulate at
Neiuchwang is in danger from the
Chuchuns, or Chinese bandits, following
the evacuation of the town by the Rus
slams and the failure of the japanese to
promptly occupy it, one or more gun
boats will be sent to contiguous points
for the protection of the consul and
whatever Americans may be left there.
No great apprehension for the latter is
felt at the State Department since prior
to the departure they we're warned that
war would in all probability include
Neuchwang mi is scope and we're given
ample opportunity to escape its exegen-
cies on the Helena.
The medical profession in Germany
is in bad way. Too many doctors are
being turned out. IT, S. Consul Mona
CHAN, writing the Stale Department from
Chemnitz, says that there is one physi.
clan to every 500 people in the larger
cities and that in Berlin 46 per cent. Of
the practitioners have an income of less
than STA. OF these 81 per cent have
incomes ranging as low as $2l4. In
order to relieve the pressure the German
Association of Physicians has established
a bureau of information at Hamburg for
doctors who desire positions abroad and
aboard ships.
Secretary of War Taft is confined to
his hotel with bad cold and sore
throat.
d. J. MERCER, for number Of years
connected with the editorial stat of the
Evening Star, died suddenly of acute
Bright's disease at his home in this city
last night.