Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette'l
Washington, Jan. IL.

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day the Colombian note presented Dy
General REYES. the special envoy, ana
he answer thereto by the Secretary OF
State. in addition to other papers bearing
npon the governments attitude TOWARD
Colombia and the Republic OF Panama
The General protests against the actiIn
of the United States in recognizing 'ne
republic of Panama and lays the blame
Of the failure of the treaty upon the
United States.
The second week of the Machen-G Croft
Lorenz trail opened to-day. A total OF
eight witnesses had been examined in the
6rst five court days. The first documents
introduced this morning were the letters
patent obtained by Samuel A. Groff Tor
his mail box fastener, and the assign
ment of a half interest in the device 10
Diller B. Croft. James E. Bell, super
intendent OF delivery of the Washington
p~ostofice. was called to the stand to ex-
plain the usage of the Croft fastener. For
the first time in the trial one OF the de-
vices was shown to the jury.
The Panama canal treaty was To-Day
ordered reported fayorably to the Senate
nv the committee on foreign relations.
Several amendments were adopted, com
paratively %unimportant in their effect,
but which will necessitate sending the
treaty back to Panama for concurrence
in them. Because the debate here
is expected to occupy from four to SIX
weeks. and it will then take at least a
month to send the treaty down to Pana-
ma. have it acted upon there, and re-
turned to Washington for the exchange
Of notifications. 1t is evident that the
payments aggregating $50, 900, 600 to
the Panama canal company and the re-
public of Panama will not need to be
financed before April at the earliest.
The decision to favorably report the
treaty was not reached without a pro-
test from the minority. After four
amendments had been adopted, provld-
ing for certain sanitary provisions anu
giving to the United States the absolute
control of the harbors of Colon and Pan
anna, Mr.. Morgan moved that article "
of the treaty be stricken out. Mr.. Lodge
objected, and to sustain his position,
read a motion he had filed Saturday pro-
yiding that the treaty should De reported
after pending amendments had beer dis.
posed of. MI. Morgan warmly declared
that he was not present at the Saturday
meeting and charged that none was held
and that the motion was a subterfuge.
The motion of Mr.. Lodge was agreed to,
and the treaty ordered to be reported
fayorablv to the Senate. Messrs. Fora
ker, Bacon, McCreary and Clark were
absent. .,
Senator Martin, who has been confined
TO his home for the past few days with a
severe cold, is much better and was I'D
his seat in the Senate today.
Senator German was in his seattoday,
and rs far as appearances were concerned
was letting the Maryland senatorship
matter. to be settledin Annapolis tonight,
rive him but little anxiety.
President Roosevelt's Panama policy
will not be endorsed by the National
Board of Trade without a protest, iudg-
ing from utterances by delegates who are
already arriving to attend the conven-
ton tomorrow. A fight WILDE made
upon resolutions introduced by the New
Orleans Board of Trade and the Phila-
delphia Trade League commencing the
President upon recognition OF the new
Renublic of Panama and congratulating
the world upon this important step IN the
construction of an interoceanic canal des-
tined to mark a new epoch in ocean trai-
fc. About $50 members of the board
are expected. The session will continue
three days beginning tomorrow.
The bureau ofnavigatiOn today receiv-
ed the following dispatch from the COM
mander of the U. S. ship Vicksburg, at
Chemulpo, Korea; an consequence of
inAamatory articles in the newspapers
here melting the people to kill foreign
subjects, l have sent two officers and 64
men additional to Seoul, with one machine
gun"
The Navy Department today gave out
the following despatch from Commander
Dillingham; of the U. S. steamer Detroit
dated Yesterday at Puerto Plata, San
Domingo; "After a fight beyond the
Gordon established by us outside city
Jiminez forces occupying Puerto
Plata surrendered Internationally to
Morales. Business ofthe port will begin
tomorrow mornings al So'clOck. No cas-
among non-combatants. No
destruction of property, Surrender II
arrangement of terms conducted with
order in presence of Capt. Robertson and
me. Consider this a severe blow to Jimi-
nez. Have small force at consulate"
This was District of Columbia day IN
the House, and comparatively few mem
bers were present.
A delegation headed by Governor Van
SAINT, of Minnesota, was heard this
morning by the House committee on
rivers and harbors, on the proposition to
improve the upper Mississippi river from
Cairo, Illinois, to st. Paul, Minnesota,
a distance of l, 900 miles.
Congressman John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi, who has been i'll with
grip, was in his seat in the House today.
Senator Quay will leave here on Thurs
day for Florida. He is to make an
other effort to regain his health, and he
has announced that he will not return
until he has been freed from his present
attack of insomnia.
A delegation from Lee Damp, Alex
andria, was here today to make arrange
ments for ~escorting to their city tomor-