Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-12
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Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette
Washington, D. c., April IL.

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Correspondence of the Alexandra Ga1et'e'l
Washington, D. c., April IL.
The State Department this morning
announced that Minister CoDger notified
If Of fine following assignments OF con-
suIar officers. originally appointed to
nosts in Manchuria but who were unable
70 reach their posts through Russian
opposition: F. P. Cheshire, for Antung'
to Pekin: J. W. Davidson, for Mukden,
10 Shanghai A.; E. V. Morgan, for Dalny,
TO either Chefoo or Neuchwang. This
apparently is recognition by the State
Department of Russian supremacy
throughout Manchuria, recognition
which up to this time it has persistently
refused.
Senator William A. Clark, of Mon
tana, the copper king, is threatened
with tuberculosis and will today sail
from New York for Genoa. He will
consult specialists in Milan and Berlin,
and will spend the next three months
seeking relief from the most famous
pulmonary experts in the world.
A Jury was obtained this morning IN
the case of ]. NJ. A. Watson, indicted
for the alleged embezzlement Of S79, Ooo
from the auditor department OF the DIS
trict of Columbia. Mr.. Turner, asso-
ciate counsel for the prosecution, pre-
sented the case to the jury, reciting the
indictments under which the case would
be tried and giving a brief history OF
Watson's clerkship in the auditors Of
fee. The taking Of evidence was then
begun.
The House committee on naval affairs
TODAY ordered favorable report on the
Lacey will which authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Navy to restore to their
places in the naval academy the three
midshipmen recently dismissed for haz-
ing Joseph D. Little, of Ohio Earl W.
Chatfee, of Iowa and John H. Loffiand,
of Michigan. The three lads appeared
before the committee on their own behalf
today. They admitted their ofense and
described it. According to the views OF
the committee, the hazing was of mild
character.
Mr.. Teller, in the Senate today, offer
ed an amendment to to the postotilce
appropriation bill for the appointment
of a committee of five Senators to inves-
tigate the Postoffice Department. Like
the German resolution it was defeated
by a party vote 35 to Is, and laid on the
table.
By a vote offs to 8, the House COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce today authorized favorable report
on the bill which authorizes narrow
gauge railroads to use some other brake
than the power driving wheel brake
specified in the safety appliance act.
Majority and minority views will be pre-
scented on the bill.
The secret service bureau has received
word from Seattle, Was, that large
shipments of counterfeit United States
coins have been received from China.
The coins are remarkably perfect imita-
tons of those msdein the U. 5. minis and
are of the standard fineness of silver.
Tragedies resulting from train derall-
ment are to be horrors of the past if the
invention of DR.. Gehrike, a German
railroad official, proves to be successful.
According to a report from U. 5. Consul
Guenther at Frankfort made public today
the appliance is simple and inexpensive
"a rail is adjusted to the truck of the
car parallel with the axle, writes Mr..
Guenther, $50 that it is in position
across and about an inch above the rails.
Should a deraiment of the wheels take
place these cross rails will lie upon the
rails of the track without letting the
wheels touch the ground. The car will
hen drag along upon the cross rails and
slowly stop the train"
BY a strict party vote of 40 to 10, the
Senate today laid on the table the Cor
man amendment to the postoffice appro-
priation bill, providing for the appoint
ment of a joint congressional committee
of eight members to investigate the
Postofiice Department.
The spring meeting at Benning will
end on Thursday. The races have been
we'll attended and great sport has been
afforded Handicap steeplechase and
the amateur cup race for gentleman
riders were the card for today.