Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-20
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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. j
NJ. Calderon, the Peruvian minister,
called upon acting Secretary of State
Loomis today to explain to him the ma
ture of the reply made by his country to
Brazil regarding the territory now in dis
dispute between them. He stated that
Peru had made a conciliatOry proposition
to Brazil which it had every reason to
believe would be accepted and conflict
ayerted. He said that this was the first
time the two countries had been at odds
and as good neighbors they were anxious
to resume their former status.
Judge Kimball in Police Court this
morning held for trial in 81 900 bonds
Daniel Perry, alias Cunningham, and
J. Newton Sayers, alias Olsen, the two
servants who are alleged to have been
robbing people of Washington's smart
set. Perry is charged with looting the
Walsh mansion, where he had been en-
ployed as butler, OF some valuable ivory
ornaments and jeYelled pins, and Sayers
with robbing the Patten house, taking
among other things IL loose diamonds,
which have not yet been recovered.
Thomas Walsh, the Colorado millionaire,
and the Misses Patten appeared as wit
nesses against the two men.
A commission appointed by the Pan
ANA Congress. which has just adjourned
at the capital of the new republic, has
started for the United States. The OBJ
iect of the commission is to receive the
remaining 80, 900, 900 from this govern
ment for the land coded under the treaty
and to confer with U. S. experts over
the project to place the monetary system
of Panama on gold basis practically
identical with this country. If that is
accomplished, as it is believed it will
be. the coins and notes of the two coun-
tries will be interchangeable in the
canal zone. William Nelson Cromwell,
chief council for the New Panama Canal
Company, called at the White House
this morning and had a conference with
the President. President Roosevelt has
learned that the Panama Canal Com
pany is preparing to present bill Tor
something over a million dollars Tor
work done by the corporation on the
ditch since the appraisement by the U.
;. commission a year or so ago. The
matter, Mr.. Cromwell said today, did
not come up in his conference with the
President He admitted, however, that
such bill would be presented and that
the President would be asked to act as
arbitrator.
The 10TH quadrenniel general confer
ence of the Methodist Protestant Church,
with more than 200 delegates in at
tendance, was called to order in the
North Carolina Avenue church this
morning by DR.. S. S. Stephens, Chan
cellor of the Kansas City University.
In his opening address he favored the
suggested union of the Methodist Prot
estant denomination with the United
Brethren and Congregationalist churches
The conference will be in session about
ten days. Rev. DR.. Washington Glad
den is present representing the congre-
gationalists and Bishop Mills the United
Brethren.
Harrison S. Barrett, on trial for con-
spiracy with General Tyner in the post
office cases, today continued on the
stand. He said that the greater part of
the forty thousand dollars he made the
first two years after he had left the gov
eminent service came from publishers
who contested the order of the Postoffice
Department excluding certain publtca-
lions from the mails as second class mat
ter Holmes Conrad, the governments
special counsel, was an attorney with
Mr.. Barrett in these cases.
The japanese legation this afternoon
was advised by the Toxic government
that on the 10Th instant portion of the
japanese army commenced landing at
rakushau, near Port Arthur.
fraud order has been issued by the Post.
Office Department against Prof. N. Frederick,
Of New York City, because he advertised for
employees TO assist him in his large and
magnificent palmist pavilion at the ST. Louis
President Roosevelt today approved the
list of retired officers of the army submitted to
him by the War Department who are eligible
for promotion one grade on the retired list
above that which they now hold. All OF
these officers must, under the provisions OF
the act granting this promotion Of one grade,
have served in the Civil War. By the action
If the President, about 400 retired army
officers will get an advance of one grade at an
annual cost to the government OF
100000.