Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-03-24
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington, March "a.

Washington, March "a.
When the House committee on judi
ciary met today to conclude the hearings
on the Hepburn-Dolliyer bill, making
liquors subject to the laws Of the States
into which they are imported, Represent
atives Sulzer and Wilson asked for a
further hearing on the proposition as
numerous constituents of theirs desire to
be heard in opposition to the bill. Mr..
Jenkins announced that the matter Of
continuing the hearings would be deter
mined at tomorrow's meeting. w. Nj.
Hough, of st. Louis, representing the
national association of wholesale liquor
dealers. was the first witness to be heard.
He maintained that the bill was clearly
unconstitutional.
President Roosevelt today acceeded to
the request of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company that he press the
button that will start the machinery Of
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. The
ceremony will take place in the executive
offices OF the White House at o'clock
p. IN. Washington time az noon, st.
Louis time) on April 80. The cabinet
members will probably be present, and
picture of the official group will be made
for exhibition at the fair.
The special committee of the Senate
conducting an investigation of charges
preferred against Senator Dietrich, of
Nebraska, has completed its duties. The
conclusions of the committee will be an
nounced in about two weeks, but it is re-
garded as certain that Senator Dietrich
will be entirely exonerated. District At
torney Summers was not permitted to be
present and crOss-examine witnesses
and large proportion of the testimony
that might have been injurious to the de-
PENDANT was, it is said, excluded.
Minister Bowen cables the State De-
partment from Caracas, Venezuela, that
the 80 per cent. of thecustoms revenues
of the two ports of that country set
aside to pay the claims of the creditor
powers has amounted in the past year to
1904, 5774 bolivars or about million
of dollars. This is 3l5, 422 bolivars
less than the amount estimated.
Favorable report was today made by
the Senate military affairs committee on
the bill establishing permanent military
camp grounds for the instruction and
maneuver of the regular army and ma
tional guard. The bill also appropriates
800, 600 for the purchase of ten thou
sand acres of land adjoining the Chatta-
nooga aud Chickamauga national park.
The spring meeting of the Washing
ton Jockey Club, the beginning OF the
racing season in the East, was ushered
in today, and will continue until April
IA. The Bennings track is in good
condition, and some of the crack horses
of the country are at the track. The
day was an ideal one for racing and a
large crowd, including many Virginians,
was present. The opening day feature
will be the First Bennings Spring Hand
leap, a six.furlong event, in which such
horses as Himself, Illyria, Mrs. Frank
Foster and Lord Advocate are entered.
Members of Congress, in their mail,
today, received cards, printed on both
sides, purporting to show one feature of
the record of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow in the guise of
Franklin county (Kansas) directory"
1t says: ~. l. Bristow, Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General, S4, 600. j.
L. Bristow' father, weighmaster, 81, 500.
J. L. Bristow's brother, special post
office examiner, 81, 800. J. L. Bristow's
son, messenger, 81, 200. J. L. Bristow's
cousin, in postoffce, 81, 200. J. L.
Bristow's partner, H. j. Allen, private
secretary, 81. 900. J. L. Bristow's part
ner, Henry J. Allen, special postoffice |
examiner, l,S00. j. L. BristOw's
partner, Henry J. Aliens sister,
clerk in Ottawa postofice, $500
J. L. Bristow's partner, II. J. Allen,
chairman State board charities, 81, 600 |
and perquisites. J. L. Bristow, prospec-
tive candidate for Congress, second dis
trict. ]. L. Bristow's partner, H. J.
kllen, candidate for Congress, versus
J. L. BristOw has not re-
sided in franklin county two consecu'
tive weeks and does not own a dollars
worth of real estate in the county.
Neither BristoS nor Allen knows how
many townships there are in the coun-
ty." Members who are still smarting
under the recent Bristow charges are
the charges with great glee.
Minister Allen at Seoul cables the /
State Department as follows under this
date; 1.-The port of Yongampho !
will be opened to the trade of the world
by the Korean government. 1000 Rus
slams have moved south to the ANU river
but the floating ice makes crossing diff
cult There have been few encounters
with slight casualties. "