Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-20
From Washington.
1 Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.l
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 20.

Ing Engineers mas Iedkeu Out W.
Bunau. Varilla, the Frenchman who
was engineer in charge of one section OF
the canal during the last days OF the OH
French company, applied for permission
to explain to the consulting board plan
of construction he had worked out 1t
was, in brief, that lock canal should be
first built and that then 1t should be
gradually dug out to the sea-Ievel and
the locks removed. He claimed ships
could 20 through in four years and that
the enlargement OF the canal could be
accomplished without interrupting com
merce. Bunau-Varilla was heard at
great length and thea the board unani-
mously rejected his plan as unfeasible
and extravagant. Upon learning OF this
Varilla wrote a letter of complaint to
President Roosevelt, in which ne at
lacked the members of The board OF
consulting engineers, claimed that they
were prejudiced against him, and warned
the President against them profession-
ally. In view of the fact that the men,
bers of this board are engineers OF the
highest standing in their respective
countries, the President considered this
attack so outrageous that he referred the
letter to General Davis by whom it was
submitted to the board. 1t raised de-
cded sensation among the members who
were naturally indignant and at first IL
was proposed that some action should be
taken upon it. This was, however,
overruled but decided GOODNESS pre-
vailed when VarilIa next visited tie
boards rooms and he left town within
the next day or two. General Davis
said that the board will not take any
collective action on Varila's letter al
though he did not know what any MEM
Der might do about it individually. The
incident is believed to have efiectually
blocked Varllla's ambition to be one Of
he engineers of the Panama canal.
Representative GrOsvenor, Of Ohio,
who was one of the Presidents callers
this morning, asserted that if Senator
Foraker had not worked, and worked
hard. for the republican ticket, the party
would have lost the lower branch Of the
legislature. "Various persons have been
making charges that this or that man
did not do his duty, In the campaign
said General GrOsyen0r. "NOw all |
want to say is if Senator Foraker had
not used all his influence, we would
have lost the House." Gen. GrOsyenor
said that be was opposed to granting
the request made by the Massachusetts,
men who were here the other day to
urge the abolition of the duty on hides.
'Gf those fellows in New England" re-
marked Gen. Grosvenor, "will agree to
make reduction on the prices Of things
that thew make and we have to use out
west why I'll be glad to help them get a
reduction of duty. Isn't that a square
deal?"
Andrew II. Allen, who has been Ii
brarian OF the State Department for the
last thirteen years, has resigned that
position. 1t is probable that he will be
succeeded by William McNeir of Mich
igan, his assistant Mr.. Allen was ap-
pointed as a clerk in the department from
North Carolina in 1880, was discussing |
clerk of the Court of Alabama Claims,
secretary to the Second AS
sistant Secretary of State and became
head of the Bureay of Rolls and Library !
Ia 1892.
So far as the State Department is adj
vised everything is quiet in Santo Do
ningo today. This was the day, ac-
cording to cablegrams published more
than week ago, when the revolutiOnisls
who are opposed to President Morales
rule were to break out and try to throw |
him out OF office There is little prob
ability that such movement would |
succeed in view of the strong force Of
American warships that are now in Santo
DOMINICAN waters ready to support the
Morales government aud maintain peace
in the republic.
Republican leaders of Kentucky, in
GLIDING Commissioner of Internal Rev
euue Yerkes, Chairman Dick Ernst, Con-
gresham Edwards and others, we're in |
with the President today |
relative 10 appointments pending in the
State to be made this winter. These |
include a number of clllectorships aud a
district attorney. No definite conclusion
was reached as to the personnel which is |
10 have the Presidents approval.
The Lenora National Bank of More
head, Kentucky, was closed on Saturday |
by the directors because of an unavoid-
able run, as stated by the cashier Of the
bank in a telegram Of the Comptroller OF
the Currency. Resources and liabilities
Of the bank, by the last report, were |
placed as S74, 959. The individual de-
posits were $42, S24.
A settlement of the case of VIM. G.
Albers and his brother, Chas. Albers,
which is now in the hands of the courts
in Nicaragua, is expected soon. These |
Two men, with servant, we're convicted /
Of resisting the authorities and sentenced
10 serve three years in Jail. The State
Department has been this afternoon ad
viaed that the Court of Cessation at
Asnsgua, To which Albers appealed, has |
confirmed the decision Of the lower court |
which imposed a sentence of 80 months
on VIM. and Chas. Albers. /
Now that the final court has acted it is
expected here that the Nicaraguen Pres /
idant uyill Dordon the sUo hrofhers hut u