Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-24
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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington. ID. c.. August "a.

lCorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.]
Washington, d. c.. August "a.
1t is said here by some of those who
saw Commissioner Yerkes today in
r ference to the proposed removal of the
Office of the collector of internal revenue
from Alexandria to Abingdon, Va, that
Collector Summers chad been there be-
fore' and had secured the commissioner
ear also it is reported that Secretary
Shaw. who is a friend of Congressman
Slemp, will, in all probability, favor the
Congressman wish to have the office
removed to Mr.. Summers home at
Abingdon.
That the watershed Of the Potomac
should be denuded of trees or the even
ness Of its ru off seriously changed by
even partial reduction of its forest
cover. would be a calamity which Wash
ington, dependent as it is on the Poto-
mac for its water-supply, would feel In
the health and comfort OF Its homes.
Just now, especially, when typhoid fever
has drawn more than usual attention to
the relations of health to water-supply
in this city, the future of the Potomac
watershed appears matter of vital in
terest. A study of the forest conditions
along the Potomac watershed was begun
some time ago by the forest service in
cooperation with the photographic sur
vey of the reclamation service. Down
to date this study has been completed in
Mineral. Grant and Pendleton counties,
West Virginia. Nearly t@o-thirds. OF
the area OF these counties is wooded.
Merchantable timber, however, is pres
ent only in small amount in the dimen-
sions suited for lumber. Tan bark, the
most valuable forest product in the
region. is secured in quantities sufficient
to supply three large tanneries. 1t IS
satisfactory to learn from the reports OF
the study that, with adequate protection
from FIRE and more careful cutting, there
is every reason to count on permanent
supply of forest products in the region,
fully equal to the present output.
Wallace Hood has been appointed
postmaster at Greenwich, Prince Will
liam county, Va, vice w. NJ. Dulin, re-
signed.
Thomas Z. Waggaman, the Washing
ton real estate dealer who was indicted
by the local grand jury two days ago for
the alleged embezzement of about
50, 500 said to be part of the estate OF
the late Adele b. French, this morning
appeared before Judge Stafford where he
gave bond in the sum of $4,000. The
Title Guaranty Trust Company of Scran-
ton. Pa. was his surety. Mr.. Wagga-
man who has been staying in Front
Royal, Va, for the past few months,
voluntarily surrendered himself here
this morning to Assistant District At
torneys Easily Smith.
Ambassador Meyers report Of his three
bonrs' conference with the Russian Emperor
No Peterhof Yesterday afternoon was forward
ed direct to President Roosevelt, at Oyster
Bay. and is nov in his hands. This state
ment was authorized al the state Depart
ment today. AmbassadOr Meyer has been
acting under instructions direct from the
President i'm his manipulation Of the ST.
Petersburg end Of the present almost desper-
ate efforts to bring about peace at the Ports
mouth conference.
Relatives of Edwin S. Holmes, jr, whose
conduct while he was associate statisticlan OF
the Agriculture Department has been under
investigation by the grand jury here, state
that he is not in the city today. They de-
clined TO disclose his whereabouts. Attaches
of the District Attorneys Office refuse 10 make
public the text of the indictment returned
Tuesday against Frederick A. Peckham,. OF
New York, or to reveal the names Of the other
persons supposed to have been indicted with
Peckham on the charge of conspiracy.
The Postofiice Department has issued a
fraud order against John Il. Rogers, of 100
Nassau street, New York. His business CON
sists of the sale of information upon race
horses