Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-30
closely with the State politics-and such
dirty politics as that of Maryland repub-
ican politics.
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. d. c.. Sept. 80.

Correspondence OF lne Aie1anurla Odlette.J
Washington. d. c., Sept. 80.
The business for the government for
the first quarter of the fiscal year, which
ends today, is encouraging to treasury
officials. 1t is estimated that the de-
ficency in the treasury, which was SIS, :
1l9, 947 on June 80 will be reduced to
below so, 900, 900. The excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures the past month,
not including today, is over SO, 900, 600.
The total receipts this month will ex-
coed $1,000, 600 against almost S45,-
600, 900 the same month of last year.
The receipts for the three months will
reach nearly $l47, 900, 00G. For the
same period last year it was $196, $780,
771.92. The expenditures for Septem-
Der, 1904, were s38, $40, 900, while this
month they have reached over $41, 000,-
600. For the last three months they
will exceed $156, 600, 900 against over
1854, 900, 600 for the same period last
year.
The work of the sanitation on the
canal zone is deeply gratifying to the
Marine Hospital Service. During the
week ended September Is but two cases
of yellow fever were reported from
Panama. One proved fatal. Both
cases occurred among recently arrived
Italians. No cases have occurred since
August 26. Vigilence is not being re-
Taxed, however. 1t is proposed by the
Sanitary Department to keep the large
number of non-immunes arriving on the
isthmus out of the sphere of infection as
far as possible. A camp in the zone
along the lines OF railroad is being estab-
lished, TO which the new arrivals are taken
and where they are being held until they
can be distributed to points outside Of
Panama and Colon. The number OF
cases OF malaria are reported to have
been greatly decreased. This is parti-
ally attributed to the screening Of the
living quarters. At La Boca, malarial
fever of rather severe type is prevalent,
and is causing large number of deaths
among the negro population. No dead
rats have been found and of the several
hundred caught and examined not one
was found to be infected with plague.
Hon. Claude A. Swanson, democratic
nominee for Governor, will address the
voters of Prince William county, Va,
at Manassas, next Monday, court day.
Surgeon General Wyman of the Ma
rine Hospital Service received reports
today to the effect that four cases of yell
low fever had been discovered in Scran-
ton and Loss Points, Mississippi.
The Navy Department was Informed
this morning of the death yesterday at
the Boston, Mass, navy yard from an
apoplectic attack of Captain James R.
Sefridge, U. S. navy. Captain Sell
fridge was regarded as one of the best
equipped naval captains in the service
He vas born in July 1S49, at Roxbury,
Mass, and was appointed midshipman
in the navy from California in July,
1864.
Many believed that one of the first
matters President Roosevelt will take up
upon his return to Washington will be
the selection of a public printer. The
impression prevails that acting Public
Printer 0. J. Ricketts, will receive the
permanent appointment. Chief Clerk
Brian, who was regarded as The first
lieutenant to the late public printer, F.
w. Palmer, is said to have pledged
Ricketts, his support.