Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-13
From Washington.

avsc,Iv wben. The belief here is that
ha will ouii soon alter July !, although
he NAV hold on until after Newberry,
vino il 60 become assistant secretary IN
succession TO Judge Darling, has had an
opportunity to familiarize himself WIN
the routine of the Navy Department wofK.
Secretary Morton it is said will return to
the Aichison, Topeka q Santa re
The office he reinquished to become
Cabinet officer has never been filled. III
has been said that it was being held open
for him.
Nan Patterson came home this morn
inc. A crowd of $50 men, women and
children. more than usually greets the
President when he returns TO Washing
ton. thronged the space behind the iron
gates and waited impatiently until 1:2o
when the woman, her sister aud her
brother-in,law, J. Morgan smith,
emerged from the vestibule OF the New
York sleeper, and walked out to the
street. Mans brother, @. II. Patter-
con, was the'only member OF the family
10 welcome the actress home. Mans
father was the first of The party to APP
pear on the platform. His daughter
stepped out Immediately after him and
as a faint cheer was started among The
curious waiting throng, Mr. Patterson
said: "This is Nan" Nan took her
iather's arm, bowed and smiled loylully
npon the crowd individually and collec-
lively. As she walked through the gate
she paused and said. "BOys, I'm
awfully glad TO get home. That S
about all" The crowd cheered again
and the Patterson-Smith party walk
I'd throu- h the station, negotiat-
ed for two cabs, entered the vehi-
Giles and were driven out 10 the
Howard avenue home where the sorrow
ing mother was waiting for her erring
daughter. Feeble from Illness, but in
yigorated and strengthened by great
happiness, white haired woman stood
on the shady veranda of pretty cottage
in northwest Washington this morning.
Up the street dashed girl 10 the full
blossom of young womanhood, her face
shining with light hearted joy. The old
err would have crushed to meet the
Younger. but her tottering steps we're re-
strained. A second later, the girl had
eaped up the terrace and the two women
locked in heartfelt embrace. This
was the way Nan Patterson came~tack
to her mother this morning. More than
wear had elapsed since their last greet
ing. Almost twelve months of that
time the daughter spent in the Tombs,
and was thrice tried on the charge of hav-
ing murdered her lover, Caesar Young.
Advices from Ambassador Storer,
dealing with the case of Marcus Braun,
special immigrant inspector, who was
fined $40 in Buda. Pesth police court for
giving a piece OF his mind to a Hun
garian detective whom he caught tam
pering with his mail have arouse in
dignation at the Department Of Com
merce and Labor. Commissioner Gener-
al of Immigration Sargent will take the
matter up with Secretary Metcalf in or
der to assure action on the part Of the
State Department, which is said to be
not clear as to the right Of protest, be-
cause the status of Braun as special
immigrant inspector is not we'll defined.
Commissioner General Sargent is of the
opinion that Bruan should be protected
in all his rights as an American citizen,
if not as an American official.
The exact business relation between
the railway interests and the trusts is to
be investigated by the Senate committee
on interstate commerce. Summonses
we're issued this morning for the heads
of a number of trusts that have been re-
Gently brought prominently before the
public. 1t is expected to disclose what
railway preferences have been accorded
to or exacted by the special interests.
Ia testifying before the committee to-
day A. C. Bird, vice president of the
Gold lines, declared that there is
no popular demand for new railway
legislation, except as it arose from mis-
guided opinion that new legislation is
necessary to prevent payment Of rebates
or preferences. He said that such dis
examinations had practically ceased and
that If any did exist, all that was neces
sary was for the Interstate Commerce
Commission to enforce theipresent law.
He had no objection TO the formation of
court with due provision for expediting
hearings TO which the railways may APP
peal. Railway companies will not OPP
pose any provision which will hasten
due process of law, so that complainants
may have aquick remedy; but railroads
property should receive the same protec-
ton as is accorded other property, under
the constitution, he said.
An official report received by the War
Department this morning by cable from
Major General COrbin commanding the
Philippines Division, announces that
the U. 5. transport Buford with part of
the 10Th Infantry aboard, struck a
coral reef four miles from Malabang,
P. |. At time of sending dispatch the
Buford was still on the reef, but no seri-
Gus damage had been done.
Secretary of War Taft will entertain
the members of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission at luncheon next Monday, when
the President of the United States, who
will also be Secretary Taft's guest, will
be formally presented to the commission
as body. The meeting Of the Direc-
tors OF the Panama Canal Commission,
which was to have been held in New
York on Monday, has been postponed
n nil Tuasdau and the lem hars of the