Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-04
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, ID. c., Oct. 4.

of the Confederate Veterans Association
on October rs, &c, and 81, the anniver-
sarv of the Battle of the Crater, when
the Confederate battle flags, recently re-
turned, will be distributed to their old
commands. AS the President had al
ready arranged for tie dates in question,
which will be devoted to Little Rock,
New Orleans and the return to Wash
ngton, the invitation had to be declined.
Gov. johnson, of Alabama, called to
discuss the programme for the various
dates in Alabama. There was also a
delegation from Birmingham to request
that he spend more than the two hours
allotted to Birmingham in that city.
Congressman Lands. of Indiana, a
member of the Congressional committee
which is about to meet in New York
under the Craftsmanship Of Senator T..
C. Plat to investigate the possibilities
of greater economy in the governments
printing bills, called on the President
today to discuss the question with him.
He took advantage of the opportunity to
introduce his son.
The marriage of Miss Mabel Glare
Money, daughter of Senator Money, and
who recently christened the battlesbip
Mississippi at Philadelphia, to DR.. Will
liam Whitney Kitchen, of Buffalo, will
take place at the Church of the Covenant
in this city this evening at 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Tom Hall, of New York, will be
Miss Moneys only attendant, Miss
Money having performed similar func-
ton for Mrs. Hall, then Miss Martha
Baird, three years ago. Only the I'M
mediate relatives of the two young
people will be present at the wedding
supper following the ceremony.
To another of his callers President
Roosevelt today made it clear that he
has not changed front in the slightest
degree on railroad rate legislation. "Ihe
country will so understand it when l
put my message to Congress in Deem
ber," he said to Representative Prince,
of Illinois, who also discussed the sub
eot with him.
President Roosevelt today told one Of
his visitors that he had decided to ap-
point Oscar J. Ricketts, permanently to
the position of public printer. He is OF
the opinion that the condition OF affairs
on the big printery calls for the selec-
ton of a man who has not been con-
nected with their administration in the
past. -,
President Roosevelt today, as result
of an investigation by the Civil Service
Commission, ordered Capt. j. f. B.
Stuart, collector of the port at Newpot
News, Virginia, to restore to their old
possessions two of the employees OF the
Office whom Stuart had reduced, and to
reinstate, if necessary for the work of
the Office, four men whom he bad dis
charged. 1t was alleged that Stuart had
made these changes because the men
were democrats.
Congressman Butler, of Pennsylvania,
member Of the House committee on naval
affairs talked with the President today
about the naval programme for the next
Congress. Mr.. Butler says that he Ia
vors the construction of one great battle
ship of 1S,O00 tons, and gradual sub
stitution of big ships for the smaller and
nearly obsolete types now in the Ameri-
can navy. He says that there has been
no agreement as yet as regards the pro-
gramme.
Owing to the fact that there are few
additional cases of diptheria at the Ma
val Academy, and in order to take the
utmost precaution against the spread of
the disease, it has been decided to extend
the leave granted to the upper classes
until October 14th, on which date the
Academy will be opened.
The discussion.of land frauds again &C.
cupied the attention Of President Roose-
welt for some time today. He took up
the subject with Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock and Land Commissioner Rich
ards. Their report was with reference
to developments in Oregon
J. c. Thomps N, one of the repubi-
can referees in Alabama, after a confer
ence with the President today announc
ed that P. NJ. Long, Of Cordova, had
been agreed upon for U S. Marshall for
the northern district lof Alabama, and
Gen. R. d. Johnston, former general
in the Confederate army, for register of
the land Office at Montgomery.
The japanese legation has received a
dispatch announcing that the privy
council of the Empire, to which body
the peace treaty between Russia and
japan has been referred for considera-
ton, has unanimously reported in favor
of its ratification. 1t is presumed that
the Emperor will formally ratifg the
document within the next few days. Ac-
cording to the terms of the treaty itself
Geographic notification of the ratification
will be exchanged through the American
Ambassador in St. Petersburg and the
French Minister at Toxic. As soon as
this is done the armistice now existing
will end and peace will actually be de-
clared. The withdrawal of the hostile
armies in Mancburia will then begin.
Congressman Townsend, of Michigan,
one of the authors of the Esch'Town-
senc railroad rate bill which passed
the House last session, was Presi-
dent Roosevelt's most interesting
caller today. He came to talk with
the President about railroad legislation
and about the necessity OF making some
changes in the bill as it passed last year
prior to its submission to the next Con-
gress. Congressman Esch, of Wisconsin,
has written to the President that he
would not be here to see him, but that