Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-02

by the wrecking of that ship OF Samar,
by the destructive storm of September
&c. full details of which are just being
received.
The District grand jury today re-
turned indictments against +. A. Peck
ham and Moses Haas, of New York,
and Edwin s. Holmes, it,, former sta
tiscian of the Agricultural Department.
There are two counts against each, that
of conspiracy to defraud the government
and conspiracy to cause misconduct in
Office. The indictments are supplement-
al to those already returned against the
men, who are charged with having been
conspirators in the cotton leak scandal
of the Agricultural Department. They
are out on so, 900 bail each. Extradi-
ton hearings in the Haas and Peckham
cases will be held in New York next
month.
President Roosevelt today decided def
initely to visit New Orleans on his
southern trip. He will arrive there on
the morning of the Goth, and will leave
that evening for Washington on board a
cruiser so as to obviate the quarantine
regulations of the southern states. No
Cabinet member will be with him, nor
will Mrs. Roosevelt accompany the party
on the southern trip. The official party
will disband at Little Rock and only
Secretary Loeb will accompany the
nrloonC up1lI
reach Washington on the 3lst.
Postmaster General Cortelyou was at
his Office this morning. for the first time
since he left for his vacation in August.
He at once took up departmental mat
tiers awaiting his attention. When the
subject of the contributions to the re-
publican campaign fund and particular
ly the statements that the life assurances
of the country had made large subscrip-
tons was brought to his attention, Mr..
Cortely0u declined to discuss the mat
ter. He anticipates making no state
ment in regard to the situation.
Elihu Root. the new Secretary OF
State, who was appointed to that posi-
ton soon after the death of the late Sec
rotary Hay, took charge of his office
this morning. He appeared at the De-
partment early and spent the first hour
or two in getting settled in his new sur
roundings. Mr.. Robert Bacon, the new
Assistant Secretary of State, who has
been appointed to succeed Mr.. Loomis,
was with Secretary Root consulting with
him as to his new duties and shortly
after ten O'Clock the other assistant Sec
retaries, Me,srs. Adee, LOOMS and
PIERCE, were called in and there was a
general conference over questions pend
ing before he Department. Mr.. Bacon
has not yet decided when he will take
the oath of office and assume his new
position but he will do so some time this
week, probably tomorrow or Wednes-
day. In the meantime Mr.. Loomis will
continue to act. Mr. Loomis when
asked what were his plans for the future
said that they were not yet determined.
President Roosevelt began the work
a busy day before o'clock this morning.
His first callers were Commissioner OF
Corporations Garfield and Chief Forester
Pinchot, members of the Keep Cammls-
sion. who came to discuss informally the
work of investigation Of the various de-
partments COW in progress. Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock was another
early caller, he and Senator Fulton, OF
Oregon, discussing with the President
the land fraud cases with particular ref
erence to the conviction of Representa-
tive Williamson and associates. Sena-
tors Foraker and Dick headed an Ohio
delegation who invited the President to
attend the unwilling of the Sheridan
statue at Somerset Ohio. President
Roosevelt declined the invitation, as he
also did that of H. p. Grouse and +. q.
Greene, of Toledo, who wanted him to at
tend the Ohio Y. NJ. G. A. convention on
February 22nd. Marcus Braun, the
former immigrant inspector at New
York. whose troubles with Hungarian
police officials while he was in Hungary
investigating the immigrant question,
brought him prominently before the
people, called to make an appointment
with the President. 1t is believed that
he will discuss with the President the
reasons that impeled him to leave the
service.
The Postoffice Department issued a
fraud order today against the Ripley Drug
Company, of New Haven, Connecticut,
denying it the use of the mails.
The President has appointed Arnold
Shanklin, of Missouri, Consul General at
Panama.
Charles w. Allegar was today appoint.
ed postmaster at Shacklett, Stafford
county, Va, vice james R. Shacklette,