Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-03
From Washington.


Cabinet, the Supreme Court, the DiPlo-
matte Corps, and other high government
officials. AZ we'll as the 800 delegates 10
the international Railroad Congress,
representing As different nations OF the
world. the American Railway Appliance
Exhibition was formally opened at noon
TODAY. For two months past workmen
have been busy transforming the Wash
inpton monument grounds into NINA
ture Worlds Fair in which every modern
American device used in railroading will
be on display, from brass bolts heads to
trains of cars. The last piece OF ma
chinery was put in place early this morn
ing In all there are 975 exhibitors,
many of them having erected their own
buildings, of which there are II. MOST
of the structures are painted white.
The opening address was made by
George A. Post, ofNew York, chairman
of the general committee OF arrange
ments. The principal address OF the
day was made by Secretary of the Navy
Morton, formerly vice president OF the
Sanle Fe system. Mr.. Morton paid a
glowing tribute to American inventive
genius and enterprise in railroading and
commented significantly on the fact that
although railroad freight rates in the
United States are the lowest In the
world, American railways pay their
employees better wages than railroad
men receive in other countries. Speeches
were also made by Secretary of War TAFT,
Stuyvesant Fish, President of the Amer
lean Section of the Congress; George
Westinghouse, one of the principal ex-
hibitors, and Max Elder Won Leber OF
Austria, member of the Commission OF
the Congress. The programme was in
terpersed with music by the Engineers,
Band from Washington Barracks. I'M
mediateIy after the ceremonies the vari-
GUS buildings were thrown open for the
inspection of the guests. This evening
the managers of the Exhibition have
arranged TO send out the international
time signal, which, it is hoped, will
make the circuit of the globe. The sig
nails will begin at 1855 and close ex-
actly at midnight.
James J. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railway who was unexpected
" called to stand before the Senate COM
mittee on Interstate Commerce this after
noon informed the Senators that although
the commercial and industrial interests
of the country were striving to enlarge
export trade the restrictions placed upon
the railroads by the Interstate Commerce
Commission were killing the great trade
already established. As an Illustration
of this, he cited the fact that his road had
annually carried 40, 600 tons of tiOar Tor
Australia and Asiatic points. The Inter
stste Commerce Commission required his
road 10 file public schedule OF the di-
vision ofthe rate. Inasniuch as the regu-
lations require that no published rate can
be changed without making public the
new rate, immediate advantage thereof
would be taken by German and other
shipping lines. His road therefore aban-
doned this trade. He declared that the
d-mands upon his road were so great
that the total abandonment and export
trade would not effect the roads diyi-
dends one cent.
Acting under orders of Senator I. G
Plat, OF New York, president of the
United States Express Company, an Off
Gil of that concern late yesterday after
noon called up acting Secretary of the
Treasury Taylor by long distance tele-
phone from Chicago, and asked whether
It would be possible, in case of trouble
with the strikers, to secure an escort OF
federal troops for express wagons carry
ing government money. Mr. Taylor
told him that this was out of the ques
ton, as it might lay the government
open to the charge Of aftording military
protection to wagons carrying other than
government property. He added, how
ever, that if the situation should become
so serious that the express companies
could not transport government funds
without protection, the Treasury Depart
ment would temporarily take over the
delivery of moneys from the railroad
Stations to the sub-treasury using for
that purpose army wagons and troops.
The Secretary of War has already issued
tentative orders contingent on such cir
cumsance. Mr.. Taylor then asked
whether there had as yet arisen any need
for troops and was told that there had
not, but that the company feared they
would be necessary latter on.
1t is understood that the majority of
bishops who meet here tomorrow will
favor Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
as the candidate for cardinal. After
receiving the selections the Pope will
probably make the promotion in June.
Over sixty Englishmen, including
some of the most prominent railroad men
in the United Kingdom, have reached
Washington to attend the International
Railway Congress.
The Postofice Department has issued
a fraud order against Edward I. Hunter |
& Co., of Philadelphia and Newark, and
A. J. Warner & Co., of Washington.
A. J. Barry is, according to the postal
both companies rolled in
one. He has been skipping from one
place to another since 1894 when he was
"Morton and Company" at 90 Broad
way. New York. He promised his
clients profits of 100 per cent in 80 days
principal guaranteed" but failed both
to pay the profits and to settle his news
paper advertising bills.
Rohhars in EVENING Dresa