Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-26
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Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington. ID. O., Sept. rs.

Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette.J
Washington, d. O., Sept. rs.
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, who caused
quite stir by declaring in his speech at
Bellefontaine, Ohio, that he was opposed
to confer the rate-making power on the
Interstate Commerce Commission, is an
noyed by the newspaper comments
which make it appear that his utter
ances indicate that he has fallen out
with the President. at is true" he
said, today, "that the President favors
that this power be conferred and that l
am opposed to it. But there is no radi-
cal disagreement between President
Roosevelt and myself. He knows where
stand and / know where he stands.
We both want particular thing done
and there is no disagreement as to the
result desired. 1t is only a question as
to methods, and think my way is the
better way. There is nothing in my
position that is new and that | haven 3
said before. The President wants leg
islative remedy for existing evils and
such remedy will be devised. The
question resolves itself simply into the
inquiry of the man who may desire to
travel from Cincinnati to Washington.
He'll get to Washington, all right, but
he may take the B. & o., or the G. q
o., or the Pennsylvania"
Howard Broxton, negro, who has
been causing a reign of terror among the
female residents OF Brookland by disrob-
ing himself, was captured by a clever
piece of detective work on the part of
mounted Officer Frank Berens Of the
10th precinct He was convicted in
Judge O'Neal's court.
The members of the board of consult
ing engineers on the Panama Canal will
leave here tonight for Boston where they
will tomorrow make careful inspection
of the Wachuse tt reservoir earthen dam
which is said to be the largest of that
type of construction In the country
Mr. Stearns. a member OF the board is the
engineer who built it. 1t is possible that
dams OF this type may be used in con-
nectiOn with the Panama Canal WORK
The board will return to New York to-
morrow night and will sail from there
Thursday for the Isthmus for the pur-
pose of making personal inspection OF
the route of the Panama Canal and the
projected location of all the auxiliary
works. 1t is expected that they will be
able to see all they want in the course OF
ten DAYS az it is not their intention to
make any surveys or borings, that class
of work having already been done.
On their way down as well as on their
way back it is expected that the men,
bers OF the board will hold daily sessions.
They will be accompanied by clerks and
draughtsmen and expect to be able TO
accomplish a good deal of work while
voyaging. Gen. Davis, the chairman OF
the board, says that so far as he knows
no member has expressed any decided
conviction on any of the fundamental
problems connected with the canal work.
Chairman Shouts and the other members
of the Panama canal commission will
also sail for Panama on Thursday, the
whole party going on the "Havana" OF
the Panama Railroad line.
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
of Commerce and Labor today Orderei
supervising Inspector General Uhler to
make reinspection of all the steamers
under his supervision. This is to ascer-
tain the manner in which the laws and
regulations recently put i'll force have
been carried out.
In determined effort by the Marine
Hospital Service to discover the yellow
fever germ believed to be spread by
mosquitoes and responsible for the yellow
fever epidemic, Dr. NJ. J. Rossenau, dl'
rector Of the hygenic laboratory in Wash
ngton and Assistant Surgeon Jos. God
berger have been directed to go to New
Orleans at once and devote their entire
time to that work. They will take up
their investigation from the Joint 10
which it has been carried out by DIR. P.
E. Archbishop, and capable staff in
that city, who have not yet been success
full.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today heard the testimony in
the case of James L. Quimley,
Kahn Brothers and others, South Car
DINA merchants, against the Clyde
Steamship Company. Old Dominion
Steamship Company. Southern Railway,
Seaboard Air Line and other transpor
tation companies, which AYERS that rates
on products carried by rail and water
from Boston, Providence, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and South Carolina points
are unduly high as compared with rates
in Augusta.
The opening of poolrOom at jackson City
is attracting attention in Washington and
Alexandria county The place, it is said, is
attracting numbers of patrons, especially
from Washington. Commonwealth AttOr-
new Crandal Mickey announces his inten-
ton to make movement against the place.
Gen. Porter Visits President.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept 26.-Gen-
eral Horace Porter, former United
States Ambassador to France, left for