Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-19
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazei'e.I

commissioner VI wi Pct"NiNe"
WAS the first caller at the President
offices this morning, He stated that he
had not as yet finished his report on the
oil situation in Kansas, and that 1t would
he some time before it would be ready
for submission to the President The
data he procured is quite voluminous and
will need considerable study before he
can arrive at any definite conclusions.
The President has decided to appoint
former Senator Louis +. McComas, OF
MARYLAND, to be the successor OF Martin
F. Morris as Judge of the District OF
Columbia Court of Appeals, Judge Nor
ris having signifed his intention OF re-
signing. This announcement was made
by Attorney General Moody after the
Cabinet meeting today. Just previous
10 the announcement committee from
the bar of the District of Columbia had
called on the President to petition him
to appoint Washington lawyer to the
prospective vacancy.
The First National Bank of Cornwall,
Cornwall, New York, was closed this
morning by direction of the Comptroller
of the Currency, on the ground OF inso-
lency and National Bank Examiner Chas.
f. Van Brooklyn has been appointed re-
ceiver.
The Navy Department has been advis'
ed ofthe death this mOrningat Pensacola
of Surgeon Hatton n. I. Harris, OF the
Navy. He entered the service in 1887
and was appointed from Virginia.
Senior f. Portela, the new Minister to
the United States from the Argentine
Republic presented his credentials to the
State Department this morning. Senior
portela was until recently Argentine
Minister at Madrid, Spain, and his
transfer is regarded as promotion.
The second and last day Of the charter
meeting of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis
was devoted to sectional meetings at
which were discussed the bacteriologi-
cal pathological, Chronological, and
clinical phases of the disease.
Henry Willard Bean, wao was the
resident agent of the New York and
Bermudez Asphalt Co., in Venezuela, for
three months during which time the in
cident occurred which has formed the
basis for the charge that Mr.. LOOMS,
the U. s. Minister to Venezuela and now
Assistant Secretary of State, received
check for $40, 900 from the Asphalt Co.,
presumably for services rendered, has
been examined by Secretary Taft and has
given his version of the affair. His tes-
iimony will be laid before the President
in Secretary Taft's review of the case.
I'm accordance with recent decision
of the District Court Of Appeals, the
Simon Burns faction of the Knights OF
Labor instituted quo warranto proceed
ings in the District Court today for the
purpose of making the Hayes faction
,how by what right they are claiming TO
he the duly elected officers.
Hundreds of telegraph operators
throughout the country are saddened TO-
day over brief news item from Gin
cinnati which tells them that "Patsey"
Avres "has got 30' and has dropped
his key Tor good. Probably few tele-
graphers had a wider acquaintance or
claimed more friends than A. 5. Ayres.
He BELONGED to the old migrating school
of the craft, though he was only 80
when he died CT paralysis yesterday,
and in his younger days worked IN
every important city and half the
big villages in the United States.
Later he became the manager of the
Washington bureau of the Publishers
Press, which has grown to be one OF
the big news gathering-concerns of the
world. In 1900 the strain of Office
management told upon Mr.. Ayers
health to such an extent that he resign
ed to accept a position in a Cincinnati
brokerage Office, where his duties would
be easier But this "let up" came too
late. His health continued to fail by
degrees and the news Of his death did
not come as all entire surprise.
There will be number of changes in
the Presidents Cabinet before the end
of the year. Secretary of State Hay
will return to this country early in June.
When he went away it was with the |
positive intention of not again resuming |
his position at the head of the State De-
partment except possibly for few
weeks. His health has been improved
so greatly by his European tour that it
is now declared that he has modified his
determination to retire. Perhaps the
controversy between First Assistant
Secretary of State Loomis and Mr..
Bowen over Venezuelan affairs, and the
reported intention to give Mr. Loomis
an Ambassadorship, thus leaving the
without an experienced
head, may have had something to do
with the Secretary's change of mind.
Under the most favorable conditions and
circumstances, however, despite all
denials. it is believed here that Secretary
Hay will not remain in the State De-
partment beyond the end of the year.
Should he retire he will probably be
succeeded by either Ambassador Choate
or Ambassador Reid. Secretary of the
Navy Morton has announced his inten
ton of retiring from the Cabinet Sep
sember /. Ifpresent plans are adhered
10 Attorney General Moody will give up
his portfolio about October Is and Sec
rotary of War Taft will become attorney
general on mis- return from his trip to
The Philippines which will be early in
that month. Secretary OF Commerce
aud Labor Metcalf is said to be anxious
10 retire in order TO devote Lis attention