Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-07
From Washington.
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. ID. c.. August Z.


Washington. d. c., August Z.
1t became known through officials to-
day that a thorough investigation will
be made of the government printing
Office. The special commission of which
Assistant Secretary Charles h. Keep OF
the Treasury Department is chairman
and which has just laid before the Pres
ident report on the proposed purchase
of seventy-twO LanstOn typesetting ma
chimes will conduct the industry The
commission will 90 into the matter Of
the award of all contracts at the office
and other matters pertaining to the
management of the printery. The ~
vestigation will be started early in the
fall when the members of the commits
sion have returned from their vacations.
Mr.. Jacob Fl. Holllander, Of Balti-
more, who recently went to Santo Do
mingo to investigate for the State De-
partment the financial conditions of that
country, was an early caller upon acting
Secretary of State Adee this morning.
Mr. Holander, it was learned, has Just
returned from Europe where he went to
make careful investigation into the
claims of the various European countries
against Santo Domingo. He reported
the result of his mission to acting Secre-
tary Adee and will tomorrow lunch with
the President at Oyster Bay when be
will make verbal report on the validity
of the foreign claims against Santo Do
mingo. 1t is understood that when the
President sends TO the Senate next fall
the treaty which the State Department
will sign with Santo Domingo providing
that the United States assumes official
charge of the financial affairs of Santo
Domingo, it will be accompanied by a
full report from Mr.. Hollander. Mr.
Hollander expects to return to Santo
Domingo in short time to complete his
investigation.
The Panama Canal Commission in
this city today received dispatch from
Governor Magoon of the canal zone in
which he reports two additional cases OF
yellow fever and one death.
Today's treasury statement was Re
cepls, 81, S477l6, expenditures 81
900, 600.
There was conference this afternoon
between Surgeon General Wyman, OF
the United States Marine Hospital, and
Captain Ross, Of the revenue cutter ser
vice, relative to the campaign to be
waged in the South against yellow fever.
One OF the decisions reached was to
place all private boats, now in the ser
vice of the State Of Mississippi in main
tanning the quarantine against Louisiana,
under control of the revenue cutter ser
vice. Each boat will receive a revenue
cutter flag and be placed in charge OF a
warrant or commissioned officer. The
boats will form a regular auxiliary cut
ter feet.
According to advices received by the
United States marine hospital service
for the month of July, yellow fever has
been reported in North America outside
Of the United States in Tehuantepec,
Veracruz. Coatzacoatces, and TERRA
Blanca, Mexico Puerto Cortez, San Pc
dro, aud Choloma, Honduras Belize,
British Honduras; Livingston, Guata-
mala, Panama, Colon, La Boca, Coro-
zal, Empire, and Paraiso, Republic
of Panama. San Pedro, Honduras,
is The only one Of these places
which an extensive prevalence is re-
corded. In south America reports re-
ceived since July lst shows the contin-
ued presence of disease in Maracaibo,
Venezuela; Guayaquil, Ecuador, and
Rio Janeiro. July reports from out
side the Western Hemisphere do not in
dictate the presence of yellow fever else
where than in Senegal Africa and
Santa Cruz de Teneritie.
The collections of internal revenue for
the month of June 1905 and comparisons
in June 1904 were made public today.
The total is S21, OPS, 534 as compared
with $50, 235, 663 for June 1904. For
the year ended June 80, 1908, the total
is 1924, 1877, 976, an increase Of 81, 1884,
1873 over the previous year.
Coroner hewitt has issued a certificate
of accidental death" in the case of
John Jarboe, the veteran who died at
The Emergency Hospital from injuries
received by falling out of window Mrs.
Sophie JarbOes, who was held, was order
ed released.
Robert f. Sullivan, manager Of the
branch of the Northwestern Fire lnsur-
ance Company, died at his old home in
Harrisonburg, Va, yesterday. MIR. Sui
livan had been i'll since the death OF his
wife more than a year ago -Four little
children are lett.
Alexander NJ. Bell, father of Prot.
Alexander Graham Bell, the latter the
inventor of the telephone, died in this