Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-11
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. ID. O., Nov. ii.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, ID. c., Nov. ii.
Commenting edtorially on the fight
that resulted in the death Of Mid
shipman Branch at Annapolis the
Army and Navy Journal says today;
'It appears that the whole thing
was arranged according to custom and
that il was under fair conditions. Most
naval officers declare that it would be
mistake to stamp out fighting altogether.
They think that midshipmen between
whom there is bad blood should be al
lowed to fight it out, and they regard this
fatality, while deplorable, as no more
proof than al fighting is fatal than the
Death of an occasional steeplechaser IS
proof of the deadiness ofhorsemanshlp. "
u. S. Consul General j. G. Lay, at
Canton. China, will leave that city today
with a party of eight for Lieu Chou to
make thorough investigation of all the
facts relating to the recentmurder there,
under atrocious circumstances, OF hve
American Presbyterian missionaries, IN.
Guiding Miss Chestnut, Mrs. Machle, and
little Miss Amy Machle.
A mixture of cocaine, paranephrine
and water, applied on cotton to the nose,
is reported by Consul General Guenther,
of Frankfort, Germany, to have been
found to be an effective cure for colds.
II arrests secretions and cures the cold
by several applications. The consular
agent says that DR.. Vohsen, German
expert, saws an excellent remedy in
case of children is for mothers to cut a
small rubber tube obliquely and to in
sert the sharpened end into the nose,
then. by means of a rubber bali, blow
air into the tube. The secretiOns IN
one side may be blown out through the
other side.
President Roosevelt today promised to
insert in his annual message to Congress
a paragraph urging the preservation oil
Niagara Falls from commercial destruc-
ton. He did this in reply to represen-
tations on the subject made to him by
officers of the American Civic Assocl'
alton, who called at the White House
this morning.
VIM. Adams, about 80 years OF age,
this morning assaulted his wife, Bessie,
at his home, at 1911 H street northeast,
shooting her twice in The hand and once
in the breast, then turning the revolver
on himself he inflicted a mortal wound
Just over the heart, from which he died
in few moments. The wife may re-
cover.
Secret agents from Korea have been
sent to this country and to some OF the
European powers asking for intervention
to preserve the independence of the
Hermit Kingdom and to prevent It's be-
coming merely prOtectorate OF Japan,
according to dispatch from Seoul this
morning. At the State Department 1t
is declared that no such representations
have yet been made to that government.
At the State Department here ii is not
believed that the disturbances in Russia
are OF will be directed against any
foreigners and no special alarm is, there
fore, felt for the safety of Americans In
St. Petersburg or Moscow. Press dis
patches from these two cities this morn
ing indicate a decided feeling of unrest
and fear for further bloodshed. 1t Is
pointed out that whatever influence is
behind the mObs which have created
such carnage 10 the various towns OF
Russia would gain nothing and might
lose much were the fury of the agitators
to be directed against foreigners. Only
in case of indiscrimiDate rioling and hr-
ing it is thought could any Americans
be in danger.
At the final session of the meeting Of
American Association Of Farmers lnsti'
tute Workers, held this morning at the
National Hotel, G. c. Creelman, of
Guelph, Canada, was elected president;
]. Hamilton, of Washington, secretary
treasurer; aud w. w. Miller, Of Ohio
yice-president. At noon those in atten-
dance were received at the White House
by President Roosevelt and at 2 p. m. by
Secretary Wilson at the Department Of
Agriculture.
Some statements regarding the scope
of the Bureau of Corporations were made
by Commissioner Garfield in an after
dinner speech before the Hardwaremen's
Association last night. He advocated
the right of the government to investl'
gate the business Of the great corpora
lions.
President Roosevelt today received petit
ton, signed by 81 of the largest brewing con-
Germs in the United States, asking that the
proposed prohibition stipulation for the adj
mission of Indian Territory to statehood
along with Oklahoma, be modified so as not
to include beer and ale. The petition was
presented by Albert Lieber of indianapolis,
representing the United States Brewers As
ISOLATION.
1t was announced at the White House this
morning that the President would not be able
10 visit Prince Louis n New York next we, k.
1t is reported that the disagreement be-
tween France and Venezuela, which went so
far as to cause the dispatch of French squad
ron of warships to Martinique where they
would be in easy striking distance OF the
Venezuelan coast, is on the eve Of being
amicably settled through the withdrawal by
both France and Venezuela of the offensive
notes that passed between them in connection
with the affair of NJ. TMgny. the Ere oe
charge d'a1aires.
Mr.. w. K. Hearst announces that he
will be sworn in as mayor if the courts
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