Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-25
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, ID. O., Nov. %.

ering the advisability of recommending
to President Roosevelt the establishment
of an Official Daily Gazette. This
paper would contain all the daily orders
issued by the various departments and
would be designed TO prevent repetition
in the printing Of various articles. 1t
has been found that some articles are
printed as many as three aud four timts
by one department, but by different
bureaus. The matter of establishing an
Official Gazette will be taken up with
the new Public Printer Stillings. Some
members of the commission are said to
be in favor of it, while lis known others
are not. The advice of Mr.. Stillings
will probably settle the question.
The President has directed the APP
pointmeut of Rev. Edward S. Travers,
now assistant minister in Trinity Church
Boston, Mass, as Chaplain at the Unit
ed States Military Academy, to succeed
the present Chaplain Rev. Herbert Ship
man, who has rendered his resignation.
The resignation of Chaplain Shipman
has been accepted to take effec Dec. lst.
The position of Chaplain at the Military
Academy is one eagerly sought after
When it became known that Chaplain
Shipman was to resign hundreds of ap-
plications for the detail were received by
the War Department from ministers.
President Roosevelt presided as judge
this morning at the White House at the
trial of Assistant United States Tressu-
rer Leib of Philadelphia who is charged
with violating the civil service rules.
Civil Service Commissioner Alfred W.
Cooley who worked up the case against
Mr.. Leib acted as attorney for the pros
ecution, while Representative George K.
Patterson was the attorney for the de-
Tense. The trial lasted from 10 O'Clock
until 1915 and the President announced
that he would take the matter under
consideration and render decision later.
"Mr. Cooley forced the fighting" said
Congressman Patterson after the
trial., but did not prove anything
against Mr.. Leib except that he kept
his sister on the pay roll. That seems
to be the whole gist of the case against
him." Mr.. Keib is chairman of the
Republican county committe of Schuyl-
kill county.
1t has been arranged that the ex-
change of ratifcatiOns of the Russian
Japanese Peace Treaty will take place at
4 O'Clock this afternoon in the Diplo-
matte Room of the State Department.
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador,
and Minister Takahira, of Japan, will
represent the respective governments in
the ceremony.
A white woman about S2 years Of age
bearing all marks of refinement, at
tempted suicide this morning by shoot
ing herself twice in Farragut square.
She was dressed in blue and wore blne
hat. Nothing is known of her except
ing that she arrived in the city about s
O'Clock this morning from Danville,
Va. While conscious she persistently
refused TO disclose her identity and said
she wanted to die. She was taken to
the Emergency Hospital where the ply
sicians are now working on her. Her
condition is serious but not necessarily
fatal.
The Turkish government, it is an
nounced at the State Department, has
manifested much more plant DISPOSE
ton recently in connection with the var
ious questions which have been pending
between it and this country, and has
even indicated a willingness to arrive at
a satisfactory and amicable agreement
on the question of the recognition of the
rights in Turkey of Turks who have be-
come American citizens through natural
ization. The situation in Europe is be.
leved to have had something to do with
the improved attitude of the Turkish
government towards the matters in con-
tention between it and the United States.
The First National Bank of Lineville,
Alabama, has been closed by order of its
board of directors. National Bank Elk
aminer S. H. L. Cooper has been APP
pointed receiver. The resources and
liabilities of the bank at the close of
business on November 9, 1905, were
$75, 102 each.
Senator Elkins chairman of the COM
mittee on interstate commerce, is conf
dent that his committee will unani-
mously report railway rate regulation
bill and that the Senate will pass bill
that will practically be the committee
measure. He further declared, in an
interview this morning, that whatever
regulation measure shOuld be enacted
it would be one correcting existing evils
without inJuring the railroads.
Having been officiallyinformed of the
conclusion of the new treaty between ia
pan and Korea, by which Japan assumes
charge of Korean foreign affairs, the
United States government has Informed
that of Korea that it will withdraw its
diplomatic representative al Seoul and
that HEREAFTER diplomatic relations be-
tween this country and Korea will be
conducted through the American EN-
bassy at Toxic.
Senator Millard of the interstate commerce
committee. called at the White House this
afternoon TO learn the Presidents views about
the Foraker bill introduced at yesterdays
session Of the committee II is said on good
authority that the President told him frankly
that he regarded the bill as an nti-admnis-
tration measure, and that he would fight il to
a finish The committee adjourned this after
noon until Tuesday afternoon.
The fair weather and good card attracted
large crowd to see the racers at Benning to-
day.
Midshipman Meriwether.