Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-21
From Washington.
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CORES DOn0eDcc OF AicAohNiio OoNc''Ssl
Washington, d. O.. Sept. 81.
Minister Quesada, representing the
Cuban republic here, has called at the
State Department to express the regret
of bis government at the insults offered
the United States at Cienfuegos last
Tuesday night when some unknown per-
son threw a quantity offilth on the shield
bearing the arms of the United States
over the entrance to the American con-
sulate. He stated that everything pos
sble will be done to discover and punish
the offender. The Cuban Minister for
Foreign Affairs in Havana has called
upon the American Minister there and
similarly expressed his regrets for the
outrage.
Ed. l. Wooden, a young negro, was
arrested this morning by central office
men on a charge of robbery preferred by
DR.. A. B. Wayland, of GOrdonsville,
Va. DR.. Wayland stated that the rob
Der entered his house on August IS and
succeeded in carrying off everything of
value that he could carry. The goods
he obtained are valued at 800.
Under the terms of the treaty itself
notice of the ratification of the peace
agreement between Russia and Japan
must be exchanged within fifty days
from the date of its signing. The noti-
fcation that the Car has ratified the
treaty will be sent by the American am
bassador at st. Petersburg to the Toxic
government and the Mikado's ratifca-
ton will be communicated 10 the Rus
sian government by the French minister
at Toxic. This exchange will be done
by telegraph. 1t is expected that the
Cars action on the treaty will be an
nounced first. After the two sOvereigns
have formally ratified the document and
placed upon it their big seals the ex-
change of ratifcations will, it is stated
at the japanese legation, take place here
in Washington and probably at the
White House as a compliment to Presi-
dent Roosevelt
Federal control of insurance business
may be one of the results of the disclos-
ures OF lax methods in the management
of the New York Life Insurance COM
panies. The beliefgrows here that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not ignore the situa-
ton which has developed in the cases Of
the Equitable and New York Life Com
panies, and that his coming message to
Congress will discuss insurance and
insurance methods as they relate to the
national welfare.
One of the most important subjects
now under discussion by the executive
council of the American Federation OF
Labor, in session here, is the labor stu
alton in Chicago. Representatives Of
the various factions in the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor have presented to the
councils statements of their side of the
disputes. The matter, so far as the
executive council is concerned, will be
determined at this meeting
A crisis is approaching in Venezuela's
foreign relations in the opinion of some
officials here. The latest action of Presi
dent Castro's government in refusing to
longer communicate with the French
government through its charge d'afaires
in Caracas, NJ. Taigny, because he pro-
tested against the seizure of the property
of the French Cable Co., is liable, it is
said by the jingoes, to bring matters to a
climax. This refusal to recognize NJ.
Taigny puts a national phase upon the
which has heretofore been
raging between the French Cable Co.
and the Venezuelan government. NJ.
Taigny was, it is claimed, merely follow
ing instructions from his government
when he lodged his protest, and for Cas-
tro to characterize his action as an Sin
suit" to the honor Of the Venezuelan
courts, through whose machinery the
cable compaDy's property was sequester-
ed, is regarded here by the jingoes as a
pretext to aggravate the already strained
relations between himself and France.
Following so closely as it does upon the
expulsion from Venezuela of NJ Brun,
the resident manager of the cable COM
pany, also because he protested against
the seizure of his cOmpany's property, it
is thought unlikely that France will
longer overlook the matter The situa-
ton is somewhat complicated, however,
by the fact which appears to be demon
strable by documentary evidence, that
the Cable Co. did actually attempt to
render assistance to the recent Matos
revolution.