Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-17
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, ID. c.. Oct. II.

Inc rest OF lnt party VIII COhtiuuO WV"
the coast to St. Augustine, Fla, and
then westward TO Little Rock, Ark.
After leaving Little Rock the Presiden-
tial party will return to Memphis, where
the President, his secretary, physician
and stenogrspher will take a train for
New Orleans on the evening of the 25lh.
The others will return to Washington on
the same special train which bore them
south and west. The President will
spend most of the Goth at New Orleans
and will board the cruiser West Virginia
for Norfolk at p. m. At Norfolk he
will leave the West Virginia and his
flags will be transferred to the May
flower, his own yacht, which will bring
him back to Washington. If schedule
time is made the President will reach
the capital on the return trip on the
3Oth. During the tour the President
will make number of speeches bear
ing on the problems of the day.
1t is expected that 10 these speeches he
will again lay before the country his
views on the railroad rate question which
he intends to "put up to" Congress dur
ing the coming session, and may also
touch on tariff revision, regulation OF in
surance companies, and other subjects
near to his heart. All indications point
to a record breaking reception for the
President throughout the south. The
authorities of the fever infected district
about New Orleans will make extraordi-
nary precautions to protect the President
from the disease. His car and his rooms
in the hotel will be fumigated and screen
ed to exclude the mosquito, and DR..
Rixey, his physician on the trip, will be
on constant guard to advise and act IN
case of emergency.
Adyices from Manila to the War De-
partment are to the effect that Major
General Corbln, commanding the Philip
pine division will be splendidly enter
iaiued during his Australian tour with
Mrs. Corbin. In Sydney they will DE
the guests of Admiral RawsoD, the 'iOv-
enor of New South Wales. From Sgd
ney they will proceed to Melbourne,
where they will spend several days As
the guests of Lord NorthcOte, governor
general of the commonwealth of Aus
tralia. Other points will be visited and
the general will be absent from Manila
about two months. Major General Leon
ard Wood will command the division in
the absence of General Corbin.
After the consultation with the Do
miuican government with their concur
renee, as an assistance to them in en-
forcing the regulations designed to pre-
vent the perennial revolutionists of the
island from getting warlike supplies,
President Roosevelt has issued procla-
nation prohibiting the export of arms,
ammunition, and munitions of war of
every kind from the United States or
Porto Rico to any port in the Dominican
Republic.
According to Special Agent Crist, now
10 the Orient under the orders of the
Department of Commerce aud Labor,
the entire field traversed by the japanese
army in the recent war has been vigO-
rously exploited by the expectation of
cotton goods and yarns, tobacco, teas,
matches, mineral waters, vegetables,
canned goods and numerous other arti-
Giles. He continues in his report
to say that on every hand it is ap-
parent that the great effort now on the
part of the japanese is to take complete
commercial possession of the immense
Manchurian, north China and Korean
markets by exporting to those countries
every commodity now purchased there.
Many articles are spurious limitations OF
American goods and are offered under
false trade marks. The great mass Of
patrons cannot distinguish the genuine
from the spurious. He urges the use OF
Chinese characters in American trade
marks for goods, even when offered in
the japanese market.
AS a result of statement made by
Sadie Weight, a domestic employed at
I'LL S street northwest, the police last
night arresie ed DR.. Edward Leon Of 45l
Missouri avenue, who is charged with
criminal malpractice. The dead infant
has been sent to the morgue, where an
inquest will be held today. Dr. Leon
later gave bond and was released. He
makes an emphatic denial of the charge,
says he never saw the girl aud never in
his life used such medicine as was given
in this case.
The State Department has no advices
confrmalory Of the press dispatches
printed this morning announcing the
sailing of fleet of five French war ships
for Martinique in connection with the
trouble in Venezuela. The squadron is
under the command of Admiral de la
Pevriere and will await orders at the
French naval headquarters in Martinique
before proceeding to make any DEMON
station in Venezuelan waters. At the
State Department it is said that this
government still hopes that the differ
ences of both the United States and
France with Venezuela will be settled
practically and without resort TO hostile
measures. 1t is hoped that President
Castro will prove conciliatOry and will
effect On arrangement satisfactory to
France of his difficulty with NJ. Taigny,
the French charge at Caracas, with
whom he has refused to have further
diplomatic dealings.
The President today decided upon an
amendment to the civil service rules
which will hereafter permit Cabinet Off
GERS to summarily discharge any en-
ploye in their department for ineficieD-
cv or misconduct. when such is known