Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-09

WOULD not HISS IL, duu ~ WI ~" ~ =
great deal of good for | ought to have
one 10 complete my musical education :"
Az Miss Roosevelt has neither received
three hundred pianos nor one, among her
wedding gifts, the musically inclined
woman will scarcely be granted her re-
quest. At the White House final card
reception OF the season last night the
"army aud navy"-Miss Alice attracted
much more attention that the Presiden.
or any of the distinguished guests. She
wore dainty frock of white chiffon,
trimmed with serpentine ruchings, and
displayed a number Of handsome dia-
mond ornaments. Mr.. Longworth WAS
not present.
When the Smoot hearing was resumed
this morning before the Senate commit
tee. G. A. Smurthwaite, of Ogden, Utah,
an communicated Mormon, was re-
called for cross examination as to trans
actions between himself and President
Smith relative to the Inland Crystal
Salt Co., and the "outside interests -
The prosecution had no other witnesses,
and the committee adjourned without
setting a dey to resume the hearing.
Mr.. Worthington stated that to rebut
some OF the prosecutions testimony, II
would be necessary to bring large num-
Der of witnesses from Utah. Mr.. Car
isle said that it might be possible to
reach an agreement on certain points
without subjecting the government to
this expense.
The Senate committee on interstate
commerce today began serious considera-
ton of the Hepburn railroad rate reg
ulation bill which was reported to the
Senate from the House yesterday, but
through an oversight, not referred to the
committee. This did not prevent the
committee from considering its provision
todsy. Meetings will be held each day
untii the 10th, at which time it has been
agreed to vote upon the measure.
Although the House will not take
official recognition of Miss Roosevelps
wedding. adjournment will be taken on
Friday, February l6, until the following
Monday without avowing the put-
pose. In this manner the House will
avoid ese establishing precedent. The
decorations of the White House for
the wedding have been placed in
charge of George H. Brown, who
is director of the government prop
agating gardens. He has already COM
pleted the designs for the decorations for
the improvised altar which will be erect
ed in the East Room, but, as the plans
are still icing considered by Mrs. Roose-
Welt, their details have not been made
public. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Roosevelt approves them, however, and
that preparations sre being made to exc.
cute them.
Secretary Metcalf, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, today received 8
special report he asked Capt. Berming-
ham, supervising inspector of the Pacific
Coast district, to make on the merits OF
life preservers made of iulle. This re-
port states that Admiral Kemp has made
experiments with two tulle preserVers,
one with the ends wired and the other
without wires, and that they hoated
under a weight of twenty-one pounds
for ninety days. The weight of the
body 10 water is about twelve pounds.
| His own experiments showed that the
unbound tule with the ends dipped in
paraffne absorbed less water than any
other way the tulle could be prepared.
The preservers of tulle were on the
Valencia.
Federal control of insurance was the
subject debated before the House COM
mittee on judiciary today. The ques-
ton arose on the reference to the judici-
airy committee of the recommendation
on insurance contained in President
Ro0sevelts message to Congress. X.
w. Breckenridge, of Omaha, chairman
of the insurance committee of the Amer
lean Bar Association, who presented a
resolution at the August meeting of thai
association, demanding federal control
was heard by the committee. He show
ed that the twenty largest insurance
com panies in the country only do IL
per cent. Of their total business in lht
states in which they are chartered. He
argued that he prior decision of thu
lSupreme Court declaring insurance no
20 be interstate commerce, would not b'
binding on the further consideration o
the subject. He was answered by Georg'
lR. Whitlock, of Baltimore, VINO at thu
August bar association convention pre-
sented a resolution declaring fedora
control to be illegal, and unconstitution
al. He discussed the constitutional
questions involved.
The French Ambassador, NJ. Jusse
rand, will recommend to his government
that the records OF the Venezuelan dip
lomatic establishment in Paris be turned
over the American Embassy there
This announcement was made by hin
this morning after he had conferred will
Secretary Root and been informed off
cially by the latter that the United
States Government had been requested
| by President Castro of Venezuela to looI
after Venzuela's interests in France
until diplomatic relations were restored
between the two countries.
| Gen. John Eaton, organizer of thu
| United States bureau of education anC
Tits first commissioner and first superin
tendent of public instruction in Port
Rico, died at his home at the ConcCr'
fats this morning.
The stewards of the Jockey Club hav'
fixed the dates for the spring and summe
meetings. The Washington Jockey C!ul
has been given March 20 to April 18th