Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-28
From Washington.
, Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gsze'

Trades of Brooklyn, and James b. WIZ
son, chairman of the joint trades inter
ested 10 navy yard work, made speeches
to the President in which they advanced
a number of strong arguments. II the
government did not maintain first class
yards, they told the President, the Navy
Department would be at all times at
the mercy of the private contractors.
When the President was Assistant Sec
retsry of the Navy one of the speakers
said, he was, responsible for the depart
ment securing generous appropriations
for the ammunition which annihilated
the Spanish fleets Ii is just as vital,
they told him, that the government have
at its command first class yards manned
by expert r0achinists who can al
moments notice turn out the best work
in the world. Just now the Brooklyn
wards has large force Of trained machan-
les which has been selected from the
best material in the country. If no work
is given the yard, they told the Presi-
dent, this force will be dissipated and
when the day of emergency comes, the
department will not be able to gather
them together again. The President
listened to the arguments with great at
tention and said that he would confer
with Secretary Bonaparte upon the sub
ject.
President Roosevelt listened TO Sena-
tor Carter and two Montana friends this
morning who came to tell him what they
thought of the reclamation service.
"The Government engineers have been
working for four years on the surveys Of
the Milk River Valley project" said
Senator Carter, "and they haven't got
The Job done yet. 1t ought to take about
six months. If the reclamation service
can't get down to business, the people Of
Montana want to do the work them
selves" Accompanying Senator Carter
to the White House were John Willis,
of Glasgow, Mont, and Thomas Everett,
of Harlem Willis is an old time cow
boy friend of the President and was in
vited to take dinner with him this even
ing. Willis declined because he did
not have dress suit. Il don't care
whether you have spike tail or appear
in buckskin trousers" exclaimed the
President, but Willis could not be per-
surded u come.
A dispatch was received at the State
Department this morning to the effect
that the Guatemalan revolutionists we're
retiring over the Salvsdorean frontier
aud that the trouble was practically over.
The body of Thomas E. Waggaman,
who died near annapolis yesterday, will
be brought here this afternoon. After
brief funeral services the body will be
placed in vault at Mount Olivet.
Supervising Architect Taylor of the
Treasury Department has completed the
plans for the government monument at
the jamestown Exposition and bids for
its construction will be called for within
few days. The monument is to be a
miniature of the Washington Monument,
100 feet high.
The arrangements for Secretary Roots
trip TO South America are practically
concluded. But one change has been
made in the plans. Dir. Root has decided
to take with him a secretary and has se-
lected William 7. S. Boyle, of Washing
ton, to act in the capacity. Mr.. Boyle
speaks Spanish Auently. He was in
Venezuela as an agent for the State De-
partment during the negotiations pre-
ceding the arbitration of the British,
German and Italian claims.
The conferees on the railroad rate bill
have reached an agreement and their re-
port will be made to the Senate and
House today aud adopted. The bill re-
mains as it was reported from the last
conference except that the anti-pass
amendment has been rewritten. Oil
pipe lines will be permitted to carry
their own oil Mr.. Tillman, whose OPP
position to the former report was based
upon the belief that the influences of the
Standard Oil Company had worked for
evil in the pipe line provision, still ad-
heres to his determination TO vote against
the adoption of the report. He will not
sign it either. He virtually comedies,
however that the House will adopt the
report today, and that it will be adopted
with but slight opposition in the Senate.
Postmaster General COrtelyOu today
certified to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury his approval of the terms of the
proposed purchase of land to be used for
postofice purposes al the pew Pennsyl
vania terminal in New York City. The
purchase price is 81 $50, O85. The con-
veyance as approved provides among
other things that neither steam engines
nor any other motive power involving
combustion shall be used on the track
age under the postoffice building.
The public building bill passed the
Senate today. For the enlargement of
the building at Richmond, Va, 5000,
600 is authorized. An appropriation of
So, 900, 900 is made for the proposed
building in this city for the Departments
of State, Justice and Commerce and
Labor on Pennsylvania Avenue. The
bill as it passed the House, carried in
round figures total appropriation OF
$2l, 900, 900. The Senate committee in
creased this by s., 900, 600.
Mrs Kate Maxey and Peter Paul
Mesger have been held for the grand
jury, charged with being accessories in
the death of Claudia Parrish, a sixteen
year-old girl who died yesterday morning
from the effects OF criminal operation.