Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-13
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazetle.I
Washington, Feb. IL.

cases has been heard by the commlss-
ion. in which the ownership OF the coal
mines was the crucial point, and in ren-
derine decisions the commission has
goae so far as to say that there Is such
complete ownership that competition Is
sliaed. While recognized as OF the
highest importance, there are not so
many facts available about the eqult-
able distributation of cars and the rating
of the output of mines. The STU
alton in the anthracite coal region
has been brought out with some
completeness in the Hearst case, now
before the commission for decision.
ia that. testimony,was introduced to show
that the entire capital stock OF the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company is owned by the Reading
Company, which in turn owns all OF the
capital stock of the Philadelphia and
Rea ling and many other railroad and
coal companies. The commission has
taken determined position against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
In a statement before the Supreme
Cont of the United States the attorney
for the commission said that the pur-
chase 10 the market and deliveries of coal
by this company, at price insufficient
to repay purchase money and meet
schedule freight rates in pursuance OF
gratuitious option, as brought out in the
case before the commission, gave the
railroad preference and advantage no.
body else could hope 10 obtain.
In spite of the fact that the guests at
he Roosevelt ongwOrth wedding will
number only 1000, all the principal
hotels will be crowded at the end of the
week by out-of-town visitors who are
coming TO Washington for the purpose
Of either witnessing the event or gazing
at the White House from the outside.
A number of the parties from New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago
who have received invitations have en-
gagei large suites at the hotels, and this
wholesale monopolizing of accomoda-
tons probably accounts for the shortage
in prospect. The florists of the capital
are doing a great deal of grumbling over
The statement that most Of the decorat-
Ing at the White House is being done
by government employees and with ma
lerial from the government greenhouses
and propogatiog gardens. Bn' the men
who sell flowers are heapiug a rich
harvest over the wedding, anyway, for
hundreds of orders for roses and lilies
are pouring in upon them.
There is a possibility that in addition
20 the cruisers Chattanooga and Calves
ton, now cruising in the Mediterranean,
which are ordered to the Asiatic station,
the u. 5. naval force in Chinese waters
will be further strengthed by the reten-
lion of The bstteship Oregon on that
station. Confirmation was made at the
War Department today of the statement
that an additional regiment, probably
the,Twenty sixth Infantry, now in Texas,
will be sent to Manila.
The fact that the Senate allowed the
| rillman resolution for an investigation
of the coal earring roads and through
interest in the production of coal to be
passed without dissenting voice is re-
garded with suspicion. The prediction
is made 10 some quarters that the resolu-
lion will not pass the House and that it
was because of knowledge that it would
"be cared for" at the other end of the
Capitol that the Senate permitted 1T to
90 through. As Senator Tillman orig
inally drafted it it was to be Senate
resolution which would require action
only by that body He desired early
action upon it because he had TO leave
Washington last night for South Caro-
lima. So he took his resolution to 'he
committee on interstate commerce yes
terday morning and presented his case.
| He was told that if he would make 1t
Joint resolution and broaden it so as to
| include other products than coal carried
by those railroads, there would be no
opposition to its passage. He finally
accepted this suggestion and was au-
thorized 10 report it as joint resolution
recurring the action of both Senate and
House. The word was passed around
among the republicans and democrats
on the floor and as soon as he concluded
his speech about il it was adopted with
out the formslity of a roll call. These
circumstances are the ground for the
suspicion that the friends of the Penn
sylvania, b. & o., N. Il W., and Q. q
10. Railroads, which are the roads parti
cularly affected, would not have allowed
| il to 90 through had they not some as
surance that the interests of those roads
would be fully protected.
George w. Beavers, former superln-
.tendent of salaries and allowances OF the
Posloffice Department, appeared before
Justice Could, OF the District Court this
morning, and pleaded guilty to the Ill
dictmeut- charging him with conspiring
with former State Senator Green, of New
York, to dtiraud the government in con-
necliOn with the sale of time recording
devices TO the department. He was
sentenced to two years in the Mounds.
vile (W. Va.) penitentiary. Green did
not appear, and the case against him
will go to trial later
President Roosevelt this afternoon is
sued an appeal 10 the American people
for contributions for the aid of the
famine-stricken people of northern
Japan.
Officials from large number of east
ern cities met in a conference at the
Arlington this morning for the consider
alton of uniform classification Of NUM-