Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-09

Gals of the big corporation have been
summoned or will be, General Grosve-
nor's was not at liberty TO divu'ge.
General Grosvenor's committee u how
holding hearings on the ship subsidy
bill. II is believed that the inquiry will
be concluded by the end Of the week,
and General Grosvenor said that be be-
lieyed that the bill would be reported
out of committee soon after the concur
sion of the hearings.
It is reported at the Capitol that the
nomination OF G.. l.. Hart for postmaster
of Roanoke, Va, will be Withdrawn
owing to certain dercgstory rumors con-
corning him, though no charges have
been filed.
The streets we're deserted today, and
only those compelled to be out braVed
the rain aud inclement weather. Atthe
Capitol comparatively few members OF
either branch Of Congress were in their
seats and but few spectators were IN the
galleries. The House is killing time
waiting for action by the Senate on the
railroad rate bill, but the matter will
drag along for some time yet.
Senator Berry, OF Arkansas, was in
his seat tohay for the first time since his
defeat by Gov. JEFF Davis and was warm
" welcomed by his colleagues on both
sides of the chamber, all of whom seem
to regret his defeat for reelection.
Robert G.. Proctor, Secretary to State
Senator, was arraigned in Boston this
morning in the Superior Criminal Court,
upon an indictment charging him with
the larceny of 1925, which John q.
Bestgen, of Quincy, said he had given
Proctor as contribution To the CAM
paign of 1906. He pleaded not guilty
and was held in $500 for hearing
Several of the nations are wrangling
over a settlement of the dates for the
three big International conferences, the
tentative dates of which conflict.
Assistant Attorney General Melville,
of Colorado, filed a motion in the Su-
preme Court of the United States today
to dismiss or affirm the appeal of Sena-
tor Thomas M. Patterson, against the
State of Colorado. The effect of this
motion, if granted, will be to cause the
early disposition of the Senator Patter.
son case. Senator Patterson was fined
81 900 by the Supreme Court of Colo
RADIO for an alleged contempt in having
criticised the court in newspaper Of
which be is publisher at Denver. He
appealed from the order of punishment
on constitutional grounds.
The revolution in San:o Domingo il
over. Commander Switzerland, the
senior American naval officer at Monte
Christi, San.o Domingo, reported by
cable to the Navy Department under
Yesterdays date as follows {: ''Satisfac'
tory settlement has been arrived al
SANTANA Bay, Santo Domingo, by the ef-
forts of Horacio Vesquez Trouble Is
over. Forces Withdrawn, all is quiet
elsewhere. The Paducah IAN American
gunboaD is here "
The Comptroller of the Currency has
issued a call for the reports OF the con-
dlion of National Banks at the close OF
business on Friday April 9th.
President ROOsevelps Office quarters
will he located over James Moore's
grocery store, in Oyster Bay, after the
last week in June. The date Of the
Presidents departure for his home has
not yet been decided upon, but ii will
he about The 18th or Goth of June. The
Office force will be practically the same
as il was last year, with the exception
f Assistant Secretary Barnes, who has
been nominated for the Washington
p0stmastership and who will therefore
probably not be attached to the White
House staff at the time the President
takes his vacation.
The President today decided that he
yiIl deliver bis speech on ''The Man
with the Muck Rake" at the laying OF
the cornerstone of the new Office building
of the House.cf Representatives next Sat
urdsy afternoon, instead of at Norfolk
on Decoration Day. He will take an-
other topic on the latter oc ,asiOn.
The Supreme Court of the United
States today affirmed the decision of the
Supreme Court of Illinois, holding that
The West Chicago Street Railway Com
pany must obey the city ordinance
passed in 1900, ordering the company
TO lower its Van Buren, street tunnel so
IS to permit 2l-foot ship channel in
the Chicago river
The President today nominated Lou s
l.. Whitestone to be postmaster at Cul
pepper, Va.
The rain of today considerably inter-
fered with the races at Benning, not
withstanding which, however, a fair
sized crowd was present.
Counsel for the States of Maryland
and West Virginia appeared in the
United States Supreme G urt todey and
announced that a stipulation had been
agreed to for the completion of the
taking of deposition in the controversy
between the States by August lst The suit
involves claim by Maryland that the true
boundary between the States follows the south
branch of the Potomac river and not the north
branch
Restoration of the Stadium.