Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-07
From Washington.
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington, March Z.

| ION, army OF the leuHcoocc, amy VI
the Ohio and Army and Navy Union at
tended the funeral services which were
conducted by Bishop Msckay-Smith, at
st. Johns Church. The honorary pail
bearers were: Secretary Taft, former
Secretaries OF War Proctor, Elkins, Al
ger. Root and prominent officers OF the
army and navy. Brig. Gen. Barry COM
manded the military escort, which con-
sisted Of six companies OF coast artillery
from Fort Monroe, two companies OF
coast artillery from Fort Washington,
Md, four companies Of engineer troops
from Washington Barracks, and squad
ron of cavalry and the two batteries OF
field artillery from Fort Myer. When
the cortege reached Fort Myer, on the
way to Arlington, an artillery salute of
II guns was fired. Interment was made
in a lot in the eastern section of the
cemetery, which had been selected some
time ago by Gen. SchOfeld. 1t is
located near the Gen. Sheridan monu-
ment and just east OF the Temple OF
Fame.
Attorney Worthington closed the ar
gument for the defense in the Green
trial this morning. He contended that
The purchases of time recording devices
for the POstofice Department by Beavers
were upon the orders of his superlors,
and not the result OF Beavers initiative.
He stated that in order to convict Green
differences would have to be drawn from
certain check transactions thet might
have been perfectly innocent in them.
selves. No evidence had been presented
to show that Green agreed to pay Beav-
ers a commission. The case will prob
ably 20 to the jury late this afternoon.
President Roosevelt had long con-
ference with Senator Knox on the rail-
road rate matter this morning. 1t is
regarded as quite significant that the
Pennsylvania Senator is once more on
visiting terms with the administration,
for it was not more than week ago that
their relations were quite strained be-
cause the President and Secretary Moody
had "edited" the amendment that Mr..
Knox proposed to add to the Hepburn
bill.
Senior Pu lido, the secretary of the
Venezuelan legation, presented Senior
Guzman- Garbiras. the new Venezuelan
charge d. affairs. at the State Depart
ment this morning. Secretary Rot had
brief talk with the new representative.
oil haa mi nj
of her European or American posts, and
as a mere representative without pleni-
ro,entiary powers the charge d'afaires
will not be formally presented to Presi-
den! Roosevelt.
Senator TiIlman is determined to press
his demand that the committee on privi-
leges and elections be directed to investi-
gate into his charges that national
banks have been making campaign con-
tributiOns. A meeting ofthe committee
will be held Saturday, before which he
will appear
President Roosevelt sent message to
Congress this afternoon that he had
signed the TiIman- Gillespie joint resO-
luton demanding an inquiry by the In
terstate Commerce Commission into the
subject OF railroad determinations and
monOpolies in coal and oil. He says that
he signed the resolution with hesitation
"becsuse 10 the form in which it was
passed it achieves very little and may
achieve nothing" He therefore asks
certain additional legislation on the sub
jet.
Senators SpOoner and Bacon have about
reached an agreement on an amendment
to the Isles of Pines treaty, which, 1t Is
said, will be satisfactory to those who
have been opposing that convention. 1t
provides that the Island shall be treated as
separate and distinc: province of Cuba.
and that its inhabitants shall be given
local self government, with the provision
that, as soon as the population warrants
it, they shall be entitled to representa-
ton in the Cuban Congress.
The House committee on banking and
currency today authorized favorable re
port on a bill permitting a national bank
to loan an amount of money on farm
lands equal to 20 per cent OF It's paid
up capital and its surplus.
The members of the House committee on
rivers and harbors, Of witch Representative
Burton, of Ohio, is chairman, accompanied
bv Chairman Hepburn and several members
of the committee on interstate and foreign
commerce, left the city this morning in a
special car over the Southern Railway TO in
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Mississippi and Florida. Representative Bur
ton did not accompany the committee. being
in Ohio, but will join it later The party
will return 10 Washington March II.
The President sent the following nOmina-
tious to the Senate today For Virginia,
To he tmasters-HamiltOD w. KinZer,
Front Royal; Franklin Stearne. Glenallen;
W. T. Hopkins, Newport News; John N.
Davis, Woodstock, and f. V. Jameson,
Pulaski.
Sackett Duryee has been awarded a verdict
of 5000 against the District by a jury. In a
fall his arm was broken and became perma-
nently paralyzed.
Threatened Strike of Telegraphers.
The telegraphers and station agents of the
Southern Railway Company may be on a
strike before Friday if the officials do not
agree upon the wage scale presented by the
Telegraphers' Union. This is the u,timatum
announced from official quarters last evening.
Negotiations regarding the wage scale have
been pending since December. The dilatori-
ness Of the officials Of the company is giving
the telegraphers a definite answer to their de-
mands has resulted in II. B. Perham, pres-
dent of the Order of Railroad Ielegraphers Of
the United States and Canada coming TO
Washington to direct the movements Of the