Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-16
From Washington.
dance OF the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, Jan. l6.

congressman jOnn + Macy ~ 80 III
derstood, will leave here soon 10 spend
some time on the Pacific coast. Hi
health has not been good for somt
months. and lie is to make the trip ID
the hops that be will be able to resume
his COMPRESSION al duties at the beginning
OF tho next session.
Col. r. Z. Lee, jr, of Fairfax coun'
ty. Va, while here yesterday evening,
said he was not candidate for Congress
from the Eighth district, and that the
reason he resigned FROM the House Of
Delegates was because he had sereed ak
years aud thought it VAS time for some
one else to represent his county.
With a repeating Winchester rife,
Otto Seelhorst, of Philadelphia, shot
three bullets into the body Of Frank van
Iterson, an artist, at the National Mn-
scum this morning dt 1890. Van tier
son was dead when the attendants reached
the scene. One OF them had heard Seel-
horst say just before the shooting,
you'll never NEEDLE with my family
sgain." Seelhorst was st once pat I'M
der arrest, and locked pat the Fourth
precinct station. He stated that he had
come over from Philadelphia Yesterday
afternoon, and that he lived at 1927 Pop
lar atrcet In that city. Van ltersOn was
employed in the lithOgraphing establish
ment of Graham & Co, in Washington.
He iormerlyl lived in Philadelphia
Seslhorst, interviewed at the station,
said be and Van Iierson had worked to-
gether &c years ago in Philadelphia
9eelhorst was at thai Iimea boy OF abonl
I17. BE stated that Van Iterson had
corrupted his morals and mined his rep
utation. His wrongs had preyed upon
his mind to the extent that he feared
Van Iterson would try to ruin someone
else. Therefore he decided to kill him.
Seelborst wrote ont statement IN the
station which shows a disordered mind
The executive committee OF the Ma
tional Reciprocal Demurrage CONVEX
ton called at the White House today
20 lay before the President a memoria
setting forth the need Of an amendment
to the interstate commerce act which
will penalizs the railroads for rsiusa
to furnish cars when requested by ship
pers, or failure TO move cara when they
have been loaded.
President Roosevelt ia preparing Ia
send a ppecia! ship subsidy message tc
Congress. He held conferences today
with Messrs. GrosVenor, Watson and
Humphrey, all members Of the Houst
committee on merchant marine and fish
eries. and it is understood requested thei
views on certain features OF the pending
measure ia order to familiarize himsel
with their attitude before preparing thC
document. When Mr.. 0rosVenor wal
asked If the ship subsidy bill as agreeC
upon would pass Congress this session
he exclaimed w'll predict anything
you want in politics, but when il comes
to telling in advance what Congress vii
or will not pass, | refuse TO reply"
An important treaty Was signed at the
State Department today between tht
United States and Mexico relative to The
dam projected 10 the Rio Grande river
at Fl Psso, Ter. The dam ia for i:ri
CATION purposes, and Mexico opposed the
| structure ca the ground that it would 10
terfcre with the boundary between the
two countries. Under the agreement az
Isigned tho dam will bs built, but Mexico
will have the right to divert a certain
portion OF the water impOunded for use
in Mexican territory.
Members OF the House from the Sia.e'
of MaryIard, Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, Ken
lucky aud Tennessee today in caucu;
pledge themselves to work for tho bill
establishing twO forest reserves in the
East to be known as the Appalachian
and white mountain forest reserves.
| The American National Red Cross vii
| shin by the Pacific Mail steamer COptic sail
| ing from San Francisco tomorrow for Chins
| over Y, 0c0 bags Of flonr, TO he used for the
| relief Of famine sufferers. The Hour will be
carried free Of charge by the steamship com
| pany. Che Red Gross finds the contributions
| coming in more slow ~ than vi expected.
In the case the authoritative advices nov
being awaited by government department
| here from Jamaica show that the Kingston
earthquake makes immediate relief neces
sary. Secretary Of State Root will likely
suggest thai the Navy Department send IL
surplus supplies AT GuatanamO Ond in the At
laniic feet now cruising of that station e
| Jsmlics.
Felix RraxtOn, colored, 2s years old, livisf
| at l(0i til street southeast, while working
| in the New Jersey avenue yards this morn
| ing, was instantly killed by the falling Of {
| coal shutP