Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-12-07
From Washington.

fore in its history. Besides having Con-
ersss on it's hands, Washington will be
the scene Of four great conventions
having for their general object the i'm
proyement and conservation Of the coun'
try's natural resources. The National
Conservation Commission will meet
with the governors of the states and
territories; state conservation commits
sions, and conservation committees Of
national organizations tomorrow morn
ing; the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress will meet Wednesday to discuss
the improvement OF the waterways oil
the country; the National Council Of
Commerce will meet Thursday to deal
sith important questions affecting the
commerce of the nation at home and
abroad, and today, the Southern Com
mercisl Congress, an organization to do
for the south what the trans. Mississippi
Commercial Congress has done for the
west, is holding it's frat meeting. The
FIRST formal meeting of the joint conser'
Vation conference will be held tomorroW
afternoon with Presideut-elect Tat as
presiding officer. President Roosevelt
is to make the opening address, and
Judge Taft will follow.
The Snithsoniau Institution issued
The following statement today, with
reference to President RoosevelPs South
African hunting trip: "Mr. Roosevelt
pays all the expenses Of himself and his
son Kermit, 10 connection with the pro.
posed trip, including Quitting and
transportation. The expenses of three
uaturalists sent out from the Smithson-
ian Institution, will be paid by
funds provided for the purpose,
no art of which is derived from any
government appropriation, or from the
income of the Smithsonian fund. Mr..
Roosevelt will not receive one penny Of
the fund, for his own or his sons use
and expenses, on the contrary, he makes
gift to the government OF specimens
worth many thousands, and possibly Of
value that cannot be expressed. he
will get nothing from the government
the governments's share will be limited
this receiving the gift"
An argument in favor Of retaining
the present tariff on monographs and
musical instruments vas made to the way
aud means committee today by Geo.
w. Pound, Of Buffalo, representing
half dozen large manufacturers. Tht
present tariff is As per cent. Henry
Alexander, a New York brush manu-
ficlurer, asked that bristles now paying
duly OF 7 1.2cs. a pound, be placed on
the free list
The new democratic leader, Champ
CLARK, was one of the early arrivals or
the floor Of the House, before the open
irg To-Day, receiving congratulations over
his election to the head Of the minority
Serene Payne, republican leader moved,
about among the members. Congress
nan Nichols Longworth was very busy
shaking hands with friends. OOl
"Pete" Hepburn, the Iowa veteran,
was most incurred OF the defeated mem
Oers. Speaker Cannon was given big
demonstration when he entered the ball
The National Exebaoge Bank o.
Springfield, Mo-, was closed today BY
rider of Special Bank Examiner E. F.
Rorebeck, and Flank o. Hicks was ap.
oOinted receiver, Capital 500, 900
Surplus 81, 049, 900.
Representative Sherman, Of New York,
vice president elect, announced today,
after call on the president that a con-
ference bal been agreed upon between
President.elect Taft and Speaker Cannon
to be held 10 Washington this week
The definite day and hour had not ye
been fixed.
Recommendations for the resdjust
ment of postmssters' salaries; reclsss
iacstion of fourth Glass postoffices; ex
tension OF annual leave of postoffice EN-
ployees from Is to 80 days; sbolishmen
Of the present bonding system of posts
employees aud Inauguration of the in.
demnity fund as in the Canadian service
are few of the striking points in the
animal report of first assistant post
moster General O. P. Grandfeld, made
public today.
Appropriations aggregating 1924
40S, 948.01, will be necessary for vsri
ious branches of the government servict
during the coming fiscal year, according
to estimates of the departmental head
sent to Congress today by the secretary
of the treasury.
Christopher O. Walters has been sp.
pointed postmaster at West End, Fair.
fax county, Va, vice G.. II. Uppermau
removed.
President Roosevelt announced today
that he would deliver az address on Lin
coins birthday, February II, at III,
celebration 10 be held at the Lincoln
farm 10 Kentucky.
Albert B. Oummins, of Iowa, WHIT
will tomorrow succeed the late Senator
Allison, was an early arrival in thu
lobby of the Senate, where he met {
number of friends.
The Chicago city pure food ordinance
providing for condemnation Of food
found to be deletsrious to the public
health, was upheld as constitutional to
day by the U. S Supreme Court.
Representative Townsend, of Mich.
gan, formally announced that he wa
not candidate for the spsskership o
the Sixty-6rst Congress.
According 10 an announcement made
BY Secretsry Oortelyou today, there wer'
S31 bids made for the $50, 600, 600 issu
Of PaUams bonds, aggregating all told
1902, sos, 800. Of these, 100 we're &C
cepted, the prices ranging from 1902,
277S to 105.
Chairman Payne, of the ways snt
means committee, presented In tn
Housa today hia FesolutiOn tn give tn,