Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-22
From Washington.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, June p.

Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, June p.
Within few days Washington will
feel afar the tremOr of the political up
heayal which threatens to interrupt the
peaceful work of the canal diggers OF
Panama. Sencr Mejis Salvatore, the
new minister, will arrive and Senior
Arrange, the present minister OF Panama,
will depsrt. Behind the change lies a
story. 1t is evident thai President Am
ador who is striving to elect his candi.
date, Arias, does not like the result OF
Senior Arango's labors-the crowding oil
marines on the Isthmus. While the
Chicago convention was at its height he
lurked in the shadows of Secretay TAFT
Office waiting to drop word of alarm
and ask for another draft of marines or
another warship or two. Occasionally
he remarked that If Obaldia was not
elected there would be revolution
which would upset things on the canal.
lie the meantime President Amador kept
the cables hot with messages of peace
and serenity. Therefore the change.
Senior Salvatore is On his way to Wash
inpton. When he arrives he is expect
ed to supplement the me ,s,ges of peace
and paint word pictures of the quiet pre-
election days in Panama. In the mean
time the canal authorities are watching
for themselves.
Captmn A. Reynolds, who has been
navy representative in connection with
warship construction at the Newport
News chipbuilding and Drydock Com
pany, has been assigned to command
he srmOred craiser Montana when
placed in commission. The Montana
will be turned over to the government
at the Norfolk navy yard July Is.
The Weather Bureau issued the FOL
lowing special forecast at noon today
"The warm wave that now covers the
country generally east OF the Rocky
mountains will break over the plains
states Tuesday, over the Mississippi val
| lev and the western lake region Wednes'
day, in the Ohio valley aud eastern lake
region Wednesday night, and in the At
lantic states Thursday. Local rains and
thunderstorms will attend the advent Of
the cooler weather in the several Sec
tions named. Moderate temperature
will be experienced over the eastern por'
ton of the country during the closing
days of the week."
A force of stenographers and clerks
are working in Secretary TafPs Office
VT. ting replies to the thousands OF mes
saVes that have been received. The
| food of kilograms Is spent but nearly 9
thousand letters are coming in every day
with a prospect Of still greater number
within the next week. II secretary Taft
is physically equal to the task he will
sign the several thousand messages now
awaiting him on his return to the Office
Mrs. Taft is also being engulfed with
letters, but upon her departure yester'
day she gave directions that they must
not be touched until her return. She
will, if possible, reply to all OF them
personally. Letters of congratulations
we're received this morning in the secre.
tary's Office from Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. Garfield, the widows OF the former
presidents. Hundreds of letters come
from business men throughout the coun-
Nv and their chief characteristic is a
toae of hopefulness at the secretary's
nomination.
A determined war against the present
railroad rates on phosphate rock has
been begun by fertilizer manufacturers
all over the country. Today the Inter
sttt, Commerce Commission received s
com plant from FIVE 6rms-Darling and
Company, of Chicago; The Buffalo
| Fertilizer Company, of Buffalo, N. Y,
+. /. Rsub and Soma Fertilizer Com
pany, Indianapolis, Ind, J. A. Recki
Chemical Company, Cincinnati, Ohio,
and the Wichtt Fertilizer Company,
Dayton Oaio. The petitioners claim
that SO railroads by successive advances
in their rates, are now exscting an ezor'
bitant and unreasonable rate for the
transportation of phosphate from Ten
nessee to middle western points and dis
eliminating against them.
So widespread has become the fsts!
accidents on Fourth of July that the
federal government will endeavor to re-
duce the uumb,r of def the. Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine Hospital
and Public Health Service today issued
a circular giying'ins ructions ss 10 the
treatment of Fourth Of July injuries.
He says that during the last five years,
there have been 7S6 cases of tstsnus, oil
lock.iaw, as the result Of the gunpowder
celebration of the national holiday, and
of this number 72l died. DR.. Wyman
sug gests the injuries be treated in this
way: "Incise freely every wound.
Carefully and thoroughly remove from
the wound every particle of foreign mat
ter. Cauterize the wound thoroughly
with % per cent csrbolic acid. Apply
loosely wet pack of rs per cent car
bolic acid. give full dose of autiteta'
mic serum"
The jury in the northumberland
der land fraud case reported again today
theif inability 10 reach a verdict. The
jury was than locked up again.
/ NEW LAWYERS.
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