Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-12-18

10 sr0use the paIrlollsm vi THO peOPie
and stave off the revolution that was im-
pending at the time 1t was written, sew
eral days ago. No one here believes for
moment that Venezuela has ever had
any serious intention of wsgiDg q war
against Holland, or of attacking any Of
the Netherlands possessions. Holland
has in Venezuelan waters at the present
time a sufficient naval force to prevent
any expedition from Venezuela.
At Union City, Tenn, today the taxi
ing OF evidences vas begun In the cases OF
the eight alleged night riders who are
Jointly indicted for murder in the first
degree on the charge Of having assassin a.
ed Captain Quentin Rankin a! Walnut
Log, Reelfooi Lake on the night of Oct.
10 last when with Col r. 2. Taylor also
lawyer of Trenton, Capt. Rankin was
taken from Wards hotel aud first hanged
and then shot. CJI. Taylor by leaping
into Bayou Dech n, mado a most nina
culous escape although al least seventy
FIVE shots were fred at him by the night
riders.
That the president, while out riding
on Thanksgiving Day. rsbuked PATTY
Of young aides from the Forest Glen
Seminary who permitted their horses to
qallop ahead of him, was charged today
by Prof. ]. A. Cassidy, principal OF the
school. He denied, however, that the
president had struck with his crop
horse ridden by one Of the girls, as has
been reported. Capt. Archibald Bait,
the presidents aide, said today that
there must be some mistake. The
president, he declared, always insists
on being trea ed a. an Ordinary horse"
man and is 10 fact quite sensitive about
being given the right of way merely be-
cause he is president. Secretary Loeb
dismissed the matter with the remark
that the story was not worth while deny
ing.
There is possibility that Secretary
of State Root may tender his resignation
to President Roosevelt before March 4.
His knee, which he injured while cam
paigning in Ohio just before election,
has been giving him the greatest con-
Germ. So painful has it become, that be
has deemed it essential to secure the
services of specialist. 1t will only be
few weeks until the New York legis-
lsture elects him new senator to sue
coed 7. o. Plat. Senator Knox refused
TO make any statement for publication
about the report that be is to be secre-
tsry of State 10 the Taft Cabinet. To
close personal friends, however, he has
practically admitted that the offer of this
Cabinet position was made TO him by the
president-elect and that he has determ.
ined to accept it.
The president gave his callers no in-
dication today that he recognizes in the
recent Congressional action any rebuke,
for he considers that Congress has failed
to recognized the important services the
secret service men have performed, or
that it has been guided by unwise coun-
sci. 1t is understood that the president
in his reply to the Perkins resolution,
will treat the subject from high pla ne,
and will not touch upon the private life
of any individual congressman.
The fact that stood out above all other
statements by Judge Elbert FL. Gary.
OF the steel trust, before the ways
and means committee today was
his declaration that the trust has an sd-
vantage over its competitors of 81 ton,
10 the production of pig iron. The
trust produced IL, 900, 600 tons Of pig
iron year. On this basis the pig iron
profits of the trust are $22, 600, 900 above
the profits that would come to an ordi-
nary manufacturer for like putput.
General Bliss, OF the Philippine Divis-
ion, informed the War Department to-
day, of the death of eleven men of the
Eighteenth Infantry, at Camp KeithliD,
MiDdauao, from methyl poison due to
linking columbian Spirits" a native
drink.
Pra,ident Roosevelt today announced
the app Iinlment Of Sherman MOreland
of E mi a, N. Y, as associate justice Of
the Supreme Court of the Philippines,
vice James F. Tracey, Of Albany N. Y,
resigned.
1t is theiintention of the Senate, be-
fore the eud Of the present Congress, &C
cording to declaration made today by
one of its prominent members, to put
complete stop to the system Of espionage
that has been maintained over persons
10 public life through officers of the Sc
cret Office. That is the ultimate object
sought to be attained, he said, by the
reference to the appropriations commit
tee of that part of the presidents mes
sage dealing with the secret service. 1t
is declared that under the present adj
miDisuation the surveillance OF men 10
public life and outside, has become al.
most as offensive as anything ever re
ported from Russia, and it is the purpose
Of the Senate leaders to enact legislation
which will coD6ne the operations of the
secret service to its legitimate use, name
ly the detection and prevention Of count
erfeiting aud other crimes against the
United States currency.
When Mr.. TAFT goes TO Panama next
month for his final inspection Of the
canal work before his inauguration, he
will be accompanied by several engineers
of national reputation. OF these the only
ones which have yet been named are
Alfred Noble chief engineer of the Penn
sylvania Railroad 10 its extensive works
ground New York City and Frederick
P. S earns, chief engineer Of the Boston
Metropolitan Wa.er and Sewerage
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