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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Conditions in HaytI.

Port au Prince, Mar. 2O.-Trouble
has broken out between the Haytian
government and the diplomatic represeD-
tives of foreign powers who have been
sheltering revolutlonisls in their legations
and consulates concerning the fugitives
deportation.
The agreement for the embarkation of
the fugltives failed to include about
seventy when the Hsytians promised
not to arrest or punish. These men
have now appealed to the diplomats not
to leave them to their fate, saying they
are convinced the government has no
intention Of keeping it's pledge, but will
certainly have them killed as soon as
they leave their Ravens of refuge.
The diplomsts are anxious to accede to
their wishes and send them out of the
country, but President Nord Alexis
maintains that, bargain having been
made, II is too late for foreigners to i'm
pose new conditions.
Many of the fugitives have already
gone on board the warships and Gen.
ersl Firmin AMI several OF his closest
friends will quit the French consulate
at Gonaives Tor the cruisera.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Doubts Expressed by Duke

Nspits, Mar. 20. - The Duke OF
Aosta exp esstd strong doubt. in an iu-
lerview Al bis palace here today, Of r.
ports that the Duke OF Abruzz is To
wed Miss Katherine Elkios. he denied.
however, that such marriages must he
celebrated 10 Italy, saying it is simply
necessary that members on the roy |
family ~edding abroad should be united
by an Italian diplomatic Representative.
Il is reported that King Victor hes
given defoite Instructions to the Italian
ambassador at Washington concerning
the dukes courtsnip. WHAT these orders
are, however, has not been made public.
l. is ALSO known that there has been an
exchange of cypher messages between
bis msjssty and AbruEzi.
The dukes fortune is estimated here
at about 81. 900, 900, not a large fortune
considering bis nesvy personal expenses
and the fact that he has borne the cos.
of many expensive expeditions TO die
tApt psrts Of the world
Ne~ York, Mar. 20.-The Herald to-
day says that Miss EIkins will not marry
be Dnke of AbruzE. The trouble is
hat Senator Eikips will not meet The
duke's demand that he be allowed 800,
100 annually.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Cruelty TO Jews.

Berlin, Mar. 2O.-For ts,embling
peacefully at Charkof, RUsis, TO discuss
their races cordition under Muscovite
rule, sixty-two delegates representing a
Jewish organization Of natiooal cope
have been arrested, frightfulIY tortured
sud are still imprisoned without trial or
even formal charges Of any nd OF mis-
conduct. The delegates. including lead
ing Jews from sl over the empire, we're
10 s sion when trooLs surrounded the
hall, entered with 6xed bayouets, seized
everyone present and dragged them to
prison. There they we're knoutsd,
brutslly ID s:rested in other ways. loaded
with chains and thrown into cells.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Sixtieth Congress.
Washington, Mar. 20.

SENATE.
The prots, of labor, which WAS pre-
sented to Vice President Fairbanks aud
Spes K or Cannon yesterday afternoon and
which asks further legislation 10 meet
the recent decisions of The y. S. Supreme
Court against labor organizations, ir-
Guiding the enactment OF an employees
liability law and amendments 10 the
Sherman anti-trus law, was read to the
Senate today.
The reading did not claim the st co.
ton of Senators. 10 fact, on both the
democratic and republican sides, there
was - much confusion that the Vice
P esident frequently had to rsp for OF
der. As SON as the reading WIS COM
pleted Senator BurrOVs asked that the
memorial be prin ed as public dOcu-
ment and on motion OF Senator CALM
ger, 1000 additional copies we're or
dertd printed.
Senator La Toilette introduced bill
providing for the appointment of tsri1
commission. 10 tffsring it, be said there
WAS some question as 10 whether 1t could
properly be presented as Senate bill
but because il incorporated his views aud
he proposed to address the Senate Upon
it, in the near future. Meanwhile he
wanted it to lie on the liable.
In accordance with prior agreement
the Senate today took up the ocean mail
subsidy oill with the purpose of voting
upon it Before adjournment. The bill
increases the rate OF compensation to be
paid for the transportation oil mails from
81 per mile to "a on steamers making At
least sixteen knots on voyages not less
than four thousand miles IN length to
South America, Japan, China and Aus.
Italia.
Senator Bacon offered an amendment
to require that ships having contracts
under the terms OF the bill should make
at least two stops at southern ports.
Senator Gslli0ger objected to the pro-
posed amendment saying that the pur-
pose of the Dill was to ensure quick
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
HOUSE.

WHEN the House met today Speaker
Cannon appointed Mr.. Brodhesd (dem.
Penn to the committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, vice Mr.. Watkins
{ lem. Lay, resigned.
A renewed attempt was made BY the
democrats led BY Mr.. Hsrdwick to com.
pei the bureau OF corporations To make
public sll its dsts and Information it bad
gathered about corporations.
Mr.. Hsrdwick's resolution making
this demand was discussed in the
House. Mr. Hsrdwick in speaking on
his resolution said IN FIVE years the bu-
resu bad made reports only OF the beef
trust, Alton rebates and petroleum.
The rest of the data gathered bad been
withheld, be said, as ammunition for
K ,osevelps ak cen inch guns 10 assault
ing Congress. he added it was no
wonder this WAS 3 "do noIhi Ig" Con-
gress when it couli not get data on
which to base legislation. Finally, be
termed it ridiculous to spend the public
money to collect information which no
representative OF The public could ex-
anime.
M, Mann denounced the resolution
as unreasonable and uDcaled for. On a
rol-call. the resolution was tabled by 8
vote OF 1873 to l05.
Speaker Cannon had read a letter OF
thanks from Mayor Johnson, of CleVe-
land for the resolution OF synps'by
passed upon The occasion OF the Collin
wood disaster. Cheers from the de-
mocrsts greeted the mention Of Johnson
name.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator La Toilette. of W scousin, 10
continuing bis speech sgsius. the cur
rency bill, arrsigned q change Of heart
which he said Senator Aldrich bad ex-
perienced with regard to the availability
of certain bonds ss Investments.
Senator Garter, 10 brief speech, sub-
Eitted the explanation Of the House
committee on public buildings aud
grounds 10 connection with the Bieber
cfs'.
senator GalliUger introduce d the CON-
missionels' bill tor the retirement Of
public school teachers on pensions
The action of the claims committee
with regard to certain claim of churches
growing out of the civil war, caused &
protest from southern Senators.
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, chairman
of the committee on claims, stated that
the committee had adopted q rule that II
q church had been taken, it should be
paid for according to the value OF ma
terials used bv the army.
He confer d and W. upheld by Mr..
Smoot, that where q church building
was taken by the army for the purpose
of building a bridge or some similar
military uecess ty, the government
should only be quired to pay for the
amount of material so Us ID. This con-
tention was vigorously copbstted by
Senators Teller, Martin, Clay, Piles ADD
Bailey. Mr.. Teller recalled the fact
that the late Senator Hosr, of Msssa-
chuset 8, had laid down the rule that
where a church, ell em syr airy inst tuition,
or educational establishment bad been
destroyed Intentionally, BY the United
States army, full reparatiou should be
made and be said no self-r Ipecting
nation could do les.
This position Was strongly advocated
BY Senator Martin, OF Virginia, who 10
sisted that in that class OF claims the
value Of the churches should be paid.
He ssiG: "In this case II is true that this
committee did exclude from this bill
not only churches that had heen de.
stroyed by act of warm which think
the committee made grave mistake-
but it went further and excluded from
the bill church property taken for the
use OF the army because the army needed
and must have the church property.
~ say it Is neither just nor logical to
say that the necessities Of the service are
such as to require you to take possession
OF church aud use it, but still you must
not pay for what you take and use but
only for the material 10 it after you pull
1t to pieces. It is metaphysical differ.
ence. 1t Is not founded in justice or in
] gic or 10 right. 10 my opioiOn.
The bill was laid aside at 2 o'clock to
permit Senator La Toilette to resume bis
speech on the currency bill.
10 the House pension appropriation |
bill, including q provision for the con-
solidstion Of the pension agencies, and
carrying many millions of dollars, vAs
passed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
LOWER RATES ON APRIL lst.

The Southern Railway Company will
make radical changes in It's passenger
rates on April lst, Ihough some Of these
changes will not sfect the State of Vir.
ginis at that time. becsuse the State
Corporation Commission has not &C.
copied a compfC mise which the COM
psOy has been able to fleet with the
states OF North and South C4rolins,
Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
Beginning oo the date indicated, the
States named will enjoy Interstate and
intra-Stste rates of two and one.hslf
cents per mile for passenger service
Unless Virginia agrees TO that rate for
intra-Stste traffic, the rates q; present.
will still be fl Give in this STATE. This
means that persons going from QUE point
to another 10 Virginia W i ride for 2 cents
a mile, but WHEN The destination is out
side Of the State the rate will he under
the old tariff which has been in vogue
for years The present rate, for instance,
to Washington Ia S. 20. hat under the
compromise 1t would be a. 80.
o, ths' date the Southern will put 90
SAFE 4, J0U-L books good on all parts
of its system 70 These books will
be good on severe her Southern sys-
tens, though whici. Yp'u', though
which sysrems have ut been made
public. because 1t is probable thst other
lines will come into the agreement before
it becomes ff.ctive. The tickets will be
good only Tor the person to whom Is
sued. TWn Thousand mile books will be
sold at $40 good or not more than Eve
persons, one, however, to use the book
st a time. The ,000-mile book to be
sold for $25 will be interchangeable and
good oD seventy-6ve different systems.
la The States Of North aud South Cat
olins, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama
the compsBy will als1 sell 600-n'ie books
to be used by families at <ll %.
When these new rates go mo effect
persons will exchange The mileage at
ticket Offices for transportation instead
ut the conductor taking it up on lrsius.
Richmond Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
New York Stock Market.

New York, March 20.-The stock
market during the first hour acted in
about the same manner a. in the early
trodIng every day since the beginning If
the week After the first 'ur me
market ruled extremely dull, bu, with 3
frmer tone, msuy Of The room lraders
buying back stocks sold earlier in the
day aud causing a general recovery 10
prices. At midday the mi )rity of
stocks traded 10 we're only small frsc-
tioDs from yes,erd ,y's cloee, a few show
ipg slight losses while others were
shade higher.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
SUICIDE IN HOTEL

Herbert Kremer, son of William N.
Kremer. president Of the Germsn-Amer-
lean Ere Insurance G 'mpsny, killed
himself last night 10 lhs apartments Of
Mrs. Lafayette B. Gleason, divorced
wife of the clerk of the State Ssnsie and
secretary Of the republican State COM
mittee, in the st. Charles Hotel, in New
York.
Mrs. Gleason sci that Kremer hsd
killed himself because she refused to
marry him. She WAS divorced on Jau-
usry 9 last. Mr.. Gleason married on
March IA. at Bridgeport, Mrs. Frances
Rich McEntee, Of New York.
The woman said that she met Kremer
two years ago, and that be was drinking
heavily at that time. He vas scot TO
DR.. Gibbons ssDitsIium at Stamford,
Conn.,, she said, where II was arranged
be vas to stay until cured. Kremer re-
manned at the ssnitsrium until Dscem-
Der 8, 1907, when Mrs. Gleason vent
TO see him 10 response to macy written
requests which she had received.
During Der visit she took Kremer for
an automobile ride. They never re-
turned to the ssnitsrium, bat came
directly to New York. Mn. Gleason
said that Kremer had promised that he
would never drink agsiu, but he soon
resumed bis old habits and was sent to
the Kelley Institute at White Plains.
he stayed there until two weeks ago
last Tuesday, when he returned to New
York. 90
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Today's Telegraphic News.
Doctor Found Dead.

Evansville, Ind, Mar. 20.- Follow
log the finding of Mrs. Jennie Farmer
diving in buggy from stab wounds and
the arrest Of Mrs. Nancy Davenport at
the Office OF DE-. Henry O. Jorgenson
last night, d.. Jorgeusou was found
dead 10 his office today. The body Law
on lounge and Was apparently case
Of sui eide, bat the coroner would make
no definite statement and will hold so
suiopry this afternoon. The FIRST word
The police received OF the 4 air Was tel
ephoue message from farmers home
at night that Mrs. Farmer had stab
w. nd 10 her breas'. She accused Mrs.
Davenport, who is the wife OF John N.
DN export, president of the Abstract
Title Guarantee Company. Mrs Farmer
said she went to call at JorgeDsen =
Office where she met Mrs Davenport and
the two came TO blows, but she remem-
bered nothing more.
When the police called on DR.. Jor-
genson he first denied any knowledge
of trouble between the two women, rms
the police later found Mrs. Davenport
10 q room above Jorgenson's Office.
Jorgenson then said the two women
fought in his Office, but that be had
seen no knife, and that after the fight
was over Mrs. Farmer entered her buggy
and drove away.
Before becoming unconscious Mrs.
Farmer said that when she entered the
doctors Office Mrs. Davenport Was there.
and accused her of trying to win the
DOCTORS love. The buggy In which
Mrs.. Farmer was found, was 10 lha
middle OF the street where the horse had
stopped several squares from the Farmer
home. The husband OF Mrs. Dsven-
port says bis wife was formerly in an
asylum 10 Kansas, aud he knew this
when he married her. Recently Mrs.
Davenport csused q sensation by an
attack TN young stenographer in her
husbands Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
VIRGINIA APPOINTMENTS.

Governor swanson yesterday made
the following appointments:
Committee on monument 10 Natl nal
Military Park at Gettysburg, Pa. Major
John W. Daniel, of Lynchburg; NJ jor
H. A. EimundsOn, of HalifaA county
Capt. Stephen P. Reed, of Mecklenburg
county, aod Col. Thomas Smith, OF
= ,quier county.
Delegates 10 The conference on the
Conservation OF the National Resources,
TO be held at the White House, WASH
ingtoD, May Is, IA and Is, which con-
ference was called BY President ROose-
velt-Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, presi-
dent OF the University OF Virginia,
Charlottesville; Roswell Page. of
Hanover county, and James B. Russell,
of Winchester. The Governor will also
attend the conference 10 person. he has
accepted an invitation to dine with the
President on the day preViLua
Members OF the State Board Of Health
DIR. Enuion G. W,llisms, OF Rich
niond, health commissioner; DIR. George
Ben Johnson. Of Richmond; DR.. Stuart
Mcclure, Of Richmond; Dr.. Samuel W.
Hob'oU, Of Nespor Ness; DR.. Charles
r Gtsndy, of Norfolk DR.. j. B. Fisher,
of Chesterfield; Dr.. w. +. DreWry, of
Petersburg; DE-. Lewis f. Hsrvie, Of
Dsuvill'; Dr. =. P. Lstsne, Of Win
chester; DR.. William NJ. Smith, Of
Alexandria; DR.. j. II. Dunley. II
Ssltville, sni DR.. Reid White, OF Lex
inglon. Quarantine officer for The
District OF Elizabeth river and tributs.
ries-Dr POwhstan s. Scheuk, ofNor-
folk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
SCHOOL FUNDS CUT OFF BY
PROHIBITION.

Msjori,y and minority reports we're
presented to the county school commits
sioners at their meeting 10 Mobile, Ais,
yesterday by a special committee ap-
pointed to recommend retfepcbmeDt
plans necessary to ME. the 6oancisl
situstiou confronting the board, result
sut from the Carmichael statutory pro-
bibi.ion bill, wb CD will cause d def.
cieucV 10 funds from liqlor licenses OF
$50. 600 annually. Tbs msjnrity report
recommended a reduction Of 30 per cent.
Of the salaries Of the entire teaching
force, Adjustment of the Offices OF a..
sistant superintendent, supervisor Of
manuhl training, the ceaiiog to pay
salsry to the license officer, and With q
recommendation that the boildings and
equipment Of the kindergartsns De given
over 10 the use Of the associations Of
citizens without remuneration,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
From Washington.
correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
ur--I.ao. II ~ Mnrnh Oh

ICorespoudencs Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, d. c., March 20
Kentucky is fighting today in the U.
:. supreme Court for the right 10 segre-
gate the whites and negroes 10 the
schools. Politics and lawyers fees made
a strange alignment Of attorneys. Plead
ing for the authority Of the State 30
guard the right Of generations yet to be-"
WAS a leading Kentucky republican, At
torney General James Breathitt, while
defending Beres College, q religious
school, that seeks to educate both races
in the sane classes, was that apostle OF
democracy, former Secretary Of the
Treasury, John g. Carlisle. Breathitt
argued that the State statute under
which the college, was 6ued 81, 900 was
constitutional. THE statute was in
tended 10 prevent these two streams Of
of life from flowing into q common chan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
MANASSAS Is DRY.

A, anticipated in the local option cleo
ton held in Manassas. yesterday, the
town went "dry" by The vote Of SO to
SO After May there will be no
saloons left in the county. The quail
fed vote OF the town at this election
WAS $50; not voting, s. The churches
Of the town held union praise meeting
under the auspices of the Womau's
Christian Temperance Union, Of Msnss-
s@, at the Baptist Church last night.
Under The State Law no liquor licenses
can be issued within the corporate limits
Of the town for two years from May /.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
FRIDAY EVENING. MAR. 20. 1903.

A GREAT conspiracy to give the imam
cisl interests of New York greater con-
troll of the money Of the nation has al
all Tins been the main scheme of legls-
lation embodied in the Aldrch Dill.
This wAs the conclusion pointed to by
the arguments of Senator La Toilette yes
terday in the continuation OF mis- speech
against the bill, and by the great array
of facts snd figures upon which ne pssto
those arguments. His speech again was
a vigorous arraignment Of the financial
Interests. their control Of business, and
the men in public life who have con-
tribu,ed to bring about present coudi-
tons He discussed Senator Aldrich
and the plan of legislation he had pre-
seuted to tue Senate With directoess
that was startling. The Aldrich bill, be
argued, hiss been and still is identified
with the great transportation and indus
trial corporations. There is nothing in
IL TO aid business. When the railroad
bonds we're inserted in the bill, 1t was
for the purpose of rehsbilitstiog rs''-
road securities, discredited by repeated
watering and by revelations OF financial
corruption. Even now the bill will aid
the speculative banks and prove of little
if any value to legitimate business it,
terests. Referring to the combination
of a few men who control the CONNER
cial aud industrial destioies of this cOun-
trv. Senator La Toilette declared :hat
the conditions they have created call for
immediate investigation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
Virginia News.

Gov. Swanson has appointed DR..
Enn'on q. Williams, Of lhs faculty OF
the Medical College u Virginia sDo
staff surgeon Of the Memorial Hospital,
as health commissioner for Virginia.
Governor Swanson, after going over
sill ibe sffidavits and new evidence. has
announced that he would DOT commute
the sentence Of Leo G. Thurman, who
will be hanged next Friday in Norfolk
for the murder of Walter p. DOlseD.
Col. E. d. Cole, chairman OF the
finance committee and president OF
The Fredericksburg Ci:y Council, re-
signed lsst night. de is large dealer
in building supplies; and owing to y
recent act of the State leg islsture he will
90 longer be allowed to contract with
the city, hence bis resignation.
The Third district republican conven-
ton, in Manchester, yesterday, was a
lily white affair. The Taft element wa
in control at every point, and the al
nounced intention was complied with.
@. z. Moore and M. ]. EuIight were
named as delegates 10 the national con-
vention, and John G. Luce, OF Gooch-
land, WAS nominated for Congress
Leslie H. Drew is the presidential
elector.
Henry |. Hvslop, q subscription COL
lec,or for the Virginia Pil)t, shot and
probably fatally injured John O. Bla-
lock, 40 years old, st the lstter's home 10
The suburbs of Neriblk. asst night, in a
dispute over 10 cent subscription
turing the argument Blalock ordered
Hy-lop from his promises. Tbs collec.
tor without warning drew pistol and
shot BIalock down ia the presence Of
bis wife and little thiId. The man is
at the hospital 10 q critical condition.
The board Of health, as constituted
under the terms of the Baker till, is to
he an orgsnlz tion OF usefulness and
activity, to have supervision of al
country and city boards, and will work
for full and accurate vital statistics
The board will slso have charge of the
work o. supervising 'qidemics and as
certaioing he causes for outbreaks Of
every hind, and In general will be
charged with the protection and i'm
prCvement OF the health of the State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20
RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED.

Senator Martin yesterday presented Ia
the Senate three joint resolutions, adopt.
ed by the legislature OF Virgins.
One of the resolutions requests the
Virginia Senators and Repre- sentatives
10 Congress to do sll 10 their power to
restrict the "inAux into Virginia Of In
migrants from southern Europe, with
their Malta aud Black Hand and murder
societies, and with no characteristics to
make them. with US. homogeneous peo-
pie, believing IS we do, that upon An
glo-Saxon supremacy depends the future
welfare and prosperity of this common
wealth; and we view with alarm any ef-
fort that may teod to corrupt It's citizen
ship" AD0ther resolution directs tho
Vireiuis Repre- sentstiV,s 70 support the
item in the pending Qualifications bill
proposing to tortify the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay, and the third instruc,s
them TO support the good roads bill In
troduced by Representative Flood, Of
Virginia, which propt sas that the sur
plrs 10 the United States Treasury shall
be distributed among the States and ter
ritories aud the d riot Of Columbia, to
he used 10 improving the public roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-20

The question OF the movement OF the
bsttleships is a question of coal. "All
the rs, ia essv." declares Captain IOger-
soil, Admiral Evans chief of stan.
Eghty-eight tons of coal per steaming
mile was required to drive the bsttleshiPs
on their around the world cru 50. After
leaving Trinidad the feet took on "a, OOO
tons of coal at Rio de Jsneiro; 81, 900 at
Punta Arenas; 2l 600 at CallsO. and it
will require 1000 more at Magdslens
Bay to flush the trip to San Francisco
A battle ship without coal is helpl' -
hulk.