Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
corrcspondence of Alexandria Gazette

Heroism in the army runs III
strange streaks, according to the list
Of certificates Of merit awarded {"
enlisted men for bravery during the
fiscal wear ended June 80. In the
list which has Just been made public
by the department four men are from
The coast artillery corps, one from
infantry. one from the signal corps,
two are cooks and one musician.
DESPITE the fact that cooks and must
clans are not expected to display
especial courage, they occupy one third
Of the list for heroic rescue. Thomas
Williamson, who is cook for company
A of the Doth infantry, saved native
Filipino boy from drowning. Henry
Reis;er. a cook in the coast artillery
company at Fort Mckinley, Maine
jumped off a deck into icy water to
save a comrade. Victor Turner, a
musician with company G 18th in
fantry, did the same thing at Swee
Water Creek, Georgia. OF the other
six examples OF heroism three were
for rescuing drowning companions,
two for saving government property
i'm a hurricane, and one for distin-
guished services in an engagement.
Charles w. RigdOn, the man who
shot Mrs. Anna Theresa Young, es
trangcd wife Of Alexander Young, .
Philadelphia lawyer, in Chicago las
Friday. was well known for several
wears i'm Washington financial circles
| lie lived with Mrs. Young at various
Washington hotels for several years
and at one time gained notoriety by
shooting a negro porter Of a hotel who
Riedon claimed, insulted Mrs. Young
Rigdon was known TO Washington
brokers as a plugger both in the stock
market and the wheat pit. Hard luck
at one time attended his stock playing
and he lost several hundred thousand
dollars in one season but apparently the
loss did not strain his resources.
The Assistant District Attorney said
today that the work of preparing the
charges against the handbook men,
arrested last Saturday, is much heavier
than anticipated, hence the delay in
filing the papers Formal charges, 1t
is expected, will be filed on Friday.
President Taft received the follow
ing telegram today from the Emperor
Of Japan in relation to the recent visit
made by Secretary Of War Dickinson
fo that country: Tie president OF the
United States, Washington: II thank
YOU for your kind telegram. 1t has
been my great pleasure that had
the opportunity of seeing Secretary
Dickinson. - Mutsuhito.
The population Of Jackson, Miss,
was given at q 262 against 7,S16 in
1900. The population Of Corpus
Christi, Texas, has increased in ten
years from 4.703 to 5000.
In response to flood ofprOtests from
prominent residents of Southern Cali
fornia over the arrest Of d. w. Mckay,
by the Mexican authorities at Tia
Juana, near Santiago, the State De
partmcnt has directed Ambassador
Wilson at Mexico City to make a
thorough investigation of the incident.
Mckay was arrested, according to re-
ports from Santiago. for having cut a
gate in a wire fence. Bail was offered
bv a number of his friends, but the
Mexican authorities, in accordance with
usual practice, refused to release him.
A revolution has broken out in Hon
! L 4 10, lta
Department today from PagicgaIpa.
with the uprising Of 80 men at Ceiba
supposed to be in sympathy with the
former President Manuel Bonilla.
Government troops have been Dispatch
ed to the scene Of the outbreak. 1t is
also reported from Honduras that the
reyoutionists signaled the steamer
Utstein on the way to Blueiields and
also that they had signalled an armed
schooner lying il wait in that vicinity.
The revolution has been expected for
some time. as there have been rumOrs OF
mysterious military preparations in
various parts of the country. The
State Department was officially inform
ed today that the gunboat Tacoma had
been sent from Bluehelds to Cape
GraciaS n DioS TO protect American IN
terestS there aud especially to be on
hand in case OF an attack upon Consul
Trimmer who was threatened by Mad
riz sympathizers.
An agreement reached in a confer
ence with railroad officials by the
interstate commerce commission con-
corning the handling of the proposed
increases in freight rates, is set forth
in this statement issued by the cold
mission today: 1t being understood
that the commission exercises authority
under the new law and suspends all
general and important rate advances
made for the purpose OF increasing
revenue, theprincipal carriers in official
classification territory, through COM
mittee appointed for that purpose, pro-
posed today to voluntarily postpone the
effective date OF such advanced rates
until November next, and an
arrangement to that effect was made
after conference with the commission.
This will not delay investigation and
decision as to the reasonableness OF the
proposed advances. but will obviate the
necessity at this time for numerous
suspension orders which otherwise
would be made. -
\ surprise was sprung on the attor-
neys for the trustee OF the Waggaman
estate when the heirs Of Thomas F.
Waggaman's father-in-law, through
Attorneys Maddox and Galley, objected