Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-20

FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF Alexandria Gazette

correspondence OF Alexandria Gazettel
Utmost precautions are being taken
TO prevent the spread Of cholera Ill
Italy, according to cablegram re-
ccivcd ut the State Department today
from Caspar S. Crowninshield, Consul
at Naples. Crowninshield stated that
the situation is serious in the province
of Bari but that the strictest regulations
were being enforced.
a letter bearing the postmark OF
Baltimore Aug. Is ending with the
clause when you receive this will
have ended my earthly existance by
taking my life," and enclosing the
last will and testament Of Victor An
dcrson, Il former wealthy real estate
owner Of this city, was today turned over
10 the police by Louis Y. De Birney,
us. A., Il friend of Anderson. The
Baltimore police were supplied with
AndcrSon's description. He is 50
years of age. The Baltimore officials
stated that no suicide had been reported
in that city since the date Of the post
mark, and il is feared that Anderson
may have gone northward to carry out
his threat.
4 Central American desperate,
Pierre Bailly alias Georges Redoute,
who has served sentences ranging
from six days to five years in the jails
OF several countries, was ordered by
the Department Of Commerce and
Labor today to be deportcd from
Boston rs IN undesirable citizen. Bailly
had = record OF being arrested every
year from 1898 to 1901 upon various
charges. The authorities have decided
that he must be dcportcd and as re-
suit of this decision he will be sent
back to Santo Domingo, to make a
fresh start.
Declaring the meeting to have been
one # the most successful ever held by
the organization, DR.. l.. L. Zamen-
hofi. the author of the universal
language. brought 10 n close today the
Sixth International Esperanto Con-
greSs. The programme today con-
sisted mainly in the exchange of fell
citations. \ strong plea was submit
led by representatives Of New Orleans
for the Congress Of 1915, when the eX-
position COMMUNICATING the opening
OF the Panama Canal will be held.
San Francisco extended an Invitation
yesterday.
The population Of Detroit, Mich,
has increased from 2S5.70 in 1900
to 400. 76G in 1910: that Of Atlanta,
Ga. from S9.S72 in 1900 to 154, $50
in 1910: and that Of Waterbury, Conn,
from Is. $50 in 1900 10 70, al in 1910.
Before delegates at the International
Esperanto Congress, representing %
nations, the relative merits of San
Francisco and New Orleans rs sites for
the exposition celebrating the opening
of the Panama Canal were argued to-
day amid the closing scenes of the con-
grc>s. Each city wants the congress
in 1915. the exposition year.
Sinclair Lewis made IN eloquent ap-
peal for San Francisco, saying that city
is the meeting place Of the Orient and
the Occident and tile natural
gathering place for Congress
representing the world. Grosvenor
Dave set forth the claims of New
Orleans. No decision was reached.
In farewell address. DR.. l.. Il.
Zamenhoff, author Of Esperanto, de-
clarcd that the congress here has been
one Of the most successful in the his
tory of the organization and expressed
high hopes for increasing use of the
international language in this country.
l. don't give hang for the business
world-what care for is the peoples
health. This is the ultimatum that
WAS hurled ut the corporation attorney,
Willis Baldwin. representing the
Indiana packing houses by DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, the government pure food
expert at tnday'S session OF the ben
zeatc of soda inquiry. Baldwin forced
4 discussion of the question Of manu-
lecturers profits versus the peoples
health. Where there are hundreds Of
lllOliS.iIluS vi Q'JllitS iItNOhCus llltlt al Z
millions OF lives hanging in the balance
which these Investigations affect de-
clarcd Wiley. 1t is these that l con-
sider-and not the business that may
be done by any corporation.
William c. Leonard, salesman,
living at 66 NJ street northwest, today
filed petition in bankruptcy, listing
his debts at SIS, 102. Is and his assets at
$6l6 10.
Former L. S. Senator Call, OF
Florida, was stricken with hemor-
rhage at his home here this afternoon,
and was taken to the Emergency Hos
pital in an unconscious condition. Mr..
Call is eighty-six years old, and the
physicians say there is practically no
hope for his-recovery.
The Navy Department this afternoon
l1lnuuunced that it has confirmed u court
martial sentence given Lieut.. Grafton
| 4, 4Beall, u. S. A., to be reduced thirty
tPotnts and publicly reprimanded by the
secretary of thenayy for leaving his post
sna, aoiug below and sleeping while on
sasat t 81. uii,,ty. Beall's home Is In New
tho I'm Stl oebtn Hnls MO- "a