Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
gOousspsndenoe OF the Alexandria Gaseste.]
Washington. May 25.

chusetts, chairman of the Senate COM |
mittee on foreign relations. Since the |
death OF Senator Davis, OF Minnesota.
the duties of chairman oil this committee
have fallen on Senator Frye, oil Maine,
president pro tenn of the Senate ana
chairman OF the committee on com.
merce. The death OF Mr.. Davis lett
Mr.. Frye the ranking member OF tne
foreign relations committee, ana py
viriue of that circumstance he ID en-
tjtlad to the craftsmanship. de mas,
however. informed the republican
steering committee that he is no longer
10 he regarded as eligible TO the foreign
relations cbairmaDship in their WORK oi
reorpanizing the Senate committees OF
the next Congress. IL is said by close
friend of Senator Lodge that soon after
he IA elected chairman OF the committee
on foreign relations he will Introduce q
resolution to abrogate the Clayton
Bulwer treaty for the purpose OF de,
fiuipp the issue between the United
safes and Great Britain on the canal
question. and will further attempt to
sscure such legislation as will give the
Uoited States unqualified control OF
the proposed isthmian canal. Person
ally Senator Lodge favors the Nicaragua
| route.
Miss Ella Marbury, daughter OF the
late Capt. Leonard Marbury, OF ely
mont, Md, and who Is well.known IN
Alexandria, where she once lived ana
has number OF relatives, while cross
| ing a street In this city last night was
ron down by o vehicle and fatally In.
jured. She was taken to q hospital
where she died this morning, without
ever having regained consciousness.
To the matter OF iDsular constitution
oil cases particular care has been TAKEN
| by the justices of the Supreme Court 70
prevent the opinion OF the court De-
coming known in advance. The pre-
| ysiling belief In Washington naturally
Is that the decision will be in favor OF
tho government, but even those who
advance this theory admit that they
| can give no tangible reason therefore.
From the fact that Monday is the last
day of the present term OF court II 10
surmised that the opinions 10 the In
sular cases will be read on that day:
Nevertheless they may 60 over until
next term. On this point the court has
been ss silent as it has been on the fiud.
ing itself. That the Chief Justice will
deliver the ruling of the court is an
easy guess 10 cases of such Importance,
and that there will be divided bench
ia equally probable The wide range
of argument 10 the cases, covering
more than O thousand printed pages,
would almost force such conclusion.
But the Supreme Court is unapproach.
able by any route, and not until Chief
Justice Fuller opens his lips to let fall
the words for which the country has
been waiting for months will the world
have any absolute knowledge as to the
future legal status of the insular posses
sions of the United States.
In view of the probability OF de-
cision 10 the iDsulsr cases by the Su'
preme Court of the United States next
Monday, Solicitor General J. J. Rich
ards has prepared an analysis OF the
questions involved: "All the cases are
virtually customs cases and raise the
validity under the constitution OF the
sxactions of duties on goods importer
into the United States from the Philip
pines and Porto Rico"
ANY doubt that may have existed az
10 the right of the United States gov
eminent to send small auxiliary gun
boats to the Great Lakes TOR training
the naval militia has been dissipated,
30 far as the Dorothea and the Hawk
are concerned, by the acquiesence oil
the Canadian government. 1t being
} represented that the little gunboats
would traverse the st. Lawrence and
, the lakes without guns, and that they
are to be used solely for drill purposes,
the Canadian government, through the
British government, has waived objec-
ton to the entrance OF the vessels into
the lakes.
Attorney General Knox having made
, favorable recommendation Ia the case
, of Alexander Mckenzie, President Nc
Kinley today granted pardon. Nc
Keuzie was appointed receiver OF some
mining property In Nome by the U. 8.
District courts. The case went on ap-
peal to the u. 8. Circuit Court at San
Francisco and Mckenzie was ordered
to turn the mines back to those who
been working them. He turned back
the mines, but retained gold duet
valued at 1920, 900. Deputy marshals
wrecked the safe deposit boxes holding
the dust and turned 1t over to the
court. Mckenzie was taken to San
Francisco, tried for contempt OF court,
found guilty in two cases and sentenced
to six months in Jail on each. The
epemies OF Mckenzie charged that his
retention OF the money was with crimi.
nsl intent. His friends say that he was
endeavoring to keep the property for
those who we're entitled to 1t.
The enlisted force OF the navy is on
Its bad behavior. Court martial are be-
ing held every week on stations, with
result that more men are being pun.
ished than ever before. The authori.
ties state this Is due TO the increased
force and the fact that many Of the men
recruited are greenhorns, unsccustom-
ed to sea life, who rebel against the re.
strictiops placed on them by naval rou.
tine. The prisons are over-crowded,
J and many OF the detertion stations ct
navy yards are we'll filled with men for
small offenses.
1t is now expected that the South
American countries which have been
angling over the question OF arbitra.
tivn will be able 80 far to settle their
differences as to enable all OF them, 10,
Guiding Chill and Peru, to attend the
Psu-Americsn congress 10 the City Of
Mexico next October. This develops
= ment will assure the success OF the
congress which had been seriously
, ljeopa d zed by the quarrel between the