Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington. ID. c.. October 20

Secretary shaw desires IL 10 nc hHoNi
that he is not conducting a charitable
institution, and this morning, through
his private secretary, took occasion L
deny the following paragraph that ha'
been appearing in various newspapers
sPersons who don't know that pros
perity is here are looking askance al
the action of the Secretary the Treasury
in coming to the relief of Wall street.
This is ridiculous. That's just what
good old Uncle Sam is here for-to help
the deserving. Anybody who is short
and wants 81 to tide him over till nexI
payday can get it by addressing MIR.
Shaw, Treasury Building, Washington.
1t is strange that this is not more
generally known" That the paragraph
has been taken in good faith is illus
trated by the number of letters that
have been received by the Treasury
Department asking for aid.
Theodore Stern, of Louisville, Ken
lucky, has sent the President half gal.
lon of the best Kentucky whisky, with
the suggestion that it would be good
medicine for his sore leg. The President
has accepted the gift and in short note
Secretary Cortelyou acknowledged the
receipt of the present and expressed his
thanks for it. Mr.. Stern was an unsuc-
cessful applicant for the position of Col
lector of Customs at Louisville.
A motion was made in the Supreme
Court of the United States today by
counsel for the Interior Department to
dismiss the case OF Lone Wolf against
the Secretary of the Interior on the
ground that the dispute over the land
has been settled. The court, however,
decided to hear argument The ques-
ton involves the right of the Secretary
to dispose of the land of the Kiowa and
other Indian tribes in accordance with
an act of Congress which was passed
under a treaty with the Indians. Lone
Wolf and others claim that the treaty
was made without the consent of a
majority of the Indians interested.
The Supreme Court of the United
States today reversed the decision of the
u. S. District Court of Illinois in the
case of Peter Ambrosini versus the
United States, involving the question OF
the taxability under the war revenue
act of 1898 of bond required by the
States of Illinois on an application for a
license to sell liquor. The Supreme
Court holds that such bonds were
exempt.
A motion was granted by the Supreme
Court of the United States today
allowing the State of Louisiana to
file a bill of complaint against the
State of Mississippi in boundary dis
pute involving the fishing industry OF
Louisiana The Supreme Court will be
asked to determine the correct boundary.
A cable message received at Puerto
Cabello, Venezuela, from the secretary
general of President Castro, says the
Venezuelan army has been victorious
over the forces of the reyolutionsts, after
seven days fighting, during which 5000
men were killed. 1t appears, however,
that the revolutionists only abandoned
the fight at La Victoria when they
found that they could not force Presi-
dent Castro to take the offensive. Ac-
cording to the latest reports, the revolu-
tionists were not routed, but retreated in
good order and thus the battle ended
without decisive result.
The complaint of the railroad COM
mission of Kentucky against the Allan
tic Coast Line Co., Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Co., L. and n. Railroad Co.,
Southern Railway Co., Southern Rail
way in Kentucky, Southern Railway in
Indiana, c. N. o. and 7. p. Railway in
Indiana, Southern Railroad Co.. and the
Chicago, indianapolis and Louisville
Railway Co., was received by the Inter
state Commerce Commission today. The
commission has not yet determined the
exact date for the hearing.