Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria 0azepe'j
Washington, d. c., Sept. 10.

Washington, ID. g., sept. 10.
Postmaster General Payne after an
extended conference this morning with
Assistant Attorney General Robb, OF the
Postoffice Department, announced that
he would ignore the subpoena OF Beavers
ATTORNEYS to appear as witness at the
hearing in New York today. He then
made public this portion of an opinion
bv Attorney Robo on the question /;
6My advice to the Attorney General IS
that while | do not think, on fundamen-
tai grounds. under all the circumstances
of the case, the United States Commis-
sioner had any warrantin law Tor issuing
this writ. to be served outside OF his dis
trict on the whole / believe the proper
course for the Postmaster General 10
nprsue is to send trusted employe oil
the department to New York to repre-
sent him in the matter, to appear before
the commissioner at the appointed hour,
in company With United States Attorney,
and to state formally to the commission
er (ii called UPON on behalf OF the
Postmaster General, that the Post
master General declines to produce
any of the government records and
documents called for whatsoever.
'tEyen if | wanted to attend, and II the
subpnna served on me was legal, sand
Mr.. Payne, it would be a physical I'M
possibility for me 10 collect the data
called for. 1t would take train OF cars
TO carry over these documents and would
virtually mean transferring the Post
office Department to a United States
commissioner Office in New York city.
| guess am exaggerating little, but
it would take long time to collect this
material. Some Of the papers are IN the
hands of inspectors in different parts OF
the country, 50 how could get over in
New York by O'Clock this morning.
am going to Virginia Hot Springs to-
night to spend week. There is no
necessity for my remaining here, All
of the cases are now before the grand
iury and | expect that it will bring IN
some indictments this week. "
The State Department has been In
formed of the death yesterday OF Consul
A. MacAlister at Barbados, B. W. l.
The State Department has approved
the selection by Minister COnger Of the
port of An-tung, vice Ta-tung-tao, to be
an omen port in Manchuria. The OBJ
lection to the latter was that it became
closed to commerce by reason Of ice too
early in the autumn. An-tung harDor
is also said to be far deeper.
The Warner Ranch Indians at Pala,
Cal. have gone on strike. This adop-
Gon by the red men of the white man
prerocative has caused CONSERVATION in
the Indian Office here. 1t seems that
the Indians were removed from the War
ner ranch to the Pala reservation about
four months ago. As IL was necessary
to build irrigation bitches at the latter
place many Of the Indians were given
employment at $3.50 per day. Under
the law. when an Indian has a steady
lob the government cuts off his rations
There was not sufficient work for all the
Indians, so the leaders objected. They
wanted all employed. If they were not
none would work. The result was a
strike.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor is in receipt from the royal Italian
embassy notice to the effect that tenders
are being asked form connection with the
building of the PugliesS aqueduct. The
work is to cost about 1926, 600, 600 and
| is to be finished in 10 years from date
of concession. The concession is for 80
years. Foreigners may participate in
the contest. Bids must be in the office
of the minister of public works at Rome
not later than October 81. The con-
cession will be awarded in Rome on
February /, 1904.
The following special bulletin has
been issued by the Weather Bureau this
morning: Lowest temperature OF the
present cold spell in the middle west and
northwest have been reached. Some
what lower temperature indicated for to-
night in lower Missouri and upper Mis-
sissippi valleys but cloudiness in that
region will prevent serious frost"