Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-31
From Washington.

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lows American Exchange National
Bank of Syracuse, n. Y, first divi-
dend of rs per cent First National
Bank of Matthews, Ind, a first divl-
dend of 10 per cent; Citizens National
Bank of McGregor, Tex, first divl-
dend of 80 per cent.
Assistant Attorney General Russell
leaves today for Panama where he will
assist Gov. Davis in the preparation OF
laws for The government of the canal
zone. He expects to be absent about
two months.
Isolated Iceland is to be connected
with the rest of the world by wireless
telegraph. United States Consul Mahln
at Nottingham, England, reporting to
the State Department, writes that the
Icelandic parliament has voted com
pany an annual subsidy of 80, $50 for 20
years. Reykiavik, the chief city of
Iceland, is to be connected with other
parts of the island by the same aerial
telegraph system. The projectors of the
system have not yet decided whether to
establish their connecting station at
some point on the Shetland islands or on
the coast of Scotland. The distance to
the ShetIands is about 500 miles and to
Cape Wrath, the point on Scotland
nearest Iceland, is about $40 miles.
Consul Mahin reports the Icelanders in
very prosperous condition commercial
ly. Their fishing industry is booming
and the instruction gained in agricul-
tural colleges established on the island
has taught the farmers how to make
their lands yield very profitable crops in
spite of the unfavorable climatic condi-
tons.
There is a report in circulation here
that Senator Germans nomination as
the democratic candidate for the presi-
dency is the object for which Charles F.
Murphy, James NJ Guffey and John r.
Mclean are working. Failing in their
purpose, the four leaders, it is said, in
tend To be in position to throw the
strength to Parker if they find he is the
strongest man the convention can agree
upon.
The general opinion among many
democrats from Virginia who have visit
ed Washington recently is that Senators
Daniel and Martin, Governor Montague
and Representative Jones will be dele
gates-at-large to the st. Louis conven-
ton.
The case of Dorr and O'Brien, edi-
tors of Manila newspaper who were
convicted of libel in the Philippines
after having demanded jury trial which
was denied them, was decided by the
Supreme Court today against the appel
ants. Justice Day rendering the opin-
ion. The decision called attention to
the fact that the government of the
Philippines had been expressly left by
the treaty of Paris in the hands
of Congress and Congress, because
of the incapacity of the people of the
islands, had purposely withheld the
right of trial by jury. The court there
fore held that the refusal of that right to
the defendants was correct and that they
were properly convicted of gross libel.
The decision of the Philippine Supreme
Court was therefore affirmed, Justice
Feckham, Brewer and Fuller dissented.
Justice Harlan who also dissented, de-
cIared his conviction that the Philippines
were a part of the United States, that
the constitution of the United States ex-
tended to those islands and that the
right of trial by jury was fundamental
one which necessarily was extended to
every place owned by the United States
and could not be taken away by any
mysterious power of Congress. The de
cision of the court, he claimed, was an
amendment of the constitution by judi
cial construction, and was most dan
gerous step. The fact that some people
of the Philippines were not sufficiently
educated to appreciate the full benefit
Of the constitution was no reason why
the Supreme Court of the United States
shall say that all of the inhabitants of
those islands including the United States
citizens resident there should be deprived
Of the right OLA jury trial.
"Western necessity will not wait
on Eastern procrastination; Perdicaris
and Marley must be rescued in the
shortest practicable period and their
captors brought to speedy justice" This
is the grist of the instructions sent TO
both Rear Admiral Chadwick and Con-
sui Gummere, of Tangier. 1t is for them
to devise ways and means and 10 Judge
as to method.
The legality of the oleOmargarine law
was affirmed by the Supreme Court of
the United States today. The case de-
cided was one involving $50 fine for
violation of the law coming from the
southern District Court of Ohio.
The question as to whether the city Of Gle
veland, o.. had the right TO compel the
Cleveland Railway Company and the Cleye-
land Electric Company to accept fair OF four
cents on part of their line and sell the
tickets at lower rates than those named in the
ordinances by which the consolidation Of q
street railways Of the city was effected, was
decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States against the city, the decision of the
lower court being affirmed.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has adjourned until October TO-
Governor Montague.
Especial Dispatch to the Alexandria Gazette