Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-27

about s22, 900, 900 10 round 6gures. De.
spite the encouragement to be derived
from today's figures treasury officials are
not vet willing TO admit that the turning
point has been reached and that from now
on the daily receipts willshow a surplus
The falling off 10 customs receipts, which
reflects the elimination in the business
of the country, still continues, and IN
the opinion of the officials, there is little
chance that business will resume normal
condition during the President campaign,
which always has disturbing effect.
Senator John II. Mitchell, of Oregon,
"a attorney fer the Portland Flour and
Milling Company, today filed formal
protest with the State Department
against the recent seizure by the Rus
sian Vladivostok squadron of the steam
ship Arabia. His protest is made on
the ground that the vessel carried a
cargo of 100, 900 pounds of -four con.
signed by the company he represents.
He alleges that the -four was not destin-
ed for Japan and was not contraband.
The State Department refuses to state
anything further than that the subject
will have its prompt consideration.
A fraud order was issued against the
Cascara Remedy Co., of Chicago, by the
Postoffice Department this morning, 1t
is charged with having fraudulertly Sc
cured the sale of pills through the offer
of valuable prizes.
President Roosevelt will return to
Washington tomorrow and will be pres
ent at the Cabinet meeting on Friday.
Congressman w. S. Cowherd, of Mis-
souri,, chairman of the democratic con-
gressional committee, returned to Wash
ington from Kansas City this morning.
He at once assumed charge of head
quarters at the Riggs House. Congress
man Cowherd describes conditions In
the west as of very encouraging nature
and hopes to make decided democratic
gains in the next House OF Representa-
lives in Congress. He considers Wis
consin and Illinois and other States III
that section as Offering especial opPor-
tunities to the democratic party. Mr..
Cowherd, nearly all morning, was closet
ed with Byron w. Holt, of New York,
chairman of the National Tariff Reform
League, who is 10 do some of the litera-
nv work for the committee, particularly
that part OF it dealing with the question
of tariff revision, which is to be put to
the fore as one of dominant issues OF the
campaign. The secretary of the COM
mittee, Mr.. Charles Edw ards, is in New
York to consult with Chairman Taggarl
of the national committee as to the ad-
visibility of allowing the congressional
committee to do all the literary work fol
the paign. In case an understand
ing to that effect can be reached, Mr.
Edwards himself will probably be PLACED
in charge of the work.
The Comptroller of the Currency ha
received a telegram stating that thu
First National Bank of Ginnell, Iowa
closed its doors yesterday by order OF tn
directors. f. B. Shaw, national banl
examiner, has been appointed receiver
The resources and liabilities Of the BAN
as shown by its last report on June
we're $473, 554.S6.
The President has denied 6 applica
lions for pardon and has acted favOrabl
on 4 cases as follows: He has granite
pardon to Edward Mcdowell, who wa
convicted in Baltimore, under the nam
of G. H. Grant, for couterfeitlne
He has committed to imprisonment 70
three years the sentence of Geo; A
Gleeson, convicted in the Indian Terri
tory Of horse theft. On the recommen
dation of the Secretary of War he ha
granted pardons to restore to civil right
of William P. Peters and Harry Worthy
deserters from the army.