Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-05
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correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, Sept. A
The objection will be offered by the
Sullsn of Morocco to the return 10 this
country of Paul o. Stensland. the de-
faulti1g president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank of Chicsgo, who is
now in custody in Tangier. This it,
formation, it has been anthoritiye'y
Il armed. was received by the State De-
nartment this morning in a dispatch
from United States Minister Gummere,
who has conferred with the Moorish au-
thorities aud found them willing 10 as.
sist The u. ) in recovering the person
of Stensland. Ii il believed that the
sctual method OF getting Stenslsnd back
to the United States is still under con.
s;deralion 10 some extent. Minister
Gummere has been cabled for further
information concerning the attitude OF
the Moorish Government, some parts OF
his dispatch OF this morning not having
been clear. As il vas expressed by an
official of the State Department who read
Minister Gummere's dispatch che led
u, to believe that the Sultan had agreed
to offer no objection to Slensland return,
but before we proceed further @e desire
an official confirmation OF this fact 10
order that there may not be the slightest
trouble of an international character. As
soon as Gummere cables this conhrma-
ton We propose to take definite steps
looking u bringing Stensland back for
trial"
While Secretary Shaw will not admit
that he has any plans in prospect IT is
confidently believed that if money condi-
tons continue as they are now in New
York he will. before the end OF the
week. come to the relief OF the situation
by facilitating the importation OF gold
from Europe. His method will be, as
formally to deposit gold from the Treas
ury in national banks that have engaged
gold for import thus making the money
Immediately available aud saving the
banks the interest during the time of the
transit of the gold across the Atlantic.
Secretary Shaw will leave on Friday on
his speech making tour through the
South. ANY action that he may decide
upon will therefore probably be taken
tomorrow or next day.
The Cuban legation 10 this city is with
out news from Havana regarding the
revolutionary movement Senior Prado,
the charge d'affaires, is, however, at a
loss to account for the presence IN New
York of NJ. G.. Adam, who is variously
styled commissioner OF the government
of Cuba and lis press agent lie says
it Is strange that the Cuban government
would send a commissioner to this country
v hen il already has an established lega-
ton here aud, in the absence of further
information, he is disinclned to believe
the report.
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley
announced today that the commission
has decided to per nit applicants for fed
eral offices in undergoing the civil ser
vice test to use either The old or the new
form of spelling. every one will have
two chances at the words which Presi-
dent Roosevelt has included in his list OF
800 words" said Commissioner Cooley.
II will make it easier for some Of those
whom we examine"
George B. Matthews, an artist, swal-
lowed thirty-six tablets OF strychnine by
mistake last night at bis studio 1920
New York avenue. He was taken to
the Emergency Hospital.
After shadowing Syrian peddlars for
months, officials of the immigration and
naturalization bureau Of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor have unearthed a
scheme, whereby Syrians afflicted with dread
ed trachoma and rejected at sesboard ports
have been Struggled into this country from
Mexico Hundreds are now in the United
States. it is believed, in violation of the laws,
and within the last days twenty have been
arrested and will be deported. The plot WAS
reyealved to the immigrant inspector IN
charge at st. Louis, Nd. by a peddlar. He
then confessed that after being refused pas
sage on ships If America at Naples on account
of the disease, ne had been accepted as
messenger 10 Mexico, with forty countrymen:
A fter landing at Vera Cruz, the Syrians made
their way across the border secretly and then
headed for st. Louis
The Treasury Department today refused to
buy any silver, the best offer made being
81. rs per ounce This is about one cent an
ounce higher than the price at which the
Department purchased last Wednesday.