Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-11-05
From Washington.
Washington, Nov.

|
United States who will wire him just az
soon as they know how the fl hit is 60
ing in their respective localities, the
president will receive The complete ser
vice of the Scripps-McRse and Pub
fishers Press and Associated Press, and
the bulletins of the Western Union aud
Postal Telegraph companies. Secretary
Loeb will remain 10 his Office until deci-
siye returns from the principal! states
are all in. The members of the White
House telegraph force will all be on
duty until midnight If the republican
party wins general victory at The polls,
il is quite likely that the president Will
make public these interviews or an
nouncement expressing his eratltieation
over the result.
Plans and specifications for the govern
ment buildings at the jamestown Ex-
position have been completed, and bids
for their construction before the middle
of March are being asked for. There
will be five structures, not Including the
life saving station. They will be built
on two sides of Raleigh square. The
quarters for the soldiers aud sailors aud
the officers of the army and navy will be
at the end Of one of the two pergolss
which connects themaiu buildings, while
the buiIdingsf or the fisheries ard Smiths
oman exhibition viii be in The Wings,
The main buildings viii be Of staff Peb-
ole dash will be used on the intermediate
buildings. The style of the buildings
will be modified colonial There are TO
be sunken gardeds, at the officers quar-
tiers, which will be elaborate.
According to an official dispatch re-
ceived at the War Department today
from Maj. Gen. Greedy, at Omaha, the
Ute Indians who we're rounded up 10
Wyoming by U. S Cavalry under COM
msnd of Colonel Rodgers, are TO be
held as prisoners of war at Fort
Meade until their final disposition shal II
have beer ordered by the War Depart
ment In the meantime the chiefs of the
tribe will come to Washington 10 pre-
sent their case to the Iudian Bureau
and Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock.
Is the government violating its own
railroad rate Law? This is one of the
problems which the Interstate Commerce
Commission will soon be called upon to
solve. Tue federal government, through
the War Department, has yearly con-
tracts with many OF the railroads of the
country for the hauling of troops, and
it is said that in numerous instances the
railroads are making lower rates for this
service than they do to theatrical COM
panies, circuses and other enterprises.
The question as to whether or not this
constitutes discrimination, under the law
passed 10 the last session Of Congress,
has already been presep,ed 20 ne COM
mission and has been h sui ect OF sew
eral informal cOufsrences among It's mem
bers. An early ruling is expected.
There is nothing in the new railroad
law prohibiting the railroad making
special contracts with the War Depart
ment as has been the practice in the past,
but it is a debatable question as to
whether the railroads have right, for in
stance, to transport fifty soldiers cheaper
than they would fifty members Of a
theatrical company under the party rate
privilege.
Presiden. Roosevelt will leave Wash
iDgton at midnight for Oyster Bay where
he will cast his vote tomorrow. Accom-
panying the President will be Secretary
Loeb, VINO also votes at Oyster Bay; post
master General C0rtelyou, whose home is
at Homestead, L. ;aud the usual follow
ing of White House messengers and secret
service guards. The President will reach
Oyster Bay about 9 a. m. and expects
to be there just two hours. He will cast
his vote for Mr. Hughes aud the rest Of
the republican ticket.
By an opinion of the Supreme Court
of the United States today, by Justice
Day, the acts of the county commission
ers of Wicomico, MI, in levying taxes
on the mortgaged railway property rep
resented by bonds held by Samuel Ban
croft, ir., Of Delaware, in the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Company. was
upheld. In doing this, the Supreme
Court of the United States reversed the
decision Of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals in holding that the
levy was made under an unconstitutional
law, and remanded tie case, with in.
structions to dismiss the complaint
brought by Bancroft
d.. A. 81 4io -, (Nnurf
of the United States today, announced
by Chief Justice Fuller, the 1000 OF 5000
white persons who have intermsrried
with Cherokee citizens were denied the
right to participate in the distribution of
the lands and funds Of the Cherokee
Indians. This was done by affirming
the decree Of the court Of claims
J. @ Rawlings, the Georgia preacher
who is accused OF hiring & colored MAJ
to assassinate a family named Carter,
must hang. The Supreme Court today,
in a decision announced BY Chief Justice |
Fuller, affirmed the verdict Of the lower
court. The Chief Justice directed that |
the mandate of the court be issu d at |
once.
Fair weather and moderate iempers-
ture is indicated for Tuesday generally
over the eastern half of the country and |
also 10 the middle western and south
western States, rain and snow in the
northwest
Secretary Bouaparte called at the
White House this morning to ask the
President to sanction the idea Of allow.
ing all the employees Of navy yards
leave Of absence IN election day long
enough 10 allow them to cast their votes
The President agreed 10 The proposition