Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-14
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Washington, July IA.

Washington, July IA.
A letter from Speaker Cannon, who is
resting at his home in Danville, Illinois,
indicates that he is already yearniog for
the activity of the coming canvass. He
has written to Washington for the Con
gressional Record and for copies of the
statistical abstracts, certain indication
that he is ready to plunge into the work
cut out for him. The republican con-
gressional committee has not yet agreed
upon the details of the tour he is to take
this fail Speaker Cannon, in his
speeches, will not ignore the ultimstum
that has been delivered to him by Presi-
dent Gompers, of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. Wherever republican
candidates for Congress are being OPP
posed by federation leaders, Mr.. Cannon
will raise the country cry of 'bossism,"
pointing to President Gompers as the
Loss aud his representatives as men
ready to carry out his bequest without
any particular pergOnsl convictions on
the subject.
Secretary of the Treasury Shay has
deposited between "a, 900, 900 and $4,-
500, 600 government money in about
twenty-five national banks in various
parts of the country. He has notified
the banks receiving these deposits they
will be required to give United States
government bonds as security by next
Wednesday. At the Treasury Depart
ment it is thought this will have the i'm
mediate effect of improving the market
price of the outstanding 2 per cent. con-
sol-, which yesterday rose three-fourths
OF point.
Food riots have broken out among the
natives 10 China on account of the par
tisl failure of the rice crop and the high
prices at which this staple article of food
is being held. The Chinese are turning
to foreign foods for relief.
President Roosevelt has rendered bis
good offices to President Disz, Of Mex
leo. to settle the squabble between Sal
vador and Guatemala, and il is possible
that Sycamore Hill will again figure as
an international altar of peace. Acting
under orders from the President, the
State Department yesterday wired Presi-
dent Dlaz that the United States stood
ready to cooperate with him in settling
the differences of the two South Ameri-
can States.
According to the judgment of the clerk
of the United States Supreme Court, ex-
Senator Burton, of Kansas, will have
until the 2lst of this month to present
his petition for a reheariDg of the case
which recently terminated in the sp-
provsl OF his conviction in the courts
below. The court granted him 60 days
10 which to submit the plea, and the
term in question expires on the 2lst.
If his attorneys should neglect to sub
nit the motion within that time, the
mandate would go forth, on request of
the government, as this step could be
taken even though the court is not in
session. If the motion for rehearing is
fled in the clerks Office, the mandate
will not 60 forth at this time, but will
be held until .ke conrt sh, have had
time to consider the merits of the p7op-
osition.
The beef trust lost in the month OF
June 1928, 064 in the export of canned
beef alone as compared with June of
1860, according TO statistics given out
today by the Department of Commerce
AID Labor. This was the month Whea the
sgitstion against unsanitary conditions
in the Chicago packing houses reached
its ciimsx. The number of pounds OF
canned beef exported last month was
z. 977, 969, as cOmpsrep with 6,3l0, 55S
in June a year ago. Expectations OF
hams also fell of more than three mil
lion pounds; sailed and picked pork,
two million pounds, and lard, nearly
five million pounds. There was an in
crease, however, of two and half mil
lion pounds in the expectation OF fresh
beef.
Jumping in his night clothes from tie
second story window of the St. Eliza
beth Insane Asylum about midnight,
Thomas Reed, maniac, dashed by the
guards, scaled the high stone wall
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