Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-11-16

| Inst the puiser on the Baltic did
;nsist upon answers to all questions
50 required BIZ law but that when
Mr.. Nabuco refused to give them, he
gave up the attempt and in his report
said he hoped the fine Of $40 for iAllare
to make il complete report would be
withheld in his case The law provides
4 fine of $40 in each case where pnrser
does not obtain all information from
aliens coming TO this country AZ required
in the list OF questions in the blanks
furnished 10 them. II ia understood at
the Department of Commerce and Labor
that Ambassador Nabuco is not angry
at the officials of the government but
that he was chsgrDed by the purser's
persistence. According to information
received all information desired was
given as to the servants attending the
ambassadorial party.
Senior Nabuco, tie Ambassador oi
Brazil, this morning personally assured
the Secretary Of state. that there was no
incident attached TO bis arrival in this
country such as was described in the
morning paper. Secretary Root cilled
upon the ambassador early today for the
purpose of welcoming back 70 this clIy
add at the same time 10 offer his regrets
in case it should develop that he had
been subjected to any iudignity or en-
barrassment by any official of this gov
eminent. "fhefe was nothing OF the
sort occurred" said the ambassador,
"Tbat story must have been written By
drama,isi. !" The incident is closed 30
far as the Brazilian ambassador is co.,
cerned.
1t is stated in high official circles here
that the unlimited resources OF the
standard OIL trust will not enable it to
delay unnecessarily trial on the issues
A, laid down at 81. Louis yesterday by
Attorney General Moody. The judges
who compose the Circuit Court Of the
Eaais'~ district of Missouri are Looked
to for prompt and decisive action. They
come from States in which the oil trust
has made itself particularly obnoxious.
Judge ". Fl SanbarD is from St. Paul,
W. III. Van DeVanter fcom Cheyenne,
Wyoming, W, c. Hook, from l.esyeu-
worth, Kaa., and + b. Adams from St
Louis The defendants are entitled to
one month in which to enter an appear
auce end sixty days in which to demar
or answer. 1t ia believed here that the
case will he disposed of by the Circuit
Court aud be on the docket Of the Sn-
preme Court inside Of year. The De
partment Of Justice desires to brlng
The case to trial ai the earliest possible
moment.
The government purposes to bny site
for the proposed postollice building at
Pitlsburg, Pa, at the exact market
yalue of the land selected Secretary
Shaw has chosen the Leslie-Armslr0ng
site, near the Union depot The price
asked was 1885,, 600. The limit Of the
appropriation is one million dollars.
The charge of Congressman Burke and
other leading Piitsburgers that the
holders of the option stood 10 win n
clear half million convinced Secretary
Shaw that in justice 10 the government
the value Of the property should be
'~ed 10y condemnation proceedings
will be begun at once, it Is ar
d, although Congressman Eareh-
d Other Pttsbnrg men we're again
with the Secretary today.
ard Grant, colored, who was coz
# the murder OF his common law
wiz. r.ga Barnes. was hanged with little
ceremony at the District jail this morn
ing. The drop fell at 1880 and the body
was cut down % minutes later. Grant
walked TO his death as nnconcernedly as
if nothing was about 10 happen. Before
going TO the scalold, Grant confessed TO
his spiritual adviser.
Secretary Shaw has taken iab at the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany. otherwise known "a the metz
| trus'. A dag or two ago when the
Treasury Department Was asked TO pay
| 70 cents an ounce for silver bullion,
Secretary Shaw refused 10 buy at that
price. The American Smelling Com
pany has been supplying nearly ell the
silver that the department has been pur-
chasing since August J. End it has been
gradually boosting the price, un'il now
il is about seven cents an ounce higher
than when the buying commenced, 80
when the Secre,ary's refnssl TO pay the
latest price asked was announced, the
Smelling Company wrote to him hnxl'
ously inquiring what wss the matter
Secretary Shaw replied that the Treas
ury Department did not intend to in
crease its stock of silver at such prices
and would cease purchasing for the
present He made it clear to the com
pany that The department did not pre-
pose to pay tribute to any combine,
nor would it submit to being gouget
when it was endesyoring to accommodate
| the public needs for small change Iii
intimsted that the price of silver would
have TO come down before any mort
purchases we're made.
The track for the fall meet Of The
Washington Jockey Club which opens a
Benning this afternoon should be IL
fairly good conditions despite the lac
that snow and rain fell nearly all OF yes
terday. by the time the Colnmbii
Handicap, the opening day feature
fourth on the card, starts, it ia BELIEVED
the course will be pretty well beatel
down as the sun is ont bright this morn
ing and a crisp breeze will help to dr..
the track. The conviction of Book
maker Davis on Wednesday has cause'
uncertainty among the bettors as tn
bookies will not be allowed to have thei
regular stand and must mix with the pa