Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-01
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, Oct. |.


Monday, will attract usual attention.
Decisions on score of cases left over
from last term are expected shortly after
the court convenes. Hearings will then
begin on others on the docket.
Among the cases on file, one of the
most important is that Of the leaders OF
the Western Federation of Miners.
They seek release from the custody of
the Idaho officials, who charge them
with the assassination OF Governor Steun-
enberg of that State. la this case is in
volved fight of labor against the capt.
tai in the West.
No. | on the docket is the Isle OF
Pines case, in which the court will be
called upon to determine whether that
island is foreign territory or not.
Another suit, that Of Warren B Viii.
sou, of Illinois, will determine tn. legal
ity of the purchase Of the Panama Canal
Zone.
The Arkansas river irrigation case will
be heard during the first week OF the
term. Kansas seeks 10 prevent the citi-
zens of Colorado diverting water from
the river for irrigation purposes.
Nearly every county in Nebraska is
interested in the outcome of the suits OF
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
and the Union Pacific railroads against
the county treasurers for levying special
tax for the year 1904. As result OF
the failure to collect the taxes, public
schools have been unable to proceed for
lack of funds.
A decision is anticipated at the be-
ginning of the term in the Riggs case,
in which the classification OF figured cot
ton cloth under the tariff law of 1897 is
TO be determined
During the summer vacation, mum.
Der of important cases were dOcketed
and action upon them may be expected
at this term.
Among those is one testing the New
York law which requires brokers to at
tach a stamp to transactions Others
are the case of Albert Patrick, of New
York, who seeks to escape the death
penalty; that involving the inlerpreta-
lion of the will of Potter Palmer, in re-
gard to property in New York; the case
against the fertilizer trust, in which an
attempt is being made to get the officials
back to Tennessee for trial; that of Rep
resentative Williamson, of Oregon, un-
der sentence to serve term 10 prison
for alleged connection with the land
frauds, and that of Gould aud Goodwin,
who are resisting an attempt to take
them from California to Oregon for trial
in connection with land frauds.
That there will be no serious fighting
in Cuba as result of intervention by
the United States is the belief of officers
of the army on duty at the War Depart
ment. Ia fact there is little probability
that a second expedition of troops will
be sent to Cuba unless the unforeseen &C.
ours and there should be general in
surrection against the authority of this
country.
The good grace with which the pro-
visional government established by Sec
rotary Taft has been received by both
parties in Cuba is particularly gratifying
to the officials of this government. At
the present time, so it is declared in
army circles, there is no oneto fight in
Cuba asd the only present necessity of
troops on the island is TO support the pro-
yisional government Of Mr. Taft and to
suppress any guerrilla warfare which
may be started. The only section Of
the island where Immediate trouble is
expected from guerrillas is around Glen
fuegos.
The transport Sumner, which vas to
have sailed on Wednesday from New
York with 900 men Of the first expe'
dition, will sail Oh Tuesday instead. She
gill carry two battalions of the 9Th In.
fantry, aome hospital corps men and the
Second battalion of engineers from this
city. 1t will be early next week before
all of the troops of the first expedition
have left for Cuoa.
Information received in official circles
today Indicates that it is the intention
of Secretary Taft 10 call for general
elections in Cuba at the earliest possible
moment. 1t is believed here that the
elections will be under military super.
vision.
With every freight receiving agent of
the country's railroads acting as an aid
The Agriculture Department today put
into operation the provision of the meat
inspection law Which prohibits the inter
state shipement Of meats that fail 10
carry the official stamp of the govern
ment. 1t is to the interests of the rail-
Eosds TO exercise great care in order to
prevent transportation OF non-inspected
meats. Should Gpch meats be carried
from one state into an0t CT they would
have to be sent back to the point of
shipment. Forty packing plants have
been refused the privilege of interstate
traffic owing to the fact that they did
not heed Secretary Wilson's mandate to
'clean up" More than fifteen hundred
inspectors are today inspecting and tag
ging the meat product in the three
hundred institutions that have been
passed up as "cIean "
The Pensacola Navy Yard hes been
practically put out of business by the
recent cyclone. The converted yacht
dloacester which has displacement of
nearly 900 tons and which draws six
teen let Of water. gas turned over the
twelve feet high wall whicb sgrrounds
the navy yard and landed 900 yards
from the beach.
Four Companies of Engineers, f, F,
G and II, under the command of Msj.
Lsngftt, left their station at Washing
ton Barracks this morning for New York
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