Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-25

Chsirman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, 10 letter to
William J. Heffernan, secretary Of the
Massachusetts Press Association, explains
why railroads will not be permitted to
accept advertising from newspapers, po-
tstoes from farmers and calicoes from
dry goods merchants in payment for
fares. "You are of course aware that
all tariffs fled in compliance with the
regulating statute name rates in dollars
and cents and DO not 10 any case provide
that transportation can be paid for with
property" writes the chairman. "a con-
trary rule would sanction. unequal com
peosation by different persons and involve
ordinarily some degree of discrimination
in favor of those permitted to exchange
their commodities for the transport
tation they desire to secure.
Upon the nature OF the report of Post
master General Cortelyou, who is in
New York, will depend the decision
of the President as 10 what shall! be his
course during the remainder of the cam
paign in that State. Should Mr. Cortel-
YOU find conditions in bad way for the
republicans, Mr.. Roosevelt will doubt
less write an open letter to candidate
Hughes. If republican success seems
.ssured to the Presidents scout, Mr.
Roosevelt will rest on his oars. Mr..
Cortelyou was inclined to give out the
impression when be left Washington
Yesterday that he was going to New York
in his capacity as Postmaster-General to
look after postal matters rather than as
national chairman to inspect the politi-
cal fences. He will be 10 New York
State the remainder of the week, but will
associate little in public way with the
republican leaders.
President Roosevelt will probably an.
nounce the appointment tomorrow
of an Assistant Attorney General to sue
coed Charles H. Robb who was recently
appointed TO the District Court of APP
peals. Attorney General MOODY had a
conference with the President this morn
ing and after he lett the Executive Office
said the appointment would be made
within very short time.
"The English are evidently giving up
alcoholic drinks more and more and be
coming still greater tea drinkers" says
an official bulletin of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, compiled from
consular reports. The decline in teer has
been nearly $500, 900 barrels despite the
increas, off, 900, OOOin population, while
the reports of tea for home consumption
ia John Bulls domain have been Tor the
first seven months of 1906, l55, 767, 40
pounds, an increase of more than
10, 900, 600 for the same period i9 1908
The decline In the consumption OF
spirits has been about twenty nine per
cent. The reports say the practice OF
private brewing has greatly decreased.
Justice Clabaugh today signed an or
der delivering to the Alexandra author
tiles Joseph Wright, accused of the muir
der of Roni Jackson, near the Long
bridge on the nigh; Of August %.
Visccunt Aoki, the JapaneDe Ambassa-
dor, has officially called the attention OF
the State Department to the exclusion
of Japanese children from the school OF
San Francisco aud has intimated that
his government considers this viola,
ton of the treaty between the United
States and Japan, signed in 1894
The recent anti-Japanese agitation in
California, and the consequent anti
American feeling in japan, were the
occasion for visit which Viscount- oki,
the Mikado's ambassador, paid to the
State Department this morning. The
Japanese representative had a long
talk with Secretary Root, in which
the latter deprecated the manifestations
that have been made against his country
men on the Pacific coas', saying that
they were the result of the work of agi-
tators and did not represent the at
titude of the American people generally.
Secretary Wilson is planning to start for
Iowa tomorrow night for the purpose OF taiK-
ing to the farmers and casting his vote i've
been working around on this meat business"
said the secretary, land haven't been able 70
pause for four months, so think I'll take
week of among the home folks. I'd of course
90 home to vote, anyway" added the secre-
tary as an afterthought.
President Gompers, Of the American Fede-
ration Of Labor, on his return today from his
western tour, issued statement denying the
report that he is democrat. lie also denies
that he was forced to stop his speech in Chi
cago last week.