Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-11

n, III Reno. Okla. wa5 6ccasi0hed by
he discovery Of 3 strange omission II
the federal laws. There Ia 40 provision
I5f the trial in the federal courts for A.
sault with deadly weapon, although
there is q Law covering murder, wher
the oHense is committed within th'
federal Jurisdiction.
The dictatorship Of the Bureau Of
American Republics was assumed toda,
by John Barrett, formerly u. :. Minis
ter to Colombia. Mr.. Barrett has many
ideas which he Will put into eiiectin th'
works Of the bureau. His chief duty a
first will be confined to selecting sit'
for a new million dollar homo OF The bu.
reau for the construction OF which Andrev
Carnegie has just donated $3.50, 600
The board of governors will pass on th'
site.
Alex. Forbes, of New York, ant
Henry w. Woods, Of Richmond, REP
resentating the seedsmep, today appear
cd before the Senate committee on az
riculture for the purpose of endorsing
the recommendation Of the Secretary OF
Agriculture that the free distribution BY
the government of common varieties Of
seeds should be stopped and that the ap'
Precipitation BY Congress should be con-
fined to the dissemina OF seeds o
rare and choice kinds.
By vote OF 9 to the House commit
tee on the judiciary today defeated
proposition to consider the Hepburn
Deliver bill, which makes liquors enter
ing a temperance State through thu
medium of interstate traffic subject Il
the Laws Of the State. Representative
Lit,lefeld, who last year fought the bill
aud whose vote prevented its bsing acted
upon by the committee at that time, ha
now taken the main place in the tight Il
have the bill reported.
Leonard T. Brown, % years old har
ness maker at 2l24 4th street was dis
covered at 8 o'clock this morning in hi
place Of business nearly dead from in
hsiling illuminating gas. II II believes
he attempted suicide. W. T. Lowe va
| made suspicious by the fumes aud fount
Brown 10 serious condition.
Friends Of Col, +. $. Pierce, deputy
serQeant.at-arms OF the House, are pre-
pairing 10 run him for Congress t
succeed to the vacancy caused by tn
elevation of Representative VIM. Aldel
Smith, of Grants Rapids, Mich, TO tn
Uni cd States Sensts.
Todey the bail OF Engineer Hide
brsud and Conductor Hoffmier, of ib
train that met with The accidest at Teri
Gotta, u. g., was reduced to 50. 900
It ia announced that the PrCsiden
will probably appoint Arthur +. Slater
of Wslla Walls, TO succeed Charles ii
Keep, az Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, on Keeps retirement February !
Skater is at present private Secretar
to Secretary Shaw. He is 81 years OF age
"If the efforts Of the administration Il
amend the Chinese exclusion laws viii
give the Pacific coast members the op
poriunity they seek 10 widely disseminate
their views" declared Representative,
McKinly, of Caiifornis, today, 1--WE vii
demand hearing on the House foreigI
affairs committee on Monday aud il tn,
committee reports out the bill we vii
lick it in the House The upshot o
the matter wall be TO make rs strouge
in our demand for japanese exclusion
for as the country learns Of The condi
tons OF Oriental labor. 1t Ia rapidly com
ing to our way Of thinking.
President Roosevelt has suggested tc
PRECEDENT Caceres, Of Santo Domingo
the appointment Of W. +. Pniliam. a
present deputy collector of customs q
Manila, az administrator of customs 70
the Dominican government 10 succeed
Col. George Cotton who has boon ap
pointed collector at Manila. Presiden
Caceres has replied that MFR Pullisn
is acceptable aud will be giver
charge Of the repnbIc'a income
Mr.. Pulliam was appointed to th'
Philippine customs service from Ken
lucky. The office il under The Dominican
government and ia 10 no way connected
with the United States government, q.
though monthly reports of the collection
are fled with the insular bureau here
They average about $3.50. 900 a month
OF this sum fifty fvo per cent is dc
posiled with the National City Bank il
New York as a trust fund for SAINT
Domongo's creditors
The first voice raised in the Senate il
defense of Reed Shoots fight TO re
tain his seat as Senator from Utal
was that of Senator Hopkins Of illinoiP
In a speech today he declared tina
the Mormon Church was undergo
ing q radical change for the better
Mr.. John Sharp Williame. the mlnorit
| leader in Congress, has come out unequivC
| cally for The nomination Of William Jenning
Bryan. He wants the democrats TO stop ihei
internal fights and get together and elec
| Bryan
4 The House District committee has decide
| that there will be no District exhibit at IN
Jamestown Exposition. A bill appropristin
| SIPS 600 for this puTpofe was reie7ted,
The book investigation.
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