Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28

original grant CT six millions acres OF
land" said Senator Bourne, "and prom
ised to sell il off in homesteads at 80 an
acre. Instead OF doing that, it sold
great deal Of it of in large parcels at SO
sn acre, and now, for seversl years, has
been holding 8 100000 acres which it
fatty refuses to sell al any price. II looks
as though it expected To make good
speculation out of the proceedings. In
the meantime, the progress Of The whole
great territory to the Southern Pacific
lines is held back and the business Of the
Pacific slope suffers"
Complaint will be made to President
Roosevelt by President James l..
Feeney, of the Bookbinders Union,
a gairs the action OF Public Printer Still
lings in dismissiug all the officials of the
union from the government printing
oftcs. Ii is charged that Mr.. Stillings
has dismissed, in addition, the men who
nude up the arbitration committee and
those who composed delegation that
recently told the President that the
Public Printer had been discriminating
against the union. The dismissals are
among the 800 removed, according to
statement by Mr.. Stillings, on account
of the lack of work. Feeney charged
today that 5tillings was an enemy Of
organized labor. He threatens TO make
a political issue of The disnissals, if the
President fails to interfere when the
case is on % brought TO his attention.
At the Brownville investigation today
Captain Hansen E. Ely, Of the 10th,
Infantry, testified that in his opinion
the colored soldiers we're guilty Of shoot
ing up the town. Upon cross exami-
nation by Senator Foraker, the witness
was given two shells and asked to pick
the Springfield one. Captain Ely guessed
wrong, to the amusement OF the CON-
mittee. He stated in answer to questions
that a rife, ifswabbed Immediately aft r
having been fired could be cleaned in
three minutes and could be done just
as we'll in TIE dark as in daylight, 80 So
to pass inspection.
As the end of the governments fiscal
year approaches, the size of the treasury
surplus becomes fairly astounding. With
less than two weeks remaining of the
eleven months, the excess of receipts
over expenditures is slightly short OF
S62, 900, 900, as compared with less than
81, coo, 900 for the same period Of last
wear. If the same rate Of increase should
be maintained for the remainder OF the
wear, less than six weeks of, ii i5 believed
that the surplus willresched $40, 600, 900.
The figures of yesterday, as compared
with the same date of last month, are q
good repre- JentatiOn of conditions. Gus
toms revenues were hundred thousand
less. but the increase 10 internal revenue
and misc, llaneous made the excess O.:
receipts over expenditures almost $780,
goo as against deficiency Of over Sl47,-
600 on April 27, and deficiency OF
over $3.50, 600 year ago.
Floyd Pegg, the cowboy from "lOl
Ranch" Bliss, Oklahoma, who made a
wager that be could ride Gom Chicago
to Washington on his pony Cheyenne"
within three weeks, called at the White
House at noon today 10 tell the Pfesi-
dent he had lost his bet. The time limit
for Pegs performance was p. m. yes
;erday. At that time he was at Rock
vile, Nd, trying to gain shelter from q
thunder storm.
Plans ara being worked out by the
Navy Department for a programme Of
extensive naval msneuvers 10 be held on
the Great Lakes this summer, the par
Elephants TO be the vessels Of the different
naval militans, under the leadership of
the U. S. guDboat Wolverine. The
programme calls for maneuvers Of the
Atlantic feet in miniature.
The recent attacks on japanese places Of
business by mobs in San Francisco were dis
cussed at the Cabinet meeting today. Dis
trict Attorney Deylin, who had heen instruct
ed by the Departmet OF Justice to investigate,
sent long report by telegraph, which was
received this morning. Attorney General
Bonaparte took it to the White House when
he went 10 the meeting. II is understood
also that Gov. Gillette hiss replied to Secre-
tary of state Roots telegram Of inquiry.
In the police court today, the case against
Coz. Charles A. Edwards, Secretiry Of the
democratic congressional committee, charged
with assaulting Aleian iro Garland, attsehe
Of the Peruvian legation, was indefinitely
postponed, owing TO Garland's failure TO APP
Iear rs prosecuting witness.