Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-06-13

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that its grasp upon the government Is
now so strong that it would have 70 pe
reck oned with in the event OF war with
a foreign power. The government will
AJAX for dissolution of the trust, and
demand "that the defendants, their
agents and servants, and all persons act
ing or assuming 10 act under their
authority, be forever erj oi ed from 20 l.
tinuing, or in any manner acting under
or in pursuance If the aforesaid combl-
nation or conspiracy in restraint OF
trade and commerce among the several
stats" There are in the neighborhood
of twenty-five concerns in the trust COM
plsioed of. Among others 10 be includ'
Ell in the petition, are the following
leading ones: Dupont ard Hsz'rd;
Latin and Rand; American, Aus
tn, Miami, King and Equitable.
The trust appears TO have operated along
the lines which made the Standard Oil
such financial success, for, the petition
charges, it bought up opposition when
it could not, by overtures or coercion,
secure a binding working agreement.
Prices in a certain territory, were often
reduced for the purpose, and with the
result of pushing the independent con-
Lcern into bankruptcy. Among other
cases cited is that of the King Powder
Company, of Cincinnati, o, which 1t
is said, Joined in a pool on blasting
powder in 1896 and sold its product in
accordance with the price and to the
proportion fixed by the trust. Con-
fusion arose from time to time, resulting
eventually in the formation of the King
Mercantile Company, which entered
into an agreement to buy the King Blast
iug Powder for a term of twenty-five
years. Closer relations followed later
1t is charged that Dupont powder is be-
ing sold in the market in kegs branded
"King Powder Company" This ap-
pears TO be favorite method of the trusts
operation 10 those States where, like the
Standard in the oil business, they ope-
rate plants ander the guiSe of independ
ents. The government has had hard
fight against the powder trust. One of
the first things it discovered was that all
the high positions were held by members
of the Dupont family. They worked
like close corporation of few mem
bers, and there was no such thing as a
leak. But puDcture was effected, after
few months OF diigent probing.
Arrangements have been completed for
the departure of the funeral party with
the body of the late Senator John I.
Morgan of Alabama, for Selma, Ala, for
burial. The trip will be made by special
train, leaving Washington tonight at
| 1880. Accompanying the body will be
the two daughters of the Senator, Misses
Mary Oornelia Morgan; j. 0. Jones, his
private secretary; and the House and
Senate committees II has been decided
to hold no servicesin Washington. The
funeral sermon will be delivered in the
Methodist church at Selma, where the
Senator worshipped.
Secretary of the Navy Melclf, who ar
rived in Washington today, expressed his
deep grief at the drowning of the six
midshipmen and the five sailors which
occurred in Hampton Roads Monday
night, when the steam launch of The
Minnesota went down. While there be
gave directions that nothing should be
left undone to find the missing launch
snd men. All of yesterday was apent in
dragging over the supposed course of tie
launch, but up to the time he left there
had been nothing discovered except the
caps of two of the midshipmen and the
ditty box of one of the crew. The cause
of tie accident still remains a mystery.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf claims
that he never was lost as reports had 1t.
81 returned TO the Dolphin at Hampton
Roads on Tuesday night" said he, "snd
have been on her ever since. / had
n idea that there we're reports circuIat-
ing that / wss lost or that our tug had
gone ashore somewhere up in the James
River. Nothing of that sort happened.
President Roosevelt has confirmed the
sentence OF death by hanging, which ws S
passed upon Private William Taylor, OF
Company NJ, Twenty-fourth infantry, by
a military court-martial convened al
Iloil,, Philippine Islands, last October.
Private Taylor, who wss then quarter
master-sere cant, shot and killed his
superior officer, First Lieutenant Robert
b. Calvert, of the Twenty-fourth infan-
try, at Albuerts, Leyte. The murder was
particularly brutal.
TIE H milton Hotel, at 14th and X streets,
has been sold for 100000.
japanese Ambassador AOki and Secretary
of State Root had half hours conference in
the tiers Office this afternoon. At its con-
c'u,ion the Ambas ador declined to make any
statement as to the subject or purpose of the
interview
The New York Press is looking over the
e til and odds for the presidential handicap,
makes Hughes the natural favoriie at to o
La Toilette 2 TO 2; Bryan, tol; RoOseyeit,5
| to /; Taft and Knox, 6 TO /.
The latest campaign news from the Philip
pines is to the effect that the women have
| started crusade for suffrage. According To
reports received in Washington women of the
| "wealthiest and most prominent families" IN
the archipelago are actively engaged in the
campaign.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and party
arrived in Washington at II O'Clock today on
the dispatch boat Dolphin after being lost
for day Oh the James river, Virginia.
| VIRGINIA TrOons.