Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-05

he secures specimens Of all the big game
he desires to bring home. The ststs-
ment is taken as new form OF ie,usai
Of another nomination fer president,
and coming at this time, is interpreted
50 being designed to put quittus on oil
ihird.term talk. :,
Following the lead OF the Agricultural
Department in prosecuting violations q
the pure food law, the bureau OF int r
nal revenue has planned series OF raids
for alltg d inirAc'ior Of the rsyt nue. laws
All over the United States. Officers oil
that bureau instituted raids late yesier-
day 1t two local drag stores in this city
on the ground that they vera selling
cigars in contrayention of law. Inc
ruling of the bureau under which the
raids were conducted, relates to the re-
moyal of the entire tops of boxes upon
which the maj r portion of the stamp Is
affixed, thersby leaving the package up-
protected by proper stamp. Inc gov
ernment cor tends thst under its decis-
ions this is prima fscie evidence OF non
paymept of taxes and that cigars thus
unprotected with stamps may be de-
clared forfeited to the United states.
Two Thousand cigars vera seized here.
Reports of the serious condition oil
affairs in Panama as 8 result of the APP
preaching elections, continue to arrive
here, and are giving the administration
much concern. There are grave contln-
Uencies in the situation which have de-
termined the United States TO take firm
stand 10 dealing with the republic. The
most dangerous possibility, which Is be-
ing considered, is the spread OF the revo'
lutionary spirit to the canal wlrkes.
There sre As, 900 men on the canal pay
rolls, and of these, probably 80, 200 are
ignorant, and drawn from the lower
classes Of nearly every country OF Europe
and America. Among them are many
adventures from every nation, who
would Jump at chance to get into Q
scrap which promised higher rewards
than the daily wage on the canal works.
Should a revolution break out In Psns'
ma, IS is being predicted as result Of
the arbitrary methods being pursued tt
force the election Of Richardo Arlas IG
the presidency, the administration entsr
tains lively fear that many of The cana
employees would desert their jobs anc
20 into the fight on one side or the
other.
Secretary Taft announced this after
noon that Lieut.. Col. H. +. Hodges
general purchasing agent Of the Isthmisr
causl commission, in charge OF The
Washington Offices, has been selected a.
membtr of the Isthmian canal com
mission, 10 I'll the vacancy created By
the resignation Of Jackson Smith, Ia
charge Of labor, quarters, and subsiSt
ence on the canal zone.
1t had been announced semi-officially
that when all the other Cabinet mem
bers ware on their vacation, Secretary o
5tsts Root would be the ''poor bah
II the administration at the capital
This be denied very emphaticaliy today
ifier the Cabinet meeting. 81 am going
to get away from Washington" he said,
"iast as soon as can and the ht,tl
psrt of the month will go up to Mul
doon's fer couple of weeks. During
most of my vacation l expect to spend
on my farm or at Utica"
With an average of nesrly eight en-
gagemert, a day, japan is forcing the
pacifIcation of Korea. In the last
nine days GO engagements have been
fought, in which 372 Koreans were
killed, more than thousand wounded
aud 55 taken prisoners. The JAPANESE
are said TO be losing.