Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-20


laws. and their desperate position made
worse through failure OF either the gov
ernmeDt or the state to give them snf-
ficient education to seek a remedy for
their wrongs. They are ignorant Of the
state laws, therefore, they claim, they
are imposed upon by every adventurer
and great many Of the state and coun"
ty officials. The petition received BY
the Protective League will be presented
to Congress next session, together with
bill TO correct the abuses OF which
they claim, to be- prepared by Repre-
sentative Mcclure, Of Oklahoma.
With the resumption of railroad traffic
ia the area about Monterey, Mexico,
devastated by the recent food, incoming
reports indicate that the disaster is more
extensive than has been assumed, &C
cordiDg to dispatches today from Con.
sui Philip o. Hanna, at Monterey. He
Gays: "The food extended over the en-
tire states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas
aud parts of two other states. The rail-
roads here have been so badly demolish-
ed that up to now II Is impossible to
estimate correctly the actual loss OF life,
the number OF homeless or the amount
or the smounnt CT the property loss.
ave only know that the conditions are
terrible and IL is believed that thousands
lost their lives Many thousands are home
less and in territory containing nearly
million people nearly all have suffered
from loss. We are sending out supplies
as fast as the railroads are opeDed and
are arranging new trains to carry prov
isions beyond the end OF the read. The
consuls at Matomorss and Tampico ATE
hard at work. The Mexican Red Cross
appears to be we'll organized and COM
posed of energetic people. | am CO.
operating with them aud other general
committees.
The commissioners found that the
American negroes originally sen. there,
and their descendants, to the number oil
40, 900 or 80, 900, constitute the ruling
class In q population of about l, 500, 600
blacks. Civilization 10 Liberia is still
10 a primitive state. There are no
means of transportation except by ham
mocks Slung over the shoulders of bear
ers, no sewerage or other sanitary con-
veniences, and not even an Ice plant.
A cold bottle Of beer could not be had
in the whole republic, one OF the mem
bers reported regretfully. Among the
recommendation to be made by the com.
missions, 1t is expected, will be that a
capable American be loaned to the
Liberau government to put its financial
affairs on more substantial basis, aud
that steps be taken for reorganization
of the Liberian courts in which the ad-
ministrstion Of justice is said to be very
lax.
The commission appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt to investigate conditions
10 Liberia has about completed its re-
port. 1t is now putting it's voluminous
records into final shape for submission
to Secretary of State Knox, who, 10 turu,
will transmit them to Congress. The
report, will, it is said, have considerable
to say about alleged foreign sggressions
on the negro republic, and will urge that
something practical be done by the
United States to extend the commercial
relations between the two countries
while lending its moral support in
a way more marked than has been
apparent 10 the last few years.
The government of Chile has appoint
ed Rear Admiral Lindor Perez to repre-.
sent it at the Hudson Fulton celebration
in New York. Admiral Perez is now
on bis way from Europe with bis secre.
tary, according to q dispatch received
by the State Department today from
U. S. Minister Dawson, at Santiago,
Chile.
Minister Espiuosa aud Special Envoy
Gonzales, representing the Nicaragua
government, and Walter s. Penfeld, at
torney for the George d. Emery Com
pauy, today reached final settlement
and signed the papers 10 the long
standing Emery claim. The Nicaragusn
government agrees to purchase oil of the
property aud COneessiOuarY rights of the
Emery Company for the sum of 5000,
900, the company waving all of its
claims.
Perhaps the most picturesque foreign
delegation that will attend the Hudson
Fulton celebration 10 New York is the
one which has been appointed By the
sultan of Morocco to represent him on
that occasion. The sultan has chosen
his first secretary, Sid Lesrby Zenbsshi,
and Sid MOhsmed Ben Abedeslsm Ben
Jelul. They will be accompanied By
three attaches, an interpreter and four
Moorish attendants.
Workmen are busy putting the White
House in order for the return Of Mrs. Taft.
Everything is being repainted. Several OF
the rooms will not be altered but the green
i room, which is the least used OF the reception
rooms, will be hung with new green plush.
and the furniture will be upholstered. Some
changes have been made TO the porte cochere,
| and all the ceilings ere shining with new
paint. Should Mrs. Taft he Unable to Offieiate
at the White House functions this year ii is
more than likely that Mrs Lewis More,
Mrs Taft's sister, will again become the
White House hostess Mrs More is now at
| Beverly with Mrs. Taft, and will accompany
| her back to Washington. Mrs. More con
tinued the social program laid out last spring
by Mrs Taft when the latter suffered ner.
vous collapse.
The protocol providing for the settlement
of the boundary dispute between Peru and
and Bolivia will be sent to the congress of
the latter country today. It's approval by
| that body is regarded as assured.
About 10000 acres of land in Willard,
TOoele Beaver and Juab counties, Utah, was
today designated by acting Secretary of the
Interior Pierce as coming within the prOvi-
| siOns Of the enlarged homestead act.
| Count Won Moltke, the Danish minister at
| Washington, has been designated as the rep
resentatlve Of Denmark at the Hudson. Fulton