Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-06

eastward, aud there are iuftDer tumoIs
that be Is preparing to leave Nicaragua.
From the tenor of the dispatch II is be-
lieved that Zslaya Is counting on victory
over The Insurgents with whom a battle
is iminent. Ia the event that bis forces
are defeated be will make his escape from
The country. No further preparation Is
being made by the United States. or
fetal denial was made by the State De.
psriment today that there we're any
complications with Mexico, or any OF
aDy Of The other Central American re-
pnblice.
At the 6rst session Of the Southern
Commercial Congress which opened here
today Secretary OF Commerce and Llbor
Nagel made a plea for southern support
of the national government. he said
''While 10 the south recently | heard
nothing but talk about waterway, i'm
r!g,atiop aIles and when national gev-
ernuentsl action touChes your COM
merical life you must be on the spot.
40 address on the "0pportonity for
southern Propaganda 10 the British lslea
and Europe" was made By Thomas l..
Field OF London.
10 the Senate today Mr.. Bailey offered
a rtsolutiou TO have night instead OF day
sessions and taId II that could not be
done he favored 2 O'Clock instead OF
noon as ihegopeping hour
The u. S. Supreme Court will con-
slider The Gaze Of President GOmpers,
Vice Precedent Mitchell and Score
tary Morrison of the American Fedora.
ton OF Labor. The highest tribnnsl to-
day granted the petition Of the Defend
snts ln this case for review OF the de-
cision of the Court OF Appeals OF the
District OF Columbia. The three defend'
ants, who we're 10 court when The de-
cIsion was announced, we're highly
pleased. Incidentally, today's decision
means that Gompers, Mitchell and Nor
rison will not have to 90 to jail for
awhile, II at all. Attorney Darlington,
for the Back Stove aud Range o., an
nounced that he would make 8 motion
next week TO have the case advanced
on the calendar aud G)mpess' attorney
will pot oppose the motion. II tbe case
Is advanced the court may be ready to
hear argument within sixty days. Alter
that II may be IS long as year before
suy goal decision Is rendered. Granting
of the writ OF certiorari by the court TO.
day does not indicate that the tribunal
Views the case Of the labor leaders fsv-
orably, and does not prtjudice them for
an ultimate decision 10 their favor. 1t
merely re-opsns the constitutionslliY Of
entire contempt case again. 1t is not
DOW likely that hDsl deoieIon 10 the case
will be made before Spring.
Representative Mann, (tep. I'll. } chair
man OF the House committee on inter-
state ard foreign commerce teday 10.
troduced bis "White Slave Traffic
Bill" which II passed will make the
transportation of women for immoral
purposes from state to state punishable
by fine of s., 600 and ave years In
prisonment.
Neither OF the Virginia senstora was
here today at the opening OF Congress.
Senator Martin and Mrs. Martin sailed
from New York on Saturday for a short
European trip. Senator Daniel Ia still
at his home In Lynchburg. All the
Virginia members of the House were 10
their seats.
Among the strangers 10 the city today
was Speaker Byrd of the Virginia House
OF Delegates.
The grand total OF estimated sppTo.
prIatiors for the coming fiscal year, as
presented by the various departments to
Congress today, through the secretary Of
the treasury, Is 1892, 223. O75 81, as COM
pared With 1886, 500, 1880, spproprl.
ted for the current year. This is divided
as follows. legislative establishment,
81, 093 pol 90; executive establishment,
500, 448. 404 90; judicial establishment,
81, O72, 10000; foreign Intercourse,
81, 1873, 5Sl Al; military establishment,
$95, sos, 147 go; naval establishment,
sos, 1O6, 264 8S; indian afIaits, So. $685.
262 80; pensions, 1856. S6S. 600 90;
public woiks, SOL, 7S3, $780, S; deficit
ency In postal revenues, SIC, 6S4, l22. 69;
miscellaneous, t6S, sos, 263. II; perms-
neut annual appropriations $3.50, 1884,
595.12.
w. J. Calhoun, Of Chicago, has &C.
cepted the appointment of Minister to
Ohins aud the Chinese government has
indicated bis acceptsbllity, according to
an Official announcement Of the Safe
Department today. The appointment OF
Mr.. Calhoun lie at odds with President
Taft original determination to appoint a
business man to the Chinese post but the
present Minister'S experience Of diplo-
matte affairs will doubtless obviate the
difficulties encountered In this connec'
ton.
A meeting Of the Deep Waterways
Com mission wRs held 10 tAe Senate
Office building today. Chairman Bur-
ton said after adjournment that the ses-
sion had been devoted to a general dis
cusslon OF the report on hsrbor I'M
provements and inland navigation to
be made BY the commission to Congress
next month.
A caucus Of democratic senators was
called for Monday afternoon for the
election of a leader OF the minority 10
place of Senator OulbersOn, of Texas,
who resigned the leadership on account
of ill.health. The general sentiment
among senators before the msetipg Was
that Senator Bacon, of Georgia, wonld
succeed Culberon. Senator Bailey, Of
Texas, was strongly urged to accept sap
port for the place but be declined.
Representative Gallup, Of Iodisus,