Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-09-23
From Washington.
ICorrsspondence Of the Alexandria Gasetts.l
4 Washington, Sept. "a.

IOorrsspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
Washington, Sept. "a.
Prince Kuni of the Imperial family Of
Japan arrived in Washington today for a
visit OF "A hours to lay his tribute upon
the tomb of Washington. BE will be
entertained at the Embassy this evening
aud will go down the river to Mt. Yer
non tomorro6, on the government yacht
Sylph accompanied by Commander O.
o Marsh as bis naval aide. He will be
the guest of honor at a luncheon tomor-
row given by Huntington Wilson, as
sistant 81 cretary of state and will return
to New York in the evening. He will
not be accompanied oY Princess Kuni on
this trip because Of slight indisposi-
ton.
The relief commit es who are aiding
The food sufferers 10 the vicinity oil
Monterey, Mexico, have n sort d to the
use of light mule and burrow trains to
send supplies to the in. irior towns aud
villages where the suffering is & X t,
according to dispatch received today
from Philip O. Hanna, the American
coDsul.genersl at Monterey. Many
districts are mace sable by other means
owing to the destruction Of the railroads.
The first burrow trains carrif food only
because of the urgency OF the situation.
Clothing and blankets will be sent la'1r.
The relief committee will depend upon
this kind of distribution until the rail-
roads are or oned.
Secretary of State Knox has absn.
doned his idea Of going to Ell Paso tc
be present at the meeting of President
Taft and President Diaz. Announce.
ment of this fact Wss made at the State
Department today. The Mexican govern
ment has also been informed through the
embassy of the city of Mexico.
The distinction Of being the first o.
the $50 supervisors Of the 18th U. s.
census to qualify has been earned by
VIM. B. Brown OF the lst supervisors
district OF New Jersey in which Camden
is situated. Mr.. Browns oath OF Office wa'
sworn to before the county clerk yesterday
and wr3 at 1890 O'Clock this morning
10 the hands of Chief Arthur Il.
Seymour Of the Supervisors Division Of
the Bureau of the Census.
Jud. ent in tie csse Of W. Il.
sheppard, an American missionary
charged with libel by the government Of
the Kongo Free State and sued for &c.
900 franc, for newspaper article criti.
cising the administration, will be de.
livered on October 4, according to a
cable to the State Department from W.
w. Hsndley, American consul-general
at Bona. The withdrawal of the charges
against w. w. Morrison, although based
upon technical error, is interpreted
here 10 mean that the prosecution feared
It would not be able to convict him Of
the charge. Morrison, however, may be
tried later. The basis of the libel suit
is the allegations of the missionaries
hat slavery continued to prevail despite
the reforms instituted by the Belgian
government.
Persons convicted Of peonsge can ex-
pect no sympathy from President Taft.
de has just denied the application for
pardon of John r. Powers, of States
vile, N. O., Who was sentenced 10 Au-
gust to serve fifteen months in prison for
having INDUCED in peonage. He was
he superintendent of labor in the con-
5truction OF railroad in that stste and
nad under him about two hundred men
of different natiOnalities. The evidence
showed that if one of them tried to es-
cape he WAS whipped and badly beaten.
The appointment of Lee McOlung,
treasurer of Yale University, as treas
urer of the United States, to succeed
Charles II. Treat, Of New York, whose
resignation has been accepted by the
President to take effect November !,
was announced at the White House to-
day. Mr.. Meetings. home is in Knox
vile, Tenn although his present resi-
dence is at New Haven. Conn,