Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-03

any state, territory, or the District OF
Oolum bia, or to any other foreign country
any article or commodity, other than
timber and the unmanufsctured pro-
duets thereof, manufactured, mined or
produced by it, or under its authority
or which it msy own in whole, or ia
part, or 10 which it may have any III
terest direct or indirect, except such
articles or commodities rs may be nee
cessary aud intended for It's use 10 The
lnduct of It's business as a common
Carrier" Juadce Harlan dissepied from
the reasoning by which the Supreme
Court reached its conclusions, bat con-
CURED 10 the finding. Thus, the oPin-
ion of the court, 80 fer as the result Is
concerned, was unanimous.
a fac OF not to exceed s., 900 for each
offer Sc is levied.
SsverGl important amendments have
been made by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to the rules and regulations
Tor the transportation Of explosives by
railroads. Additional safeguards have
been thrown shout the carrying oil
special fireworks and the scope of the
regulations have been broadened BY re-
quiring express companies 20 transport
explosives for laboratory examination;
permitting transportation 10 all cars OF
small arms ammunition in any quantity,
,orpedoes, etc., in limited quantities,
when carried to promote safety, aud per-
hitting the carriage Of not to exceed 100
blasting caps. 10 sll these cases the reg
Il a,ions requiring special certificate
and the plscarding Of the car are waived.
In the presence OF distinguished
company, a bronze statue Of Alexander
r. Shepherd, former governor OF the
District of Columbia, vas unveiled
today aud glowing eulogies we're pro-
nounced upon bis life and services TO
he nation. Mr.. Shepherd, when COVER
ior. was denounced IS dictator and
yraut, because he took into his own
hands the task of converting the national
capital into what has BOW become oue
# the most beautiful cities 10 the world.
Properly owners, whose houses be left
dxty feet above or below the street
level, in constructing his sewer system,
sere angry enough almost to drive him
)ut OF the District. 10 fact his lie
vas threatened several times he per-
severed, however, going outside the law
It times in carrying out his plans. To-
lay, as his grandson pulled the cord
hat uncovered the statue, placed IN
front of the magnificent new municipal
,uilding, the people cheered and &C.
claimed Shepherd as the one man who did
more tban any other for Qualification OF
The capital.
Tbs battle practice of the Atlantic
fleet, plans for which are being consid-
sred by the general board of the bureau
If navigation, will take place this sum
ner on the North Atlantic coast between
Cape God and the Chesapeake.
Despite the iUju0CliOus of Secretary
NJ eyer of the naval board on regulations
shich was appointed to adjust conflict
ug naval regulations, will turn in a
majority and minority report during the
early part of this week. Is is said that
be line officers and staff officers of the
poard are at opposite points and, the
former being 10 the majority, the recon-
neudations will be practically to the
Effect that the nayy return to the con-
itlons which prevailed before Secretary
Newberry put into effect his reOTganizs-
ton plan.
President g'sf. has become an unconscious
speed maniac" and his friends are sppre-
hensive that he viii figure in a serious
smash-up if he continues riding 1T the fearful
Dace his chauffeur now maintains. hree or
four times week he dashes over the subui-
osn roads at the rate of fifty or sixty miles an
hour, and even when within the limits Of
Washington city whizzes at express train
speed. Although his di yer is an ackuow-
EDGED expert and knows well the presidents
machine these interested in the executive S
safety assert that it is but a question OF time
when tire VIII explode, brake will fail to
work, or some piece Of machinery will give
out. and the chief magistrate will be hurled
headlong into space. II requires no stretch Of
the imagination to predict what would nap
pen to a man Of the presidents bulk ifhe were
tossed into the air from a flying automobile
Additional horrors threaten the ravaged
districts near Adana end Alexandretta in
which the Armenia massacre took place, nc
cording to dispatches received at the state
Department today from Constantinople. Be-
cause of the unburied dead and the general
unsanitary conditions an epidemic Is feared.
Smallpox has broken out and there are thOus-
ands OF people without shelter and food.