Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-01


Petersburg to sttend the funeral.
The u. s. Supreme Court today de
MED petition for 8 rehesriDg of thu
contempt case against Sheriff James F
Ship, Deputy Jeremiah Gibson aut
Williams, Nolan, Psdgett and Mayse
and directed that these men be brought
to Washington for sentence on Novem'
bsT Is. The six men were found guilty
ct contempt OF the Supreme Court ID
eOnspiring to lynch Ed johnson, negro
rspisf, st Chattanooga, Tenu., March
10, 1906. They we're adjudged guilty
on the last day OF the 1908 term OF the
Supreme Court, bat were granted stay
pending petition for reheariDg. 1t the
Time johnson was lynched an appeal oil
The case was pending. The date of bis
execution had been set, bat the
Supreme Court granted him 8
stay Of ten days pending iIs
review. Ga the night before the date
originally set for the hanging, a MOI
of more than 100 men broke into
The jail, took the negro to the bridge
over the Tennessee river, hanged him
to q girder, and riddled his body with
bullets. The Department Of Justice i'm
medisiely investigated the lynching,
and as result the sheriff, his deputy,
and &c alleged members Of the mob we're
arrested on federal warrants. The
Supreme Court had a commissioner take
testimony, and upon his report all were
dismissed except the sheriff, his deputy,
and the four others named. They have
been out on bail ever since. Never
before 10 the history Of the country has
a person been summoned before the bar
of the Supreme Court for sentence for
contempt. On account of the uDprecs.
dented character of the proceeding there
is much speculation as 10 the extent OF
punishment to be melted out.
Although army and navy officers In
Washington regret deeply the fatal out.
come of the Harvard. Arny football
game at West Point on Saturday and
the critical condition of Midshipman
Wilson at Annapolis, injured two weeks
ago, none could be found today who
would predict that these incidents FORE
shsdow the end OF the sport at the two
military schools.
The prospect OF q general war in Gen.
trail America, with Honduras and Mica
rogus pitted sgsiDst Salvador and Guate'
q ala, looms up before the State Depart.
ment as situation almost as puEzling
a. that in which the United States is
row involved in China over the railway
an. There is every indication that
5 cretary Knox will have his hands full.
Ii The Genital American difficulty con-
unuts, the peace convention signed OF
the last conference in Washington is
likely TO be knocked into cooked hat
1t has already undergone considerable
uufetiDg. Just what course the Uoited
5 ates will pursue Is question, but the
obligations of keeping the peace in Gen.
nal America naturally devolves upon
this country, together with Mexico, aud
some sort of action on tie part OF the
Two countries is expected.
Secretary Knox, who has arrived In
Washington from his summer home,
received al the State Department today
the members of The party of Japanese
merchants and fnsnciers who arrived In
Washington on their tour through the
United S ates. Secretary aud Mrs.
Kuox ReTe to be hosts at luncheon
tomorrow, but the invitations have been
recalled owing to the death of Mrs.
Knox's aunt in Pilbburg. Ia place OF
this function q reception will be given
tomorrow by the assistant secretary OF
state and Mrs. Huntington Wilson. The
Jspanse visitors inspected the govern.
menl building today and will take a trip
to Mt. Vernon.
The Stale Department has presented
to the Guatsmalsu government a de-
mand for the relrsctiOn of q misleading
and incorrect statement in the Disrio
Official concerning the condition OF the
Moissnt Bank, so institution controlled
by the brothers of that name OF San
Francisco. When the statement was
published the bank suffered by the with
draWsl OF deposits and impaired credit.
Under directions from the State Depart
ment, Charge Frazier made an examinR.
ton of the books and found that the
government allegations we're untrue.
Representations were made 10 the min
lister OF foreign affairs, bat be declined
to make retrsctioO. The charge d affairs
has therefore been instructed to demand
of the government that a correction be
made as conspicuous as The original mis-
8 a,ement.
Two new officials were sworn into Of
fee at the Treasury Department today.
They we're Lee McOlung, whose name
will hereafter appear on the currency Of
The country as the United States treas
urer, and Prof. A. Plat Andrews, the
new director Of the mint, who is slso a
member of the Monetary Commission.
The cath Of Office Was administered to
both Of these new officials by CLERK
Fitzpatrick, of the appointment bureau,
WIN uho bWOlh AZ RoANRaN
Treasury officer for the last fifteen years.
Senator Aldricb, chairman OF the Sen
ate finance committee and also chairman
OF the monetary commission which has
Just returned from study of European
methods of finance, hiss completed his
itinerary for tour OF speech making In
the west In which he will discuss the
work of the commission and tell how it
has approached the tremendous task
which has been delegated to It of recon-
niending a new currency system for the
United Sistes His first speech will be
delivered before the Commercial Club Of
Chicago next Saturday.
Virginia News.