Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

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Herman de I.agercrantz, Swedish MIN
ister 10 the United States, and no com
meDt upon the news as reported today
in press dispatches from Stockholm
could be made at the department
Rumors are current here today that de
Iagercranz had made himself PERSONA
non grata at the State Department by
the position which he took upon the
question Of Swedish immigration.
Iagercranz is reported as having adj
vised his countrymen in public speeches
10 remain at home. That the reason
for tue recall emanated from Washing
ton however, seems discredited.
Conditions so favorable as to stand
alone in the history of the American
farm are pictured in the report OF
Secretary James Wilson to the Presi-
dent. covering the work Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the year OF
1909 made public today. 1t is the
thirteenth rnnual report OF the veteran
secretary and appears in the forthcom-
inc book Of the department
Most prosperous OF all the years, ="
savs Secretary Wilson. is the place to
which 1909 is entitled in agriculture.
The Weld has been bountiful while most
crops and prices have been high. Ad-
yantag, ously situated as he is in most
respects. the farmer is less and less
generally compelled TO dump his crops
on the market at time of harvest.
He does not need to work for his
board and clothes, las he often did In the
former time when prices were so low as
10 be Improbable. Tho value of the
farm products is 50 incOmprehenslvely
large that it has become a merely row OF
figures. For this year it is IS, 760, OOO,-
600: The gain this year over the pre-
ccding one is 1868, 900, 900. Ten
years ago the value OF the products OF
the farm was only five and one-half
times the mere gain OF this year over
1908: it was little more than One-half OF
the total value of this year. The value
Of the products has nearly doubled in
ten years.
Mrs. Charles w. Morse is supposed
to be on the way north today from
Atlanta where she visited her husband
at the federal penitentiary and she
may stop in Washington for a con-
fc ence with the Department of Justice
oaicia's regarding the application for
ne husbands pardon. In her effort
to arouse sentiment in favor of the
release of the former ice king, Mrs.
Morse has reported remarkable sue
cess. Petitions she has caused to be
circulated have been signed by thou
sands, including members of Congress.
The General impression in Washington
is Cha, Mr.. Taft will not grant the APP
pl1ation for pardon.
Stating that between eighty and
min ~ fire fighters are known to have
10 their lives, the forest service here
tod ave out an official statement on
tn -cst fire situation, which was
trar ilted TO the bureau by Chief
For nr Graves, who is at Missoula,
!. Mr.. Graves says THE serious
fir this year are the result Of except
ior.. lrouth and constant winds. Over
ninety large and 5000 small fires have
been cxtiuguished in this district, which
includea northern Idaho and Montana.
M st Of the serious fires reported last
week arc nnder control. The sudden
and terrible hurricans OF Saturday start
ed II e fires anew and was the cause OF
loss OF life. The total loss of fire filters
is probably between eighty aed ninety.
Jcycral large fires now burning are the
result Of high winds and are not yet I'M
der control. The situation is critical
but improving and rapid progress is be-
ing made.
Favorable reports On the forest fire
situation in Montana and Idaho were
received today at the War Department
from General Walter Howe, command
ing the department Of the Dakotas.
Howe's report, based on Geographic
dispatches from officers conducting
the frefighting, states that snow and
rain in tie vicinity Of the Glacier
National Park, the Blackfeet National
Forest. and the Flathead Indian Res
crvation in Montana have greatly |
help in extngui hing the fires. Severe
snnering among the frefighters is re-
ported Temperature is said to be below |
The suggestion is made that
the foresters and rangers ran now
probably control the situation in that
vicinity so that the troops may be re-
called. A similar report is received
from the LolO National forests in
Idaho. Reports from various points in
that vicinity indicate that the fires are
either out or well under control. 1t is
thought that the four companies
stationed at Aree and Dixon, in Mon
ana, will not be needed after few
lays for frefghting
The census office today announced
he 1910 population of the state OF
Michigan to be 2,S10, US an increase of
$50, 191. This will probably give
two more congressman, max
NC the total delegation fourteen. This
puts Michigan ahead of Indiana and
Massachusetts, according TO the 1900
'ensuS for those states.
The yearly statistical report Of the
supreme Court of the United States
ssued today shows that when the JUS
ices entered upon their labors a year
go there we're 4SS cases on the docket.
During the year 514 new cases were
He'd, making the total demanding at
ention 1000. The court disposed Of
.95 appeals and original cases, clos
ng the year with 600 on the docket.
TrnnhIe ENnected In PnrtncaI