Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of Alexandria Gszettel

Commerce ana Labor, tOuay lSsueu
regulations for the protection OF fur
bearing animals in Alaska. The kill
ing of sea otter is prohibited until No
yember /, 1920, beavers are protected
until November /, 1915, ana the hunt
ing or killing Of any other fur-bearing
animals is restricted to a few months OF
the summer sason.
The growth and magnitude Of the
electric industry Of the United States
are shown by a preliminary report
issued today by the census bureau. 1t
shows that there is today invested in all
sorts of electrical enterprises the stupen-
dous amount of So, 209, TAG, 1853.
A report issued today by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor shows
that there has been a market improve
ment in international commerce IN all
the principal countries OF the world dur
ing the last year That the upward
trend of the movement is more distinct
ly recovery from the depression fol-
lowing the financial stringency OF 1907
IS is apparent. How much OF this IN
crease is due to higher prices cannot be
accurately determined.
Consideration OF the charges OF brl-
berry in the election OF Senator Lorlmer,
of Illinois, will be given by the Senate
committee on privileges and elections
next week. A meeting of the committee
was to have been held tomorrow but
it has been postponed because Chair
man Burrows, was called to New York
by the illness of his daughter.
Briefs of the lawyers in the Balllnger-
Pinchot investigation will be in the
hands of the committee next Monday.
The committee will then take up the
questions of preparing its decision or
decisions. There will probably be two
reports, ore signed by seven and the
other by five members of the commit
tee A meeting of the committee Will
be held tomorrow,
The wreck Of the battleship Maine
will not be raised from Havana harbor
until the engineer corps OF the army
reports to Congress at its next session
the best practicable method and the
probable cost. This is provided in the
general deficiency bill which will be
reported to the House tomorrow The
bill carries total appropriation OF So
1876, 572.54, of which the largest sum,
81 ,O3O, 900, goes to the naval establish
ment. 1t is the last of the appropria-
ton bills.
The resignation of Ernest G. Lyon,
minister to Liberia, was announced by
the State Department today. At the
same time it was stated that the charges
which have been preferred against him
had nothing t. do with his quitting the
diplomatic service and that they were
found TO be without foundation, Lyons
resignation was accepted to make a
vacancy for William b. Crum, the
Charleston, S. c., collector, whose
nomination was sent in few days ago
by President Taft. Both men are ne
groes. Lyon is from Baltimore,
The -Four River Shipbuilding Com
pany may build third dreadnought
for the Argentine government accord
ing to information which reached the
State Department today. The COM
pany is already at work on the two
ships to cost 81 900, 600 cash and has
granted the government the option TO
have third built for the same price.
Claims of the republican leaders tina t
the present tariff law is the best that
has ever been put into effect III the
United Sta ties are set out in an official
statement issued by the bureau of
statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor today. In the nine
months under the operation of the new
law customs receipts Of all kinds were
$252, $50, S14, the greatest amount ever
received in the history of the country,
for a like period. Under its operation
the value of merchandise admitted free
&C. duty amounted to $60l $50, $50, an
amount never before approached, and
the per cent of free amounted to 1879,
exceeded only under the Mckinley
tariff law when sugar was admitted free.
Friends of Representative Dalzell in
the House are greatly alarmed at pri-
vate reports from Pittsburg which show
that the House leader is losing steadily
i'm the recount. The county commits
sioners have opened only six OF the
sixty-hve ballot boxes to be recounted
and Dalzell's loss is 81 votes. As his
majority was estimated at less than
800 it is now predicted that he will be
defeated for denomination.
Representative Stanley, of Kentucky,
announced today that he is perpared
with evidence to force proceedings in
the courts against the steel trust. he
recently introduced resolution OF in
quiry calling on the attOrner general
to inform Congress whether this com
bination is in restraint of trade. I'm
less the attorney general replies that
proceedings will be instituted against
the trust Mr., Stanley will lay the facts
in his possession before the House
All the republican members OF the
conference committee on the railroad
bill, Messrs. Aldrich and Elkins, of the
Senate, and Nests. Mann and Wan
ger, of ihe House, were together for
the first time at meeting today At
torney General Wickersham was pres
ent in TIM capacity of legal adviser
Senator Elkins said after the adjourn
ment that it was only an informal
81. IL
A telegram was received today from
Senator Foster, dem, La request
ing to be excused from further service
as member of the conference COM
mittee on the railroad bill His sue
cessor was not announced by the chair
The telegram was presented by Sena-
tor Money.