Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-30
From Washington.
IConwpondenos OF the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, March 80,


of Justice Brewer. The jurist will be
buried st Lesvenwoith Kansas, where
be 6rst began the practice of law, and
where he expressed desire to be buried.
Tomorrow afternoon simple services will
be held st the Washington residence OF
the dead justice. The Rev. Samuel b.
Woodrow, pastor OF the Fret OoDgregs-
tIonal Church, of which Justice Brewer
was a member, will conduct the services,
assisted by Rev. F. NJ. Newman. The
services will be severly simply in.sccord-
aoce with Justice Brewers express de-
sire. The Supreme Court With the excep'
ton OF Justice Moody, who Is III, will
st end In 8 body. Following these ser
vices the body will be placed on special
train, aud accompanied by the members
of the desd juris' family will be taken
to LesveuWortb, arriving there Saturday
morning, Another funeral service will be
held at the First Congregational Church
Saturday afternoon. The members OF
the Supreme Court will act SIS pallbesrerT.
The members of the Court will not &C.
company the body OF their late colleague
Juttice Brewer, to Leavenworth, Kansas
according ID ststement Issued today by
Chief Justice Fuller as follows: Gin
view OF the time to be consumed In going
to aud returning from LsaVeuworth and
the probable pohponement Of the public
tu,iness which would result, the mem
bers Of the court. after sub mitt ng the mat
ter to Mrs. Brewer, have determined With
her Ell re approval, not to goto LeaVeD'
worth to be present OF the ceremony
there. The ctu;t SIS a body will be pre-
sent at the funeral ceremony st The resi-.
deuce and as honorary pSllbearers will
accompany the remains to the Union
Station"
Az order for further detailed doco.
nentsry evidence Issued today by the
Bsllluger vest'gatIpg committee ind
Gates that the frat apparent objects OF
the investigation msy sink into second
airy importance and be superseded In
public Interest by an actual, direct in'
quiry into the question Of whether toe
vast, inestimsbe wealth Of Alaska really
has fallen into the hands Of the Gug-
genheims aud j. P. Morgan. The
surprisingly contradictory statements
which have developed regarding the
status of The agreement reached between
Clarence Cunningham and bis associates
and the Morgan Guggenheim In
terests, 30 far remain unexplained.
The committee has before 1t the docp'
meutsry evidence that on December Z.
1907, Daniel Guggenheim accepted the
terms OF az agreement with Cunning
ham and his associates by which the
0ueQenheIms should obtain a half In
crest 10 a Ave million dollar stock com.
psuy by the payment of $3.50, 600 and
that the company should furnish the
GuggenheIms anlim' ted coal at ~ oO
per ton. Another document which besrs
the GATE of March 6, 1908, three months
Ister-contsius The sworn statement OF
Clarence Cunningham that the Gnggen.
helms had no interests whatever,
direct or indirect, In the so.called
Cunningham eosl claims in Alaska
The discrepancy wss pointed ont when
frmtr sscnt,ry Garfield vas 90 the
stsud. With the steamship lines and The
railroads 10 their possession, 1t Is shown
that the Guggenheims and Morgan pu.
questIonably sought to control the coal
output. Many Alaskan authorities point
out that With the control of the coal,
the syndicate would control practically
the entire industry Of the territory and
in effect everybody In Alaska would be
working directly or indirectly for the
Guggenheims and ]. p. Morgan.
A nest of counterieiters has been disc
covered at Rockville, Tenn. and the fous
men in the gang have been arrested &C
cordIng to advices received by Chief
Wilkie of the Treasury Secret Service tc-
day. A number Of counterfeit half
dollars and nickels, together with molds
tor making them sBd dollar pieces we're
captured 10 the raid. The men arrested
are Frank Keuner, Arthur Wyrick,
Ernest Karnes, and David PIumley.
Learning today Of the decision OF the
Mississippi s ate Senate to probe the
charges OF bribery 10 connection with his
election, Soustor Leroy Percy declared
that he will welcome full, thorough ir-
vestIghtion. Percy denies that either he
or bis friends made uss Of money to assist
10 bis election ID the Senate. The res
olution passed by the Mississippi Ssnste
last night provides for probe of ne bril-
berry scandal 10 executive session. 1t
wss adopted after resolution expelliug
State Senator Theodore O, Bloc bad
been debated for three hours. Bible is
the senator who lays he received s645
from L. o. Dulaney,s politician, to vote
for Percy. Dulsney who WAS arrested on |
an indictment charging bribery hes been
released on q bond of 1000.
Three million dollars has already been |
collected by the Treasury Department
under The provisions of the corporation |
tax law. The retnvns OF corporations IS
to theIS incomes for the past year are
reaching the Treasury Depart nert at the
rate of about 1000 Gay. Forty two |
clerks are engaged In working up the
assessments sgsinst the corporations and
1t Is expected that they will be able TO
conclude the work BY Nay 10, which will
afford the corporations plenty of time In
which to seud 10 their taxes before June
/. There are about 1000 delinquent
corporations. Quite rpmber OF these
failed 10 make their returns within the
specified time on the grouuds that they
had been dissolved. The Treasury DE-
psrtmeut has called Dpon the attorney
general for an opinion SIS TO whether 3