Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-25
CAPITAL JoTrlNGS

The murder of Samuel Hidy. an
American citizen at Les Platanos col
ony, Mexico, on May is. will be in
vestigated Wednesday from the state
department
The Portugeuese government has
sent four vessels and two additional
regiments 20 the northern part of
Portugal in anticipation of a pcssi-
bic Monarchist uprising according to
estate department adviees Wednesday
from Lisbon.
Barton w. Everman of Indiana has
been appointed by President Taft COM
missioner of internal fisheries to succeed
DIR David Starr Jordan of California. re-
signed This commission was created
under a treaty with Great Britain.
Edwin V. Morgan of New York was
confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to
be American minister to Portugal He is
now American minister to Paraguay and
Uruguay and his shift to the European
post is to fill the vacancy at Lisbon caus-
ed by the recent transfer of Minister
Henry S Boutel to be minister to Swift
zerland.
President Taft Wednesday appoint
cd John f. Wilkie supervising agent
OF the division of special agents of
| the treasury department. Mr.. Wilkie
will continue to serve as acting chief
| Of the Secret Service, of which he
| has been chief for Is years As SUI
pcrVising agent he will have charge
OF the customs Investigations of the
government.
A bill declaring every contract.
conspiracy or com pinatien in restraint
Of trade" Illegal and imposing heavy
penalties on officers connected with
them and branding violations as fell
opies, has been introduced in the
House by Rep. Smith of Illinois. His
| measure would permit government
seizure of any offending combination's
property in transit and would allow
threshold damages to losers through
restraint of trade.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
was Wednesday directed to take jurisdc-
ton of railways and other carriers in
Alaska by writ of mandamus issued by
the court of appeals of this District of
Columbia. which held that Alaska is a
territory of the United States within the
meaning of the act of Congress regulat-
ing commerce. The writ was issued in
the case of the Humboldt Steamship Co.
of Seattle. whose petition for an order
requiring the railways of Alaska to lhe
schedules of rates had been refused by
the commission The court of appeals
held that the commission erred when it
had declined to entertain the petition.
Dr.. Jacob II. Hollander of Baltimore,
who negotiated the settlement Of the
debt of the Dominican Republic.
Wednesday frankly admitted that he
had received $4,000 from the United
states government and 100000 from
San Domingo for his services. He APP
peared in his own behalf before the
House committee on expenditures In
the treasury department. DR.. Holland
err said he never had "categorically
Informed the Dominica republic that
he was in the service of the United
States but he insisted that when he
arranged with this government for
condensation for his services. 1t was
agreed through Mr.. Bacon, then assist
ant secretary of state, that he might
receive from San Domingo such conf
pensatien as that government desired
to award him. He voluntarily ceased
receiving compensation from the Unit
ed states in August, 1870 but stills in
the service of San Domingo and will so
continue until all the new bonds of the
country are disposed of. sz