Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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The scene of the next battle in Luzon
is expected 10 be at linus, south of the
ZApote, where the natives are concen-
traling.
President Kruger, in a speech to the
Volksraad, at Pretoria, yesterday, said
he would not relinquish anything more
to England.
The President has decided that three
more regiments, with total of about
1000 men, shall be added to the force
already designed for the Philippines.
Delegates to the international peace
conference at The Hague will try to
secure the assent of their governments
to an agreement embodying the results
of the conference.
The Ohio Society OF California will
send to President Mckinley an invita-
ton engraved on plate of gold, asking
him to become the guest of that organ
ization in San Francisco.
The Navy Department has directed
the sale of six vessels which were pur-
chased for the use of the navy just be-
fore the outbreak of the late war, and
are now found to be of no further ser.
vice.
The Maryland democratic State cen.
trial committee, at is meeting in Balti
more yesterday, fixed Baltimore as the
place and August as the time for
holding the State convention, at which
candidates for governor. comptroller,
and attorney general will be selected.
Senator Hanna sailed yesterday for
Europe. Before leaving he expressed
the opinion that Mckinley and Hobart
would be the acknowledgements Of the
republican party; that Bryan would be
turned down and that German would
be nominated and defeated for election.
Governor Lowndes has positively re
fused to interfere in the death sentence
of John Berry, who will be hanged at
Upper Marlboro, Md, tomorrow, for
the murder of Miss Amanda Clark in
Prince Georges county, Md. Berry pro-
poses to mark his last day on earth by
luxurious living. He made two re
quests yesterday of Warden Hall, of
the Baltimore Jail, both of which were
granted. One was that he be given n
piece of watermelon and the other that
he might have good cigar today.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Yesterday was fual day in the
scheme of commencement. At noon
occurred the address before the Society
of the Alumni by Hon. John BaSsett
Moore, Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr.. Moore was introduced by Sena-
tor w. A. Clark, OF Montana. He spoke
on the subject, THE Old Diplomacy and
the New" The desire for colonial ex-
pansion he said, has brought the leading
powers of the world face 10 face all over
the globe, and they have come to feel
their independence. The latest advance
of diplomacy ia marked by the peace
congress at The Hague, which is 10
take up the work where it was left by
the congress of Paris in SO. The pres
ent congress discusses arbitration, while
The Paris congress discussed mediation.
This is a distinct advance. With us
there is an increasing growth of the
diplomatic functions, due to changes
within the past ten years by which we
are made to occupy the position of what
ia commonly called world power.
A necessity of this changed condition
is that our Ambassadors must have
more skill. This is to be attained ny
the introduction of the principle of
merit as the basis for the continuance
il Office and promotion. Mere per
manence of tenure is not desirable in
any ervice. We should combine rea.
sonsble security and hope as incenta-
tives to diligence. These should pro
duce service which would exemplily
the great democratic principle, the JET.
fersonian principle of reward for indi
vidual merit, with equality of oppor.
unity for all.
At o'clock last night began the
final exercises of the session, consisting
of the comforting of degrees and the
awarding of diplomas.
The Society of the Alumni held its
annual meeting, Roosevelt Page, Of
Richmond, presiding, in the absence OF
the president, Samuel Spencer, of New
York. w. Leigh Robinson, of Wash.
ington, D. c., was elected alumni orator
for 1900.
The society received and spread on
its minutes a petition from the Staun-
ton and Augusta Chapter of the
alumni Association, praying the
general society to the memorial
'ze the legislature to make an
important change in the law governing
the appointment of members of the
board of visitors. The end sought is to
have these officers appointed from
roster to be provided by the alumni OF
the university by some safe method of
selection, which roster shall include all
the names of the present board. A
committee of five. consisting OF Armi
stead @. Gordon, of Staunton; John L.
Harris, jr., OF Harrisonburg; R. Walton
Moore, OF Fairfax; Thomas S. Martin, of
Scottsville, and Randolph Harrison, OF
Appomattox, was appointed under a
resolution adopted some years ago to
secure the election of half OF the board
of visitors under the plan described
above in referring to the Staunton
memorial. A committee consisting of
R. G. Minor, J. W. Fishburne, r. B.
Tunstall, Thomas Nelson Page and
Randolph E. Mckim was appointed TO
revise the constitution and report at the
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