Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of tbs Als1andria GsEette.l
Washington, October 10.

Correspondence OF tins kle1an"tls 00Ies'o''
Washington, October 10.
By the retirement of General Shafter
from the regular army next Monday
when he becomes Ga years OF age, a
vacancy will be caused in the grade OF
Briaadier General to which it is pro-.
nosed 10 promote FIVE colonies, each OF
whom will voluntarily go on the retired
! list in quick succession, leaving the va
csncy IN existence for the reward OF
Lawton or Macarthur in recognition OF
their military service. The colonies
are Carpenter, Frank, Pennington,
Burt and Overshine. 1t only depends
upon the accidents of the Philippines
campaign as to whether Lawton or Mac
Arthur will win the vacancy with the
chances at present in Lawton's favor.
Which ever succeeds the other will
reach the Generals grade on January
y. when General Thomas Anderson's
compulsory retirement ;or age causes
another vacancy. Alter Gen. Skaters
retirement, Oct. l6, The Presiden, will
continue him IN command at San Fran
cisco with his present rank of Major
General of volunteers and will recon-
mend to Congress his retirement with
that rank "for his services at Santiago"
Gen. Otis sent the following dispatch
the War Department this morning
"Geu. Schwan's column moved early
this morning from Santa Cruz de Mala.
bon; now believed to be in San Fran
cisco de Malabon; not meeting very de.
termined resistance. Matters quiet in
linus section. General Young with
column starts northward tomorrow
morning from San Fernando. Colonel
Bell cleared country yesterday west OF
Guagua, to and including Florida
Blanca, making captures Of officers,
men and property"
The above dispatch is regarded by
Secretary Root and other War Depart
ment officials to mean that the agrees
sive fall campaign has now begun and
that operations in force against the in
surgents in all directions will be ener-
getic aud continuous hereafter.
The Navy Department has again post
| poned Admiral Schley's assignment to
the Chicago aud has ordered repairs on
that vessel which will keep her at the
New FORK navy yard for at least an
other month. In the meantime if the
presence of United States warsbip is
required in the vicinity of Sonth Africa,
the Montgomery will go without an Adj
miral.
The Supreme Court had quorom
today and proceeded with business.
| Mr.. Justice Harlan presided 10 the alb.
sence of the Chief Justice. Ex-Speaker
Reed sgain appeared. He fled some
petitions and moved the admission OF
| two friends to the bar. Senator Davis,
of Minnesota, by request of the attor-
ney general of his State presented
papers in the suit of Minnesota against
the Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of the General Lard
Office. Mr.. John c. Bullet, of Phila-
delphia, moved that time be fixed
for argument in the cases being pressed
~ Line Philadelphia Fidelity Company,
growing out of the tax on personal
property Inherited. The court did not
hand down any decisions today.
George j. Kindel, mattress manu-
| facturer of Denver, was before the TO-
dustrial commission today. His testi-
mony related to rebates given by rail-
roads. He claimed that there was con-
siderable discrimination in the west
President Gompers, of the American
| Federation of Labor, said this morn
ing: "We have issued $50 charters thus
far this year, while during all of 1898
we issued only 203. We have thus far
issued 33 charters to central bodies
against only II last year. For the first
uine days of the present month our
books show 25 applications for charters.
During all of October, 1898, there were
only twelve. May of this year was the
banner month in point of charters is
sued, 50 being on our books. We eX
pect to have rs or so before this month
Is up. Never before in our history has
here been so much enthusiasm shown
along all lines. Our organizations in
he South are having splendid success
II will not be very long before the coal
miners and iron moulders of Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia
are solidly organized. Then we will
turn our attention to the copper miners
of Michigan. Thus far we have paid
little attention to that important in
dustry, but it is safe to say that the
men up there will be brought into the
fold before long,"
Ofall the many who speak, private
y, in any thing but approving terms OF
Inc manner in which Admiral Dewey
accepted his gift house, none are more
pronounced than some of the old naval
officers here.
Four hundred and forty mules will
leave st. Asaph station on long train
of cars this evening for the Philip
pines. They will come through this
city and from here go to Seattle, where
they will bs shipped 10 Manila.
The Treasury Department has decid-
ed to anticipate the interest on bonds
maturing during the entire present
fiscal year, ending June 80, 1900. The
interest for November, 81 1868 ,244 will
De paid without discount. For the re-
mainder ofthe year the interest, amount
ing to SOS, S96, 535 will be paid at two.
tenths of one per cent. per month dis.
count. There was no necessity for such
anticipation, and, of course, it was only
lone so that the republican stumpers
in Ohio may point to it as another
alleged evidence of the prosperity OF
The country"
Secretary Boot is being ridiculed here pretty
generally for saying in his speech during the
Presidents electioneering tour, that he had
been sitting up of nights working 80 that the
soldiers in the Philippines might be well
supplied with quartermaster and commissary
stores. They say long before Mr.. Boot as