Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-06-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
OF the Alexandra Gazette.
Washington, June Is.

| The Navy Department today receiv-
| ed cablegrsm from Admiral Remey,
at Cavite, dated 18th, that informed the
department that Commander Taussig
| cables that the Taku forts. at the mouth
OF the river, fred on the foreign gun
vessels and surrendered to the allied
force, on the morning OF the 18th. The
department has instructed Admiral
Kemph to concur with the other powers
in atking all steps necessary to protect
all American interests. Upon the re.
ceipt OF the above dispatch there wss a
hurried consultation at the White
House by the President, Acting Secre'
tary OF the Navy Hackett and Secretary
Hay. 1t was as a result OF this confer
ence that Admiral Kempff was cabled
permission to concur with tee other
powers in demanding possession OF the
Paku forts. The report that military
forces would be sent from Manila to
Taku has been confirmed.
The police this morning by arresting
John n. Parsons, General Master Work.
man of the Knights of Labor, and six
of his followers, quelled q riot and ter
minated the special sessions OF the Gen.
eral Assembly called for this morning
oy General Worthy Foreman l. ID.
Chamberlain. Chamberlain has sided
with general secretary and treasurer
HAYES in the trouble the latter has had
recently with the order, and called the
meeting for the purpose OF ousting Par
sons as general master workman. The
Hayes faction had ten members present.
in the assembly room this morning
when Parsons with body guard of Is
members appeared and demanded ad-
mittance. This being refused they
broke open the doors and attempted to
run the meeting. Hayes, seeing that
nls faction would be outvoted refused
TO call the roll, and after wordy war
which threatened serious trouble, called
in the police, charging Parsons and his
friends with forcible entry. Before his
arrest master workman Parsons said his
followers succeeded 10 suspendiDg the
session and any action now taken will
not be valid. The Knights arrested
we're held In $500 bail each at the police
court for further hearing.
General Wood, at Havana, cables the
War Department as follows: reports
from all over the island show the cleo
ton orderly and peacefully: not SIM
gle disturbance reported; nearly entire
registration voted; all reports indicate
satisfaction"
Fifteen hundred recruits for the reg
ular army in the Philippines are now
| being enlisted and assembled in New
| York harbor aud Columbus barracks,
| Ohio, to sail about the first OF Novem.
per next via. the Straits of Gibraltar,
Mediterranean sea, Suez canal and Red
| sea, to Manila.
Director Merriam, OF the Census
Bureau, said today that the results OF
the eDumerators could not be known
| for at least two weeks and it might be
month before the first bulletin is
Issued.
A well-heeled Southern man here to-
day said ne had become so solely by
reason OF the fact that he had always
had faith In the stocks OF his owe sec
ton, and had bought them when they
were at their lowest figures and held
them until they rose.
Mr.. Allison OF Iowa has not served o
longer term in the U. s. Senate than
any other member OF that body, as
some people here say he has. He en-
tered the Senate on March 4th, 1873,
but Senator ]. p. Jones of Nevada took
his seat in that body at the same time,
and has held 1t ever since.
The expected nomination Of Govern.
or Roosevelt for Vice President By the
national republican convention tomor.
row will, it is said by the democrats
mere, give the republican ticket the
grace stroke next November, as all the
military men OF New York will oppose
him, Knowing well that his reputation
90 q fighter has no foundation and was
gained only by the newspaper report
ers with whom he made friends in
Cuba, and that his course as Governor
has detratctsd considerably from bis
popularity in his own State.
A great many Virginians who have
settled in the far West have awaited
themselves of the low railroad rates to
the Philadelphia convention TO come
back to their old homes and spend
few days there with their rela.
tyes aud friends. Some of them now
here say the general feeling among the
people of the West Ia in favor of
change in rulers, for the reason that
hardly any change could be for the
worse.
Mr.. Bynum has not only been ap
pointed a member OF the commission to
codify the criminal laws Of the federal
government in place of Judge Culber-
SOD, deceased, but has called on the
President, thanked him, gone on duty,
and IL already in receipt Of his salary.
The law does not provide that his place
shall be filed by membds OF the dem.
ocratic party, of which he is not ono,
aud never will be again.
All the members of the Virginia delegation
TO the national democratic convention will
not 20 together to Kansas City. The two
Senators ana most OF the members of the
House will 20 by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, bat some from the LIST and 9Th dis
trcts will 90 by the B & o. All Of them
will vote together, but some do not like to sit
side by side.
An old time Virginian here today said he
heard little or nothing about the constitu-
onal convention In his State, and that most
Of the democrats he knew agreed with the
Gazette, that the less said about that conven.
ton until after November's election. the bet.
ter 1t would be for the party, but that when
the election for delegates to 1t shall be held,
such delegates should be selected from Con.
gressional, or at least Senatorial districts, and
not from each county and city, as members OF
the legislature are elected. Fifty, he said,
would be amply sufficient, end TINT would be
ss many as composed the q. 8. Senate IN TO
the close of Jsckson's term.