Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-09
ph;,ondsr Chase Knox. of Pittsburg,

Vale OiuCc VI thO
ing at 1880 o'clock. w..
Willis l.. Moore, Chief OF the Weatn'
ar Bureau, has issued an order denying
telegraph operators st the Weather bu'
rean the right to work at brokers Oh
fcss during the hours the government
service does not engage them. ne, ne OK
nlained: "The operators at the Wea.n-
~ Rnreau receive bulletins concerning
the crop conditions all over the cous'
try. This Information, IL gwen 10 ao'
vsncs. would be valuable for specuia.
tive nurposes. / do not believe that
anv ~ this information has ever been
used in advance of government publ
cation but / wish to safeguard any
such contingency"
Admiral Remey cables the Navy de-
nartmept under Yesterdays date from
Cavite as follows: "1nsurgent Colonel
Alba. with Is officers, SO men, 81 rifi s
and 4 900 cartridges have surrendered.
Three hundred aud eleven unarmed
men took the oath of allegiance"
The department. of justice has re-
csived word that Oberlin M. Carter,
who lie in Leavenworth prison. Is ss
we'll as he ever was. jeremiah Wilson,
Csrter's counsel, based his motion for
release OF his client on bond in the Su'
preme Court OF the United States yes
terday, on the alleged ground OF III
health aud threatened mental and
physical break down. Solicitor General
Richards hss telegraphed the Leayen.
worth prison authorizes for al official
statement on the subject, hich will be
used 10 his brief resisting Wilson's mo-
ton.
Details of the surrender OF Emiterio
Tunes, a Filipino leader, with his entire
force, have been made public by the
War department.. The surrender which
included ,073 insurgents took place ct
Bulap, province of Sorsgou, Feb. % last,
to the accompaniment OF music OF bands
and the firing OF salutes. Iu honor OF
the day, which was Wsshington's birth.
day, the entire party, Americans and
FlIipinos, then went to church and
listened to the chanting of the Te
Deum.
Governor Allen Of Porto Rico says :
"The government has spent q million
and quarter dollars In good roads and
distributed hundreds of thousands OF
rstions among the poor. do
not believe the people at large down
there are 10 sympathy with Munoz
Rivera and the other agitators. There
are large number of people like these
are 10 many southern counties, who
will not work unless they are obi ged
to do 80, and members of this class
would sign any petition that the dis
turbiug element would offer them.
do not think there is any significance
10 the present sgitation." Governor
Allen referred to the petition that Santi-
ago Iglesias of the Federation OF Labor
OF Porto Rico brought to New York
Yesterday and which will be presented
to President Mckinley By President
Gompers OF the American Federation Of
Labor. The paper is alleged to have
been signed by 5000 working men oil
the island, and begs the President to
furnish hem with work that they may
earn their bread.
Tomorrow morning at the Arlington
Hotel, will convene the oh Quadren-
uial Congress of the Military Order Of
the Loyal Legion OF the United States.
| Ia the order are 20 Communicates. with
| a total mem bersbip of more than s, 600
President Mckinley, q member OF the
O lio commandery, will receive the dele
gates at the White House at noon to-
morrow and trip to Mount Vernon
has been planned. Each commandery
will have three delegates and alter
mates, The session will continue fol
two days, and amendments to the cor
slitution enlarging the lines upon which
eligibility to mem bership Ia based are
contemplated. At present the mem
Dership IN limited to those who
served as commissioned officers dur
ing the war tbetween the states
memb ers In succession, who are sons
of original companions; members by 10.
heritance, who are lineal or collateral
descendants OF deceased companions OF
deceased officers who were eligible bul
uever members; civilians who, during
| the war, specially distinguished them.
selves by conspicuous loyalty. The
com mander .in-chief of the order il
Lieutenant General Scho6eld, U. B. A.,
| retired. This is the first time that
sshington has been selected as the
meeting place Of the Congress
The New York G ommandery leads with
| 1903 mem bers, Pennsylvania has l .l23
| Ma ssschuset.s 9l9, District OF Coumbis
| 800. OHIO 829, California 710 Illinois
| $50, Michigan 304, Wisconsin 207, Min
sofa ESQ. Missouri 300, Iowa 258
| Colorado 239, Indiana 331, Kansas 2l9
| Nebraska 112, Vermont SO, Maine III
Oregon 6S and Washington IS. Some
of these Communicates embrace more
| territory than their names indicate.
The matter OF the indemnity to be
| demanded from China was the prlnci
pal theme discussed at the Cabinet
meeting today. Secretary Hoy inform
| ed the President that the efforts OF oul
representatives to prevail upon thu
powers to reduce their claims have mo-
as vet been crowned with success. Tht
other powers have demanded $500, 900.
900, said Cabinet member after the
meeting. "This government does moi
believe China will be able to pay
auy such amount. The breaking out o
civil war which is the most expensive
kind OF war, makes it ell the more
dou otful that China will be able to settle
the hill. 10 view of the excessive de-
mand made by the other powers, ouI
little sccount OF $25, 100000 is very
reasonable indeed" The new Attor'
oey General, Philander G. Knox, at
tended his first Cabinet meeting to-day
He was welcomed by the other mem
bers with heartiness and considerable
good -natured fun making. Mr.. Knox
will be at the department of justice TO-
morrow morning ready for business.
Official reports from the Philippines
u l.. II 4ixza. hax.a 81,