Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-07-29

nually, the payments 10 GATE iroui 10y
frat OF the present year. China Will De !
allowed period Of three years for the
OF the first instalment OF the
principal. Regular payments VIII DC,
DIN on the first of January, lSOz, anu
will be made to q financial company
located at Shanghai. ,,.x
Col Edwards head of the losuiar
Bureau, War Department, STATES sn,s
morning that OF the entire 4Oo teaG ns1
40 far appointed aud sent 70 the tnh,
mines but IS we're selected by teachers
agencies to which they necessarily paio
Charaes have been preferred against
IT g Consul VIM. B. Dickey, at Csllao,
nv American residents of that city, oil
sueh q character that, If sustained, they
NAV result In the removal Of Concur
Dlcker from Office.
Secretary Long has under consideration
the advissbility OF inviting Admiral Cervers'
who commanded the Spanish fleet al san.
tisgo; Captain Eulste and other ofhcers Oh
those ill-fated ships TO give testimony before
the court of inquiry that has been ordered
fer Admiral Schley. OF course, any attempt
10 nave the Spanisrds come TO washington
hr that purpose must take the form OF
| specly invitation, the acceptance or oeciin'
alton OF which would be final with them.
Much comment has been caused here oy
the statement that not one officer or man COZ.
nectiop with the old bsttleship Maine thst
was blown ND in Havana harbor was present
! AZ The launching In Philadelphia on sstur-
dav of the new Maine. Who is responsive
| for this oversight no one seems to know, ou1
ali who were in any way conneeSso win .no
preparation Of the programme are Deins d.
| verely crititi cd. .,,,o6 q
telegram from u. 8. Marshal Thompson, Oh
| Oklahoma, advising the department. tnst no
d,sorder of any kind is expected In eonnec-
| tion with the opening OF the new lsnus, pul
! ssk.ng permission, as a precautionary meas
nre' TO appoint 10 speesl deputies, II need
| al This number, ridiculously small 70
| handle crowds aggregating nearly Zoo,ouo'
| ia accepted as the best indication Oh Tue
| psaceful and good-natuIed spirit OF tne
gathering. Assistant Attorney deneia'
hGovt wired permssicn to Thompson to ap-
| nojnt 10 deputies, or ~ many mors Is ue-
sired. Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock re-
ceivad word from FL Reno, Oklahoma, todsy
| thst Judge Erwin had refused 10 grant an In
innction against the opening OF the lndisn
Lands as prayed for bv Lone Wolf and othei
Jndians A message froG Assistant LAND
| CommissiOper Richards at FL Keno states
that the drawing Is progressing qnlety, INV
that he expects no trouble.
Cant,n Samuel O. Lemly, Judge Advocate
| General OF the Navy, and recently appointed
J iadge advocate Of the Schley court Of inquiry
wss touched" lsst night for 300 at I'M
Army and Navy Club The fifty was In hi
trousers when he retired, but was gone whei
he swoke this morning. There Is no clew u
the thief. ,,. t.uo,n,
, ganeral order "All persons in tho naval scr
yice are strictly euoned to refrain from an!
, nnhIio statement concerning the subject mat
, ter of the court OF inquiry requested by kea
Admiral W. 8. Schley." This order IS regard
} "a bv many as 4 direct Tebuke to Rear hd
9 n;rsl S,mpson. who Iecsntly has been freel.
discussing the Schley affair 10 the newspapers
Admiral Sampson few days ago wa
, onoted as utteriug the most bitter remark
conce,niny Admiral Schley. This he follows
nm later by more dispassioDate statement
his own side Of the case, replying to criticism
, that have been made IS to his own conduct
Cant. Cook and Bear Admiral Evans have ais
. appeared in the pspers besides number o
other officers, and the Secretary oil Tn
Navy finally decided that 1t was TIN
TO call bait, especaly 10 VA
7 whole ssmpson-Schley episode has nov
been removed to the realm OF judicial In
> quiry. The naval regulations prohibit, IN
der pain of court martial, one naval ONCE
; | from criticising another, but Secretary Lon
7 | has deemed it best not to enforce the penait
B in these cases and has contented himself wit
? The issuance Of the forefoing general ordol
? | Secretary Long has not yet reeeiS
3 cd any communication from Admiral Sehle
regarding the terms in which the precept
the Court OF Inquiry are couched. This doe
| not necessarily mean that Schley is sstisne
with il. Admiral Kimberly has not yet sen
any request to bs relieved from service on tn
court and Admiral BenhAm has not bee
heard from either 1t is expected thst tn
court will be constituted as originally oui
lined by Secretary Long.
The stock brokers today report stronge
market.
1t is estimated that ii will cost tho peopl
OF the United States nearly $50, 900 to dc
termine whether Admiral schley or Al
miral Sampson Is entitled to the credit OF tn
battle of Santiago. Officers who are now o
duty in all psIti OF the world will be ordere
here to testify
]. j. Bishop has been appointed pos
MISTER at Clear Fork, Bland countp, Va, vic
J. NJ. Bailey resigned.