Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-10

tured for $50 ton and still be equally
as effective as that for which the gov
eminent Ia now paying 1855 Q ton.
Col. Wallace F. Randolph oil tue
First Artillery has been appointed Dy
the President chief of artillery uoder
the army reorganization bill. Inc
selection was made on the recommen-
dation of Secretary Root. Col. Ran
dolph enlisted in 1851 az q private 10
the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry, ana
after a mouths service was promo 90
to a second lieutenancy IN the artiiieiy cry
He became lieutenat-colonel 10 1910
and a colonel 10 the following year. DE
IA a native OF Pennsylvania. His ap-
pointment is said to be another olow
aimed by the Secretary of Var AZ Lieut.;
Gen. Miles. The latter had selecteo
Col. John I. Rodgers for the position
and according to the policy defined oy
the Secretary Gen. Miles had the right
IN choose the officers of his staff. The
amendment was held up from Febru.
arv until the present time, but at last
the social Influence faction won. Inc
incident will be likely to reopen the
breach between Gen. Miles and the
Secretary which of late has seemed TO
have been bridged over.
Ofthe great powers that took prom
inept rart in suppressing the Boxer out.
breaks in China, Russia is the one that
demands the largest cash indemnify.
Her claims are said to amount to Sll5,'
100000. Germany comes next with o
hill of between seventy and eighty mil
lions. France is third and wants about
ssventy millions. Great Britain's claim
has not vet been communicated to the
State DEPARTMENT, but from the attitude
| of the British government and the favor
| with which it has received the sugges.
tions of the United States that the total
indemnities should be Kept down as
| low as possible it is expected that Eng.
lands bill will not exceed $45, 0OO ,Ooc
or $5O,OG0.000. The United States.
bill OF $25 100000 is the least oil
all presented by the big powers.
| The demands OF the smaller Earo'
Dean nations aggregate something
over S10G, 900 600. Further advlces re.
ceived today by the State Department
from Commissioner Rockhill report
progress in the consideration OF the TO-
IDENTITY question but give no assurance
that the tremendous total TO be de-
mandei from nina will be materially
lessened. Whatever sum China Ia call
ed upon to pay must be raised by means
of increased taxation and most OF Il
through the custom houses. The prin
cipal part Of the burden will. therefore
! fall upon the foreign trade. American
Euplsh and German goods imported
| into China, will be compelled to beal
the tax and the indemnity that Chins
will pay to the powers will to erea
extent come out OF the pockets OF Eng
lish. German and American manufactu
rers aud farmers. The larger the In
demnity demanded from China, th'
bigger will be the burden upon forelgI
trade. -,
Attention has been attracted to TIT
wide discrepancy existing between tn
number of insurgents surrendered apt
captured and the number OF rifles sur
rendered. Twenty thousand and sixty
eight Fiipipos have surrendered, Du'
only 1857 rifles have been given up.
In the q. S. Supreme Court today tht
new attorney general, Philander Knox
was introduced to the court by Solicitor
General Richards. Mr.. Knox wore
black Prince Albert, his face was smoott
shaver, his demeanor officially dignlfied
In the afternoon he met the officials o
the Department of Justice, Genera
l II lot no
Stocks were quoted high and wheat
corn and cotton, as steady at tnt
brokers' offices here today.
i While the members Of the industrial
commission who are also members o.
Congress- are not allowed 10 draw nay
for service in both those bodies, theil
mileage and travelling expenses are pait
by the government.
Attorney General Knox took charg,
of the Department of Justice today, ant
his first official act was to appoint U. y
l L. Cooper his private secretary. Mr.
Cooper was ATTORNEY General Griggs's
private secretary. He is an Ohio boy
and was q member of President Nc
Kinley's official staff when the latte
was governor of the Buckeye State.
The post Office receipts for Marcf
1901 of the so largest post offices wer'
81, sos, 121. an increase OF 1892, 116 owe
March 1900. Receipts for New Ycrl
city were 1891, 784. Chicago had thu
largest increase, receipts there beinl
| sS44,553 an increase OF sl93,O57. Al
the cities except ct. Paul. Jerse.
CITY, Lowell, Worcester and Spring
field, Mass, and Troy, N. Y, show
an increase.
Miss Martha Hiohborp, daughter o
Rear Admiral Hichborn, U. B. N, con
firms the report that she is to marry
JAMES G.. Blaine, on June 4. She sait
this afternoon that the engagement wai
made with the full consent OF her par
ents and that reports Of family differ
ences oa account Of the forthcoming
marriage we're entirely false. Miss
Hichborn Is considered by many to be
the most beautiful young woman in
Washington. Her fiaDce is the son oil
the late Secretary OF State James q
| Blaine.
The Japanese Minister toisy received ad
vices from the foreign Office of Toxic entirely
dispolling the alarming reports as to a Russo
Japanese rupture.
Mr.. Frank Hume Of Alexandria county Il
q member OF the committee OF this city Il
promote the Buffalo fair. An effort is beine
ma6e to induce that committee to attempt
to set forth, at Buffalo, the advantages Al.
exsndris county possesses for manufacturing
sites. 1t is also said here that If the Great
| Falls of the Potomac be used, as some propose
| for the purpose of generating electricity,
power for running sill the mills that could be
built in the county could be obtained at
minimum cost, and oil the needed labor could
be secured in this city and Alexandria at
cheap rates.
4 A North Carolinjsp here today says that