Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-02
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FROM WASHINGTON.
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Washington. April 2.

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over the Potomac at this point. The
draw slipped from it's pivot, while the
engineer was attempting to close 1t ear
10 this morning. After much trouble
wrecking train succeeded IN restoring
the draw to Its proper position.
Secretary Hay brought venezuelan
dispatch to the cabinet meeting today
but 1t was not made public. The stu
alton ia plainly worrying the officials
and the coming OF Minister LOOMS is
looked forward to with some anxiety.
Whether he can slraighten out the
tanple remains to be seen. The pension
missionership received considerable
attention at the hands Of the members.
The President announced that Mr.
Evans is anxious to retire from Ms
D esent place but would not be avere
To accepting something else. All the
cabinet members agreed that Evans
should be rewarded for the work he has
nerformed In his thAnkless berth. IL Is
more than probable that he Will De
made Minister to Japan to succeed Mr..
Buck the present incumbent. Mr.
Eyans's daughters are now 10 Japan on
a visit and it would be a matter OF
ANAL difficulty for him to, transfer his
home to the Orient, Il
Rafael Del Pan Fontela, president OF
the bar association OF Manila, VINO
brought to Congress the petition from
the Filipinos pleading for independ'
euce. asserts that the capture oil Agui'
naldo will cut little figure 10 the war.
| The FlIipinos will fight on, be says,
| and whether Aguinaldo swears al
leeiance to the United States or not the
| neople of the island will strive for their
| independence. "Ifhe is made acquaint-
ed with all the facts in the
csse.n said Fontels, "Aguinaldo Will
never take the oath. But he
is practically incommunicado, smut
away from his comrades, allowed TO see
onIy the friends Of his osptors, and II
every one who speaks to him tells him
that everybody but himself has surren.
dered to American rule and that be will
therefore be held responsible for all the
blood shed hereafter, it ia possible that
falset God will lead him to do what ne
would other wise refuse. There are
doz.n generals among the Fillplnos
CAPABLE of carrying on the war and they
will do co." Fontela says that the wiseet
thing for General Macarthur to DO is
to hand Aguinsldo back to denersi
Funston and command that hero to
take him back to his old headquarters
Toe funeral of Capt. Samuel ID.
. Pook, U s. N, retired, one OF the best
known OF the older naval constructors,
was held here this morning, the re-
mains being buried with military
honors ut Arlington National Gene
tero. where military funerals are now
of daily occurrence. Capt. Pook died
OF apoplexy Saturday night, aged ~.
J Just before his retirement he began the
, construction OF the Inflated Maine.
The report that Governor General
Allen expects 10 resign bis position
, as chief executive OF Porto Rico on his
: return to this country next week is &C.
cepted as probably true. When Mr..
Allen left the Office of assistant secre-
,ary of the navy April 81. 1900. to &C.
cent the governor generalship OF Porto
Rico. he made it known to his friends
that he would only serve for one year,
that being the limit of time that he
thought be could spare from his private
interests in .his country. Secretary
Long recalled this statement this morn
ing when his attention was called TO
the report that Mr.. Allen was to resigo.
II MIR. Allen carries out bis Intention IL
will therefore not be o surprise to the
admins ration. No official statement
mas vet reached the President on the
subject. however. Gov. Allen left
Porto Rico yesterday on the May
a,wer. He is expected to reach Wash
ington about next Monday. 1t is sup
D osed that he will personally hand the
President his resignation.
DESPITE denials issued from Wall
street it Is known that Mr.. ]. Pierpont
M organ is planning to secure control OF
the Panama Canal with the ultimate
purpose OF either turning 1t over to the
J United States government after its
completion or OF operating it as pure
ly American concern. During his re-
cent visit to Washington Mr.. Morgan,
it is understood, saw Senior Silva, the
Colombian minister, and sscertained
th at the Colombian government would
be very willing to see the French com
pany sell out entirely to an American
syndicate. No difficulties In the way
OF Mr.. Morgan's plans are anticipated
therefore from Colombia. The terms
to be offered the French company will
be decided after Mr.. Morgan has made
bis personal inspection OF the route OF
the canal and seen for himself
the amount of work already &C.
complshed according to the report
of the Isthman Canal Commission
of which Admiral Walker Ia the head,
two.6tths of the work of excava'ing the
canal has been flushed. The commits
sion calculated in it's preliminary report
that this work and the property OF the
company on the ground was worth
about $34, 600. 900. The United States
government hes not agreed to take
. over the Parama canal If Mr.. Morgan
, succeeds in eliminating the Frenohmen,
but has simply agreed to consider the
two possible routes for canal across
the isthmus at Panama and Nicaragua
as being upon an equal basis go far as
= considering them both American en-
6 terprses, the one deemed best for the
interests OF the United States to be
. constructed. So long as the French
0 men are in control the administration
is not willing to consider the Panama
route as possible for the United States
r to adopt.
ri The President today appointed vii.
liam B. Gordan to be professor OF
natural and experimental philosophy,
J at the military academy.
D General Macarthur announces this
. morning by cable that William Z. Hall
major Medical Department. died in
Manila this morning. Major Hall was