Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrespendenos Of the Alexandria 0ascste.]
Washington. April II.


TCorrespendenos Of the Alexandria Gascsts.] |,
Washington. April II.
Gen. Wood will soon come to Wash
,noton TO confer with the President and
gscretary Root on Cuban affairs. 1t is
than that the question OF what will be
done to the island provided its consti-
tuition IL not satisfactory Will De settled
From the tone Of Secretary Roots re-
marks on the subject, the commission
from the Cuban convention will receive
hnt little consideration unless they are |
snbmissiye: 10 fact, their mission would |
seem to be practically useless. The
Secretary expresses the utmost indii
fsrenoe as to whether they come or not. |
Thev know, 1t is said at the depart
ment. when the President Is to leave
Washington on bis western trip and bow
long he ia to be absent; they must Judge
for themselves the date OF their arrival.
Following his custom the tresident
will throw the entire responsibility up
on the legislative branch OF the govern
ment. The Cuban delegates will be
told that the Platt amendment was an
act of Congress; that only by another
act of Congress can modified compliance
with Its terms be permitted to Cu0a.
General Woods trip to Washington Is
IN oujet the many stories to the effect
that 10 his handling of the Cuban con-
vention he lacked diplomacy. A pro-
gramne will be arranged calculated 10
impress the visiting Cubaus with the
futility of further opposition to the Will
of the administration and on the whole
IL Is believed that their trip will not DC
without bene fl ,ial results, although In
dire ely.
Abraham Summers, of Anacostis,
supposed 10 have perished at the Jonn,
stown, Pa, food In 1889, has returned
to his fathers home. He was 10 Johns.
town at the time OF the Hood, ano
afterward went south, determining 10
| make a SUCCESS of life before contradic-
ting the report of his death.
Msvor Carter II. Harrison, OF CHI
cago. ia in Washington. He declares
that his duties as the head OF the
Windy City's political machine are
ouite sufficient to demand bis entire at
tentiou. and that he eschews entirely
n,rsonal participation in national at
iairs. 1.-TWO classes OF preachers" he
said. "are to be found In every great
city-those preaching the gospel, and
those preaching almost anything thst
will give them notoriety and free al
vsrtising. The latter class prayed Tor
my defeat"
While not perfectly satisfied With the
nropram adopted by the ministers OF
the powers at Pekin for the changes 10
Cbina's foreign Office. State depart
ment officials regard it as long step IN
fadyance of the old system. Right OF
access to the Emperor will be secured
10 the future to the ministers. Hereto
fore the minister of foreign country
has not been permitted to see the En-
peror unless he was willing to kneel at
the foot of the throne and strike his
head on the floor three times in token
OF submission.
It is said that S., 600, 900 will be spent
by the Navy Department In naval
station at Olongapo, Subig Bay, Luzon,
If Congress adops its plane. =.
J. A, Stubbs has been appointed
postmaster OF Rio, Albemarle county,
| Va, vice w. A. Beall, removed.
Mai. Geo. B. Davis, who was charged
in Manila dispatches yesterday with
having received bride in the commits
sary frauds ct Manila, called on Com
misssry General Weston this morning.
He is still quite Ill with rheumatism
bat says on the expiration OF his sick
leave he will not apply for an extern
sion. He will proceed to Manila and
ask for q court of inquiry. He said
this morning: II desire to state posi-
lively that not only did never receive
a bride but such q thing was never
offered to me or suggested to me-"
It is expected at the War Department
that dispatch from Gen. Macarthur
| is expected this evening giving details
of the case and throwing more light on
the commissary situation. The secre-
tsry no longer denies the existence
OF frauds, and admits that he has cabled
| for such news.
The Comptroller Of the Currency an
nounces the failure of LIE Mars National
Bank, of LIE Mars, Iowa. d. Meyer,
| National Bank Examiner for Iowa, has
been ordered to take charge pending
| the arrlVhl Ol tpeCihi hSoue Auouoc AA'
Thornton, who has been appointed re-
ceiver.
tits probable that Major General
Corbin, adiutant general, will be named
| to represent the United States at the
| coronation OF King Edward VII. This
ceremony it Is understood, will take
place in the summer, of 1902 30 Gen.
Corbin who is to be married next fall
can spend long honeymoon 10 Europe
on official duty.
Minister WI is OF the opinion that the
stories from Pekin via London to the effect
| that Chinese troops west Of Pao Ting Flu are
defying the allies are greatly exaggerated.
| He said this morning that he had never
beard Of the General Liu" who is said to be
in command Of these troops. Minister Wa
leaves this afternoon for Charlotte, N. O.,
where he is TO address the Southern Manu-
facturers tomorrow night, Senator McLaurin
is TO speak there also.
FITzsiMMoNs STRIKES Hrs WIFE,
After the curtain fell on the performance
at the Academy Of Music in WASH
ington last night Bob Fitzsimmons,
the brawny Observation-Disclosures