Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-04-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrespondonce Of the Alexandria Gazette. J
Washington. April g.

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Washington. April 8.
The Department of Justice, which
has. ever since the conviction OF Cap
tain Oberlin III. Carter for the Savan-
nah improvements swindle, been en-.
desvoring to trace the large amounts OF
which the government was defraudeo,
amounting to something like 81 ,5OO,Ooo,
has learned that Carter retained only
one-third OF the Doodle and that the re-
mainder went to his partners in crime.
Csrter's profits are estimated OF s12o,'
600. Government detectives have 10.
Gated nearly ali OF this amount ana
legal steps for its recovery Will De
taken. Attachments are to be sworn
out ia New York, Savannah and else
where and it is ssid that other arrests
will grow out of the developments
which are in prospect. Most OF the
money ia said to be 10 eilt.edge inves.-
ments about New York.
President Mckinley today received
the officers OF the French ship Duque
Trouin. The vessel 10 now at Balti.
more. Ambassador Cambon accom-
panied the party from the French EN-.
bassy. President Mckinley received
them 10 the Blue parlor and exchanged
compliments with them. Capt. Houett,
is the commander OF the ship. Secre'
tary Long has placed the Sylph at the
disposal of the visitors for trip to
Mount Vernon.
Secretary Long of the navy received
this morning from the navy yard
foundry here bronze tablet that is to
be placed on the fol mer resideD' OF
British Consul General Ramsay in San
tiago, Cuba. The Navy Department in
token of his humanity to American
naval prisoners erects the tablet to bis
memory. After the Merrimac episode,
when Lieut.. Hobson and his associates
had been captured and were imprison.
cd within range of the shells OF the
American feet. he protested and COM
PEELED the Spanish authorities to re.
move their prisoners to place o.
safety, He also provided them with
MANY OF the necessities OF life and in
| other ways showed his generous and
compassionate spirit. There Is nc
doubt that the extraordinary labor be
performed and the aniety he sustained
undermined his health and ultimately
caused his death.
Postmaster General Smith in few
DAYS will issue an order to postmaster
throughout the country permitting
mail carriers to discard their coats dur
ing the hot season while on duty. The
order will not specify any particular
STYLE of shirt, or shirtwaist. to be worr
under such circumstances.
Mr.. Mckinley is said to be very fond
of children, and to please those OF thii
CITY who roll eggs in the White House
grounds every Easter, he has ordered
the band OF the 4th Artillery from For
tress Monroe 10 come here and play To-
them next Monday.
| Governor Allen, OF Porto RICO, ar
rived here this morning on the Norfoli
boat and called at the White House blu
did not see the President. III will no
return to Porto Rico" he said just be
| fore he entered the Presidents waiting
room. "The island is in my opinion
good place to get away FROM" Ate
Gov. Allen bad talk with the Presi
deut this afternoon his views on th'
gu iect of req enation were found to b
greatly changed. Instead of resignini
he states that he will return to RESUME
hi, dates as governor of the island
Tnat he intended never to return whel
hs ltfs the island was shown by tn
fact that Secretary OF State Hunt ha
m oyed into the Palace vacated by thu
Governor.
| Not only has Colonel Funston beer
made q brigedier general for having
turned over to General Macarthur
| Filipino officer who had been betrayed
by bis own comrades, but all the U. 5
volunteer officers who accompanied
| him on that "perilous" expedition, will
| it is announced today, also be promoted
and transferred to the regular army
Promotions In the regular army wer'
once the reward OF merit, but 1t is not 81
nowadays.
The equestrian statue of Genera
Logan has been set up in lowe Circle
and will be unveiled next Tuesday
afternoon. People from Southern Hi
nois, now here, say it is we'll known
there that the General was undecided
as to which side he would take In tn,
war between the States until he was OF
fered a commission in the U. 8. army
| Minister Loomis to Venezuela has ar
rived here, and should he report tina
he wasn't treated with the considera
ton he imagiues he deserved. by the
Venezuelan government, an armed
force will be sent to demand an apollo
| " and reparation.
| At the brokers' offices today corn wa
quoted as strong, and wheat as weak
| AS Chicago and New York respect tn
observance OF the season, there were ri
quotations OF stocks or of cotton.
People from Lessburg, Virginia, here
say vote is being taken there toda.
on the liquor question, and that though
more liquor is sold there with pro
hibitory law, than without it. they fea
the uDco good will have majority.
The President today announced the follow
ing appointments in the regular army Ere
, | f. Nye Assistant Commissary General. wit
rank OF Colonel; Abiel l.. Smith, Deput
Commisssry General. with rank OF Lieu
, Colonel; Robert l. Bullsrd, CommissaIy, wit
| rank OF Msjo Michael s. Murray Commii
sary. with rank of Captain; James M. Bel
Colonel Of Cavalry; Greenleaf A. Goodsl
| Colonel Of Infantry; Sumner Ii. Lincoln
Colonel OF Infantry; VIM. z. Banister, SUI
geon, with rank Of Msjsr Also number {
minor appointments IN both the voluntee
and regular armies.
Commissioner Evans of the Pension 81
resu will, it's understood. be appointed to
lucrative office in the Philippine Island
He had to ''go," at the demand Of the GA B
and that, too, irrespective OF the fact that tn
L p-oaido.t unrn n Nonfndnrafa hadaa at A