Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-03-25

scouts which forms nine.tenths OF tns
forces 10 the expedition. Many OF th'
natives enlisted as American volunteer
we're formally insurgent soldiers. Gen
Funston and the handful OF Americana
accompanying him are really at th'
mercy OF these native scouts. How
ever, the possibility Of their turning
the tables on the general must have
been very carefully considered before
Gen. Macarthur gave bis consent Il
the plan. Should the expedition prove
successful the question OF what to dt
with A2uinaldo will cause much dis
cussion. 1t is likely that he will be de-
ported to Guam. The least embarass
ing result that could occur to the Fun
ston expedition so far as the admins
tration is concerned would be for Agui
naldo to "be killed 10 action" How
ever, 1t Is possible that at this time
Aguinaldo lie just ss seriously consider
ing the problem "What shall We d.
with Funston"
Nearly nine tons of ice were used By
the Census Bureau during February Il
cool the drinking water to q proper
temperature for the 1000 employees Ii
that department.
The resignation of Joseph II. Choate
IT,, son OF Ambassador Choate and
third secretary of the U. s. Embassy al
London, has been accepted to take
effect March 81. Mr.. VIM. Corcoran
Eustis, of Washington, has been ap'
- - &aH ,o nlooa
Gen. Macarthur reports by cable the
death of Capt. VIM. Fl. MulIay, of the
23rd Infantry, at Manila Hospital Of
typhoid fever Saturday night. He was
born In Ohio. He also sends casualty
list of killed and wounded. The
killed are Company l. God Infantry,
Bert Mason; Company ID, 10th Infantry,
Corporal G. Hooker; Company z, 2od
Iofantry, Alfred w. Jones.
The President today announced the
appointment of Frederick /. Allen, OF
New York, to be commissioner OF
patents and William A. Rodenberg, of
Illinois, to be q member of the civil ser.
vice commission.
The appoiutmentment Of ex.Rspre-
sentative VIM. A. Rodenberg to the va
cant civil service commissioDersbip did
not clear up the situation for the st.
Louis Exposition appointments as some
b ,Ieved would be the case. Last week
1t was announced semi-officially that
the President was holding up the 81.
Louis appointments until he could
choose between Rodsn5erg ard Prof.
Cyrus Northrup, of Minnesota. There
was not room for both, it was said. Now
that Rodenberg has been given some
thing equally as good or even better
there is another hitch. There is an at
tempt In progress to shelve ex- Repre-
sentative John Allen, the humor-
list, of Tupelo, Mississippi, who Is
said to have been given deirite prom
ise OF one of the commissionships.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, chairman
OF the democratic national committee,
is moving heaven and earth to secure
the appointment of E. d. Scott, OF his
State. II Scot gets the place it is be-
lieved that Allen will nave to go. This
threatened disposal of his ambitions is
not at all welcome to his friends and
they are working might aud msiu to
avert the catastrophe.
People who travel on the Alexandria
cleo rio railroad, talking here today of
the collision on that road this morning,
8 aid the cost of 1t would have gone
long way toward paying for the con.
struction OF doubld track on that
road, and that they hoped the manage
ment OF the road may now complete
the double track as soon as possible, ss
we'll for their own good as for the safety
Of their patrons.
The suit involving the governments
right to a road way to Fort Myer has
been postponed to the next term OF the
Circuit Court OF Alexandria county,
and it is rumored here that the govern
ment Is considering the sdvisability of
buying the road way to that fort and to
Arlington and thereby avoid ell further
trouble In the matter.
The handsome bronze tablet, TO be |
,et up by the Navy department at San.
iisgo de Cuba, In memory of the late |
Frederick Rsmsden, has just been |
inished at the Washington navy yard,
md is now ready for shipment. AS
'onsul general OF Great Britain, Mr..
samsdem rendered conspicuous cid to
1usign HobsoD.
President Mckinley has sprucsd up
nightily in appearance since bis re-
and now drives bis
haeton himself, and dresses 10 the latest
nd mes, fashionable Broadway style
lack felt hat, high and fiat crowned.
nd rolling brim, black topcoat and
an colored gloves.
Opportunities for loot In the Philip
ines are 80 favorable that a large
lumber Of the soldiers 10 the army
here, officers as we'll as privates, whose
,rm OF service has expired, according
, reports at the war Office, have &C.
opted positions under the so-called
vii government OF that island.
At the Treasury Department it Is
aid that Notwithstanding the tariff tax
q the material of which boots and
hoes are made In this country, the
.merican made articles are cold at such
heap rates abroad that they are driv-
Il the foreign products out Of the for.
go markets.
Democrats from Alexsndris county, Vir- {
mia, here today, say good deal Of interest /
manifested there in the nomination OF s
slegste to the constitutional conyeDtion from !
er county, and that they think their party !.
i'll turn out in full force at the primary
ection on the 2Sth inst.
Generals J. B. Gordon and s. d. Lee, the q
ct Of whom is now classed with the gushers, {
pose the removal Of the dead Confederstes
om the Union cemetery here to the Confed-
ate barying ground at Richmond, and have
Iitten here - that effect agreeing with ex. :
cretsFy Herbert, who has been gusher p
or since Mr.. CleYelaDd appointed him.
Senator Martin and Representative Swan
D Of Virginia bsye returned to Richmond
Ter q three days visit to this city, where Y
ey stopped at the Raleigh Hotel While
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