Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-02-12

profered she agreed to return the vessels
of the Venezuelan navy which she had
captured and, according to all reports,
destroyed by sinking. This meant that
Germany would have to put up cash
equivalent for the ships that would un-
doubtedIy exceed the amount that
Venezuela had agreed to pay her. The
discovery of this proved too much for
the German Foreign Office and it prompt
WEIGHED" Great Britain and Italy
have both disavowed to Mr.. Bowen any
responsibility for their ally. Meanwhile,
in the interests of speedy settlement,
Minister Bowen has agreed to the extor-
ton. He has denounced the trick to
Baron Won Sternberg in such terms that
acceptance now by Germany amounts al
most to self insults and in fact has, though
the press. informed the entire world OF
the incident. 1t is believed here that
Germany's action in this instance will
90 far to destroy the alliance, and to
prevent the formation of a similar one
in the future.
Later it was learned shat the urgent
suggestion of Baron Won Sternberg, the
German government has agreed to
waive its demand for cash pay
ment of $4,000 and has accepted
the proposition OF its minister that it re-
ceive this money from Venezuela in five
monthly installments.
Various and contradictory are the ex-
plantations why Col. Theodore A. Bing-
ham ON June | next will return to ac-
tive duty with the engineer corps of the
army. thereby relinquishing the office OF
of public buildings and
the rank of colonel and that OF
military aide to the President. In the
latter capacity he has for the past SIX
years been the master of all social cere-
monies at the White House. The Of
fetal explanation is, of course, state
ment that the President parts with his
services with great reluctance. On the
other hand the story that all has not
been harmony between the President and
his subordinate is the more generally ac-
cepted. There have been, it is said,
some differences between the colonel and
Miss Belle Hagner, private secretary to
Mrs. Roosevelt, over details of society
functions at the mansion and these the
President decided in favor of the woman.
This was resented by the colonel in his
CAPACITY as the official arbiter of fashion
and formality. A more direct cause of
difficulty was the written report made by
the colonel to Congress on the estimated
expenses of the White House for the APP
preaching fiscal year. In this he called
attention to the increased expenses at
the place made necessary by the Presl-
dents large family, the usual amount of
entertaining he was doing and the de-
structlon of the dollhouse which made
purchase of flowers outside a necessity.
For all this he raised the appropriation
from S25, 900 to 10000 The Presi-
dent took umbrage at this statement OF
his manner of living and asked the
colonel to explain. The latter replied
that it was his duty to write the report,
but this was not considered satisfactory
and the President asked that Major Sy-
monds be assigned to duty in place of
Col. Bingham. Among minor troubles
of the colonel was the public criticism OF
the manner in which the furniture taken
from the old White House was recently
disposed of and the President regarded
the superintendent as the cause.
The Department of Commerce bill
which has passed both houses of Con-
gress, and will become law as soon as
it receives President Roosevelts sigma
ture, will be submitted to the Attorney
General for his approval before it re-
ceives the Presidential sanction, which
will probably be early next week. I'M
mediately thereafter the President will
appoint George B. Courtelyou as Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor and the
ninth member of his Cabinet. This
will be made early next
week. At the same time William Loeb,
ir., who is now assistant Secretary to the
President, will be appoined to fill the
vacancy left by Mr.. Courtelyou as Sec
rotary to the President.
An adverse report was today made by
the Senate committee on commerce on
the nomination of w. d. Crum, the
colored man selected by the President to
be collector of customs at Charleston, :.
c. The vote by which the nomination
was defeated, was 8 to 7. Two republic
cans, Senators Gallinger and Perkins,
Joined with the democrats in opposing
the policy of placing negroes in offices in
the South, where they come in contract
with the whites and where the people of
the community protest against appoint
ments.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day to Miss Marion Clarke Cockrell
daughter of the Missouri Senator, and
Mr.. Edison F. Gallaudet whose wedding
will take place at the Church of the
Convent, on St. Valentines day. More
than a thousand invitations have been
issued and the event will be one of the
most notable of this brilliant social sea-
son. The many friends of the young
people have shown their regard by send
ing them marvellous collection of hand
some presents. Miss Anna Ewing
Cockrell, the younger sister of the bride,
will be maid of honor and the bevy of
bridesmaids has been selected from Miss
Cockrelrs host of girl friends, After
the wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Gallaudet
will make their home in Philadelphia.
The groom is the son of DR.. Edward NJ.
Gallaudet, of that city.
1t is understood that the President is
the appointment of Prof
Jeremiah w. jerks, of Cornell, as the
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