Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-02
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, IN c., June 2

The detailed report of the census OF
the Philippines, compiled under the di-
rection Of Brigadier General Sanger,
was published today by the Census
Bureau. 1t shows that the number of
inhabitants has increased since the dis
covery of the archipelago by Magellan
in 1921 from about a half million,
roughly estimated, TOT, 632, 426 in 1903,
of which 6,9S7, $50 are given as civil
lied, or partly so, and 647, 74O as wild
and uncivilized, although not without
some knowledge of the domestic arts.
The population of the city OF Manila Is
given as 219, 92S. Discussing the I'M
civilized tribes, of which there are 40
or more, the report says that the Negri-
tos are believed to be the aboriginal
tribe. OF these there are about %, 600
remaining. "They are very shy and
distrustful," says the report, "and all
efforts to civilize them have apparently
failed. They probably approach as
nearly to the conception of primitive
man as any people thus far discovered.
The civilized tribes are eight in number
as classified by the census.
The action of the Navy Department
in deciding to retain control of what
might be termed the "loca" wireless
telegraph along the coasts Of the United
States has aroused much interest. 1t is
the desire of the department, for coast
defence purposes, TO control wireless
communication for a distance of 24O
miles from shore. With that end in
view it is establishing stations at inter
walls along the coast, fitted with Ger
man system, at which it is proposed to
receive and transmit messages without
cost. The system used by the depart
ment is still in an experimental stage.
Stories that the United States fleets
now at Tangier, Morocco, will lombard
that city after the lapse of eight days UNI
less Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Var
lev are restored to their friends are de-
rided at the State Department as utterly
ridiculous. 1t is pointed out that this
country has as yet no grievance against
the Sultan and people of Morocco and
can have such only when he shall have
had opportunity to show hOstilities to
the United States purpose ofrescuing the
men or by a lack of diligence fails to
rescue or by refusing to pay a reasonable
ransom to Raisuli. The feet is there, it
is stated, for no other purpose than to
convince Morocco that this country is
thoroughly in earnest and permits of no
trifing or delay.
u. S. District Attorney James S.
Young, ofPittsburg, has been selected by
the President to proceed to Alaska and
investigate the charges made against
Gov. Brady and Judges Brown and
Wickersham OF the 1st and 3rd districts.
The Alaskan officials who are to be in
yestigated have been charged with vari-
Gus mortal ofenses, including the ac-
ceptance of graft and malfeasance in
office.
Willard II. Meyers, until last Satur-
day assistant to the note teller of the
National Safe Deposit Company, of this
city, has disappeared, taking with him,
so the concern charges, $l7, 500 in ne
gotiable stock certificates. The COM
pany that bonded Meyers has been mott
fed and is endeavoring to locate him.
He has not been seen since Saturday,
when he was excused from the bank to
attend to "some urgent personal bust
ness" He had previously obtained
from one of the officials of the bank
the bundle of stock, which he said he
would return to the man who had hy-
pothecated it. His wife is in entire
ignorance az to his whereabouts.
Based on an estimate population of the
United States of Sl,752,0O0 there is. SO in
circulation for every man, woman and child
in the country. There is 80 cents less than
the per capita circulation on May /.