Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-09
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
Washington. D. O.. Sept. 9.

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Washington. D. O.. Sept. 9.
Within an hour OF the time set for
his dismissal as foreman Of printing,
Oscar J. Ricketts, took the oath Of office
this morning as acting Public Printer
of the government printing office to
succeed F. w. Palmer, the man who
would have removed him and who had
been removed by the President himself:
1t was happy moment for Ricketts,, and
his promotion to be acting pub 'ic prlnter.
was taken as a complete vindication OF
the charges brought against him. Mr..
Palmer did not appear at the ONCE TINS
morning. He remained at his desk until
late last night closing up affairs and
when be left he told Chief Clerk Brian
that he would not come back this morn
ing. In order to avoid friction Mr..
Ricketts, went to the Office be occu-
pied when foreman. There Captain
Brian told him that Mr.. Palmer
would not be at tie Office any more and
Mr.. Ricketts,, in the presence of few
officials, took the oath of Office. Flowers
and kilograms of congratulation were
already coming in to the new ofhciai
and by noon the stream of callers found
Ricketts, hidden behind banks of blooms
Ricketts, friends interpret his appoint
ment as acting public printer as sure
indication that he will be named perma-
nently for the job. Should he have
been appointed public printer at once,
he would not have taken charge imme-
diately on account of delay incident to
furnishing bond. Incidentally Fore
man L. c. Hay, whom Mr.. Palmer threat
ened to remove when Ricketts, was to
90. returned to work this morning. The
Keep commission has not decided, how
ever, upon the charges brought against
Ricketts, and Hay.
The President has decided to appoint
J. Martin Miller as consul general to
Auckland, New Zealand. Mr.. Miller
was appointed several months ago as
consul to AK Ia Chapelle, Germany,
but the German government refused him
an exequatur on account of anti-Ger-
man sentiments expressed by him when
he was a newspaper correspondent in
the Orient. His appointment to Auck-
land as consul general is considered a
promotion. Frank Dillingham;, who has
been consul general at Auckland will be
transferred to AK la Chapelle.
NJ. Witte and Baron Rosen, the Rus
sian peace ENJOYS, will spend Sunday in
Washington. The State Department
has received information that they viii
come TO the capital tonight after their
dinner at Sycamore Hill. The visit will
be entirely informal, and be made merely
to crafty NJ. Whites curiosity to see the
sights of Washington. Although the
comfort of the two ENJOYS will be looked
after by the State Department, no fixed
plan for their entertainment has been ar
ranged. They will probably return to
New York tomorrow night, although the
visit may be prolonged until Monday
Thirteen new rural free delivery routes
were established in Virginia during the
month of August. This makes totaI
of 1852 routes in operation, and leaves
215 petitions still pending.
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Hitchcock, telegraphing from their sum-
mer home at Monadnock, N. H., an
uounce the engagement of their daugb
ter. Anne E., to Lieutenant Commander
VIM. S. Simms, U. S. N. Miss Hitch
cocks fance is a graduate of the Nava
Academy, class of 1876, and at presen
is detailed asinspector of target practice