Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-27
From Washington
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.
Washington. ID. O.. Sept. 81.


Captain William S. Cowles, brother
in-law to President Roosevelt, will prob
ably come to this city next January to
succeed Rear-Admiral Henry S. Nancy
as Chief of the Navy Department Bureau
of Equipment. IfCaptain Cowles is as
signed to this important duty, as naval
officers believed he will be, he will rank
as a rear-Admiral while 50 serving.
Orders have already been issued by the
Navy Department relieving Captain +.
G. PendIeton from superintendent of
of the Naval Gun Factory in this city
and assigning to that duty Captain E.
G. Leutze. Captain Pendleton il slated
to succeed Captain Cowles in December
as commanding officer Of the battleship
Missouri. The tour of sea duty of Cap
tain Cowles has expired and as Admiral
Nancy will retire for age in January
next it is understood that Captain Cow
les will succeed him as Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment.
Minister Merry cables the State De-
partment that William S. Albers, of
Chicago, manager of the Point Limon
Mining Co., arrested in Nicaragua on
the charge of resisting the authorities
and insulting the President of that coun-
try. has been sentenced to three years
Imprisonment and has appealed his case
to the Supreme Court of Nicaragua.
During the month of August, accord
ing to the Department of Commerce and
Labor, there were 256 Chinese admitted
to the United States and five depOrted.
During August, 1904, there were 900 adj
mitted and 56deported. Of the 256 adj
mitted. 1919 were residents returning to
the United States and 81 were new ar
rivals. All those deported claimed TO
be residents of this country. Of the en-
tire number 1913 we're admitted at San
Francisco and four deported from that
place.
The order promised by the Postofice
Department, providing for the number
ing of boxes on rural free delivery routes
after the manner of numbering houses
in cities, has been delayed. Fourth As
sstaut Postmaster General DeIiraw has
received suggestions from several sources
pointing out the case with which adver-
Using firms could reach the rural popula-
ton. Despite the objection, it is proba-
BILE that the order will be issued, Mr..
DeGraw replying that such firms do not
generally take advantage of house num-
herring in cities to distribute their adyer-
tisements.
The War Department this morning
received the following dispatch from
General Corbin, at Manila, in command
of the Department of PHILIPPINES: "The
worst storm of years prevailed here yes
terday, passing during the night. Con-
sideral damage was done by the uproof-
ing of buildings. The post at Malahi is
reported totally destroyed. A further
report will be made when the facts are
known" Rear Admiral Reiter, tenn
porarily in command of the United
States naval forces in Manila, reported
to the Navy Department by cable this
morning that the gunboat Leite, anchored
in the harbor of Manila, was lost in the
typhoon. There was no one aboard at
the time. The guDboat was a small one
captured from the Spanish, and pro-
nounced practically worthless.
Owing to cases of diphtheria in mild
form among the midshipmen Of the 4th
class at the Naval Academy at Annapo-
lis, Nd, aud the necessity of preparing
"A mess hall separate from that which
will be used by the rest of the brigade of
'midshipmcD, it has been found advis-
able and the Secretary of the Navy has
decided that the return of the lnidship-
men to the Naval Academy, now on
leave, of the first, second and third
classes shall be postponed until October
9TH. Generally they are required to re-
port at the Academy on October 1st.