Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-02-14

pines, and third will soon be ordered
there Two batteries of field artillery
have been sent, and the various depart
ments of the army are working overtime
to get the necessary quartermaster,
commissary aud medical supplies
across the Pacific. According TO
all recent accounts of military observ-
ers and travellers, China now has
trained army of $780, 900 we'll equipped
soldiers. Japanese officers. admittedly
clever organizers and teachers in things
military, have been their preceptors.
Though there is no abatement in the
warlike preparation by the government
to cope with contingencies in China, a
tendency is apparent at the State De
partment today to countersct the INFER
ences based upon outright statements OF
officials Of that department and the war
Department that there is danger of
general outbreak in the empire. News
of the dispatch of troops TO the Orient
has caused the receipt Of many kilograms
and letters OF inquiry from persons hav-
ing relatives in commercial or mission.
AIRY pursuits in China, while several
missionary boards in this country have
informed the department that their adj
vices do not indicate the presence OF
conditions there warran!ing the reported
action OF the War Department. Sew
eraI business concerns have written that
their cable and mail communications
from certain points in China contain no
news Of threatened uprisings.
Emphatic denial is made al the
White House today of the story printed
this morning TO the effect that one OF the
invitations TO Miss Alice ROOseyelrs
wedding had been sold for a considera-
ton of $500. Another and somewhat
similar story was printed Two or three
days ago, and, according to the officials
at the White House, is equally without
foundation. The lower apartments OF
the White House, usually open to the
public, were closed this morning, and a
force of decorators went to work to put
the mansion in shape for the wedding
A rehearsal OF the ceremony will prob
ably be held on Friday evening. On
Saturday morning the magazine and
newspaper photographers will be given
an opportunity to make pictures OF the
East Room, and on Saturday afternoon,
two or three hours after the wedding,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth will be photo
graphed in her wedding gown.
The President today selected Lieuten-
ant Colonel William z. Duvall, Artillery
Corps, to be brigadier general in the
army for active service to hll the vacancy
caused by the recent promotion to be a
major general of Brigadier General Fred
erick d. Grant The selection Of Lieh-
tenant Colonel Duvall was complete
surprise to the army. At present he is
stationed in this city as first assistant to
The Chief of Artillery. Lieutenant Col
onel Duvall was born in Maryland. lie
will be one OF the youngest biigadier
generals in the army, being nov only ~
years OF age.
The Navy Department has accepted
the resignation CT William p. Bowen, OF
Columbia, Tenn, as member OF the
fourth class of midshipmen at the Naval
Academy.
1t may be physical impOssbility tor
the Senate committee on interstate COM
merce TO report its railroad rate bill on
Friday, according to agreement. Over
hundred amendments have been Of
fered iu committee to various sections OF
the bill, which passed the House, and
these have to be considered.
The Philippine tariff bill reducing the
duties on Philippine sugar, tobacco and
rice TO % per cent. of the present Ding
ley rates, and establishing free trade in
everything else, will be reported favor
ably to the Senate from the Philippine
committee. 1t is expected that the final
vote in committee will be taken soon.
Congressman LoDgworth's present to
bis bride has been sent to Washington.
1t is a necklace of diamonds in novel
and most artistic mounting. The stones
are perfectly matched and weigh about
three fourths of carat each.
The Supreme Court OF the District OF
Columbia today disbarred Attorney
Jchn ii. Adrians, on the ground OF
fraudulent misrepresentation whereby
he secured the conveyance of real estate
FROM an illterate negro.
This is the fifth day that the big steel dry
dock Dewey is overdue at Gibraltar. The
Dewey, which is being towed by three power
full GOLFERS from the Chesapeake Bay to Ma
Mia, p |. has not now been heard from by
wireless or in any other way since the t9en.
ty.second of January. when she was | 900
miles from the coast Of this county. making,
on an average, 100 miles day. If this speed
had continued the drydock and her convoy
should have arrived of Gibraltar last Satur'
day. Not only has the dock not yet arrived,
but no word has been received by the Navy
Department here from any source that she
il all right. The officials Of the Navy Depart
ment declare that they are not at all worried
about the safety Of the Dewey.
President Roosevelt received a cali today
from j. Horace Mcfarland. president Of the
American Civic Federation, and Clarence
Whitman, president of the Merchants As
ISOLATION, of New York, who presented pc
tiiioD asking him TO negotiate treaty with
Great Britain for the preservation of Niagara
Falls from the further encr0achment OF power
companies. This President expressed himself
in hearty sympathy with the aim of the ss-
sOciations.
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