Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. l.

Cable a ivices from Havana this NOR :
ing contain the intelligence that Carlos
Manuel Cespedes who landed in Cuba
several days ago, was accompanied by
only seventeen men and not by one
hundred and seven as has been re-
ported. He is a son of the first Cuban
President who held that Office during
the prevalence of the former revolution
twenty odd years ego. He is young
man twenty-nine years OF age. he
was educated in Paris and several OF
his school friends are connected with
the Spanish Legation in this city. He
has occupied until his recent return
to New York the most friendly
relations with the Spanish diplo.
mstic representatives abroad and
he was not suspected of having any
sympathy with the Cuban rebellion.
Further advices from the Cuban capital
state that the Spanish troops have
driven all the insurgents cut of the
province of Matanzas. Strong proof OF
Spain's desire not to embroil herself
with the United States, growing out Of
the arrest in Cuba of certain alleged
citizens of this country, is found in late
dispatches from Guantanamo. The
Spanish authorities have claimed here
tofore that large numbers of Cubans
have crossed over to Florida, and, after
remaining few days, procured spurir US
naturalization papers which they have
used upon their return to secure i'm
munity from arrest when their con-
nection with the insurrection became
known. These people upon their ar
rest at once asserted their American
citizenship and as result much cor
respondence has ensued and no little
feeling has been engendered because of
the supposed indignities which have
been put upon these alleged American
citizens. General Campos will in future
accept their evidences of American
citizenship and thus end what has been
for some months fruitful source of
embarrassment both to himself and the
Madrid government.
The Treasury official statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the
government for the four months of the
fiscal year to date was issued to-day.
The deficit for the first third of the fis-
cal year is stated at $16,84S, 1886, or
at the rate of $4S, 00O,O for the fiscal
year.
1t is the intention OF the civil service
commission to submit to the President
for approval an amendment to the
rules which will include in the CLASH
fed service, chiefs of bureaus, division
chiefs and other officials below the
grade of assistant secretary. Some
time ago the chiefs of the Department
of Agriculture were taken in. Con- :
missioner Proctor said to-day that the
commission was securing information
with view to bringing under the
rules all chiefs in body instead of by
sections. Postoffice Department off.
Gals and the commission are holding
conferences outlining some plan to gov
ern the fourth class postmasters whom
it is contemplated to bring into tt 9
classified service.
Attorney General Harmon has re-
ceived two numerously signed state
ments from the bar and citizens of
Ardmore, Indian Territory, endorsing
Judge Kilgore, and characterizing the
charges preferred against him as un-
founded.
AT Roxbury, Charles City county,
Va, A. P. Walker was appointed post
master to-day, vice ]. l.. Binford, re
moved.
Lieut.. Hine of Fairfax county, Va,
who resigned his commission in the U.
S. army short time ago in order to go
into the railroad business, and COM
menced as brakeman on freight
train, has already been promoted to
the position of yard master at an i'm
portant railroad centre in Indiana.
The Presidents private clerk, Mr..
Thurber, is in conniptions over what
he calls the fine joke he played upon
the newspapers yesterday by saying
the President was at Woody preparing
his message, when he was near Shep-
ardstown fishing, in the rain. Its said
Mr.. Cleveland caught ten bass, the
largest weighing three pounds. At
on his return yesterday
evening the President spent nearly an
hour in shaking hands with people who
crowed into his special car as soon as
his presence was known.
Republicans here say they are afraid
New York will go democratic next
Tuesday, as but for the Presidents as
surance OF such a result, they do not
think he would have expressed himself
publicly in favor of the election of the
democratic State ticket there.
People from Leesburg here to-dsy
reiterate what has been previously said
in respect of the i'll effect of the pro-
hibitory liquor law upon that town,
and say that the fine new hotel there
has been closed.
A republican politician from the
Northern Neck of Virginia, here to-
day, says his information on the SUBJ
ject is, to the effect that Coles, inde-
pendent, in Westmoreland and Nor
cumberland, and Hathaway, republican
in Richmond and Lancaster, Rogers, re-
publican, in King George and Stafford
counties, stand the best chance of cleo
ton to the House ofDelegates, but that
Mason, democrat, will be elected to
the Senate; also that Qusenbury, dem
ocrat, in Caroline, and Taliafero, demo.
Graf, in Orange. will be elected to the
House of Delegates, aud that the con.
test in Culpeper will be close.
a caucus of the republican members
of the House will be held on Saturday
night the Both inst. to make nomina-
lions for the officers OF. that body, 1t is
supposed that Mr.. Reed will be nomi.
mated for Speaker without onnositinn