Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-27

heard Of Il i there were eny t.ll1 u
the idea. He relations Win Cen.
Weyler have bsen cordia. aod wien
tney parted =eve9al ~esEz Ego tasy &
changed photographs bearing a9.o-
graphic eZpre=z!ons oi ss-s'i'4s'-' p
/ There can Certainly oe nothing pe!='l-
a. agaiozt MN aad officially q conz1-
geners! O: the United Stat@5 Ia t1e
5resen, situation spain could hardly
ARE an exception % III per
forroauce Of duty. Gen. LIZ sagz
he i 10 this countIE solely toc yacz-
ton after FIVE months hard "o1K II
HavanA dQrlng the hottest tine q the
year AMI lnat ne has considerable
private business tn4t demanded hi
attention zfter nj h4aty departure rom
the United States LIST spring. He l.
poing 70 Richmond On Monday and
/ vii yis.t several other Place IL virgin
il. Ate. trip % West Point 70 SEE hi
sop. q cadeifEcre, hi= leave viii enf and
he vii report to Secretary O.rey n
readiness 70 return. Whether he vii
take M vie to Cuoa with hin vii
depend entirely on tae state Of the
country at the time ne retutn=.
Tas Treasury Department has taken
no action On the matter Of i-5q!ug gold
certificates and /. l. not believed any
thing vii be done for several days
Meanwhile applications from the big
banks Tor such certificates are accu-
mnlating.
Taomas :. Doyle, Of Virginia consp!
at Beirut, 5yris. and Z 7. Williams. Of
ONO, Interpreter al me Consulate gen
eral Al Shanghai, China.
The officials al the spanish legation
aele give On emphatic deni4. 10 -.
Kew West dispatches which state tDal
General Weyier and ni5 array were
4mbuahei wni!e marching through In
| Rob- Mountains aGd tnat the spanish
I9-s was tally 100 men. 80 iniortna-
ton Of thi. nature nan reached tle i
cation. Had -uch al engagement DC
Cured, the Officials state, they wJu.d
nave been promptly notified. They
place very little reliance On Cuban
news published in the New York news
papers.
The safe Department has learned
that Gen Herea1x wa reelected Pres
ideat Of 5anto Domingo at genera
election held on NovembeT TN.
A. under the Maryland law rae
ing is permitted Tor one moatn
IN each year on every race track il
that STATE, tae new one to be op@ued
no miles beyond Benning'4 will be IL
operation during thr months Of Deccm-
Der this year and January 10 1891, snd
winter racing be carried On D. long
a. there shall be man to look at it
and one TO lay bets with the BOOK
makers. Neither the board Of trade
nor the newspapers Of this city nave, %
far, made any objection TO suca racing
though they bitterly opposed It ia Alex
Andtia county.
There were 40 les than zixty-Liue
arrest. Tor drunkenness here Yesterday.
Indeed thanksgiving day in this cits
xaa cniehy market by sermons 10
praise Of the recent yictOry Of the plo.
,ocrat-, by the large number Of iu'oIi-
Gated people seen On the streets, and rs
the Increased attendance at the race
track, boo!,makers' rooms and football
grounds.
Ar. Forman, who was the President
candidate for the democratic uomina-
tion for Governor Of I!inoi-, and VINO
II a gold boiler, was sworn into Office
thia morning a. Commissioner Of IN
ternal Revenue, vice Mr Miller, Of
West Virginia, resigned.
A prominent republican here, who
|
| Congress, when asked thia morn
ing what he thought Of the re-
Gently expressed opinion OF Mr. Fran.
ci !. the new Secretary Of Inc Interior,
which il a. follows II some legisla-
ton il not enacted 10 check the grow
ing influence Of wealth and TO circum-
scribe the powers Of the trusts aud no
nopoliea there 5ill be an uprising Of
the people beioce the close OF the cen
fury, which viii endanger our very in
stitutions." His reply was There i a
great deal more truth than poetry in H.,
and the belief is growing that hi
mctaliam will have to be reaorted to,
sooner or later.
The President has abandoned nj
country home on the Woodley road,
which he rented from Congressman
Newlands, Of Nevada, and Will occupy
the White House until he leaves it per
manently on the lth OF next March.
The following changes in the fourth
class postollices OF Virginia and Mary
land were made to day Ardwick,
Prince Georges county, Md, G. w.
Brown appointed postmaster, vice +.
Maybcrry, resigned; Cedarville, Prince
Georges county, Md, 5. X. Kellogg,
vice NJ. S Deakins, resigned; Chrispin,
Charles county, Md, J. F.. Tippett,
vice W. 7. Tippett, resigned; Barnett,
Russell county, "a, G. NJ. browning,
vice A. b. Fogienan, resigned; Wal
lace, Washington county, va. \. i.
Metcalfe, vice c. T.. Mclcalfe, dead
1t is reported that the President in
his message 10 Congress will recon-
mend The redemption and cancellation
of the rcdcemable notes as coon as pos
sible and that measures be taken by
which the government can get out OF
The banking business and let the nat
tional banks supply the people with the
paper money they may REQUIRE.
Congress will meet next Monday
week, but very few Of its mem.
bers except those Senators who own
residences here have as vet arrived,
aud none of them knows more about
what Will be done during the next scs.
sion than any well informed man who