Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-16

The weather bureau issued the FOL.
lowing bulletin to-day Frosts and
freezing weather in yellow fever DIS
tricts. The most decided cool wave
of the season is indicated for Wednes-
day morning throughout the yellow
fever districts of the South. Freezing
weather will probably occur through
out the northern and central portions
of the gulf States and in the Ohio val
Law Wednesday morning, and frosts
generally throughout the southern
States Wednesday or Wednesday night.
The change in temperature will be
most marked in the Ohio valley where
it is now above sixty degrees. The
warm weather on the Atlantic coast
to-day will probably be followed by
decided fall in temperature and two
or three days of cold weather for the
season.
A meeting of some of the commercial
travellers of Virginia will be held here
tonight for the purpose of trying to
enlarge the | r portion OF th' Il organ
cation.
Virginia republicans here to-day say
that when their State executive COM
mittee at its recent meeting here deter
mined to issue an address to the whole
party, the preparation of that address
was entrusted to Congressman Walker,
but it is not expected that when writ
ten it will be acceptable to the other
four mem ber5 of that committee until
thew shall have amended it in many
particulars.
The seal aud reciprocity conference,
ND 10 two O'Clock this afternoon, had
done nothing toward accomplishing
the object for which it met. The Bos'
ton Merchants Association, however,
made strong appeal to it in favor OF
q reciprocity treaty with Canada.
A business man of this city received
a letter from friend in Texas this
morning, in which it is stated that the
expectations of revived prosperity
there had been sadly disappointed, land
that business there now was even more
depressed than ever. The same gentle
man. q wholesale merchant here, says
his friends in the rural portions o! Vir-
GINA write to him that money is so
scarce that they rarely see it, and that
their chief currency now consists OF
poultry, butter and eggs, which they
trade at the country stores for dry and
wet groceries.
Betting is 30 unrestricted az the race
track here, there being twenty-seven
bet takers there, that very few people
from this city ever 60 to the pool
rooms at st. Asaph.
W. W. Wayland has been appointed
postmaster at Crooked Run, Culpeper
county, Virginia. The appointment of
W. G. Jameson as postmaster at Rixey
Vile, in the same county, which had
been held up by Mr.. McCaull, has
been made effective. A new postoftice
has been established at Woolsey,
Prince William county, and J. NJ. Wise,
IT.. appointed postmaster.
U. S. Consul Hugh Long, at Nogales,
Mexico, has furnished the State De.
partment particulars of the supposed
murder of a party of Americans, head.
ed by Captain Porter, by the Seris In
dams on Tiburon Island, in the Gulf
of California. The consul says the Isl
and of Tiburon is one of the largest and
most picturesque in the Gulf Of Cali
fornia and is peopled by a most re-
markable tribe of Indians, who are
noted for their large sizs and
extraordinary athletics on land
and water. Those who have
Witnessed their aquatic sports at
respe ctful distance declare that many
of them can actually walk, or rather
run, upon the water with no other as
sistance than broad rawhide shoes.
These Indians, the consul writes, are
expert fishermen and huntsmen, having
rigid ideas as to the maintenance OF
game preserves on their island limiting
the killing of game under severe penal
ties. They destroy all children in in
fancy chat are malformed or appear to
be lacking in intelligence. In this way
the standard of physical aud mental
conditions in both sexes is kept
very high. 1t is currently be-
lieved that at one time the
native women were exterminated to
make room for whittier and superior
race of women. The nucleus of this
race of higher women was formed from
captives made at various times, extend
ing over series of years. on land and
water. They have no schools but each
home has system of physical training.
The natives guard their shares day aud
night and no man is allowed to pene-
trnte the island even if he should make
a landing. IL is said that no epidemics
have ever prevailed on the island and
disease is scarcely known among the
extraordinary people, SO that the men
and women are magnificent in their
physical endowment. No man or wo.
man is allowed to live beyond the age
of seventy years, no matter how well
preserved in body and mind. By care
ful selection large percentage of the
women have transparent, peachy
complexion and deep auburn hair.
Judge Cole, of the District Supreme
Court, to-day refused writ of man.
damus to John We3derburn, patent
attorney recently disbarred from prac-
tice before the Interior Department.
Wedderburn sought to compel Seer.
tary Bliss to give him an ORAL hearing
before acting on the recommendation of
the Commissioner of Patents that be be
disbarre6.
Among the visitors here to-day is Mr.. Ed.
gar Allan of Richmond. He says he thinks
10 view of the vote the McCaull ticket re.
ceiyed, any more concessions to that wing of
his party would be favors thrown away, es.
pecially as large msjority of those who
voted that ticket are supporters of the regu-
lar organization and voted as they did be-