Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
lOorrespondsnoe Of the Alexandria Gasette.]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
The summary of yellow fever cases
for Yesterday. prepared by the Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital Service,
gives the following results: New Or
leans, II cases, one death Scranton,
one case and one death; Ocean Springs,
one case and one death Edwards, "a
new cases; Mobile. FIVE new cases ;
Biloxi, ten new cases. DR.. Sawtelle
reports from Atlanta that there are no
suspicious cases in the city and that
two suspects in camp prove not to be
affected with fever.
The survey of the Blackfeet Indian
reservation in Montana is completed.
The reservation is ready to be-
thrown open to settlement as soon as
the reports can be prepared and ap-
proved by the Interior Department.
The lands will be subject to entry only
under the mining laws, the original pro-
vision giving those who have already
located mining claims the right to hold
them for 80 days having been repealed.
The famous Judge Tourgee evidently
went on another FOOLS errand when he
sailed for Bordeaux as q. S. Consul at
that port, as he is now trying to provoke
i'll feeling between this country and
France on the subject of discriminating
tariff duties.
That the government thinks it is not
unlikely that it's bellicose attitude to
ward foreign nations may provoke hos
tilities, and that Washington city may
be the object of attack, is indicated by
the extensive defenses it is erecting at
Fort Washington and on the opposite
side of Piscataway creek and at Sheri
dan's Point, on the opposite side of the
Potomac. There is Geographic COM
munication between the testing ground
at Indian Head and the Notifications
on Piscataway heights, from which five
hundred pound balls were recently
dropped in the river off the Pioneer
Mills and off Sheppard's, at Alexandria.
1t is said here now that Congressman
Walker is against the convention of his
party and will not accept Its nomina-
lion for Governor if it shall be tender
ed him, and that the nomination will
20 either to Mr.. Lurty or Mr.. McCaull,
oy neither of whom will it be declined.
The convention republicans from Vir
siuia here to-day are very sore over the
action of the republicans of Loudoun
yesterday. They say they were led to
believe that they would have their own
way there and therefore took no steps
to secure that way, but that mass
meeting of the party in that county will
be held next Saturday, at which dele
gates to the Lynchburg convention will
be appointed. They also say that not
single Leesburg republican was pres
emit ct the meeting last Saturday. Mr..
MoCaull, one OF them, left here this
morning for Orange, where meeting of
his party was held to day. Meetings will
be held in Alexandria county to night
and in Fairfax county tomorrow, to
appoint delegates to the State conven.
ton.
Among the visitors here to-day were Con-
gresham Jones of the LIST Virginia district,
and Mr. Lloyd Smith Of the sane district.
The former was at the Treasury Department
to see why the salary of the collector of Gus
toms at Onancock, democrat, was first re-
duced from 5000 to $500 and then to 500.
He was also at the Postofice Department to
have some new postof1ces established in his
district
A democratic refugee from New Orleans
here to-day says as President Mckinley is
credited with the large wheat crop, ne should,
for as coed reason, be charged with the vel.
,ow fever in his city.
Fourth. olass postmasters in Virginia were
appointed to-day as follows: Bentonville
Alice Bolen Dugannon, Annie Stallard
Goblintown, G. 3. Bryant.