Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra dazette'J
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.

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from the Richmond and ordered to
the San Francisco.
Surgeon General Wyman says the
yellow fever situation looks decidedly
more hopeful to-day. No new cases
have been officially reported to
him. Surgeon General Wyman OF
the Marine Hospital service re-
ported to-day to the Secretary
of the Treasury that the supposed
yellow fever situation in the South
had very much improved. The sur
geon general said that the authorities
had the matter we'll in hand and he an
ticipatsd no further trouble. In case
of necessity the Marine Hospital ser.
vice has $476 900 which could be used
to stamp out the disease.
Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz, hes
informed the State Department that
Germany is steadily increasing her
trade with Mexico, and that for 1896 1t
amounted to more than in 1895, when it
was 16 300, 900 marks. The goods Ger
many sends to Mexico are textiles, iron
wares, china, glassware and machinery.
The consul says all kinds Of enterprises
are being started in the republic, in
Guiding mining, railroads, breweries,
sugar refneries, etc., and this, too,
though Mexico is silver country.
Acting Postmaster General Heath
had conference to-day with the at.
torney General as to the course to be
pursued by the officers OF the Postofice
Department in cases where old post.
masters refuse to yscate for new ones, or
when clerks decline to accept transfer
or removal on the ground that they are
protected by the civil service regula-
lions. The attorney general advised
him that the proper course in such
cases was to refer the matter, with the
papers, to the q. s. district attorneys
and their deputies.
In his last report to the Surgeon
General OF the Marine Hospital Service
Sanitary Inspector Drummer at Havana
complains OF the number of persons
who apply for certificates to 60 to the
United States but who are not admissa'
BILE under the regulations.
The naval board appointed to inquire
into the question of establishing q gov.
ernment factory for the manufacture OF
srmor met at the Navy Department to-
day, and with reference to the many
offers of plants and sites decided that
it's orders gave it nothing whatever to do
with the selection of site or the pur-
chase of a plant. A member of the
board said to-day that if the Carnegie
Company offered it's plant for 81 it
would not be Within the scope of the
boards work to consider the offer. At
the same time all tenders are being
courteously acknowledged and all
information asked on the matter is
furnished. The board will contine
its work strictly to the points specified
in the instruction from Acting Secretary
Roosevelt of ascertaining what steps
are necessary to establish a govern
ment armor factory of sufficient capaci.
ty to meet probable requirements and
of furnishing plans and specifications
of the land, buildings and machinery
necessary, together with the boards
opinions on the sdvisability and cost of
establishing complete plant, and will
frame q form of advertisement for pro-
posals for plant. 1t is understood
that the board is opposed to the estab.
lishmsnt by the government of plant
for the manufacture of armor plate for
the navy, believing that better plate at
less cost can be obtained from private
manufacturers.
The attempt of the superintendent
of the Falls Church and Washington
cleo railroad to extend its tracks across
the Aqueduct Bridge lest nieht result.
ed in an entire failure, as only one
stone had been displaced before the
police appeared and stopped further
proceedings.
A Virginia republican from Madison
county, here to-day. says the State
convention of his party that has been
called by Col. Lamb will be numerous.
ly attended, and that in it every coun.
| ty in the State will be represented, and
that from it's size and proceedings the
administration will learn that the "dia.
mond four" do not correctly represent
either the feelings or the wishes of the
republicans of Virginia.
Senator Stewsrt said to-day the sue.
cess of the democratic ticket in 1900
was inevitable and that the recent ae.
ton of the democratic committee OF
Pennsylvania in turning down Mr..
Rarrity, who was lukewarm in the
cause, and declaring for the Chicago
ticket and platform, would be conducive
to that end, as it shows the rank and file
of the party in all the States that their
leaders now have some stamina and are
not subject to the control of Wall street.
In respect of the Presidents course in
regard to the civil service rules, the
Senator said those rules would hereafter
as heretofore be used 30 as to do the
most good to the administration,
1t is said at the State Department
that the proposition of Japan for the
arbitration of the difference between
that country and Hawaii looks very
much as il Japan doesn't care whether
it be accepted or not, and that it is al
together to the disadvantage of Hawaii.
Kites were sent up from the top of
the Capitol this morning, carrying cam.
erss connected with an electrical bat
terry, for the purpose of taking views of
everything before them.
Ex-senator Gibson, of Maryland, is
here to-day. He says small vote will
be pollsd at the republican primaries in
Baltimore to-day snd that every indi-
cation is favorable to the redemption of
both the State and Baltimore at the
coming election. The people of both,
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