Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
OF the Alexandria Gazettc.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. Il.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Il.
The industrial commission appointed
by the President to investigate labor
matters held their first meeting this
morning at the Capitol. There were
present Senator Kyle, OF South Dako-
Ia: Senator Mallory, of Florida; Repre-
sentatives Gardner, of New Jersey, and
Livingston, OF Georgia; ex-Representa-
tive Farquhar, of New York; Andrew
l.. Harris, of Ohio; S. n. D. North, of
Massachusetts,: Ellison A. Smyth, of
South Carolina; Eugene V Conger. Of
Michigan; eX-Rapresentstive Phillips,
of Pennsylvania; L. D. Ratchford, of
Indiana, and Charles J. Harris, of North
Carolina. Congressman Lowering Of
Massachusetts, has been superseded by
Congressman Ojen, OF Wisconsin.
Frank P Sargent, of Illinois, has sent
his resignation to the President and it
is understood that John X. Kennedy, q
Washington newspaper man and mem
Der of the typographical union, will sue.
coed him. The report that there was o
new member Of the commission is not
true. Senator Kyle called the commits
sion to order and it Immediately went
into executive session. Senators Daniel
and Penrose joined the commission
later. Two committees were named'
Messrs. Phillips, Gardner, North, Dan
lei and Livingston on permanent Or
gauization, and Messrs. Mallory, Oijen
aud Farquhar, on permanent quarters.
The commission will meet again to-.
morrow at 10 o'clock, and after trans.
acting necessary business will probably
adjourn until after the November
elections.
Secretary Long has granted thirty
days leave of absence with permission
to 20 abroad to Chief Clerk j. P. Fir
eng, of the Navy Pay Office in New
York, whose wife and daughter were
drowned on the Mohegan. When they
went to Europe this summer they
had engaged passage on the i'll fated
La Bourgogne, but were fortunately
delayed at the last moment and sailed
in a later steamer. After visiting the
continent the ladies engaged passage
on another French liner, but were
again detained and unfortunately took
passage on the Michigan. Mr.. Fireng
goes to London to see what can be
done about recovering the bodies.
The daily yellow fever report issued
by the Marine Hospital service this
morning, was as follows: Franklin, %
new cases; Jackson, s; Edwards,
white and l colored; Yazoo City, 6; OK
ford, case and l death, making a total
OF 63 cases and II deaths at Oxford TO
date; HARRISON, cases; Poplarville, I;
Natchez, 3; Tongaloo, l. Yazoo City,
where six cases are reported, is new
focus of the fever, no cases having APP,
peared there before.
The wife of ex.Secretary Sherman,
who was stricken with paralysis last
Thursday, rallied last night, and her
physician said this afternoon that the
crisis had passed. Mr.. Sherman said be
entertained strong hopes now that his
wife will survive, though she is still in
danger.
Rear Admiral Schley has informed
the War Department that his duties as
member of the Porto Rican evacuation
commission will be completed Oct. "a.
There are said 10 be about six or
seven hundred army horses at st.
Asaph and that they will probably
be sold, as they were bought, not by
public advertisement, but by private
sale OF course they will bring low
prices, and the Virginia farmers would
like very much to have q chance at
them.
Among the Virginia republicans here
to-day were Chairman Agnew of Alex
andria and Supervisor CAST of Nor
folk. Both of them hoped the differ.
ences in their party in their State would
be speedily settled, but though neither
of them would say any thing about the
republican congressional candidates in
their State who are opposing the State
republican committee, from what
they did say, it was surmised that they
don't imagine the organization candi.
dates will withdraw.
1t is said at the War Department to-
day that the American army to do po-
lice and garrison duty in Cuba cannot
go there before the first OF December,
rs to do so earlier would be to subject
it unnecessarily to fatal diseases.
From Ohio it is learned to-day that
the democrats are certain to gain two
members of Congress at next months
election, with strong probability of