Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-02
FROM WASHING TON.
Correspondence OF tho Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON. March 2.


The tension over the Maine affair is
noticeably relieved in all Official quar-
tiers to-day, partly because of the ao'
sence of dispatches TO the State or Navy
Departments, bearing on the subject,
and also because of the conservatism
inspired by Secretary Longs utterance
Yesterday that the element Of Spanish
participation in the disaster has been
eliminated, in his judgment. Although
the Navy Department had no reports
from Havana or Key West, dispatch
announcing the departure of the cruiser
er Brooklyn from Santa Lucia for La
Gusyra had some indirect significance
IN further removing one of the larger
vessels of the navy from what has thus
far been the common center of naval
activity, at Key West. The Brook
Ign will make short stop at La
Qua "a and will then proceed farther
southwark. Both the State Depart
ment aud the Department of Justice
have received considerable detailed it,
formation relative to the alleged fill
clustering steamer Dauntless. This is
accompanied by the suggestion that the
vessel might be libelled under the navi-
CATION laws Tor concealing her name,
aud under the neutrality laws for car
rviug War material to the Cubans.
At the Spanish Legation the Maine
inquiry is not the subject of official at
tention, and beyond sharing in the gee
eral interest that is felt in the subject
the leg ion officials have no occasion
to consider officially any of the phases
of the affair. As to the press report
coming from Madrid that mixed COM
mission may ultimately be required
Mr.. Du Bose feels that this is quite too
far of and that the first findings will be
sufficiently conclusive in establishing
the accidental cause of the disaster.
The Senate committee on postoffices
and postroads to-day authorized ia
vorable report on Senator Mason's joint
rts olution for an investigation of the
recent killing Of the colored postmaster
at Lake City, s. G. The resolution au-
thorizes the appointment ola joint com.
mittee of three from the Senate and
three from the House to investigate the
alleged crime and report the facts to
| Congress.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations will hold special meeting next
| Saturday to consider the best course 10
be pursued with relation to the annexa-
ton of Hawaii. This grew out of q
suggestion that the treaty of annexa-
ton should be abandoned and the
question taken up in the Senate on the
basis of bill providing for the same
end.
Among the nominations the Pres-
dent sent to the Senate to-day was that
of Marshall L. King to be collector OF
customs, district of Alexandria, Va.
Secretary Long has decided to send
naval vessel TO Cuba at once with
forty of fifty tons Of provisions for the
relief of the suffering reconcentrados.
The vessel will go to Matanzas or San
tiago. Where he gets his authority for
doing 80 is not exactly known, espe-
cially as there are many people in this
country who are sadly in need of pro-
visions.
The following fourth-class Virginia
postmasters were appointed to-day ;
Hyter's Gap, Dirty E. Hayter, Lick
Run, R. G. Lemon; Newport, John NJ.
Smith Upperville, F. NJ. Kendall.
Chairman Boutelle of the House COM
mittee on naval affairs has not yet sub
mitted to his committee the letter he
received last Friday from Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, ask
ing for the passage of q special act au-
thorizing the enlistment OF 1900 addi-
tionaI men and boys in the navy.
In the executive session OF the SEN
ate to-day Senator Hale, republican,
moved to reconsider the vote by which
the nomination OF Webster Flanagan,
the man who went to national repub.
lican convention for something, to be a
collector of internal revenue in Texas,
was confirmed yesterday. He said be
had received letters saying that Mr..
Flanagan should not be confirmed and
that he merely asked reconsideration
in order to permit an Investigation.
Senators Mills and Chiffon, of Texas,
democrats, opposed the motion, saying
that while they did not agree political
" with Mr.. Flanagan they thought bis
confirmation should stand. The mo-
ton was not acted upon.
About two hundred persons, includ-
ing state food commissioners, members
of the national grange, health officials,
erocers and pharmacists, were in at
tendance at the National Pure Food
and Drug Congress which assembled at
the Columbian University this after
noon for two days meeting. Mr..
Frank Hume, OF this city, called the
congress to order and District Commits.
Toner Ross welcomed the delegates to
the city.
W. II. Santleman has been enlisted
as 8 musician in the Marine Corps and
designsted as leader of the Marine Band
to succeed Prof. Fanciulli. He was
Sousa's assistant in the band for several
wears and at present is leader of the
orchestra in the Columbia Theatre.
1t was reported that the sub.commit-
tee of the House elections committee
to whom the Wise-Youpg contested
case from Virginia has been referred
would make their report to the whole
committee to-day, and that it would be
like those in esoh of the other similar
cases from that State, the two republi.
cans in favor of Wise and the one DEM
oeratic member in favor of Young, the
democratic incumbent. In respect of
the Brcwn-Swanson case, it is said there
i, a strong probability that the con-
testee will be allowed to retain his seat.
Among the visitors at the Capitol
To-day was Iudpe Sener of Eredericks-