Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-19
FROM WASHING ION.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.

ed election cast 5 Will De III Iaeor VI JUG
republican contestants.
Julia Butler, of Alexandria, has been
granted pension OF So a month, AID
the minors of George Carroll, OF the
same city, So.
Virginia republicans here to day say
the Richmond postoffice unquestionably
is at the disposal of Judge Waddill, but
that up to last night the Judge had not
determined to whom it should De given.
They seem to think that, contrary to
the general belief, Mr.. Russell's nomi-
nation for that office is by no means
certain.
As congressman are regaining their
senses and settling down into the belief
that the Maine disaster was the result
fan accident, the impression is increas-
ing that large appropriations for
new ships bad better be saved until
means can be devised for preventing
such accidents.
Secretary Day has telegraphed Minis
ter White to express his heart felt
thanks to Queen Victoria, Prince AL
bert, the Duke nf Connaught and the
Lord Mayor of London for their kind
messages of coincidence for the Maine
accident.
Judge Caldwell OF the Virginia Court
of Appeals is spending a few days
here with his friend, Senator Martin.
There are tWenty-seven American
ports that can be bombarded with little
or no hinderance, but silly as it may
seem, the accidental explosion of the
Maine has induced the Secretary of
War to send small detachments of
troops to each aud all of them.
J. W. McBroom as postmaster at Alb
ingdon and A. P. Funkhouser at Har-
rsonburg, Virginia, were confirmed by
the Senate yesterday evening.
At the meeting of the Virginia dem
ocratic association of this city last night
the question of the election of Z. S.
Senators by the direct vote of the peo-
pie was discussed, the affirmative side
being taken by Mr.. R. n. Harper OF
this city, and Mr.. Frank Anderson OF
Alexandria, and the negative by
Mr.. Clarence Thomas and DR.. Harmon
of this city.
Nothing will be done in the House
with the Senate resolution appropri-
ating 100000 for the salvage of the
wreck of the Maine because of the
Mason amendment providing for the
return of the bodies recovered from
the wreck. Secretary Long and Cap
tain Sigsbee both explained that such
return would be impracticable, as many
Of them were maDgled beyond identiil
cation and, moreover, that there might
be sanitary reasons why bodies from
fever infected country should not be
brought here. 1t was expected that
the House resolution, which passed as
prepared at the Navy Department,
would be acted upon By the Senate
yesterday afternoon, but when it
reached the Senate that body was en-.
gagged in eulogizing the memory of the
late Representative Wright, OF Massa
chusetts, and the Senates practice is
against the interruption of such order
for any purpose. The result was the
Senate adjourned until Monday with
out action.
A party Of representatives of milling
interests of the country had hearing
TO- day before the ways and means
committee of the House on the
bill to prevent the adulteraticn OF
pure wheat -four with lower grain
products without branding. Repre-
eatative Grosvenor charged that
TIE 80 per cent maximum per centage
Of adulseration was eagerly sought by
merchants who to that extent imposed
on ignorant consumers. The hearing
will be continued Monday.
Secretary Long, of the Navy De-
pgrtment, and Secretary Day, of
the State Department, had an inter
view with the President this morning.
Mr.. Day read cablegram from Consul
General Lee at Havana transmitting
request from the Spanish authorities
in Cuba that the Spanish officials be
permitted to Join in making an investi.
cation into the cause OF the disaster to
the Maine. The conclusion was reach
ed, and General Lee will be so notified,
that this government thinks the first
inquiry shall be made by its own COM
missioners. The request of the
Spanish authorities, therefore, will be
declined, and this, too, though Captain
Sigsbee has telegraphed that he has
made an arrangement with the Spanish
officials for the prosecution of this in
curry and that there is no friction, so
that the officials believe there is no rea-
son now to interfere with the naval Of
fcer in the discharge of his duty. Ac-
cording to the view taken by the Span
ish authorities there can be no trouble
attending the work of the divers. Capt.
Sigsbee will be recognized as the one to
direct operations and to send down the
government divers for such inspection
as he sees proper to make. Mr.. Du
Bose feels assured, however, that Capt.
Sigsbee will extend equal facilities to
the Spanish divers, 80 that the inspec.
tons may proceed together. Secretary
Long wired Admiral Sicard to-day,
after his consultation with President
Mckinley, telling him briefly what an
swer had been returned to General
Lees application in behalf of the
Spanish government for permission to
examine the Maine.
A YOUNG WOMAN ASSAULTED
Eliza Boyd, young woman, was the