Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-30

Traasnrv of Mexico. a few weeks ago
his official rank was raised to that OF
ambassador. The funeral services VIII
take place at St. Mathews Church at
o'clock sunday afternoon. The remains
will be placed temporarily in vault
here. and will later be taken to mexico
for interment. A.,
Treasury Bureau of Statistics shows
that last wear the coffee importatlons
were the heaviest in history while the
shipments of tea into the country were
the smallest in many years. Ouring
the last fiscal year more than SOO,ooO,-
600 pounds OF coffee were imported
ibis is more than 1O0,000,000 pounds in
excess of the imports of any previous.
year. The per capita consumption OF
coffee is about II pounds.
The Department of State has re-
ceived from the o. s. minister at Con-
stauiinople q d'spa' ch to the effect that
the Turkish minister of foreign affairs
mas informed him that the Turkish
government has no intention to prevent
American citizens, whether Jews or
Christians, coming as individuals and
not en- masse, from visiting Syria ana
Palestine as travellers or visitors; the
only object of the Turkish government
being to prevent further colonization OF
Palestine by Jews, as the settlement
there of religious bodies in prepondera-.
ting numbers might lead to political
complications which it is the purpose
of the Ottoman empire to avoid.
"More h. will be raised in Congress
than ever was raised in Cuba" said
prominent republican Senator today,
IF the Cubans are not permitted 10
take part in the evacuation demonstra-
ons OF the first OF January" The
S 4nator is averss TO having his name
published, inasmuch as the executive
and military powers of this govern
ment have ordered the authori-
ties in Cuba to exclude the Cubans.
st is very hard upon those patriots, J"
he went on to say. 81 know there is
strong sentiment in this country in per.
hitting the Cubans to participate, and
It seems to me that General Gomez and
his followers will receive shabby treat
ment if the order stands. 1t also oc-
ours to me that our forces are large
to perserye order at Havana. In all
the outrages there the Spaniards have
taken the initiative. ! do not believe
the Cubans would misbehave." Though
one should rise from the dead q lingo
would not be convinced.
At the meeting to-day it was deter
mined to leave Cuban affairs entirely
to the constituted military authorities
in Cuba. This would seem to indicate
that the President will pay no atten-
ion to the requests that have been
aabled to him, and that the Cubaus will
not be permitted to take part IN the
evacuation ceremonies.
It is understood to-day that the re
port of the Alger commission will be
delayed by the contradictory state
ments of General Miles and Commits.
sary General Eaton respecting the
character of the be6f with which the
American troops were supplied during
the late war, General Miles swearing
that it was purified andGeneral Eaton,
that it was perfectly pure and sweet.
Mucl of the beef referred to, it is said,
Was preserved by chemicals such as are
injected into the viens of human corpses
to preserve them, and which, OF course,
ruined it as an article of food.
1t is understood here that Senator
Daniel OF Virginia will soon make a
"Trip to Cuba, to be gone three or four
weeks.
The President, not being satisfied, in
his mind, as to what should be done
with the Philippine Islands, now, it is
reported, desires that commission be
sent there 10 advise him in respect of
that matter.
The ratification of the Spanish
treaty, il its present shape, is becoming
more and more uncertain. The House,
OF course, must take its part in the
matter as the treaty provides for the
payment Of twenty million dollars for
the Philippines, aud against that, let
alone the dangers to which the posses
aion of those islands will subject this
country, there will almost necessarily
be much opposition. The prevalent
opinion here on the subject is that the
treaty will be amended, and its ratif-
cation delayed until another session of
Congress. Several leading democrats
in Congress regret the fact that Colonel
Bryan has expressed himself as in
favor of the ratification of the treaty.
Secretary Long says there was an in
excusable and unexplained violation OF
the navy regulations by Constructor
Hauscom in not reporting for two
months the irregularities in his depart
ment by which the government was de.
frauded OF large sums OF money, but
has ordered his release and restoration
TO du Y
Mr.. ~ H. H. Cawood of King George
county, Virginia, has disposed of his
skeleton in an iron cage, which ne found
under u road in his county, and has
been exhibiting as curiosity, for the
sum of 5000.
Though the legislature of Virginia
mas granted charter to the several
railroads entering this city from the
South for terminal, no bill has yet been
reported in Congress for the depot OF
such terminal in this city.
Engineers for some time past have
been surveying lines for the proposed
branch of the Mt. Vernon Electric
Railway, to run on tangent from the
south end OF the Long Bridge to Fair
fax Courthouse.
Mr Gompers, of the federation of la
Dor, who is now here, says he will have
Mr.. Johnson, chief of the bureau OF
printing and engraving, removed, or
know the reason why, because when
asked to increase the wages OF the em-
ployees there to three, four and FIVE