Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.
Senator Kyle, instead of dying, as
was announced when he was parslyzed,
has repudiated the populisls and joined
the republicans. 1t is low conceded at
democratic headquarters that the re.
publlcans will have sufficient major.
jty in the Senate to enact any force bill
tue House may pass, If it shall have
republican majority.
Representative Rixey of Virginia
lefe here to-day for Hamilton on cam
paignipg tour in Loudoun and the up
Der part of Fauquisr counties. Repre-
sentative Jones of the Fredericksburg
district, was also here for short time
to day. he says there is great political
apathy in his State, but it is no less
marked among democrats than repub-
licans.
Mr.. R. N. Harper, president of the
Virginia democratic association of this
city, WAS, for the third time, elected
president of the Pharmaceutical Asso-
citation of Washington, this morning.
At the government sale at st. Asaph
MS morning the best wagons sold for
wanty-four dollars and horses and
mules at from twenty to fifty dollars.
iwithstandiDg the published and
credited report that the republican fish
commissioner has forwarded, under
frank, transportation tickets to West
Virginia republicans to go home to
vote, nobody here expects that any
thing will be done with him, though ne
mas violated both the civil service and
the postal laws.
During a talk between a democrat
and a republican in one of the hotels
mere to-day, the latter said Roosevelt
would be be elected on account of his
military record. Military record !"
exclaimed the former, why, he didn't
kill as many men as Cleveland did,"
BE alluded, of course, to the two men
Mr.. Cleveland hanged. The republi-
can also said the hard money men
would elect Roosevelt. why" re-
spooded the democrat, 1.-The ratio OF
hard money men to the hard up for
money men is only about one to hun
dred."
1t is the prevalent belief here that
federal troops would he sent to North
Carolina to overcome the democrats
there on election day. if it were not for
the fear that such proceeding would
be injurious to the republican ticket in
other States.
John c. Cline, OF California, was ap-
pointed collector of customs for the
district of Los Angeles, Cal, to-day.
DR.. Huidekoper, Chief Surgeon q. s.
Volunteers, though reported to be g.
veterinary surgeon, will be retained in
the service until November Is, instead
of having been mustered out October
81. Recent army orders were amended
to this effect this morning. This will
give him an opportunity to testify az
an army officer before the commission
investigating the conduct of the war,
which he is DESTROYS of doing.
The province of Puerto Principe,
Cuba, will, it is said at the War De.
oartment to-day, be evacuated between
the Goth and 22d inst. and the Spanish
garrisons there will be relieved by
brigade from the First Corps General
Wilsou's) now encamped at Lexington
and Knoxville. The Spanish commis.
sioners at Havana have given General
Wade positive assurances that thew
have completed arrangements to sur
render the province, which lies Gext
westward of Santiago, on those dates,
and orders are being prepared to as.
semble the selected American brigade
at Savannah within 10 days and EN-.
bark them on transports November Is.
About December Is The Spaniards hope
to evacuate Matanzas and Cardenas, as
we'll as the rest of Matanzss province,
adjoining Havana. This province will
also be garrisoned from the First Corps,
leaving the Second and Seventh Corps
for the occupation of Havana and Pinar
del Rio provinces. The Second Corps
will be distributed through these two
provinces before January l, landing at
various small ports on the north side
OF the island from Matanzas to Bahia
Hondo inclusive. The first day of the
new year 1899 is to be marked by dis.
embarkation of General Lees Seventh
Corps in Havana harbor as the oarri-
son of that city and its Notifications.