Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-22
FROM WASHING TON.
Correspondents Of the Ale12ndris Gazette
WASHINGTON. Feb. .

and tina; related 10 the shipment OF Gu
ban tobacco 70 the United States.
Judge Day had received 10 news Of the
rumored capture Of the Dauntless. See.
Rotary Long said this morning ne had
had nothing from Havana and did not
expect anything. The naval regula
t!oos under which the cour. OF Inquiry
va: proceeding al Havana absolutely
precluded the conveyance By any mem
Der Of the court or the court g. e BODY
70 anv per5oD. even the Secretary q
me Nav. o. any tacis developed dur
ing the progress 0: the iuQQiry, unless
the action OF the department Was ueces-
sary upon some Development 70 fur
thar the investigation.
Tee naval officials assert that the re-
port 10 the effect that tie movements
o! tue South Atlantic squadron DOW
under way are wiz q view 20 tue
early assem- bling O. the vessels near
Havana i without foundation.
Ii explanation Of the order given
yesterday to the Norfolk navy yard o.
5cials % have the Terror II condition
iJr service, Secretary Long said this o.
der nsd been given 70 replace the
Maine, il being desirable that the
arnored aeet should nos fall below g
certain NUM- Der.
: patent sign tia, the FIRST aud eIcit-
ing Stage OF the Maine disaster has been
passed : ;he fact that not g single
caolegta1 was received overnight o.
THIS morning 81 the Navy Department
relating 10 suy manner 70 that event.
steps have been taken Tor the cree
ion Of 4 monument in this city 10 the
memory Of the rank aud 6le OF the
army and navy who served during the
lac wsr. The purpose Is to raise
s. ,99J 90 by popular subscription.
An acquaintance Of Judge Riley, Of
Accomac county, Va, says that in css=
Gen. Fiiz Lee shall retire from the
Haya q consulate, the Judge should be
his successor, and that many Cuoans
would be pleased TO have hin, as ne
would soon bring on war between
America and Spaio, even II ne had 70
=poot the Queen Regent, as he did the
Queen OF Zanzibar. The Judge has sees
Two wars il Venezuela as consul, and
talks Spanish ike g Spapiard.
In the Hous. today Mr.. Speaker
Red spoke OF Gen. Wasnington'E mem.
ory as 'Eonebody'sn memory, which i9
sufficient 10 show the estimation in
which Maine holds the map, but for
whom this country you'd probably
now be happy ano contented part and
parcel OF the British empire.
The nomination q Mr.. Cruppsr IS
postmaster al Alexandra, al ye=ter-
days executive session OF the Senate
was referred to the pcs:ofice commit
I tee, and will probably be reported fav-
orally and confirmed q. the next exec
utive session.
all the national and district Offices
were closed today and the military OF
the city had q parade il the afternoon,
but tbe negro companies had parade
OF their own. KIP
a menbe Of the Spanish legation
says the Spanish commander OF the
Yizcays is much grati6ed with the cor
dial reception given him by the Of
6cial= in New York. II has now b:en
determined that the cruiser will take
coal before leaving for Havana.
|! Is said 10 the room Of the House
military committee that il the Secretary
OF Agriculture would recommend tina,
part Of the Arlington reservation be-
used a. sn agricultural experimental
station, the committee would report
bill 70 that effect.
/. was stated in this correspondence
last week that, Contrary 10 expectations,
Mr. Russell probably would not De the
next postmaster at Richmond. He will
not be, bur Mr. Wray 7. Knight. a
brotber-iu-law Of ex Gov. O'Ferrall,
will be. and John Grubbs will be his
chief assistant.
Congressman Rixey, Jones aud
Lamb OF Virginia went to Fredericks-
burg TO day 70 attend meeting of the
Battlefield Park Association that was
held there.
The exercises incident to the
second days meeting Of the Daugh.
ters Of the American Revolu-
ton consisted in the singing Of
the national hymn America" by
the large Assem- blage. The report Of
Mrs. Albert D. Brockett, the vice presi-
dent general in charge OF the organiza-
ton, indicated the rapid growth of
chapters in the West. The chapter in
Honolulu, she said, wss increasing in
numbers steadily ard one in the City
OF Mexico was projected.
senator Hswley in reporting the bill for
the increase OF the artillery arm of the army
by TWO regiments says: The speedy passage
OF this bill, or its equivalent, appears to be an
absolute necessity. The government after
long AID careful consideration by those whose
Offices and studies qualify them to give the
most valuable advice has entered upon the
execution of systematic and elaborate plan
OF coast defense"
The details of the wrecking expedition TO
the Maine have been completed. TIE tug
Blight Arm will proceed at once from Key
West with three divers. The wrecke1s I'm
derwri;er and Jones and the mammoth tug
Monarch will follow with total equipment
OF 100 men.
The Interstate Commerce Commission hiss
susptn led the operation OF the long and shor.
haul clsuse Of the interstate commerce act
favor OF railroad lines in the United States in
competition with the Canadian Pacific road
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