Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-11
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cinia home until further orders. No
one knows exactly what these changes
mean.
Among the visitors now here is ex-
Congressman Epes, of the Petersburg
district, who was recently turned out
of his Sc at in the House by the repub
llcan majority OF that body. He says
he will be reelected by five thousand
majority.
Another visitor here to-day is Mr.
John Wise, now of New York. He
will on Thursday, at New Market, de.
liver the address at the unwilling OF
the monument to the V. III. l. boys who
were killed there during the war be-
tween the States.
AS the proposed amendment to the
organization of ten thousand negro
immunes, providing for their disband.
ment at the end of the Spanish war,
was defeated, it is said by some MEM
bers of the labor organizations here that
that force is to be maintained as 8 per-
manent organization and be used to
put down labor strikes.
Many Of the attendants upon the re-
cent Southern Baptist convention at
Norfolk are here to-day, visiting all the
public buildings.
The departure of the regiment of
soldiers OF this city for their camp
ground was again delayed to day, this
time because only one of the twelve
companies had the requisite num-
Der of men.
1t is conceded at the War Depart
ment that little or no reliance can be
placed upon the Cuban insurgents, and
that in defeating the Spaniards, 0. S.
troops alone can be depended upon.
The President to-day sent these
nominations to the Senate Commo-
dore George Dewey to be q rear ad-
miral in the navy; Norman B. Scott, jr.,
to be naval officer of customs in Balt;-
more; to be collectors of customs, VIM.
F. Stone, district of Baltimore, Nd;
Clarence G. Smithers, district of Oh cry
stone, Va, and VIM. B. Todd, district
Of Georgetown, D. Q.
The Senate committee on finance de-
cided at its meeting today to increase
the tax on manufactured tobacco in
the war revenue bill from IL cents, the
House rate, to Ii cents per pound, and
TO exempt the stock on hand from the
operations OF the act. The 6nance COM
mitlee also decided to recommend g
reduction Of the tax on cigars from 81
to So 50 per thousand and on cigarettes
from 81 TO 81 80.
The engagement of Mrs. Pauline
Aubrey, daughter of Chief Justice Full.
Ter, and Mr.. Jessup Blair, a we'll known
-ociesy man of this city, is announced.
Since her divorce from her husband,
wi b whom she eloped several years
ago, she and her two daughters have
made their home with her parents in
this city.
Admiral Dewey will be nominated to
the Senate as full rear lmiral just as
soon as the Navy Department is ad-
vi7ed Of the signature of the President
TO the resolution Of thanks which con-
veys the necessary authority. His pro-
motion will make Capt. Silas Casey,
now commandant at the League Island
navy yard, a commodore, and will
place Captain (now acting Rear Admi-
RAD Sampson at the head of the list OF
captains to become commodore, July
Ord next, upon the retirement of Ad-
miral Kirkland.
The Navy Department is in hourly
expectation of advices from Admiral
Sampson. What the character OF these
advices will be the officials do not init
mate, but they expect. Notwithstand-
ing the cable advce5 to the effect that
the Spanish flying squadron has re-
Joined the Spanish home squadron at
Cadiz, the naval strategy board is by no
means assured on this point, and it is
believed that, while Admiral Sampson
has been placed in possession of the
cable reports, he has been warned not
to accept them as absolutely conclusive
as yet.
The news reports here from the Phil.
ippines indicating that the iusurgent
forces are resorting to massacre are re.
ceiyed with serious attention by officials,
as they recognize that the American
position in controlling Manila bay im-
poses q certain degree of responsibility
in seeing that civilized methods prevail
and that the insurgents do not resort
TO lawless and incendiary measures,
The President had another guest to-day, |
M Webb c. Hayes OF Ohio, son of the for.
NOR President.
The Secretary of the Treasury having |
found that the government of Japan pays an |
OK port bounty on raw silk exported from that |
country, has instructed officers of the customs |
TO collect countervsi ing duties on such i'm. !
portations equal to the export duties paid.
The Fifth Regiment of U. 8. Cavalry. scat
tered at various posts throughout Texas and |
with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, has |
been ordered to proceed Immediately to New |
Orleans. 1t will be sent to Cuba.
Gen. Roy Stone has been appointed direc-
tor of roads for the U. s. army in Cuba
As the naval cadet to be appointed by Con-
gresham Rixey cannot be admitted at An.
n4polis before the LIST of September, DIR. |
Rixey has requested the Navy Department to
let him delay the appointment until after the |
,0ming school commencements, 50 that such |
applicants as are now at school may not be |
compelled 70 quit in order 10 stand the COM
pettive examination by which the successful |
one will be chosen, and his request will prob
ably be granted.
The Virginia members of Congress are set
Ting down into the belief that there will be |
no mobilization of troops at Richmond and no |
Virgins brigadier Gsneral.
Among the strangers st the Capitol to-day
was Governor Tyler of Virginia He saw
several of the Virginia congressman
| @ nresertative Marsh, of Illinois, intro
duced to day the bill recently recommended |
n. the administration to protect harbor de.
r. o,,I or or aai