Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria GaIette.l
Washington, June 10.

islands. Gen. Otis bad informed the
War Department that he considers this
project altogether practicable and more
desirable than the earlier proposition
which had authorized him to recruit 3
skeleton regiments of Filipinos. Gen.
Otis thinks he can secure over 1000
Americans Immediately for the new
regiments. AS soon as he has them or
ganized the War Department will send
individual volunteer recruits from this
country to fill the new regiments to l..
512 enlisted mea each, which is the re-
Gently adopted standard of 12S men to
company. The officers of the new
Philippine regiments will be selected
for the most part by General Otis in
Manila and it is expected that he will
choose West Pointers for the regimental
positions and volunteers for the CON-
ptny commissioned officers. The three
egiments are to be enrolled under the
Congressional provision for $1,000 VOL
unteers to serve one year. The pre-
vailing impression here on the subject
among those who ought to know is that
the government is arranging to call out
the whole 35 900 volunteer troops it is
authorized to do, and to send them to
the Philippines ss soon as possible and
that it will find use for all of them
there.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley
will leave Washington Friday after
noon for Holyoke, Mass, reaching
there Saturday morning. On Monday
the party will attend Ivy Day exercises
at Smith College. Later visit will be
paid TO Mount Tom. Tuesday morn
ing the party will attend the com
mencement exercises at Mount Holy
oke College, South Hadiey, where
their niece, Miss Grace Mckinley, will
graduate. Wednesday morning the
President will leave for Springfield,
Wednesday afternoon the party will go
to Adams, where the President and
Mrs. Mckinley will spend few days
with w. S. Plunkett. Mr.. and Mrs.
Abner Mckinley, Miss Mabel McKin-
ley, MIR. and Mrs. George e, Morse, of
San Francisco, relatives of the Presi.
dent, aud DR.. Ri1ey, the Presidents
physician. will accompany the party.
The trip will occupy from ten days to
Two weeks.
As stated in this correspondence yes.
terday, Mr.. Hsvemeyer, of the sugar
trust, in his testimony before the in
dustrial commission, put the whole
blame of the trusts upon the protective
tariff, and though Mr.. Arbuckle, one Of
his rivals, has not testified, on account
OF reported i'll health, it is said his tes-
timony would be TO the same effect
Messrs. Lse and Monnett have given
damaging testimony against the Stand
ard Oil Company, and the members oil
the commission are trying to get Mr..
Rockefeller, of that company, and Mr..
Rice, of the whisky trust, before them.
But none of the witnesses see how the
trusts can be deslroyed-by law.
Senators Martin and Daniel of Vir-
ginia are still here. They had another
conference with Chairman Agnew, OF
the republican executive committee OF
their State today about the census super
vieors for Virginia, and the two for
mer were to have had final interview
on the subject with the director of the
census this evening. Mr.. Blsnkensbip,
republican, will be the supervisor for
the 9 b district. Several clerkships in
the census bureau will be given to Vir-
gnians. At half-past three o'clock this
evening at the Census Bureau, Director
Merriam gave the 1st, 3rd, Sth, 9th and
10th districts to the repu blicans, and the
2 I'd, 4th, 5th, 9th and 7th to the demo-
cats. Mr.. Robert Campbell, of War.
rsnton, will be the supervisor for the Sth
district.
1t is reported that Senator Butler Of North
Carolina has decided to retire from public
life ut the expiration Of his term and take up
The practice Of law at Charlotte. His State st
the recent election went Overwhelmingly
democratic, aud the democrats are expected
to control for many years TO come. His term
will expire March 4, 1901, and he is still
chsirmsn of the popuistic national commit
tee.
A meeting of the Nicaragua Canal Commits.
sion was held this morning. After an infor-
NAL discussion of their plans the members
went to the White House to pay their re-
spects to the President. Prof. Haupt of the
commission declined to discuss his recent al
legged interview, the accuracy of which has
oeen denied, but has been ressserted by the
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The announcement this evening CT the
death of Representative Bland of Missouri,
from whom the silver dollar Was named, was
received here, where he had made many
friends during his long membership of the
House, with regret. 1t will be remembered
that he came within an ace of being noml-
mated for President at the last national demo-
catic convention. He was one OF the few
Congressman against whose honesty there
never was q word of reproach.
Quite number of people from this city,
among them Mr.. Frank Hume, left here this
morning for Leesburg, near which place the
militia OF the District Of Columbia are en-
camped.
Berry, the negro who murdered one old
white woman near this city and thought he
had killed her old sister also, will De hanged,
by the law, here tomorrow.
Capt. Pat McCaull of the quartermaster's
department has been mustered out.
Both Congressman Jones and ex-CoDgress-
man Goode of Virginia say they will not be
candidates for the U. 8. Senate, and Virgin
ians here are of the opinion that nobody will
run against Mr.. Martin.
Among the changes in the salaries of Vir-
ginia postmasters announced today are the
following: That of the postmaster at Freder.
icksburg has been raised from $4,000 to
50, 200, and that of theone at Wsrrenton, from
1900 to $1,700. The only decrease in
tho State is that of the postmaster at the Ma.
iorsl Soldiers Home near Hampton, from
81 POO to 81 100.
ELoPERs ELUDE AN ANGRY FATHER.
A dispatch from Woodstock, Va, says:
Miss Kennie FUR. sixteen years old,