Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Toone,pondence Of the Alexsudrio aasetie.l
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.

was received al the Wer Department
from General Otis 10 DAY. There Is
reason to believe that General Gus has
sent reinforcements to Bclgadler-Gen-
eral Miller in command of the detacn'
ment there, with instructions to &c
mand the surrender of the place and
il the demand is refused to take it by
force. The troops at Iloilo are the
10 n regular infantry and battery of
the 9th regular artillery. They are on
transports lying near the entrance to
Ioilo Day. The warships Baltimore
and Petrol are at Iloilo aud the Boston
is on her way there to relieve the Bal
timore.
There is q great deal OF talk at the
senate about the Influences that were
brought to bear upon Senators to make
them vote against their real convic
lions for he ratification OF the Spanish
trea,y. Il is said that the Attorney
General has the case of one Of them
who is under indictment before him,
that another one was promised tariff
on sugar and that another was ln1u-
enced BY the fear that his plagiarism
would be exposed.
General Miles was before the Senate
committee on military affairs today and
gave much information. He express
ed the opinion that as there was doubt
about the passage OF the army reorgani-
cation bill, the service could get along
all right if resolution were passed ex'
tending the present law so that 1000
men can be retained.
Mr.. Pitcher of FauQuier county, Vir-
gaia, who is candidate for the speak
ership of the House of Delegates of bis
State, and who, his friends say, has
congressional aspirations. and Mr.. John
S. Barbour of Culpeper, called on Sen
ator Martin at the Capitol to-day. Sen
ator Dauiel of Virginia. is in Richmond.
The House judiciary committee has
reported favorably the following bill
That within and for the eastern dis
trict of Virginia there shall be one
clerk only, to be appointed by the
Judge OF the district court, and said
clerk may have as many deputies as
may be necessary, to be appointed as
aow provided by law" There are now
ard have boen for many years three
clerks, one at Richmond, one at Nor
folk and one at Alexandria. The same
committee also reported favorably bill
providing that hereafter 'no person
shall be disqualified for any service il
any court or in any branch or depart
ment of the government of the United
States on account of participation il
ne civil war of 1861 1865
The remains of Ger e al John a
Rawlins which have Este 10 the Cen
gressional Cemetery since his death il
1869, were this afternoon transferred t.
Arlington National Cemetery by mil
airy escort.
In thu Senate TO day. at Mr.. Martins in
stance, a bill to pay Charles T Plunkett o
| Lynchburg, Virginia, $1O4 so for S. cour
| expenses, was passed.
The friends OF the fast Southern mail ar
confident that the appropriation for keeping
up that service, stricken out by the House
will be reinserted b. the Senate, and, strang
| as il may seem TO some, the supporters OF tn
! ship subsidy bill apparently have 10 doub
| that that bill will also become law.
Congressman Hay OF Virginia member @
the House military committee, has declined
| 20 accept the invitation extended to the Who'll
of that committee by Secretary Alger to visi
Cuba and Porto Rico, soon after the adjourn
ment of Congress.
Senator Morgan has consented to accept III
House substitute for his Nicaragua canal b.
and il is said scheme has been devised {
insure its passage. 1t is proposed to attach
a. an amendment to the river and hartor bi
IS most Senators and Representatives w'n
the latter to pass, owing to the appropriation
for thsir States, the scheme is regarded as a,
excellent one.
On Monday next The suit of W. NJ. Coopa
of Newport's News, Virginia, representing
$4,000 of the loss of the creditor
against the assignees OF the firm Of Fol
terfield q Co of this city, will come up in tn
equity court here before Judge Cox. The sui
is 10 put the affairs of the broken firm int
the hands OF receiver, ana compel the mem
bers of the firm who drew ont short tim
b fore the failure, to pay their share of tn
| loss.