Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of tho Alexandria GaBette.l
Washington, June 81.

Washington, June 81.
Assistant Secretary of War Melkle
john said this morning that so for as he
knew the question of assigning Major
General Miles to command the troops
in the Philippines had not been dis
cussed. He thought it perfectly safe to
deny the report that General Miles
would be sent 10 Manila.
Ex-senator German of Maryland is
not in good health and will probably
leave here at an early day for his favor
ite summer resort, Saratoga. He has
recently made successful business
operation, and will now take q rest
fran all sort of work until next fall +,
when his party i'll his State will again
demand his services.
II is reported ct the Capitol that Mr..
B. F. Russell, sergeant.at-arms OF the
House, will be displaced in the next
House by friend of Representative
Babcock, who engineered the selection
of Col. Henderson for Speaker, and who
be member of the committee on rules,
aud large factor in the work of the
ntxt House.
Instead of advertising for bids for
plans of the proposed bridge across the
Potomac at Arlington, as previously an
uounced, the War Department has de
termined to invite fifteen of tine best
known bridge architects in the country
to make and submit complete plans for
that bridge and send them to the de-
partment. Three will be retained and
the others returned. For the one
deemed the best 81, 800 will be paid, for
the second 81 400, and for the third
81 900. The money for this was appro-
priated at the last session of Congress.
Another patent illustration of the
bad management OF the Agricultural
Department is afforded to everybody
who crosses the Long Bridge and sees
the large tract of ground on the re-
deemed flats of the Potomac that was
cleared, plowed and planted, at no little
cost, abandoned to weeds and bushes,
and rapidly returning to its wild State.
A numerously attended cock fight
took place at Highland, on this side of
the Potomac, last night. Among those
present were several well known Vir-
ginians, to whom -uch "sport' has long
been very attractive.
The death of Messrs. Dingley, Green,
Baird, Bland and Danford, all of whom
oad been elected members of the next
q. S. House of Representatives is re-
marked upon here as uncomfortably
suggestive to their colleagues who have
not yet gone.
Representative W. A. Jones, of Virginia,
is still here. His friends say they hear there
will be some opposition 10 his election, but
that the democrats of his district will send
him back 10 Congress as long as he shall want
:, come back.
olonel Woods statement 10 the effect that
there IS no yellow fever in Cuba is contrasted
here with the official report OF Gen. Brooke
stating that three deaths from that disease
the u. :. army occurred there yesterday.
Prominent OHIO democrats here today say
their party's chance for success in that State
next fai Is Very favorable from the fact that
the FORAKER faction OF thu republicans there
rraze the fac! that the success Of the Hanna
faction will be his good bye to them forever.
and that their only hope lies in the defeat OF
that faction. They also say the democrats
there realizA the fact that there must be no
discussions in their party, and therefore they
m asst and will, stick TO the Chicago platform
and Bryan TO a man.