Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gacette.l
WASHINGTON. March %.

WASHINGTON. March %.
A delegation OF the promoters OF a
celebration here next May of American
success in the late so-called war with
Spain. called st the Navy Department
TO-DAY. having previously made the
same request OF the President, and
asked Secretary Long to recall Admiral
Dewey and make him head the process,
sion and be its chief show. The Secre-
tary told them he would report their
request TO the President.
j. S. Marshal Treat of the eastern
district of Virginia is here today on
the business of his Office.
A great many people go from here to
Atlantic City, NOT only during the sum-
mer but in the spring, and some of them
express the hope that the Pennsylvania
railroad will put sleeper on the night
train from this city to that resort.
Many of the lawyers of this city
profted considerably by the omnibus
bill that passed the last Congress, and
so did some of those in Virginia; Gen.
eral Huntop, one OF his friends says,
did so TO the amount of about fifteen
thousand dollars.
At the War Department here it is
intimated that should the application
OF General Ludlow, now i'll command
of Havana, for transference to Manila,
be granted, General Fitzhugh Lee may
take his place.
The President, it is said, has been in
formed that his objection to the ransom
ing of the Spanish prisoners now held
Icy the Filipinos, by their own govern
ment, though he promised to release
them, is not approved by some OF the
church people, and will probably with
draw it.
Mr.. Wells Lockwood, whose father,
MIR. Aguila Lockwood, who in the
oden time kept drygoods store in al.
exandria, on King street, just east OF
me one now kept by Mr.. Bendheim, in
which ne was clerk. but who subse-
quently was clerk in the Bank OF the
Old Dominion in the same city, and
then went to Richmond, where he be-
came cashier of the Bank of Virginia,
which position he still holds, was here
yesterday and enquired after some OF
| bis old acQuaintances in Alexandria.
Hearing was begun today before JUS
tice Hagner and jury of the suit o.
George w. Lash against the Capital
Traction Company to recover damages
in the sum of $4,000. A number o.
| Alexan6risEs were in attendance.
! 4 eesburg man here today says Mr.. Bruir
| will get larger vote for Delegate to tho Leg
! isla ure from Loudoun county than some peo
/ ple suppose: that theLoudoun delegation 10 the
/ next Congressional convention, after casting s
| ballot for LoQdoun man, will vote fo
| Representative RiXey, and that the result o
| the vote on the liquor question next Wednes
| day is doubtful, as many Of the negroes VIII:
now keep speak-easies there cay they vii
vote the dry ticket as the success OF the wet
! would break ny their business.
The son of Captain Payne of the Manassas
| train, who was kicked on the head by horst
recently 9. Strasburg and badly hurt is re
ported to be ont Of danger and rapidly recov
ering.
Colonel Thomas Yates, we'll known to al
| the older people of Virginia, and III the olI
! stage days one of the most famous drivers IL
his State, was badly hurt BY fall during TIT
| late blizzard here, and is confined to his house
! with broken arm.
The President has sent word that he vii
leave Townsville on his return TO this city
on Monday or Tuesday.
! Attorney General 0riggs today says th'
Sherman antitrust law is practically inopera
! tive, and is gIq2 that the fact that he said 81
has been published, serves to answer many
other inquiries. Unless tie trusts violate
the interstate commerce law" he said this
Office has no jurisdiction over their opera
| tons If they violate other laws they sboult
be prosecuted by the State officers, for the
State statutes are the ones brought into qucs
iion."
Judge Cox today decided that the Treasury
| Department is not to be interfered with il
| the delivery Of drafts to attorneys Of record
| The Spanish gunboats, which have for some
| time attracted visitors to the navy yard IL
| this city. will leave for Portmouth, N. H., a
| soon as the weather becomes more favorable