Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-24
vE0Aj WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Aicxsndra 4use''e. !
WASHINGTON, Feb. a.

Dispatches feCeiNeu ~ Jus " al ~
partment froEa Manila are OF ais
ouieting nature and indicate tnat net
only are the Fllipinos, who have beer
relieved of the alleged ly'aunous yoke
OF the Spaniards, with their bows and
arrows. 10 be contended With, but that
fbare i danger OF aoslilties With the
bst5leships of foreign nGtious noM
cruising 10 Philippine waters.
Some Of the friends OF Mr.. Browo.
me contestant in the Brown Swanson
contested election case ron the Daa-
Vile, Virginia, district, are not 50: sat
islied with the second knoCkOut GlG@ ne
received Yesterday ana say in, o. eisc
ION cases are privileged, that cAoe will
be called up again, but Nj: Gfum-
packer of the elections COMMITTED WAC
has managed MIR. Brown case IL the
absences Of Mr.. Walker 81 Virginia, to.G
Inc (iaZsttt'. cores onaeat tAIs morn
iug ne ;h0usCt re case vs. ae''!eu.
MIR. Brown hss already dFa~n the TWO
,nousauG dollyra allowed 10 every Goa
tested election "a c, anu VIII GeJ no
more.
II respect Of the Nicaragua canal bill,
II j. the conf lent eXneciatlon OF lis
friends that it will noE only pass the
Senate, nuJthe House also. Tne P4esi
dent favors ii, and his wish goes with
tnis Congress, aod That, TOO, with demo
ctats As we'll Is republicans.
Secretary Alger, who returned 30 the
city from this morning. authorized 81
denial Of the report that he has any
Intention 10 resign. he said be never
had any such idea ana will remain 10
the cabine; the full iour years.
Professor Knapp, who was sent by
the Agriculture Department to Inspect
the rice industry 10 the Philippine Isl
ands, has returned ard was at the Cap
itol 10 dav. He says the Filipinos are
like Indians, and will have to be
slaughtered TO become good.
TIE following changes il the fourth
class postollices OF Virginia were made
to-day Longs Gap, Grayson county,
Mrs. Sena l. Phipps, appointed post
master, vice J D. Phipps, dead; Pilkin-
tou. Powhatan county, Mrs. Cora Pix
.ntoo, vice Mrs. Y. Dorset, removed.
MIR. Ewery will not be confirmed es [,
:. Judge In North Carolina and though
) uator Pritchard says he VIII not ae-
cept the place, those who know him
; ~ he viii, as il Is all that Is III sight
or him now. and so North Carolina
will again hsge cwo democratic Sena
5ors, rs Mr.. Butler has been ''shook
by the republicans
The delegation from Norfolk who
came here 10 promote the passage ofthe
oil to compel sub-contractors Tor gov
arument work TO observe the eight
hour law in their shops and the retenJon
1t Chief Engineer Smith, U. :. n, a.
chief engineer of jhe Norfolk hayward,
-ay they are satisfied with the result Of
heir visit, ana are hopeful that both
their objects will b. accomplished.
TIE bill to pay tue hsirs Of the late
J. A. Trotler, of SrGunton, u noted
mail contractor before the war between
the States, for carrying the neil in Viz
| lula from the time his contract was
sigued until the date of the passage OF
he ordinance Of secession ny that
State. has been i.vorabiy reported by
the House claims committee.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olu!ion elected officers this morning as
follows: president general, Mrs. Daniel
Manning: vice president general, in
charge of organization, Mrs. Eleanor
w. Howard, OF Alexandra, Va; re-
cordiug secretary general, Mrs. Albert
Akers, D. C; spondiug secretary
General, Mrs. Kate c. Henry; regis.
tra general. Susan Riverre Hetzkel, Va
treasurer general Mrs Gertrude 3. Darwin
". Va. historian, Mrs. Mary J. Seymour
Mas Ebrarau, Mrs McBlsr assistant his
io1ian. Mrs. Robert 5. Hatcher. Mrs. Hatca'
or. on behalf of her husband. presented &c
Mrs Senator Lindsey of Kentucky valueb'C
collection of revolutionary relics.
As soon as tho army bill is disposed OF in
the House the report Of The judiciary COM
mittee of -hst body to tho eject that Nom
hers OF the House have forfeited their seats
b accepting army commissions viii be called
up and adopted.
Ex Commisssry General Eagsu resumed
his testimony before the court OF inquiry This
morning and MS testimony, OF course, WAS
10 the eff: thar the beef, raw and cooked
! supplied to the soldiers in the Spanish WI
would have been reisbed at Delmonico's III
New YORK aud done credit to his tables.
| Major General J. r. Bowman of the Second
! lniautry. said that whiie 10 Santiago hn re-
ceived no official complaints about canned roast
neef. the men ha6 complained that it vas I'M
! satisfactory and up .latab.C. 30 him tho beet
! looked as if it had been ex-essiycl boiled and
lacked Substance He considered the use pf the
came: and refrigerated beef as an important
I factor in the phys csi break down Of the men.
! In general way the canned roast beef was
! condemned by everybody
| There is some talk about hitch in the
army bill, hut rs neither the President, the
ena,e nor the House wants an extra session,
! the prevailing impression among the kcow-
! ing members Of both branches Of Congress Is
! that g satisfactory compromise will be agreed
+! upon without much trouble
! Cons1e,smau Rixcy OF the Ssh Virginia
| district Is III receipt of letters from his dis
trict endorsing bis vote against the resolution
| paying twenty million dollars fox the IN
! Profitable Philippine Islands.
The national dem cratic association will
give grand national oanQGet here on JET
fcrson's birhday IN april 1901
The House commerce committee, 10 which
| the Arlington bridge bill was referred. will
| hold no more meetings this session
The ice in the upper Potomac Is coming
down the river r-p'dly but meets no obsruc.
ton atthe Long Bridge, and the water here
is no higher thSn usual.
The appropriation Tor deepening the chan
mel OF the Potomac river, contained in the
river and har5o7 bill, has passed the Sencte
snd will 20 through the House also.
TIE CASE OF GEN. WHEELER
Representative Parker, of New Jersey,
and De Almond, of Missouri, have sub
United minority reports from the
House Judiciary committee on the reso-
luton urssatiug General Wheeler and
other members holdiae army commis-