Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Aa1and Gazette
On 0a4Ahnr 10


the old time citizens If Alexandra died
here yes,erday-Mrs. Mildred Ewing
Carlisle, widow OF the late distinguish
ed LAWYER, James Vaudeville Carlisle,
and MIR. Lemuel Towers, brother OF the
la,e Mavor Towers, of this city. The
latter was printer By trade, and, as al
amateur actor, once played the part OF
Fl len McGregor 10 the old Alexandria
L .atre, that was If EDWARDS known as
Liberty Hall. and That was destroyed
by fire in 1872.
Democrats from Loudoun county,
Virginia, here today, say that as Mr..
Lucieu Smith, recently nominated as
che aoater delegate from that and
Fauquier county, has refused TO accept
the nomination, the Fauquier demo
Gratis should name man for the place
Should that be done, they say, Loudoun
will ratity their action, and then the
trouble and expense OF another CON
vention be avoided.
The old Wizards Hotel will be de-
stroyed and OF it's site will be erected
the handsomest and most complete
hotel south of Philadelphia. Its entire
cost will be two million dollars. The
work of erecting it will commence early
next spring.
Judge Sener has just returned from
Pttsburg, TO which city he went to de-
liver to the Society of the Army OF the
Potomac, 10 session there, the invita-
ton from the authorities of Fredericks-
burg to hold their next annual meetin :;
10 that town. Two other towns, Sara
toga and Chattanooga had rendered the
society similar invitations, but that
IRON Fredericksburg was accepted. l;
also adopted unanimously resolution
10 favor Of making national park out
OF the Fredericksburg battle fields.
The Judge was elected an honorary
mem5 Der Of the l1th corps of the Army
Of the Potomac.
New York democrats here today say
that Senator Hill is just as true and
loyal to BRYAN and the ChicaSo plat,
form as Mr.. Croker or as any Southern
or Western democrat. They also say
that New York will send a solid Bryan
delegation 10 the next national demo-
cratic convention.
From Ohio today intelligence is to
The effect that should the democrats
carry that State, against all the money
nat will be dumped into it, large and
i, huential number of republicans will
insist upon dropping MIR. Mckinley
aud nominating Admiral Dewey for the
oext Presidency.
Mr. Curtis, who has been to Central
and South America to induce the differ
.nt States of those countries to par
.icipate 10 the Pan American Exposi-
tion to take place in Buffalo, n. Y, in
1901, has just returned to this city. He
succeeded in obtaining the promise OF
,uly three of those States to send ex
iibits to the proposed show.
People from Ballston here this morn
ny say they were highly pleased with
he reception their float met in Alexan-
lria yesterday and with the hospitable
reatment they received there.
Senator Mallory, of Florida, a mem
Der of the industrial commission, refer
Tag to the statement of the president Of
hat com mission, S nator Kyle, that 81
nave become satisfied that the pre-
vailing opinion in the commission is
hat the trust has come to stay" says
40 my knowledge the industrial com.
mission has up to this time reached
no conclusion on that subject. Il is
possible that the facts may show that
trusts have come to stay or that it
is the prevailing opinion that trusts
have come to stay but, up to this time
am satisfied the members of the in-
dustrial commission, with possibly the
exception of Senator Kyle, have come
no conclusion on the subject"
Other mem bers of the commission hold
the same views expressed by Senator
Mallory.
Of all the many people who went from here
o Alex lndria yesterday, every one, so far as
heard from, speaks in the highest terms OF
'rase of the show there, many of them, and
GOOD judges too, saying it beat the recent
Dewey show here "all hollow" Thousands
vent, but thousands more would have gone
had it not been for lack of better facilities OF
transportation. The experience OF yesterday.
it is said, should be sufficient to induce the
,iectric railroad company to lay double
srhCh UcIWcou WdSuluBlOu duQ hSA1uuiiAi
sven for its own profit If it had not been
nearly eleven o'clock hundreds Of people who
i've here would have been compelled to spend
he night in the city across the river
The United States has formally assumed
he care of such British interests in the
rfansvasl as is permitted by an attitude of
strict neutrality. This action was taken
upol receipt of mole from MIR. Reginald
lower, charge d. AFFAIR." at her majesty's EN-
bassy, conveying the information that the
,ritish diplomatic agent, Mr.. Green, had de.
parted from Pretoria coupled with the re-
quest that the American representatives in
the Orange Free State and the South African
2epublic use their good offices Tor the protec
ton of British life and property in those re
pubics.
Surgeon General Wyman received dis.
patch today stating that durin. the last "a
hours no new cases of yellow have been dis.
overed in New Orleans.
The following changes in the fourth class
oostoffices of Virginia were made today
Benefit, Norfolk county, &. M. w. Demerest
appointed postmaster, vice Thomas N. BALL,
resigned Mapleton, Princess Anne county,
John 7. Wlntehurst, vice Emma Wilcox,
resigned Mattoax, Amelia county, Hiram L.
carter, vice WIN. A. Brown, resigned; Wat.
5Jn, Loudoun county, Eugene NJ. Utterback,
yice John o. Daniel, removed.
Harvey Middleton, superintendent of mo-
i've power Of the B. s. .. railroad, has ten.
Tered his resignation. He will be succeeded
y J. N. Barr, superintendent of motive pow
or of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
road.
A MASSACRE.