Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexsndris GaEerie.l
Washington, August 10.

Washington, August III.
Surgeon General Wyman this morn
ing received telegram from Hampton,
Va, stating that there were no new
cases of yellow lever at the Soldiers
Home and no deaths. Surgeon White
at Phoebus reports that the patient
there suspected of having the disease
bad been furnished with new clothing
and discharged.
Secretary Root was at the War De-
partment to-day. He said an agrees
sive campaign is to be waged In the
Philippines; there will be $4,000 troops
in those islands soon, and more if need
ed. He would say nothing about Gen.
Otis and nothing about his conference
in New York with Gen. Merritt, which,
il was hiuted, was to result in Merritt's
return to the Philippines.
The following dispatch was received
at the War Department from Gen. Otis
today Captured letters high insurgent
authority exhorting inhabitants to hold
out little longer; that European recog-
uition will be granted by August thirty
first and that present United States ad-
ministration will be overthrown. Cen
eral Otis gives further details of
General MacArthur's movement near
San Fernando yesterday. General
MacArthur's movements yesterday
very successful; serves to clear country
rear and left and right OF insurgents;
has advanced north to Calulet, six
milee from San Fernando, whence he is
now accommodating; his casualties five
killed, tweuty-nine wounded. Officers
wounded: Major Braden, Captain Alb
ernothy, Seth Volunteers, log and arm
moderate; Lieutenant Williams, 51st
Iowa, thigh. moderate. The troops
operated left and rear toward
MacArthur's advance under Wheaton
and Liscum consists Ninth, Twelfth,
Seventeenth, part of Twenty-second
regiments and portion Fifty first Iowa.
Movement very difficult on account of
mud and surface water. Macarthur
reports insurg hts loss one hundred
killed, some three hundred wounded.
They were rapidly driven northward
and last evening apparently abandoned
Porac line where they blew up power
works.
Senator Martin of Virginia was ex-
pected here today and some people
from his State were here to see him if
he should come. His friends say the
action of the Blackstone conventions
yesterday in nominating two more Can
didates for the legislature favorable to
his reelection is only what may be ex-
pected of most of the other district and
county conventions to be held in the
State. They say the farmers of the
State don't like to endorse man who
approved the land grabbers' bill, as his
opponent did, that the city people
would oppose any man who organized
negro regiment and commissioned
uegro officers for it, though there were
plenty OF white soldiers and white Off.
GERS who desired to go to the Spanish
war.
No little antagonism has been mani
tested between the promoters OF the ma
tional college proposed TO be establish
ed here under the control of the North
ern Methodist Church, and those of the
one proposed TO be established by the
federal government, and therefore nee
essarily non sectarien. 1t is under
stood that bill for large appropria-
ton for the latter will be introduced at
he next session of Congress. Elk Gov.
Hoyt is at the head of the latter pro-
lect, and Bishop Hurst of the former.
There seems to be great deal more
interest taken 10 the RECEIPT lyuching
case in Alexandria hers than in that
city, and the newspapers here are still
barping upon it. These papers have
for years past attempted to deter peo
pie who wanted to buy houses on the
south side of the Potomac from doing
20, by making them believe that life
and property were unssfe there and
between there and this city, and there.
by induce them to buy lots on this,
The north side, controlled by real es-
tate companies and agents here, and
they have succeeded in many cases in
making some OF such people really be-
iieve that law and order are regarded
there no more than in tho old frontier
settlements. Hardly an Alexandrian
came here today who was not asked if
things were quiet in his city, aud told
that all sorts of reports of race troubles
there were current here last night.
Commander P. 6. st. John, OF her msjesty's
ship Peacock now at Manila, who was inter-
viewed on the Empress Of japan on his way
nome, is reported to have said that Otis is an
old fool, an old woman, incompetent to man.
age the campaign" and that "at least FIVE thou
sand men have been sacrificed by his incom.
petence."
The Weather Bureau today issued the fol-
lowing bulletin Hurricane central north of
of..eastern extremity of Cuba, moving north.
west. South Atlantic shipping advised to re-