Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-31
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Washington, August 81.

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Washington, August 81.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Pensions Evans out today shows that
on June So 1899, there were 99l $40
pensioners on the rolls. The roll is
made up of 753, 451 surviving soldiers,
237 AS widows and dependent relatives
and 653 army nurses. During the year
were added 40, 991 pensioners, and As
1876 were dropped, of which number 81
345 were dropped by reason of death.
Of the $4,000, 900 appropriated for the
payment of pensioners during the year,
| Sl3S, 355, 625 was paid out, leaving 81
balance in the treasury of l.644, 94S
| The annual value of the entire pension
roll amounts to 1881 ,6l7 ,961, being
S649, 4S6 more than IL ever was.
During the year $685. was paid
out to Spanish war pensioners.
There are 1906 pensioners living IN
foreign countries. During the year
1876 new claims were filed and 81
or allowed. The number OF claims
based upon service in the war with
Spain filed during the year was II $50,
snd during the same period 303 claims
| of this class were allowed. Up to date
there are 305, 042 claims pending before
the bureau. There are on the rolls
four widows of Revolutionary soldiers,
seven daughters OF soldiers who fought
in the same war; one veteran OF the
war OF 1S12-Hiram Kronk, of western
| New York, who is now SO years old
| 1856 soldiers and 1899 widows drawing
| pensions for service in the Indian wars,
and 9,204 soldiers and S,l75 widows of
the Mexican war soldiers.
The Navy Department has announc-
ed that Admiral Howison would so
time his departure and rate of speed as
| tosarrive in New York October 5, sew
eral days after the Dewey reception,
and the renown of Admiral Sampson as
commander of the fleet at the Dewey
reception shall become a part of
American history. Then Rear Adj
mirsl Howison, instead of throwing
Sampson in the shade, will retire and
the next naval register will show Samp-
son one notch nearer to the much COW
eted top.
The following army appointments
were announced today from Virginis
70 be captains of volunteers, w. B.
Preston, late lieutenant of 4th U. S.
volunteer infantry, 43d W. S. Faux
DER, late captain of 9th Virginia volun-
teers, 2Sth. To be first lieutenants Of
volunteers, Fl. H. Sheen, late captain
Of Company A, 4th Virginia volunteers,
46ih; Robert Lee Masurier, late cap
tain OF Company NJ, Sd Virginia volun-
teers, 43d; Robert Kent Spiller, late
first lieutenant of I'd Virginia volun-
teers, 42d. To be second lieutenants Of
volunteers, Nathaniel NJ Cartnell. IT,,
late q private of Troop K, 1st U. S.
cavalry, 47th.
The adjutant general has issued 8
statement on the case OF Philips. Smith
who YVES dismissed from West Point
for hazing. 1t concludes with the fol
lowing significant sentence: at is the
intention of the Secretary of War to in
| lict the most summary and exemplary
punishment on all cadets of the Mill
tary Academy detected in hazing new
cadets.
Representative Jones OF Virginia,
while here yesterday on his way TO
Manchester to speak for Governor
Tyler, acknowledged to his friends,
with whom he talked on tie subject
that he was engaged in hopeless
cause, and other members of the ia
| nous May conference, also here, eX-
| pressed the same views.
The President on his return, when
the strength of his army shall have
reached its lawful limit of one hundred
thousand men, will have the appoint
ment of two major generals and five
Origadier generals.
Mr.. Yarrell, of Sussex county, Vir-
sinia, now practicing law here. but
| who pays frequent visits TO his home,
says he has heard that Governor Tyler
has stated on the stump that the peo-
pie in his section of the State have not
nad a chance to express their prefer
| ence for U. S. Senator; but that TO his
OWN knowledge the percentage of Mar
| tir, to Tyler men in that section is even
greater than sixteen to enc.
A dispatch was received at the War
Department this morning announcing
that Wenceslao Figuereo, formerly
Vice President of San Domingo, who
| became President on the assassination
| of President Hereaux, resigned yester.
day afternoon. This is supposed here
| TO mean the complete success of the
revolution.
The ships to sail from Manila during
the next two weeks will bring home
the last of the discharged troops and
volunteer regiments now in the Philip
pines. All will be in this country by
October Is The force which remains
numbers about 10000. and 5000 are
now on the way and others preparing
10 depart. The administration wants
TO get all the volunteers home as soon
as possible because some of the States
are showing impotence.
A private letter received here today from
citizen of Bcrwick-upon.Tweed, dated 22nd
inst, says: Laird Carnegie Oate of
Pittsburg) is now settled in bis Highland
1msin (Skibo Castle), 20 miles by II,
on the north of the Dornoch firth, and has a
piper in newly designed Carnegie tartan
psradirg in fropt of his castle discoursng soul
stirring Highland reels and march, While
andrew, the republican, is dining inside.
All honor to him. however for his many gen.
erous and noble donations for libraries and
educational institutions a wondcral man
is Andrew in many ways, he's clever and
adroit as he must DO, but his huge pile is
the result of protection aud monopoly"
Congressman Jefferson III. Levy of New
York, the owner OF Monticello in Virginia.
has, people from his city here today, say, AS
the representative offs syndicate proposed to
purchese all the real estate in that city be.
longing TO Mr.. Astor, who has disnatnralized