Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gsr,tte.
Washington, August IA.

Correspondence Of the Alexandra aar,tte.l
Washington, August IA.
Admiral Watson confirms the safety
of Lieutenant Gilmore aad his boat's
crew from the Yorktown who were
captured at Baler several months ago
while attempting to rescue q Spanish
garrison which had been besieged for
more than year. The official dispatch
is as follows:
Manila, Aug. u.
Escaped Spanish prisoners report
Gilmore and thirteen other Americans,
eight sailors aud FIVE soldiers, confined
at Vigan July 81, four sailors, in hospi-
tai, sore legs. Gilmore we'll treated.
Supplies sent by Admiral never reached.
The Weather Bureau has Issued the
following bulletin: "Ihe storm center
moving north of Jacksonville, Fla. 10
its future course the storm will not be
of unusual severity although northeast
gales with rain will prevail along the
south Atlantic coast this afternoon and
tonight and along the middle Atlantic
and south New England coasts Tuesdar.
The Mcpherson, with 100000 pounds
of rice and 10000 pounds Of beans, ppr-
chased by the War Department, and
thousands of pounds of provisions pur'
chased by private charity, was ready
to steam for Porto Rico from New York
at noon today, when word came that
another lot of supplies was ready for
shipping and the War Department de
cided to hold the transport long enou- b
to take them aboard. According to
Gen. Davis's plan of rations l pound per
day per person, the 100000 pounds
sent by the government will last the
destitute Porto Ricans about II days.
The following general order was is
sued at the War Department today and
cabled to Gen. Davis at San Juan: "By
direction of the President all relief sup.
plies sent to Porto Rico will be admit
ted to the ports of that island free of
duty" Secretary Root will this after.
noon issue an appeal to the governors
of the different States requesting them
to assist in raising funds for the pur.
chase of supplies for the Porto Ricans
The prevailing opinion OF the demo
Gratis here in respect of Mr.. Croker
declaration against expansion and il
favor of the Chicago platform and
ticket, ia that the Tammany chief read
the handwriting on the wall, saw the
way the procession was moving, and
jumped into the band wagon, and that
all the other wide awake democrats, in
all the other States, who have been
leaoing toward the gold bugs and i'm
perialism will do so too, and that if let
alone, as they will be, they'll ali come
home wagging their tails behind them
as Little Bo Peep did.
A democratic politician living along
the lice of the Southern Railway in
Virginia, now here, says he sees by some
OF the newspapers of his State that Ube
two democratic nominees for the legis-
lature put down as doubtful, on the
Senatorial question, are Messrs. Glass Of
Lynchburg and Donahoe of Fairfax
county, but that ne knows that both OF
them are just at certain to vote for
Martin as that they have been nomi-
mated. The democrat referred to, who
is an old timer, also said that Governor
Tyler is the only governor Virginia ever
had who went on the stump to solicit
votes, for himself, for another Office,
and that though Congressman Jonea is
now so shell. bent" on electing .. S.
Senators by the people, his name is not
recorded when the vote on that
question was taken in the U. S. House
of Representatives.
Among the visitors here today is Senator
Martin Of Virginia, who is stopping at the
Riggs House. he is in the best of spirits and
considers his reelection as assured, but he
mas been so from the first. He says sixteen
members of the legislature have been nomi-
nate of whom fifteen are certain to vote for
him, and that the other one told some of his
friends that he intended to do likewise and
that the delegates to the nominating conven'
tons in nine other districts have been appoint.
ed, large majorities in ali OF which are also
for him, which will, of course, secure him the
members from all those districts also: AID
that he is certain he will have three fourths
majority of the legislature. About the pri-
mary in Alexandria city and county tomor-
row, he said he had kept his hands off. as both
the candidates are for BIN.
Virginia democrats here today say that as
they expected from the first, the totally un-
necessary and uncalled for May conference
has eneendered much bad feeling in their
party, which they fear will not be speedily
assauged, and that Governor Tyler and Mr.
Jones in their i'll. advised attacks upon Sena.
tor Martin will involve both OF them in
trouble.
Gen. Miles has recommended that the five
additional regiments Of volunteers which
Secretary Root has virtually decided to raise
should be composed Of colored enlisted men
with regular army regimental officers The
Major General Commanding urges this ar.
rangement on the ground that colored men can
stand the climate better than the whites that
they would be more willing to remain per-
manently in the tropics than white volun-
teers and that desirable fighters of good phys
ique would be obtained moro easily than
whites at the rate OF pay offered in the army.
Possibly the suggestion will be adop.ed
as an experiment, at least. The regiment
al officers for the five new commands have
already been practically selected and it
will be simple matter to direct them
to confne enlistments to colored applicants.
The War Department authorized denial OF
the report that governors of States will be
asked to nominate company officers for any
new volunteer regiments that may be raised.
Exactly the same procedure will be followed
that governed the selection of minor officers
in the ten regiments Just completed, the War
Department acting upon applications filed in
the order of their importance, particular
credit being given to service in the war with
Spain.
Joseph Jennings, painter, 80 years old
while at work in the gun shop at the Navy
Yard to day, lost his footing and fell against
a piece of running machinery. His left arm
was caught in it and cut of. He was taken