Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-11-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington. November 10.

ter Mason auu Ooyo OF AS"
Tonight he will be taken into the Co.
lumbia Commandery No. 2, of this city,
becoming thereby a Knight Templar
and Knight of Malta. This is the
32od degree in Masonry. and there is
only one degree higher in the order.
Admiral Schley's progress in Masonry
has been without precedent 10 this
Jurisdiction.
Senator Mason introduced bill in
the Senate once providing every eX-
slave and descendant with pension OF
1900 Armed with copies of the bill
tue thieves at once began operations in
tae negro communities of the South.
rney have bled and are still bleeding
The negroes from Mississippi to Florida
and from the Gulf to Mason and Dix
on's line. When the rascal first strikes
village he gives lecture in the big
gest colored church. charging an admis
sion OF % cents. He flashes the Mason
bill and talks in glowing terms OF the
pension due every ex.slave and de.
scendant. After the lecture he pro.
ceeds to organizs society"
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ten cents q month, the victims
believing the money is to be spent to
fight for the black mans rights in Con.
gress. The poor cotton plckers can't
tell the difference between bill and q
statute aud when they get that impress
sive looking paper with the red seal
they feel sure they have the pension
10 their hands. The certificates of
membership are got up to resemble the
real pension certificates that are issued
and to the inexperienced eye are very
good counterfeits, too. If there are
thousand of these societies scattered
through the south and each one has a
membership of 100, very conservative
estimate, it can be readily seen that
the robbers are doing very fair BUSH
ness. This is what Commissioner
Evans says.
George K. Davis, the former express
| messenger convicted OF assaulting Ar.
thur BaumsarteD with intent to kill,
| was today sentenced to the West Vir.
ginia penitentiary for two years and
six months.
Senator Martin of Virginia has writ.
ten to Mr.. r. N. Harper, president OF
the Virginia democratic association of
this city, accepting an invitation to at.
tend banquet to be given by that as
ISOLATION to the Virginia congressional
delegation soon after the opening OF
Congress. Nearly all the Virginia
congressman have accepted like invi-
! tations.
Representative Jones of Virginia is
mere today. He lie grati6ed at the fact
that all he counties in his distric.
stood by him in his late fight, and says
that that fight being over, he thinks
the democrats there will soon come to-
gether again, and he united in the next
campaign, when they will have their
old enemies. the republicans, instead OF
each other, to contend with. With re.
spect to his own denomination, Mr..
Jones said he had heard of no opponent
except ex Safe Senator Little.
General Ludlow says eighty per cert.
OF the Cuhans are illiterates and OF
course can't govern themselves, but
th 1t they are being educated in the
schools of Havana. He, too, like
General Flzhugh Lee, favors the con.
inuauce OF military rule there. But,
all the sane, the Spanish war was
fought to free Cuba from the rule OF
Spain.
The President will probably appoint
a civil governor for Porto Rico, but will
leavs Congress to contend with Cuba.
Democrats FROM Prince Georges
county, Maryland, the county adjoin-
ing this city, here today, say large
part of the republican vote cast there
last Tuesday pas that of negroes who
live here, out who are registered 10
that county, and who never come there
except on election days, but always do
then, and always vote the republican
| ticket.
The election returns from Ohio are
to the effect that while Nash, the repub-
lican candidate for Governor, got a
large majority, the republican csndi-
date for Leutensnt-Go and the
rest of the ticket got through by sur.
prisiogiy small vste, so small indeed
hat for short time it was thought it
oad not been elected at all. The rea-
SOD assigned for this is that the democ.
racy OF Mr.. Mclean was doubted, aud
that the people of the State took
that way of showing their opposition 10
the republican imperialistic policy.
1t was rumored this afternoon that
Vice President Hobart has sent word
TO the President that he is dying and
wants to see the President before the
| end. It is said that the President may
go to Paterson.
The President today appointed ex-
Governor Joseph w. Fifer, of Illinois,
4 member of the Interstate commerce
commission, to succeed Mr.. Calhoun, re-.
signed.
Admiral Schley will hoist his flag on
the Chicago at Tompkinsville, Staten
Island, week from tomorrow, the
18th inst. Formal orders to this effect
were prepared at che Navy Depart
ment this morning and will be signed
this afternoon.
President Mckinley has determined
to pay visit to bis friend and political
companion, Vice President Hobart.
he reached this conclusion yesterday
after short conversation with Judge
Fort, who is one of Mr.. Hobart's warm.
est friends and the man who placed
him in nomination at the st. Louis con.
vention.
General Otis tolegraphs as follows today:
Gen. Lawton experienced some difficulties n
account Hof continued unprecedented rains
In that section of the country; his advance at
IAN Jose yesterday at Csrranglan tod ~,
strong force put through on Aliago route;
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