Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandria Gsse' g.
Washington, August "a.

Washington, August n
Senator Moran of Alabama, arrived
here this morning ard took rooms at
the Metropolitan He is ia good health
lad spirits. TIE Senator, as previously
stated, is in favor of the Chicago plat
form and thinks that Mr.. Bryan Is tne
logical candidate of the democratic
party for the Presidency.
The suit of the Mt. Vernon Electric
Road against the Falls Church, road to
nrevent the latter from tapping its
wires, previously postponed at the in-
stance of the former, until the 18th
inst, has, at the same instance, been
still further postponed.
Collector Brady, OF the lower inter-
nal revenue district of Virginia, and
member of the republican executive
committee of his State, is here today, at
the Ebbitt House, not on political,
but official business. He says his
party will rest this year and give the
democrats all the rope they want and
let them hurt themselves as much as
they please
During June, 1899, there were i'm
norted at the port of Havana from the
United Estates 1.13l COWS, 234 calves,
II 1856 steers, 8 500 pigs. 493 sheep, 919
horses, SIC mules aud 80 doukeys.
A Massachusetts republican, now
here on business with one of the de.
partments, says if MIR Mckinley be re.
nominated, as he probably will be, q
large number OF New England republi
cans will refuse to vote for him on &C.
count of the war he is making on the
Philippine Republic; they will not
vote for Bryan, he says, but they will
refuse to go TO the polls. He also says
that the anti-war feeling in all the
New England States is rapidly rising.
Mr.. Frank Hume, whose business is
ia this city, says he saw by the Gazette,
while in Alexandria county. this morn.
ing, that Governor Tyler had called at
his store here yesterday, while he was
away, but why he should have done so,
ne doesn't know, as il Senator Martin
shall only get one vote in the legisla.
rure, that vote will be his. Mr.. Hume
says be also hears that some Of his
friends are talking about him as pos
sble candidate for Congress, but he
wishes the Gazette to say that he is
perfectly content with what Alexandria
city and county have done for him by
nominating him for the Virginia legis-
lature, and that he is candidate for
no other Office.
People from Ohio now here say it is
practically conceded there that Mr.. Nc
Lean will be the democratic candidate
or Governor, and that Notwithstanding
The large republican majority there, the
dissatisfaction with Mr.. Mckinley
among his OVID party there we'll inform
ed politicians would not be surprised
If he should be elected.
The following cablegram from Gen.
Otis was received this morning under
:oday's date General Bates returned,
mission successful. Agreement made
with Sultan and Bates whereby sover-
eighty United States over entire Jolo
archipelago acknowledge it's flag to
fly on land and sea. Uoited States to
occupy aud control all points deemed
necessary. Introducina fire arms pro
hibitl d. Sultan to assist suppressing
piracy. Agrees to d liver criminals
accused of crime not committed by
Moros against Moros. r slations be-
tween United States troops and Moros
very friendly. Two other points in
archipelago will be occupied by United
States troops when trade and COM
nerce can be controlled. Moros west
I'm Mimindano friendly; ask permits
sion to drive out insurgents.
\ letter from General DENLY, the act
ing president of the Philippine commits
ion, now in Manila, says the provost
MARSHAL of that city has ordered the
compulsory education of the children
here, at the sole expense of this gov
'rnment. The anti-expansionists here
say they can't exactly understand why
he children of the Filipinos should be
educated by the American government,
vhiles American soldiers are shooting
down their fathers.
Attorney General GIiggs says that no action
sill he taken in the case of Captain Carter,
charged with missppropriating government
money, until the return of his counsel,
Wayne Mac Veagb, from Europe in September.
Clayton Mason, nephew of Senator Mason
of Illinois died at the Emergency Hospital at
An early hour this morning from the effects
# an overdose Of morphine.
1t is intimated at the Var Department to.
lay that. after ALL General Otis may possibly
DO relieved OF the supreme command in the
philippines, and it is said that since Score.
tsty Boots visit to the President he is very
eticent Oh that subject, though before he
made it, he had nc hesitation in saying to any
body who questioned him, that the Genera!
would certainly retain his command. The
statement at the department that the Amer.
can soldiers now in the Philippines will eat
their Christmas dinner there, it said to indi-
cate long war.
AN UPPER LEATHER TRUsT.-Tan-
aers of the east and middle west who