Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-22
FR0M WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra aaEepo .i
WASHINGTON. Feb. %.

nOunceS the ARRIVAL OF tIe DenDlHStpt
at Manila. Her orders were 10 stop at
Wake Island on the wey and examine
it with o view 10 It's utility AS q c9ble
station. and on her arrival NJ the La
drone Islanda her officers were TO make
survey Of Port LOUIS D'Aprn, which
mas been selected rs the American
coaling station st the island OF Guam.
To-day was Washinglon's birthday.
but few l4es were flying, none on the
principal tEorc u yhiares, ana no wrenths
were on the monuments, and people
were engaged in their daily business az
usual.
Nicaragua has exercised the unques-
toned right Of censori2ing all dis
patches seut from That to ioEeigU coun.
I-les, but, for having done so, this cou;-
try is taking steps to eize har telegraph
sjati ns, wmcn, ci COURSE, VIII make
| her tn more friendly.
The Senate has restored the original
amount for the Portsmouth public
building, 100000, cut dom by the
| House 10 SO 900, bat it is doubtful to-
! day whether Vie bill viii be passed or
not.
White, The negro congressman from
North Carolina, almost daily brings his
! girl Child 10 the Capitol with hin, and
he occupies chair of another mem
/ her during the services Ct the House, 20
I the evident annoyance OF those who sit
| by him The child has more sense than
| he mas. Its characteristic of negroes
that up to the age Of puberty they are
almost as intelligent IS white children,
but sfter that age, they rapidly take on
stupidity.
Col. VIM. J. Bryan arrived in this
city from Detroit ut one o'clock to Cay
and was at once driven 10 the Metro
politan Hotel Mr. Bryan. vino is
very hoarse, explained shat his hoOrse.
ness was caused by his having 10 speak
10 such number of enthusiastic free
silver audiences in Michigan Col
Bryan will to-night be TIE guest OF
nonor at the Washington birthday ban
Quet given by the Virginia Democratic
| Association.
The Brown-Swanson contested cleo
ZION case from Virginia will be called
up again in the House tomorrow. As
aa indication Of its result, it may be
stated that a Northern republicanm mem
Der meeting the coGtestee this morning,
said to him Swanson. we've paid for
one representative from your district
| this session, without any return, and
I'm id If I'm goirg 10 vote to pay
double for any such Improbable SER
vice -
MIR. Bailey took the House by sur
prise today, but especially the republic
! cans in it. As soon as the journal had
oeen read, and while several republic
cans HAD risen to claim the Speaker
attention, he demanded the reading by
he clerk Of Washlngton's Farewell
Address. Many Of the republicans felt
like Directing, but none Of them was
game enough TO do SO. So an hour Was
consumed amid the smiles OF the demo
| crsts.
Ex-Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri. is
very much improved this morning He
was taken from the Emergency Hos.
pital to his home last night.
Dr. DAILY stated TO the court OF in.
guiry today that his attention was
.alei TO a quarter OF beef hanging on
ne bridge o. = transport al Tampa and
4as told by Col. Weston that the beef
aad already been 90 hours in an expos
Ell condition. Flies would not light on
ne beef and he thought it was strange
nat the beai was not putrid after It's
exposure III the warm weather. This
set him to thinking. He went back
.nd cut OF 81 piece of the meat. He
Tsnted to learn how il was possible 10 keep
| beef fresh for 90 hours il hot climate Al
| forwards aud while il was fresh to taste and
| NELL he cooked and ate il. Soon after while
ding horseback ne became nauseqtcd and
| gomited Nothing was said to mako me be.
! licve that this beef was being experimental
on by order of the Commissary Department
| Lientenant J. z. E2gcston Of Raymond
| Miss, was naval officer on the u. S. steamer
| Wyandotto that in 1850 captured the bark
| William on the coast of Cuba with seven hun
| bred slaves. The William was condemned
! by an admiralty court ut Key West, Florida,
| RS a lawful prize and Lieutenant Eggloston
aljudgcd entitled to three hu drod and TWEEN
! " dollars as Prize money. He Went into the
! Confederate navy, and after the war was over
| he found it necessary 10 have n special bill
passed by Congress authorizing the Secretary
| of the Treasury TO pay him the amount due
| him. After several years he has finally ac-
COmpiished this through tho efforts of his a.
| torncy, r. C. Glascock, now of tnis city, but
formerly of exaudri4 and bin for his &C.
lief nss become law and Mr.. G!asscock
received The full amount yesterday at the
Treasury Department for his lent,
Dispatches from Mauiia received at the
War Department to day contain accounts of
more casualties to American troops from the
The river here is so open that the tugboets
that hsvc been engaged III breaking the Ice
above the Long Bridge have stopped that
work The water III the river is even lower
That it was yesterday
The material for the new building at the
Navsi Academy at Annapolis will be supplied
from Petersburg, Virginia
Mr. huntington and his wife passed
through here yesterday evening on their way
to Newport's News 10 see about the new ar
NOR making plant that is to be established
there. He says that town is destined 10 be
great city, and that It is already the third
city in the country 50 far as foreign commerce
is concerned.
LEPRosY IN PoRTo notwithstanding
TO Dr. f. living DisbroT, lately sur
eeon iu the United States army, one OF
the results OF the Spanish evacuation OF
Porto Rico was that the lepers on the
island were allowed to 90 free. So for
rs he is aware no effort mas since been
made to segregate them. At any rate,
while he was on duty there he had op-
portunity TO study the lepers around
Ponce, San Juan and several other
Porto Rican cities.
The favorite resorts of the lepers,"
he said. were the city markets, and
several of them could be seen there
almost any day. The sight Of these