Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Oorrespondsnce OF the Alexandra Gazette

Washington, May II.
Gen Otis cables the War Department
this morning as follows:
Manila. May IT,
Lawton has covered Bulacan prov
ince with his column and drawn insur-
gent troops northward into San Isidro,
second insurgent capital, which he cap.
tured this morning; is now driving en-
envy northward into mountains. He
has constant fighting, infiicting heavy
losses and suffering few casualties APP
pearsnce OF his troops on TANKS of en-
envy behind entertainments thrown up
at every strategic point and town very
demoralizing to insurgents and has
given them no opportunity to recon
centrate scattered troops. Kobb's col
umn with gunbosts proceeding up the
Rio Grande. OTIS.
The Secretary of War has called the
attention OF recruiting officers to the
fact that an inferior quality of recruits
has been enlisted.
Secretary Alger has previously ruled
that Congress will have to allot the
guns captured from the Spaniards, but
there is likelihood that the decision
may be reconsidered and that the can
mons may be LOANED" to municipali-
ties on proper application and endorse
ment by members Of Congress. The
War Departments available share is
about 100 guns. Some of these are so
small as to be useless. Other are still
in Santiago, but there are few choice
handsome specimens.
Congressman Rixey, OF Virginia, was
here this morning, but those who saw
hirn say, only for short time.
Henry o. Morris of Pueblo, Colorado,
has written a book against expansion,
and informs the Postmaster General
that though it tells the truth about
"Billy Butcher" Mckinley, if it shall be
excluded from the mails he will not pa
tiently submit to the outrage.
The order of the commandments
OF the Union Veterans Union in favor
OF the election of Colonel Henderson
to the Speskership of the next House,
has crested some connection among the
congressman now here, who say the re-
publican caucus of the House will NOM
mate the speaker and, what's more,
will do so irrespective of the orders or
recommendations OF any body else. 1t
is also said that dispatch has been
sent from here to Colonel Henderson
telling him that for his own sake he
had better have the order referred to
countermanded, as it will do him more
harm than good.
On the End proximo the papers in
the contested election cases of Wise VS..
Young and Walker VS.. Rhea from Vir-
GINA will be opened by the clerk of the
House, in the presence Of the contest
ants and contestees. or their counsel,
and snch of them as may be deemed
important enough to be printed will
be selected, by consent of the parties or
by the decision of the clerk.
The recent Lee episode at Charleston con-
tinues to be the subject of much comment
here and of general regret among the many
Yirginians in this city, who are not members
of Confederate camps the more so, the latter
say because while, South Csrolinians stood by
Mr. Lee the people of his own State mani
tested their opposition to him.
An Alexandria county republican here to-
day says the republican committee there Will
meet and probably call off MIR. Burroughs
from his candidacy for the clerkship of thst
county, but that he may not mind that call;
also, that the negro clubs are becoming extot-
tionate in their demands, and if bought can
not be relied upon; that candidates are the
only things talked about there now that
meetings are being held somewhere in the
county almost every night, one at Halls Hill
tonight.
a democratic voter in Yirginis, but en-
gagged in business hero, says that from what
nc reads and hears, he doesn't think the re-
cent conference in Richmond will cut much
OF figure in the election of the next Senator
from that State, and that it would have been
better for the sake of those who took promi-
nent parts in it if they hadn't done so. He