Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-08
FR0u WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, September S.


treasurer of the Slaud nd Oh Company,
testified before the industiill commis
sion this morl ,g. He emphatically
denies the leading charges made against
his company not only by Mr., Lee but
bv Mr.. Emory and otheis. He read
statements to prove that within -
months between the Year 1877 and
1879 the Standard did not get from the
railroads as was alleged by his rivals
upwards OF $10,090,OOO IN rebates
through system of iavors and dis
examinations. Every now and then
Mr.. Archbold in dramatic manner
would exclaim That is a lusty old
lie" or Another old ghost that has to
be do Owned" He read letters from the
traffic managers of twenty or more
railroad liOes asserting positively that
never since the enactment of the in-
ferstste commerce law in 1887 had the
Standard been given any rates or re-
nates that were not given to other ship
oers. He denied that bis company was
INV more Of trust than the opposition
concerns, and the whole bent of his tes-
timony was TO prove that the inde-
peudent company was the great evil
Secretary OF War Root took up the
.ntire time OF the Cabinet meeting to-
day in discussion Of the condition in
The Philippines. Cabinet officers re-
fuse to state what action is TO be taken
and will not say whether or not there
is desire to remove Otis and send
Miles or some one else in his place.
rhe talk was mainly devoted to the
getting of transports acd Of the hurry
lug of troops to Asiatic waters. No
cot clusiou was reached as to how this
movement could be accelerated.
Toe latest telegram from Surgeon
McAdam al Key West states that 96
cases of yellow fever were reported at
Key West up to last evening, and one
additional dtath. Or. Edward Souchon,
president of the New Orleans board of
health, wires that there is one new case
at New Orleans, but that it is mild
tpve, making, the third only in that
CITY this season. The second case tn, re
= convalescent. Returns received from
IS of the city physicians show 10 other
cases in New Orleans. The inspection
continues there. The state hoard OF
health has decided that quarantine is
not necessary.
Secretary Root has completed the
skeleton organizations OF two more
Infantry volunteer regiments for ser.
vice 10 the Philippines. Tue field and
staff officers are taken from the regular
army, the remainder Of the officers and
men being negroes, organ lad just like
the socalled immune regiments sent to
Cuba last year. 1t is thought that one
If the regiments will rendezvous al
Richmond, Va, and the other at Annis
ton, Ala. The officials believe that the
regiments can be completed in two
weeks and that they will be easily ill
| ed with experienced men who have
recently had military service and will
therefore be ready for immediate duty.
They NAV be sent to San Francisco
ahead Of some of the white commands
now organized.
The report Il q, General Merritt is to
be sent back to the Philippines is not
credited here, though there is no doubt
Of the fact that great pressure has been
brought TO bear upon the President for
the recall of General Otis. The diSsat-
sfacton with the slow progress of the
war is increasing, and the President
knows that il is, ana is very anxious
nat some evidence OF activity may be
manifested al once. If the coming dry
season be allowed to pass with the war
still on, the President fears that his
chance of reelection will be lessened
considerably.
DR.. S. L. Harmon, formerly OF Alex
andra but more recently of this city,
nas removed to La Platte, Charles
county, Nd, where he has already sue
ceeded in getting good practice.
The annual meeting OF the Virginia
democratic association Of this city will!
be held tonight. It's only business will
be to pass upon The applications for
mem bership, of which there are several,
and the election of officers for the next
year; but all the present ones will prob
ably be re- elected.
General Eagan has returned from his visit
to Hawaii aad had a long conference with ex-
Secretary Alger in New Iork yesterday. He
believes he has been made q scapegoat Of
wants vndication by restoration TO his old po-
sition and threatens to t. II all he kno US unless
ne shall he General Alger is trying to dis
susde him from carrying his threat into exc
cution, lest he also suffer from the revelations
but Easan is mad through and through, and
says he can't be played any longer. The
President waits him TO ask for retirement,
and if he shall do so, the loss in his salary will
be made good but tie General says they
can't remove him, and he vi not retire until
compelled to do so by age.
At meeting of the Confederate Veterans
Association of this city. about dozen of
whose members belonged to M0shy's Rangers,
to 90 to Front Royal, Virginia, next Saturday
week, the 23d instant, and tske part in the
unveiling of the monument to the members
of their commsnd who were murdered by
their federal captors near that place, but
whose murder WAS retaliated in kind
A committee OF Indiana u. A. r. men called
on the President this morning TO assure him
OF their confidence in the fairness and Impair.
tiality OF Pension Commissioner Evans. They
assured him that the opposition to Evans was
,onined TO some disgruntled pension grab
beers The President WAS pleased with their
expressions aud told them that he lad the
fullest confidence in Commissioner Evans snd
would stand by him
A. l.. Jones was appointed postmaster at
PsrdletOn, Louisa county, Virginia today.
vice c. B. Tate, resigt cd.
Julian Baker. second class ordnance man,
WAS accidentally killed at the navy yard here
this morning he was oiling the rigging in
the gunshop when chain gave way, causing
him to fall thirty feet, frscturing his skull.
Baker had been thirty years in the navy.
At noon TODAY Chief Moore of tho Westhor