Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-30
A;N# EXAMINATION
OF TUG ALEXANDRIA esnet;e.
Washington. October 80.

The services were conducted there at
IL a. m. by the Rev. Or. Alexander
Mackay Smith. at the conclusion of
the service the body was escorted by
three batteries OF the Seventh Artil-
lery from Washington Barracks and
three troops of cavalry from Fort
Myer 10 the cemetery at Arlington. At
Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge q
cavalry baud from Fort Myer Joined
the cortege. At the entrance to the
cemetery the artillerymen fired briga-
der generals salute OF IL guns. The
interment was with full military honors
in the presence of the highest officers
of army and navy and high government
officials. A detachment of cavalrymen
fred the volley over the grave. Presi-
dent Mckinley and nearly the entire
cabinet attended both the funeral ser.
vices at St. Johns Church and at Ar.
lington Cemetery.
II. F. Seymour, recently returned
from Manila, is here to confer with the
War Department officials concerning
the future OF the archipelago. He says
General Otis is old and the combined
duties of military governor and COM
mander OF the forces are far too much
for even much more active man. He
says he finds the anti.expansion feeling
in this country much stronger than he
had believed.
Maryland politicians here say Sena-
ator Wellington's break with Governor
Lowndes was due to the fact that We'll
lington discovered that if the republi.
cans win in the State next month the
scheme is to pave the way for electing
two years hence John K. Cowen as his
successor. The story also goes that
Lowndes felt compelled to throw We'll
lington overheard in order to get the
support of the majority of the rold
democrats who opposed Senator Cor.
man in 1895 and 1897, and who bolted
Bryan in 1896
Arch bishop Chapelle will 60 to Ma
| Mia. When asked this morning about
the report that Governor Leary had
expelled the friars from Guam, he de
cared ne had not heard of it, but if the
report was true it was an outrage. No
complaint had ever been made against
the church in that island, and ne could
not believe that any sudden cause had
arisen for such drastic action.
Consul Albion w. Tourgee, at Dor.
deaux, has sent the State Department
| drawings of a French invention to pre-
vent railway collisions. 1t is, he says, Q
simple application of the block system
but, instead of merely displaying sig.
nal at each end of section of track
showing that the same is occupied, it
acts also on the engines of the sp-
preaching locomotives and, by cutting
of steam automatically, brings the
train TO standstill. As preventive
Of head on collision it would seem a
positive Improvement on the flock
system, though it is quite possible that
he Increased cost OF installation may
prevent its general adoption.
Libel suits against newspapers here
are more remunerative than they are
in most other cities. But lately one was
compromised for $500. and today q
jury in another one rendered verdic:
of $500 damages, ten per cent. of the
amount asked for.
People here familiar with the recent
suit in the Daingerfeld will case in
Alexandria, say the plaintiffs net re
ceipts after the payment of lawyers
fees and all other expenses, amount to
about eleven thousand dollars, which
is perfectly satisfactory to the plaintiff,
as when the case was commenced the
prevalent opinion was that the plaintiff
would ge. nothing.
Il was announced in the q. S. Su
preme Court today that Solicitor Gene
raj Richards was seriously ill at Hot
Springs, Virginia. Among the lawyers
in attendance upon the Supreme Court
was ex Speaker Thomas B. Reed and
ex Senator George F. Edmunds.
The current belief on the subject
here now is that the U. S. Senate will
sdmit Mr.. Quay on the appointment of
the Governor of his State, and that,
too, by the votes of democratic
Senators, and that therefore the gov
errors of the other States not represent
ed in the Senate will appoint Senators,
and that they, too, will be admitted,
snd that the one SO appointed from
Utah will be Mr.. Cannon.
The lease of the old vulcanizng
works in Alexandria was completed
here this morning when the signature
of Mrs. Clark, one of the owners, was
signed 10 it. The lease is for three
years with the privilege of purchasing
in the meantime. The property will
be used for paint factory that will
give employment to about fifty hands.
It's lessees are responsible men, who
after looking at other places decided
upon Alexandria as the most desirable
in every respect.
General Otis cables that Capt. French
aud Lieutenant Ferguson of the SOL
volunteers, recently arrived at Manila,
were wounded at Florida Blanca yes.
terday, their regiment having one man
killed and six wounded. A detachment
of the regiment struck force OF natives
in recently made trenches and quickly
drove them out, killing four of their Of
ticers aud eight men and capturing
three prisoners.
The famous old Stump Neck fishing
shore with 1900 acres of land, on the
Maryland side of the Potomac, and
about five miles below Indian Head,
belonging to Mr.. Garfield, has been sold
to the government for what is consider
ed a fair price.
Mr.. w. A. Little of fredericksburg, who
has been i'll in New York for some time was
expected here Saturday evening, and ar
engagements had been made for his reception
at Providence Hospital, aud as nothing has
been heard from him since then. his friends
are little anxious about him.
The Richmond delegation to escort the
President TO their city tomorrow arrived here