Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-07-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gasette.

WSSnlHptOu, July @o'
While it is probable that Henry E.
Davis, U. S. attorney for the District
of Columbia, will be appointed judge Of
the District Supreme Court, it was sta
ted at the White House today that the
President will not settle the matter un-
Ill he returns from Lake Chsmplain.
Mr.. Davis, though protesting to be
democrat, bolted the ticket in 1896 and
went on the stump then against that
ticket.
The following from Cebu was re-
ceived from Gen. Otis today: Bandits
10 Cebu mountains robbing and i'm
pressing people, coast town. On Mon
dsv. Lieutenant Moore with detach-
nent Twenty.third infantry, while
scouting in mountains, fred upon from
strongly fortified position; one private
killed, name not given. No other
casualties. Enemy's loss FIVE bandits
killed, seven captured" The idea OF
bandits injuring soldiers is laughed at
| here.
The Italian charge called at the State
Department again today about the rep
RESERVATIONS made by him relative to the
lynchiDg of Italians ct Tallulah, La.
| The matter remains in statu QUO, the
investigation begun by the department
not vet having been concluded.
The sentence of William Reed, a negro, who
WAS found guilty of the murder Of Lizzie Lo.
gan and sentenced to be hanged On August
| 4. WIS today commuted to imprisonment for
| life by the President on the remarkable
ground Of insanity.
The President today appointed Benjamin
! p. Gay postmaster at Smithheld, Va.
The President today appointed Capt.
+. l.. Niche major and assistant ad'
iutant general of volunteers. Captain
Niche. has been acting adjutant gene
raj in General Fizhugh Lees depart
ment in Cuba since Major l.. V. Ken.
non was given command OF one OF the
new volunteer regiments.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley
left Washington at 9 o'clock this after
noon on % special train over the Penn
svlvania road for Hotel Champlain on
Lake Champlain where they expect to
spend several weeks for the benefit OF
Mra. McKinley's health. No stops wi
be:msde en- route.
Challes J. Gearing WAS appointed postmaa
ter at Newbern, Pulaski county, Va, today,
vice VIM. A. Saith, reinoyed.
The death reports from both tho Philippine
| Islands and Cuba continue to increase, in the
| former from wounds and in the latter from
! yellow fever.
Major strother, U. s. army, who was re-
Gently promoted to be Leutenant-C Colonel, is
son of the late James French strother OF
Rsppahannock county, Virginia, who before
! the war between the States, was ono OF the
| distinguished leaders Of the wing party in his
State.
Col Felix McClosky sn old time Tammany
democrat, who is here today, says the democ'
racy Of MS city 10 as sound on the Chicago
| platform and ticket as that of Virginia or
Texas or any other State
Among the strangers here today is Mr..
Reed, the postmaster at Ncwports News.
| Mr.. Reed is a republican, and. Of course, fam
| cy free in respect of the Senatorial question
in his State. What he says, therefore, on
that slbject,is of more weight than il he were
a democrat He does say that judging from
| what ne sees and hears Senator Martin will
| be reelected, and that he knows he is the fa-
varite OF large majority of the democrats in
the Norfolk district.
| The commission crested for the purpose of
| examining the different routes for 3 canal to
! connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
| though it can do no more than has already
been done several times, has now determined
that it will net 90 to Graytown until the
| yellow fever has ceased TO prevail there.
There are many people here who say that
! il Nj. A r. Stewart could not hold the office
| OF Secretary Of the Treasury because he was
an importer of dry goods, they don't see how
Mr.. Gage, who is largely interested in nation.
al bank stock, can hold that position.
In dispatch received here from General
haftcr today, il is stated that the members Of
his headquarters band have sailed for Mania
1t is supposed here that, finding the work of
-ubduing the Filipinos with Springfield guns
difficult job, General Otis, like Orpheus,
has determined upon the use Of music to
effect that object.