Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-10
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Aguinado is reported to have issued
a proclamation making Spanish the Of
fetal language OF his government.
Carninal Gibbons expects to go to
England next year to dedicate the
Westminster Cathedral, London.
A declaration for o flexible currency
! based upon the gold standard has been
adopted by the executive committee OF
the indianapolis monetary convention.
Gen. Joe Wheeler will deliver the
Grafton at the meeting of the United
Confederate Veterans at Charleston, S.
c., at their reunion on the 10th of May.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, who
was recently elected over Ex-Governor
Altgeld, has declined to be present
with him at the banquet of the Month
cello Club on April -. The banquet
has been called off.
Patsy Ward, Page county's wonder
in longevity. who was born on Febrn-
airy %, 1892, near Luray, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. William
Wood, near Oak Hill that county, on
Friday, having attained the advanced
age OF lO7 years.
"Rajah," big elephant owned by
Lemen Brothers Circus Company,
which has been wintering in Argentine,
Kan, yesterday killed its keeper,
Frank Fisher, by kneeling upon him.
Fisher was drunk and made the ele-
plant mad.
Daniel Kelly, of Hall county, Ga,
has just married his third wife in the
last ten months. They were sisters and
two died after brief wedding experien-
ces with Kelley who says if his present
wife dies he will go after the remain
ing sister. His motherinlaw is also
alive.
Almon NJ. Clapp, at one time United
States government printer, died at his
residence in Washington yesterday al
ternoon, in the eighty eighth year OF
his age. On retiring from that office,
in 1877, he bought IN interest IN the Ma
tional Republican, OF Washington. Dur
ing the last twelve years he had been
living in retirement.
Immigration and how to restrict ii
was the theme under discussion by the
Industrial Commission, in Washington.
| on Saturday. Prescott +. Hall, presi.
dent OF the Immigration Restriction
League, Of Bosto0, testified that a large
proportion OF the crime committed IN
the United States is Derpetrated by the
ilhteratc foreigners.
The Brush government has selected
Mr.. c. n. + Eliot, H. the British mem
Der of the joiuc nigh commission for the
settlement of the Samoan question.
The British ambassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, called at the State Depart
ment in Washington on Saturday and
advised Secretary Hay OF SIr. EIotz
selection.
Premier Dupuy, in speech to his
constituents yesterday, said France Is
calm and free from foreign entangle-
ments. He also said that the govern
ment is ready TO act in Inc Dreyfus case
and that France will punish the guilty.
Gen. BiIot, testiiying before the court
al cessation OF saturday, said that
Dreyfus' brothers told Gen. Sandherr
they were willing to give their whole
fortunes to discover the real culprlt.
The Cuban generals commanding the
forces met Saturday aud elected Gen
Maxine Gomez commander-in chief OF
the Cuban army IN the provinces Of Ha-
vana, Pinar del Rio, MatanZas and San
ia Clara. General Gomez conferred
with General brooke that evening
The Cuban generals cabled to the Gu
ban commanders in Puerto Principe
and Santiago to accept the election OF
Gomez.
Ia Washington, on Saturday, A. B
Powell, inventor of the process which
is alleged to have been used for the
preservation OF refrigerated beef used
by the army during the war with Spain,
testified before the military court Of in
quiry. He declared eInphatically that
neither bcrAcic nor salicyle acid YVES
used in his process; NOR" ne added
lis there any objection or immersion in
chemicals. The process is applied by
fumigstion."
DR.. George Rawson, who figured in a
sensational divorce case in Seattle,
WASH, a few years ago, committed
suicide at the insane hospital at Indian
apolis yesterday by hanging, His wife,l
name was Nancy Norton, and she is a
relative Of an Ex-Governor of Virginia,
and a cousin of Prince Yturbide, OF
Mexico. Rawson appeared in Annapo-
lis about three weeks ago, and was
found wandering about the streets by
the police. He was victim Of the
cocaine and morphine habit. which had
driven him insane.
Col. W. J. Bryan has mailed his an
swer to the last letter received from
Mr.. Perry Belmont some weeks ago.
The correspondence thus far has dealt
largely with the rival Jefferson dinners
to be held in lew York, but Mr.. Rry-
an ignores that matter and deVotes his
attention 10 the differences existing be.
tween himself and Mr.. Belmont on
Questions Of democratic party policy.
He defends the silver cause and dc.
clares the 1e to doctrine to be cardi-
mel tenet OF democracy because it was
adopted by the majority of democrat
ic national convention. True Jeher-
sonian democracy, he says, cannot sup
port the gold standard.
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Admiral Dewey, in an interview at