Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-05

sible for the fhilppineS Inese Two
ships will get away from Hampton
Roads next week 0 ders were slso
ssnt to San Francisco 10 prep re TIE
Badger to cross the Pacific IS soon ss
practicable; also to Boston to prepare
the Bancroft for sea Immediately. The
Macbias and Marietta will also be Or
aered to start for Manila in the course
OF week or two and probobly the An
napolis. None of the smaller yachts
will be sent as Admiral Dewey recon-
mends that only such vessels be sent
as can take care of themselves. He de-
clared that the use of small launches
except when supported oy large yes
sells was dangerous, as the Insurgents
could swan around them in csscoes and
large barges capturing them by over
whelmiDg force OF numbers.
The assignment of the Brooklyn to
the Asiaic squadron is construed by
Rsar Admiral Schley's friends as au-'
other affrout TO that officer. When
Schley was assigned to the command
OF the South Atlantic squadron there
was general protest on the ground
that the position was an insignificant
and humiliating one TO q man who had
rendered such service as that of Schley.
These representations were made to
the Presi ient personally and were
gwen SO ouch publicity that Admiral
Schley himself called on the President
and told him that as q true sailor he
would accept any assignment given
/ .,nlx, bod ono rcnpocf which
was that the Brooklyn should be allow
ed hinI as his flagship. 1t has been the
presumption That the President acced-
ed to this and it was so stated. But,
all the same, the Brooklyn is ordered
elsewhere and Admiral Schley has not
even bean formally assigned to his
command. The Presidents friends say
his action in assigning the Brooklyn to
Admiral Watson was based on the per.
soma! advice of Admiral Dewey
At the Pan Presbyterian alliance SEES
sion, this morning, several of the min
isters insisted that pc itical and state
questions should be ignored and that
general effort should be made 10 build
up Christianity. The application Of
he Portugal church for admission
| brought out tie statement from Dr..
Roberts that the question ought to be
considered with great caution, as it was
charged that the Portugal church ap.
oiled, also the Methodists and other
denominations. The matter was re-
ferred 10 the business commission, as
was also the question of missionary
work in the Philippines and in Brazil.
| The most heated contentious of the
session we're the resolutions on the
| Mormon question offered by DR.. Reed,
which reclted that the Mormons had
40 claim to fellowship among Christ
ian denominations, even though the
| Mormon church had membership Of
5000 and 5000 missionaries in the
| filled. DR.. Matthews raised the point
of irregularity on the resolutions, but
| they were adopted.
Surgeon General Wyman's latest adj
vices show five new cases of yellow fe
YER at New Orleans aud one death.
The report for Key West is SO new
cases; no deaths.
Judge Knapp, chairman of the inter-
stats commerce commission, was ex-
amlned this morning by the industrial
commission. Iu reply to numerous
questions he said it was undoubtedly
rue that officials of leading railways had
other business interests, such as stock
in grain elevators, mills,in growiugtowns
and cities and that it always would be
80. On the subject of favors and dis.
examinations he said that it could not
be stopped unless the law was changed
and the roads compelled to regularly
publish their tariff lists. In that people
could discover whether or not favors
were granted some and denied Others
The corporations should be held re-
sponsible under the law, and not the
agents, and the corporations should be
indicted for criminal misdemeanori if the
law was violated. He thought the law
was very defective, and the commission
would continue to recommend amend
ments to Congress. At the afternoon
session Commissioner Prouty testified
to the same effect.
General Harries of tie National
Guard OF this city told the Gszette's
correspondent this morning that he
could not tell until tonight whether
that force would be able to accept the
invitation they received yesterday to
attend the Alexandria se. qui centen.
ulal celebration. He could say, how
ever, that not more than battalio of
it would do so, and that that battalion
would be composed of white men. Ii
was reported here that the negro troops
might go. The Confederate Veterans,
association, who were thinking about
taking part in that celebration, had
heard this report, and said they would
not go If it were true.
Superintendent Philips, of the Wash
iugton and Falls Church Electric Rail-
road was arrested in Alexandria county,
near this city, by a .. S. deputy mar
shall and carried to Richmond, on a
warrant issued by Major Stevens, in
command OF Fort Myer, charging him
with malicious interference with gov.
ernment telegraph lines. Three
weeks ago Secretary Root in
the presence of the president
OF the railroad referred to and
Congressman Rixey of Virginia,
promised that ii the alleged interference
referred to were removed the offense
would be condoned and nothing more
BE- heard of it. That was done the
same day, but yesterday Mr.. Philips,
without warning. was snapped up, and
carried not before u S. Commissioner
in Alexandris, but whisked off all the
way to Richmond. He was accompan-
led by Col. F. L. Smith, OF Alexandria,
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