Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-08-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of tho Alexandra Gazette. !
Washington. August 5.

Correspondence of tho Alexandra Gazette. !
Washington. August 5.
The old soldier who started the cpl
demic OF yello.s fever ut Hampton has
been located. He is now several thou
sand miles away from the place where
his brief presence brought about sue d
awful consequences. Surgeon General
Wyman received he following telegram
this morning from Gov. Woodhn, man
ager of the Soldiers Home: william
Thomas entered home July 2 to 5 from
Santiago via northern point. Now
STAYING at Columbus City, Washing
ton" ~ am very glad indeed to hear
that Thomas is up in the northwest, "
said DR.. Wyman. "He can do no one
any harm there for the yellow fever
cannot get ioothold in that latitude.
Thomas was treated for fever when
he was at the home, but the
physicians did not dream that
he bad the infection. His case
must have been very mild Que. !"
Surgeon General Wyman received a
telegram at noon from DR.. Vickery,
surgeon 10 charge of the Hampton
Home. No new cases have occurred
there, ne says, and no deaths. If the
epidemic continues limited DR.. Vicke-
~ says, the present force of surgeons
will be ample. The revenue cutter
Window leaves Baltimore this evening
for Norfolk. The Window will be used
TO convey supplies from Norfolk to the
old ship Jamestown which lies in
Hampton Roads. from which in turn the
supplies will be transferred to launches
from the home. The Hampton author
lies have asked DR.. Wyman for 100
cots which will be furnished by the
army quartermaster's department.
People who attended the prohibition
oush meeting at Purcelville yesterday
saw al immense crowd was present, 10
GLIDING many from Alexandria, and all
the candidates for office at this or next
iall's election in Loudoun county. Rev.
Sam Jones supplied most of the amuse-
ment, and "dity camp" mile off, furn-
shed the required quantity OF liquid
refreshment.
Senator Ste Wart of Nevada says he
doesn't write for the Silver Knight, a
weekly newspaper published in Alex
.ndria, now, out he is glad to sse that
it is getting on as we'll as ever. He is
cot at all exuberant at the prospects OF
The country as the gold men now have
such power, and says that unless the
Philippine question be satisfactorily
settled at an early day, the administra-
ion will suffer.
Colonel Campbell of Fairfax county,
nere today, says the money for a rail-
road from either the Aqueduct or the
Long Bridge to Fairfax courthouse is
already raised and will be available as
soon as permission can be obtained for
crossing either of those bridges, and
that with such permission the road
would be produced along the old Borst
line straight through to Cincinnati
Major Hine OF the same county says
Captain Willard has had railroad
line surveyed from Fairfax courthouse
to Dunn Loring on the Leesburg road,
out that be doesn't think such q road
will be built.
A business man of this city
talking today about Mr.. Could
statement yesterday before he sail
cd 10 q pleasure trip to New
York, that the country never was
so prosperous, said Wall street. the
rusts end the iron business were pros.
porous, to be sure, but that from what
he heard from other business men in ali
parts of the country, the people were
oever in worse pecuniary condition
than they are now, and that be feared
that condition would not speedily i'm
prove.
Yesterday afternoon Immigration
Commissioner Powderly received as.
surances from the Omaha exposition
managers that the 16 Filipinos they had
imported and are held at San Francisco,
would be given food and shelter for q
year, and sent back to Manila if they
cared 10 go. He then decided that they
might proceed on their way. In decid-
ing the case as in the case of the Fill.
pino actors Commissioner Powderly
evaded the question OF their citizenship.
An advocate of actors commended that
the treaty with Spain made all the Fill
pinos true blue Americans. Mr.. Pow.
Derby decided that they could not be
shut out under the terms of the alien
contract labor law because they would
not compete with American labor. So
hey were admitted.
General Merritt this morning tele-
graphed Adjutant General Corbin that
30 had decided to remove the garrison
uow at Fortress Monroe 10 Plum Island,
opposite Montauk Point. Long Island
The men Of the Third Cavalry will 60 to
Manila on the stock vessels Athnome and
Gerrone instead of on the st. Paul and Nor.
gan City. The troops are to be in readiness
at Seattle August Is and will sail about Au.
gust 20.
There were only 1874 recruits enlisted yes
terday.
There Vas more damage done to the trees
Of this city by the storm of yesterday even
ing than was ever caused by any of its prede-
cessors; that is, according to some of the older
inhabitants.
The SHAMROCK SALSA dispatch
from Greenock says; At 10 o'clock yes.
Lerday morning the cuD CHALLENGER ac-