Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-10
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Gore .pondeuce Of the Alexsndria Gazette.
Washington, April 10
DR.. Charles H Castle, OF Cincinnati,
assistant surgeon OF the First Ohio vol
unteer cavalry, testified before the
court of iuqury This morning TO con.
versation with Armours agent at Lake
land, Fla n the presence OF Captain
Carmichael and Lieutenant CAMPER, in
which he complained OF the refrigera-
I'd beef being discolored aud having q
,reenish uage 90 The outside. The
agent responded that this was due TO
the use of chemicals 10 preserve the
neat The doctor asked the agent
what the formula FOR the preservation
was. and ne answered that il was Sc.
,ret process. The doctor complained
.otns chief commissafy 81 Tampa, and
sIea TO be allowed to buy fresh beef
aee3rse the men were going Tor days
gltDout meat on account o. II oeln9
=poiied. The beef had an ecrid, sour
-uel. IL was his opinion hat IL had
7-ea treated with fOrmaldehyd6, when,
used rs q gas, the witness said, would
nd to preserve meat; as u liquid Il
@oul6 mske good embsiming fund. /,
VIII De recalled that Armour x Co. III
making lEei1 bid, stated that they bad
n. Powell PROCESS" of preservation,
,ndfns Ar. Powell testified that his
.~oce.s Wa: by fumigation. General
scatter viii he examined tomorrow.
The uece--ity Tor hur:Tlng the ION
Cavalry 70 santiago de Cuoa Is causing
he Wsr Department considerable per-
olexitV ID view of the urgency &c
handing the quick return OF all goIun-
GERS to the United States before yell
low lever becomes Indignantly prev
4lent. The department particularly
aoued 10 get the so called immune reg
ments out of Santiago before they
rere infected, as the fever assumes 2
most serious form there, and the i'm
mupity of the commands is now admit
ted to be wholly imaginary. General
Wood has strongly advised that none
of his troops be withdrawn until after
the regulars reach him, as he tears
rouble would occur the moment the
American force was reduced, the
mountainous regions ueing filled with
iesperadoes and vicious elements.
The war with Spain officially ends
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock when
ne Publications OF the peace treaty will
be exchanged al the White House
Secretary Thiebault, OF the French en-
bassy. called upon Secretary Hay
about noon today and informed MIN
mat the Spanish copy with the Queen
signature had reached the French en-
bassy and that Ambassador Cambon
was empowered TO represent the
Q1een il the remaining formality.
secretary Hay promptly arranged with
the French secretary for the closing
ceremony of the war in She presence OF
President Mckinley at The White
House tomorrow.
Congressman Jones, Lamb and Rixey
and Attorney General Montague and
ex.State Senator Walton Moore of Vir-
GINA, all signers of the receut call for
a selt-appointed convention OF the dem
ocrats of that State, TO devise ways and
means by which the next democratic
U. S. Senator from their State shall be
nomluated and elected otherwise than
10 accordance with the Constitution, or
as others say, to defeat Senator Martin,
were here last Saturday, but have all
gone home.
The Supreme Court this morning ad-
ourned until tomorrow out OF respect
20 the memory of the late ex-Associate
Justice Field, who died last evening.
Upon the opening of the court, Chief
Justice Fuller said: ut becomes my
sad duty TO inform the gentlemen of the
oar of the death OF Mr.. Justice Field,
who passed peacefully from this life last
evening. He died full of years and
aonor, and attended by all that should
accompany them. Mr.. Justice Fields
service upon this bench was unexam-
pied IN length and distinction. He &C.
cunied seat upon this bench for a
longer period than any of its members
rom the beginning. His labors left no
region of Jurisprudence unexplored,
and now that he rests from his labors,
mis- works follow him. His retirement
wnen he saw port approaching was so
recent that he hardly seems to have
been absent and mis- death comes home
to US the more keenly. As a mark of
respect TO his memory this court will
now adjourn until tomorrow at noon"
Colonel Ike Hill, OF Ohio, the demo-
cratic whipper-in of the House, mas
lust returned from MS State, where the
town elections were held last week.
He saws that little or nothing nss been
saiu by the newspapers of the East
about the gains the democrats made at
those elecnous, though they were great,
such cities as Dayton, Springfield, Ak
ron, Urbana, Portsmouth and Galiipolas
going democratic by large majorities,
enough some Of them have always
leretoforn been republican. Jones,
who was elected mayor OF Toledo, he
says, is worse than N0xey, and declares
il the republicans wont nominate MIN
for Governor he will run as 81 indie
pendent republican candidate. The
defeat oil the republican candidate for
mayor of Cleveland. he says, is boasted
OF by the Hanna men as their victory.
and that the split between the TWO
wings Of the republican party in Ohio
is wide open and looks as if it will re-
main so. r-