Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-17
FROM WASHINGTON.

d0VlCeB OIL lu6 citudtiOhf WV
did not visit the State department this
morning.
AT noon Acting Secretary OF State
Adee said that he had no confirmation
of the report that the ministers at Pekin
had been relic ed, and that few milo
utes earlier he had been told by Sec
retsry Root that he was also without
official Information.
| The Cabinet held two hours and a
half session this morning, but beyond
discussing the Chinese problem 10 gen.
eral way nothing was done. 1--WE are
40 far without any official information
that Pekin has fallen into the hands Of
the allies" said one member after the
meeting, 80 we can really do nothing
except wait. AS we do not know how
| much property or how many lives were
DESTROYED by the Chinese, the question
OF idemnity cannot be discussed. Meth
or can we make any plans for the future
disposition of the army there until we
| find out from General Chafiee how
things are at the Chinese capital"
Admiral Remey this morning sends
the following news from the Legations
in Pekin under the date OF August III:
Legations closely biocksded by chi
nese. Provisions ample for three weeks.
All reported well.
This is a day of suspension for the Of
ficials of the State, War and Navy de-
partments. While awaiting the arrival
of official news from Pekin as to the do
| ings OF the allied troops and the rescue
of the ministers every scrap OF informa-
ton bearing on the subject Is eagerly
sought from the newspaper men. 1t Is
believed that the Chinese government
has cleared It's skirts as much as possi'
BILE OF suspicion Of participation in the
attacks upon the legations by sending
away its troops, as announced by a
State department official. II the allied
troops have met with any opposition at
all at Pekn, it is therefore that OF an
unau horized mob which it will be COM
uaratively easy for the allies to over
come. II is though quite likely that a
fight OF some sort occurred, but that
toe Chinese government has been
holding itself aloof if not actually CO.
operating with the foreign column. III
he Chinese Government had determined
to hold the city against the assaults OF
the allies it is believed by the officials
here hat it would inevitably have re-
suited 10 the massacre of the legation
o ople. The reports from Shanghai Of
the entry into Pekin on the 10Th of the
allied forces without opposition of any
kind are accepted with reserve. 1t is
conjectured that Lii Hung Chang is the
author OF all of them and it liz pointed
out that this willy official has not always
been absolute correct in his informa
ton. The disposition in official circles
here is, however, to believe that the
ministers aud the legation people are
now safe in the hands Of their friends.
Colonel Brady, collector of internal
revenue for the l1wer district of Vir-
GINA. who has been i'll at Providence
Hospital here, was in snch favorable
condition yesterday evening that he
was strong enough to take carriage
ride.
1t is reported here that scheme is
on foot to establish reduction plant
for the garbage and dead animals Of
this city, near Woodbridge, Prince Will
liam county, Virginia, snd that air
tight metal cars will be used to carry
the noisome matter through Alexan-
iria. People here who know the Alex
andrisns, say only one load would ever
go through safely.
Stocks were quoted as weak here to-
day, wheat as steady and corn as
strong. The drought has injured the
corn crop all over the country. 1t was
supposed that the reported release Of
the legations at Pekin would have ad.
yanced stocks, but it didn't.
The Norris and anti-Norris demo-
Gratis OF this city are as much at odds
ss they ever were, nor do they know
when, if ever, they will be united.
Most of the democrats here are tired of
the squabble and disguised with both
the factions, but don't mind II, as
neither has any influence.
The report that Mr.. Davis, the
brother OF ex-senator Henry g. Davis,
| who has been nominated by the demo-
Gratis for Congress in West Virginia,
will withdraw, owing to the influence
Of Mr.. Elkins, the republican U. s
Senator from that State, who ia con-
necton of his, is credited at democratic
headquarters here, but 1t Is said that
stauuch democrat will be nominated in
his place, aud be elected.
For the first time the democrats here
are putting faith in the assertion OF the
negroes In the North and West, that
they are tired OF the game of "heads l
win and tails you lose, 1.-THE republicans
have been playing with them 80 long,
and that thousands OF the more intelli-
gent of them will vote the demo ratio
ticket next November, as they are
treated Just as badly 10 the North as in
the South, while it is easier 10 live 10
the latter.
A Baltimore politician here today says his
State is safe for Bryan, and that most all tho
| il fluential gold democrats there, among them
| Whyte, Carter and Others, and the Baltimore
| Sun, have come back to the party, and the b.
& O. Railroad Company is now letting its nu.
! merous employees vote as they choose, as
| both Mr.. German and Mr.. Cowen sre di
rectors of that road now, and either will
allow the other any advantage In the
| Prince Georges district, opposite Alexandra,
he said Congressman Mudd is sure to be de.
! fested by democrat, and that republicans
and negroes are working aiDst him.
Too MANY RABBITS, PERHAPs.-A
Mexican snake owned by Mr.. Paul
Hoffman, of Baltimore, and which laid
tweDty-four eggs last week. died last