Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-23

Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON. August 20.

Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gazette.
Washington. August %.
The police force have been busy
handling 3 collection of queer cases
during the last twenty-four hours.
Queens" snakes and higbwaymen are
sll meat when caught in their plot.
Harriet Brown, an athletic woman, said
she was the "queen Of the colored race"
at the Pennsylvania station last night
and when Officer Sears attempted to
talk to her msj esty she produced a
large kuife. Then she fought the OF.
6cer and three other bluecoats all the
way to the lookup. A huge Mexican
"bull snake" caused panic In Nicolai
Bros. fruit store. The reptile, which Is
nearly ten feet long, escaped from a
travelling show two months ago. A
policeman decoyed il into a bag and it
now occupies cell. Henry Burrell, 0
seyenteen-y ear-old colored youth, Is
perhaps the thirstiest highway man ever
caught by the Washington police. He
held up Grant Hawkins, lemonade
yender, yesterday afternoon and at the
point of revolver compelled the un-
fortunate lemonade seller to hand him
over half a dozen big glasses of the
thirst quencher.
II ADMIRAL Schley's coucsel, as an
nounced in this mornings papers, have
addressed another letter to the Navy
department protesting against the re-.
iusal of the department 10 submit to
Admiral Howison his alleged interview
for the purpose OF ascertaining its cor
rectness, il has not yet reached Acting
Secretary Hsckett. The latter official
announced this morning that up to noon
he had received no further communi-
cation from either Admiral Schley or
bis counsel regarding the Howison mat.
ter. An investigation is being con-
Quoted in the War department to as
certain the whereabouts of the missing
secret records of the signal corps. Act
ing Secretary of War Sanger has had
his attention called to the matter and is
pushing the inquiry. Up to the present
IL has been impo ssible 10 ind the lost
documents. Acting Chief Signal OF.
ficer Scriven says he knows nothing
about them and search of his Office
has failed to discover them. All the of
fcers OF the signal corps who would DE
likely 10 know where they are now are
out of town. Gen. Greeley is in the
Philippines, Captain Dunwoodie has
gone on leave.
This morning Col. Sanger, acting
Secretary of War, sent Major Scrivens,
temporarily head of the signal corps
service, aud started an investigation in
to the statement made yeserdsy by
Schley's counsel to the effect that 40
important telegram sent by Col. Allen
during the Cuban campaign to Gen.
Greeley was missing.
J. F. Durham, editor of the Washing
ton Mirror, q weakly paper was severe
IL punished by two men who called at
his office about noon. When arrested
the attacking party gave their names
IS Henry Wlmsstt and Vim. Campbell.
The police say the iatter's name is real.
Iy Grspdell. The pair put up $40 COL
lateral and were released. An item in
the paper rejecting upon their charsc-
ter reused their ire.
The remains Of Seoor Yicuns, the late
Chilian minister t. the Untsd States, who
died in Buffalo, arrived in this city this
morning. The body was taken to Rock
Greek cemetery where Temporary intorment
was IN ade until the Chilean ship Bsquedano
now as halifax. can arrive at Baltimore and
carry tbs remains 10 Chill. The boiy was
met at the station by Chief Clerk Michael, Of
the State Department sud those members Of