Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-12-29
FROM WASHINGTON.

She is here cnaperOlllng huHioei "
Virginia's fair daughters who are sight
seeing in Washington.
The students and faculty of certain
medical college in this city are discussing
in whispers the details of an alleged act
of cannibalism. One OF the class sur
rounding the dissectiug table, just before
the holiday recess, is said to have made
wager with his fellows that he would eat
pieces of human flesh, and, after the
money was put up by both sides, Is sald
to have won his gruesome bet. The
matter has been brought to the attention
of the professors aud if found 10 be true,
the student will be expelled and prose
cuted. at was just a joke and trick
said one OF the faculty. ''The student
made his classmates believe that he ate
pieces of the cadayer, but do not be
lieve he even placed the flesh IN his
mouth. The man that would do such a
thing would run great danger from either
ptomaine poisoning from the embalming
fluid or toxic gastritis.
The fifty-second annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science was called to order i'll 1t.
Matthews Church today. Hon. II. Il.
f. mcfarland, president of the. board OF
commissioners of the District of Column.
bia. made the opening address. The
various sections will meet daily and
many interesting scientific papers will be
read.
1t is said at the Capitol that Senator
Martin has promised to support any
measure having for its object additional
warshps. "The taxpayers, said
Senator Martin, "favor the building of Il
navy superior TO any other nation in the
world. and there will be no kick COM
ing if We provide five or six or even a
greater number of new warships during
the prescnt session. The recent Spanish
war demonstrated the need for increas-
ing our navy, and the present Nene-
zuela imbroglio should teach us to pre-
pare for any emergency that might arise
which would involve the protection OF
American interests on the sea-.
The American Negro Academy, COM
posed of 81 members, is holding its
sixth annual meeting in this city. The
object of the organization is to promote
scholarships and literature and to de-
velop the arts and sciences. Its member
ship is limited to 80, and only those who
are authors, artists, scientists or who
have gained renown can be enrolled. The
academy will at this meeting discuss one
general subject, "Religion and the
Negro" This afternoon Rev. I. p.
Harper, of London, England, spoke on
Contemporary Evolution Of the Ne
groes."
That some have money here is attested
by the fact that half an hour before the
theatre doors were opened for the usual
matinees on Saturday the lines extend
ed for block and in several instances
for block and half. Young and old,
men and women stood shivering await
ing the line to move up. On the other
hand along Maryland avenue where coal
cars are being unlOaded into wagons,
blacks and whites by scores with about
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gathered and for hours scrambled for the
Jumps that rolled off on the ground.
Nearly every coal wagon has follower
with a bucket or basket, whilst the
crowds at the ash dumps, south of the
Capitol who rake up and sift and get
out whatever will burn from ashes and
dirt is unusually large--running to
hundreds OH a single vacant lot.
President Roosevelt and General Wood
are wearing number of picturesque
bruises about their heads. The wounds
they bear were given and received inanum-
Der of exciting contests in the gymnasium
of the White House. "Single sticks"
were the weapons used. The sticks are
heavy cudgels of hard wood and the
strokes employed in the robust game are
those used in broad-sword play The
duellists are protected with leathern
helmets and padded arm guards. The
President and General Wood attempt to
avoid shedding each others gore but
once in a while when either receives an
unusually hard knock about the head,
a healthy bruise that is sometimes ac-
companied by flow of claret is the re-
suit.
Hilario Placido, the spy who more
than any one man is entitled to what
ever of credit there may have been con-
nected with the capture of Aguinaldo,
has been sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder, according to advices re-
ceived from Manila by the War Depart
ment. Details of his crime are lacking.
No credence is given at the State De-
partment or at the Navy Department
to the report that British marines have
landed at La Guayra Notwithstanding
the alleged protest of the Commander of
the U. S. gunboat Marietta, which is
now at that port. Officials of both de-
partments deny that any such iDforma-
ton has been received. A dispatch
from La Guayra says that the story is
untrue.
The President has appointed Robt. b.
Armstrong, of Illinois, to be the second
assistant Secretary of the Treasury in
place of Gen. 0. l.. Spaulding, who will
be transferred to position in the special
agent division of the Treasury depart
ment. Mr.. Armstrong is now private
secretary to Mr.. Shaw.
1t is learned here that Mr.. Edward
NJ. Daniel, son of Senator Daniel, is
quite sick at his home in Lynchburg.
He was taken sick while at the Univer-
sity of Virginia, and when the Senator
left here to spend heholidays in Lynch
burg he stopped at Charlottesville and
took his son home with him.