Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-18
From Washington.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington, Sept. Is

correspondence OF the Alexanurlt ohzetOe.I
Washington, Sept. Is
The Navy Department has received a
dispatch reporting the arrival at Glen
fueeos of the cruiser Dixie from Havana
with marines aboard. The commanding
officer of the Dixie states that there have
been no further disturbances in the
vicinity of Cienfuegos. The arrival OF
the Dixie, with its reinforcement OF 300
marines to add to the slender force OF
the Marietta, which was already at Glen
fuegos. is a relief to the authorities here.
Rumors had been ahoat about the threat
ening attitude of the insurgents in that
neighborhood towards the rich sugar
plantations there which are mainly own
ed by Americans and there was consider
able uneasiness not only as to the safety
of those estates but as to the situation of
the men of the Marietta who, it was re-
ported, made an armed landing on thu
18th inst. to afford protection to property.
The reception of his message also dis
poses of another unfounded rumor. Yes
terdsy it was reported to the Navy
Department from Western Union sources
that the only remaining cable line to
Cieniuegos--that TO Bermuda-had been
cut by the insurgents, thus leaving the
city and the Marietta isolated from the
world. This seems to have been mis-
take, as Commander Dunn's message
came over the cable showing that it is
still working. The fact seems to be
that the land lines between Cienfuegos
and Havana have been put out OF bust
ness, but the city is in communication
with the outside world by means of the
British cable. The Des Moines has arrived
at Tampa ready to take on board Secre-
tary Taft, Assistant Secretary Bacon and
their party. 1t is expected that they
will go on board tonight, and an
immediate start will be made so that the
Peace Commissioners will be landed in
Havana tomorrow. The only dispatch
received this morning from Charge
d'Affairs Sleeper, at Havana, was TO
confirm the announcement that both the
government and insurgent forces had
agreed to suspend operations pending
the peace negotiations.
Regulations governing the iransporia-
ton of meat after October ] in interstate
and foreign commerce were made public
today. Forms of certificates to be pre-
sented to the railroads by persons ship
ping meat inspected under government
regulations, by retail butchers and deal
ers and by farmers are set forth. 81
am farmer" is the conspicuous feature
of the certificate to which the farmer
must sign bis name when shipping from
one State to another. He must give his
word that the meat is fit for human
food. Duplicates of certificates must be
forwarded to Washington and the origi-
nails kept for inspection by government,
officials. Provision is also made for the
shipment of meat inspected and passed
from one establishment to another where
inspection is made, without the words
wnspected and Passed" upon the ship
ment, provided it is sealed in car by a
employee of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry of the Department.
The Mexican insurrectionary move
ment in Arizona and st. Louis, which
for q time threatened international COM
plcations, has been wiped out. The
Department of Justice received a dispatch
this morning from the district attorney
at st Louis announcing the fight of the
members of the junta, which has been
publishing an incendiary newspaper
called Degeneration"
The military conditions in the Department
Of the East, which extends along the North
Atlantic coast from Maine to South Carolina,
are fully described in the annual report Of
Major General Frederick d, Grant, in com
mand. All in all General Grant is generally
pleased with the progress made during the
past year in his department towards putting
his men and defenses in state Of absolute
efficiency, although he makes an urgent
recommendation that Congress again be re-
quested to make an adequa tie increase in the
of tho coast arti lle ~