Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-22

Secsaialy Blsino aud The SeTgoa1ia at Arms
OF tho tNo houses Of Congress Woro 10 coEsulta
ton ri Tho Capitol this morning to perfeo! or.
rargomoots about the tu1ernl, aud The Senators
ED members OF tho House 10 tbs ely m3t
thero this afternoon 10 determine who and how
macy of them will tc,ompary the body to
Cleveland Il is doubtful whether President
Arthur will 81 there. and mapy think it will DC
better for him to remain here sud attend to the
duties that have d6volved upon him.
Col. Cameron and Capt. Joho Wise were
here his mornidg tho former Left lei the E.s
tcru shore of Virginia. The latter for Wiaehos.
ter. Gcu. Maholo will arrive here TO night.
Tho rosr and new part of the store IF
Barbour & Hamilton, on Pennsylvania avenue,
opposite the metropolitan Hotel fell ut su carly
hour this afternoon with terrible crash. The
debris has not been examine nor removed but
Nobody is missed and it is thought that nobody
has been hurt. 1t is understood that cxpcot
lag o riso in houc, tho firm had bought largo
quantities Of that commodity and slowed it o.
tho upper floor Of thoir largo ucw store house
tina. extended back to B street. and that tho
nau work WAS unable to stand tho extra weight.
No matter whcthor there be all extra s'ion
! oil the Senate or not, it is DOW m assured fact
hat Mr.. Riddl,bNger will never BIO Sergeant
q! Arms Of that body
Mr.. Dee nao1f. republican m2mbjr Of the
i9uSo from tho Norfolk district, HaR 10 The
city ycacrdsy. liz attended tEo meeting o.!
| Tho ecnir. committee oil tho s;raishtnus r0pub.
iioans Of Virciois, ia Richmond, % Tuesday.
A quorum, bat not full mee,ing. OF tho cDn-
nitteo was present, ,tGby because tho mot.
! Jog wa8 held AZ hour before tho timu fpaci(ied
| ID tho call. In Consequences Ut tho death Of
President Garfield, Lhe only business transact
| cd Tas tho sdopliOn of rcsO!u ion 10 rcsDlot
| to his momoy. Tho meeting then ncj -urned
| until the 2)h. 4 resolution was cf,rod caIn.
plmentary TO President Artfu:, but its consil
Grafton was postponed Until tito rcxs mcc,ils.
! Mr. Dtz,ndOrf dOcsh't hesitate to say that he
believes ihA eli Glen OF Tho democratic State
ticket in Virginia is assured. ard that thoua-
anis OF republicans will not vjto for o State
ticket at all, contcnliog themselves With doing
what thoy eau toward cccLlg republicans 10
tho Legislature.
Senator Gail,nd denies that he over said, or
oxen Thought, thu. the SNuato should admit tho
now Senators from Now York ard Rhode ls-
land before it perfected its Organization.
| Sir Knights dis, lsancs and Reed, OF tho
| GRAND Commandtry OF VireiLi.. accompanied
| b? Gel. Ufsehill, OF tho u. S. engineers, and
Mr.. Wiisaa, of Ito Yorktown Associations left
hero Oh the Norfolk steamer list night for York,
tnwr, to arrange tho sitc of their camp The
| Vrrlinia immnnLcry to DO present ct tho cen.
tenuisl are txptc cd TO nua b.r about ao7tn
, huadred kniIhts They will bo uadcr tho
c>mmaId Of Captain General Rocd. Of Alexsn
dila. Tho Alcxa;d.i. sud fredericksburg c I'm.
m.nltiiAs will 30 together aud mess together,
aud will cago Al:X4nlria on the moruas OF
tho Eth proximo. Al tho MsSrns 10 be p:o-
SEM will be under Tho command OF Emiurnt
Commander Il. i. Withcrs.