Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-15
NEWS OF THE DAY

Congress from Illinois, died on Saturday.
The funeral Of the late Clark Mills, the
sculptor. took place in Washington yes
tcrday
The first of a new kind of steamships has
been built in New York after model Of the
Winans cigar boat.
In the House Of Representatives Saturday
the Pension Appropriation and Fortified
ton bills were passed.
The State vaccine agent reports that
spontaneous cow-pox has broken out in a
herd of Attorneys in Baltimore county.
The meeting Of the National Republican
Committee in Washington will take place
next Wednesday, and much speculation is
INDUCED in as TO their probable action.
The North Carolina House of Representa-
tivcs adopted resolutions on Saturday in
structing the representatives in Congress
from that state to vote for federal aid to State
educational purposes.
Under the active management of the
South Carolina superintendent of immigra-
ton, within the past few months about l20
Hungarian immigrants have been settled in
l\crshaw county, i'll that State. They are
mostly farm laborers.
During the performance Saturday at Il
| circus in Berditschc;i, in, Russian Poland, Il
fire broke OFT in the building, and before
the spectators could escape the whole build
ing was ablaZc. Three hundred persons
| persisted in the flames
| From all accounts it appears that Senator
III. G. Davis, of West Virginia, will succeed
| himself. There are Il number of statesmen
who hope TO he called thus complcating
the situation, but the result will probably be
as above indicated.
Marshall T. Polk, the fugitive cx.trcas,l-
rer of Tennessee, reached Nashville Oh Sat
urday and was lodged in jail The grand
jury OF Davidson county has found two bills
of Indictment against him, charging him
with the emheZzlemcnt and larceny of $780,
900.
The House Of Representatives Saturday
passed the pension bill, which appropriatcs
$50 ,515, 900 at one sweep. This, in addition
to IL balance of over SO 900, 900 which will
stand to the credit OF the bureau Mt the end
of The fiscal year. Thus over 500 OOO. 900
go for pensions for the next fiscal year.
Near relatives ofcxP President James X.
Polk and Bishop Polk. residing in New Or
leans, are authority for the statement that
NJ. /. Folk, the dclaulting State treasurer
OF Tennessee. WAS an adopted son of en-
PRESIDENT Polk. and whose name was Child.
res. EX.Prcsident Polk had no children.
Controller rattison, Of PHILADELPHIA, has
sent into the councils Of that city his last re-
port. rs he will he inaugllrated Governor
of Pennsylvania To morrow. The report
shows that all the current expenses of the
year have been met, and that there i; a cash
balance i'll favor the city at the close of
the year of nearly $400,000
Since the passage Of the civil service bill
the population Of the counties adjacent 10
Washington in Maryland and Virginia has
been largely increased by Government en-
poyces. who were heretofore credited 10
the District of Columbia taking up their
residence therein. so that they may stand Il
better chance OF being retained in Office
when "apportlOnmcnt according to Statcs
Is made, IL provided for in the bill.
senator Ransom. of North Carolina, trlc
%raphed q modest reply to the chairman OF
thcdcmocratic caucus, who had Informed him
OF his unllm"rS denomination for the
ScnatorShp. He said he hal no words TO
express his deep sensiblity to the members
of the Legislature and the people of North
Carolina for their continued confidence
and prayed that Uad would give him
strength and virtue to do his duty to his
State ANA country.
The picture of President Arthur, lust nut
up in the Red Room of The Capitol. while il
Is an interesting study of the legs and trunk
OF the President, gives but faint idea to
the observer below Of his face The head
looks small and insignificant ut the height
it is hung The Washington Herald saws
1T IS Il great mistake for an artist topaint Il
luIl-lenSth portrait of so tall Il person us the
President. The results is apt to look too
much like the beautiful canvasses YOU see
outside the side shows on Il circus day"
at the Planters Hotel, one of the LARGEST
in st. Louis, alire broke out yesterday morn
ing shortly before o'clock, and burned so
rapidly that two persons lost their lives.
The greatest confusion prevailed when the
alarm was given, and nearly all the GUESTS
escaped in their night clothes The wealth
or was intensely cold, and the liremen were
greatly hindcred in their work. The loss
OH the hotel will not exceed $50 900. The
fire broke out in the kitchen of the hotel,
and extended to the pantry, storeroom, and
servants quarters. These were in build
ing i'll the rear, and detached from the no.
tel, which was not injured. One servant
was suilocated, one burned, and two others
have broken limbs
Mr.. J. +. Olmscad has written letterto
the President declining the nomination of
commissioner of the District of Columbia.
MIR. Olmstead informs the President that he
Is sure he was the choice ola majority ofthe
respectable and influential citizens of the
district, and that he is equally certain that
his nomination would have been confirmed.
but to avoid attacks Of jealous rivals and
enemies, and on account Of the criticisms of
certain ''metropoIitan journals" he asks
the President TO kindly withdraw his name.
The President promptly obliged Mr.. Ohm.
stead rs requested Among the names
mentioned for the position made vacant bv
the withdrawal olOlmstcad's name are those
OF Messrs. Dodge, Clapp and Gait
The Washington correspondent of the
Army and Navy .JoHrnai writes that the
chances for favorable action ofthe House at
This session on the Fitz-John Porter relief
bill are exceedingly doubtful, though the
opinion prevails that the bill could be passed
| if consent were obtained to take it up from
the Speakers table for consideration. A
dispatch to the same journal indicates that
the President would veto the bill should II
pass the House. The bill proposes only TO
authorize the President to appoint General
Porter as a colonel to be placed on the re-