Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-03-07


cots ri Snnerinteudept Kendall, sod with
reference to the supplies furnished the ser
v;ce hv Postmaster General Wanamaker'5
store 10 Philadelphia.
Mr.. Dolph has told his fellow Senators
that he will not ask that an executive ee5
sion be held Ibis afternoon. A meeting OF
the special committee charged with the duty
of investigating the executive session leaks
will be held this afternoon FOR the purpose
of agreeing upon some substitute LOT ene
resolutions proposed by Mr.. Dolph that VIII
be acceptable 10 the Senate.
The following ia the Only change IN the
Ali class postoffces of Virginia that was
made to day Powellton, Brunswick county,
T. l.. Rawlings appointed postmaster, vice
Mira. J. Green, removed.
A delegation FROM Portsmouth, Va, head
ed by Mr. Smith, waited upon MIR. Barbour
at the Senate to-day With a request that ne
assist them In their effort to obtain an ap-
Precipitation for pubic building In their
CITY.
The House committee on commerce mas
agreed to report in favor of giving the whole
amount recommended by the engineers icr
deepening the channel to the wharf al MT.
Vernon.
To day was the time appointed for the
House elections committee to vote on the
Bowen-Buchanan contested election case,
from the Abingdon district in Virginia. but
though the committee met no such vote was
taken The committee appointed SUP
committee to proceed to Arkansas ana In
yestigate the election OF MIR. Breckinrlo2e,
whose coptt ant, Clayton, has been kllied.
Mr.. Houk, republican member OF the
committee, says that committee has not even
no fai
Buchanan's election.
Mr.. Taulbee is still alive, but his condi-
ton is very precsriCus, AMI the most san.
gune of his physic;sns has almost aoan'
doned hope.
Postmaster General Wsnamaker made ar
engagements for quite an extended southern
trip for himself aud party of ladies' among
them Mrs Harrison, Mrs GARRISON his wife
and others. They were 10 stop at Charles
ton. Savannah and other southern cities.
He has abandoned it, however, for the as
| signed reason that be feared the resentment
of the southern people against him Tor CIV
| ING them negro postmasters would be mani
tested even TO the ladies of the party. This
shows the character of the man Mr.. HsrIi.
son appoinie ed Postmaster General. Such n
! idea would have never entered the head of a
man capable of nice feeling himself or OF ap.
precia ting it In others. The congres sionsl
delegations f.om South Carolina and Florida
don'i think it worth while to attempt to al
| Law MIR. Wauemaker's fears, but say that his
| abandonment of the trip was mistake 80
far az he and the administration are con
cerned.
The Washington, Norfolk and Old Point
Steamboat Company have charter from
the Legislature of Virginia which will enable
them to erect hotels end build wharves at
any points along the route OF their line, and
also to build as many railroads as they
please along that route, provided none OF
them be longer than fifty milee.
The bill the Mount Vernon Avenue Asso
citation prepared al their meeting here yes
terday evening provides that the avenue
shall not be east of Washington street. Al
exandria. nor more than mile west OF that
street. 1t leaves blank for the amount Of
the appropriation, to be filed by Congress-
Copies of il we're to have been sent to Soma.
tor Barbour and Representative Lee for in
PRODUCTION in both houses of Congress to-
day, but MIR. Barbour had heard nothing OF
it up to one O'Clock.
The Hou committee on War claims has favor
ably reported bill to pay Mrs. Rachael Dyer, OF
Fairfax county, Va, $500 for property taken from
her farm by the fedora army during the civil
war; also similar bi for the benefit of Solomon
Lusk, OF Falls Church, same county, to the
amount of S504.