Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gascite.]
WASTING RON. D. O.. NAV IS. 1891.

WASHING ros. D. O.. May Is. 1891.
Congressman Grain oil Texas, who is the
chief lieutenant OF Mr.. Mills Ia the latter's
fisht for tie epeekership of the next Houses
is here to-day He says bis personal reia-
tons are mors intimate with Mr.. Crisp then
with Er hiiila ard that he Ia personal
friead of Mr.. McM!llip, but that it is not
necessary 70 be @ prophet. nor the son OF a
prophes, 10 tell mat Mr.. Mills Will bs the
next Speaker, 81 the trend of opinion among
the democratic members is all that wsy.
Senator Pugh OF Alabama ia still here.
He says the statement to the effect that eX-
President Cievelaud is the faVorite of the
South for the next Presidency is entirely to-
correct, and Ia made by persons personally
interested in Nj. CleVeiepd's reelection,
and 10 many cases il ins.igsted by Wall
Street irilGences He says Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination ia rot favored by the farmers Of
mis- State nor OF any other State, and that &c
the New York delegation to the nominal
iug conyen.ion vii! oppose him, he really
does not believe bis name will be brcEah;
before that convention. The Senator says ne
Goss not urdsrs and why Mr.. Cleveland
vent out of hs Tay 10 BlffLlo last Monday
10 ipsul. T. ne people who had voted for him
soli}ly both ip ga aud 'SS by saying they
had "assaplted the government with rebel.
lious bands"
In the Cour: Of Claims here to-day the pc
tition of the Alexandria, L1udoun and
Hampshire Railroad Company Ia claim for
government supplies during the war be-
tween the States was dsalloWed.
The Precedent to-day COMMITTED the death
sentence OF the negroes who roee 10 Nevassa
end murdered their white employees, not,
as he says, because the evidence of their
crime was not satisfactory, nor because their
crime vas not felony, but because they
we're negroes. and had no court TO appeal to
for redress of sllegeo grievances
The published statement TO the effect that
the Norfolk end Western Railroad has
bought the onarter of tine Washington and
Arlington Railroad Is not correct. The Nor
folk aud Wesi ern Is negotiating for the put
cbaee referred to, but up to date nothing has
been d. fnitely determined upon. Other
parties AGO, il is understood, have made Of
fers for the charter.
A dispatch received here to-day from
Yardley, Penn, states that twelve CT the
fourteen carrier pigeons liberated at Manas-
sss at 9:15 yesterday morning arrived these
at 11:15, the dtstance beog l75 miles.
Nj Corte, the Italian consul at New Or
leans, Is ~ tD6 ClOy .o-icJs ~ oponh'hE VI
the request of the Mayor of Nsw Orleans
that his exequssur be recalled, he says he
has done no;h hing to warrant that request
and nothing that be ia ashamed Of. He
called upon Marquis ImpsriaIi TODAY. and
will proceed at opcs on his way to Rome,
where he has been called by Premier Ru-
dipi.
Commissioner Rapm. Of the pension bu
rssu. stated yesterday that he would have &c
interview to-day with the President, and
that upon it would depend bis retention Of
his position. % to one O'Clock he had NOT
called ct the White House. The general
Impression on the suhjsct here is that he
not only onght 10, but will go"
Among the designated candidates for ad.
mission TO the .. 4. naval academy at An
nspols are J D. Carey, N. II. Martin. ]. B,
Wloefield, z. V. Avis and ]. M. Love, Of
Virginia.
Senator @ lay ia here to-day to ask the
President t, appoint his friend, Judge Gill
kersou Of Pannsy wanna, to the seat on the
bench Of the Court OF Claims to be made va
cant next month by the resignation of Judge
Scbofield, and aieo TO talk about the next
national republican convention.