Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special oOr-sspenasses Of TIC Alexandria eases'e.


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WASHINGTON. D. G.. Oct. g. 1891.
Among the cossEees3en Cow here 10
General Catchiugs OF Mississippi. The zen,
ersI SAYS that undar the new constitution ci
his State there ia now a safe white sud dem
ocratio majority In all she districts thereon,
and that consequently all fear OF negro gu
nremaS- there has been aleyed. be says
there was square fight there hetWsen cue
democrats and the Alliance men, and ehas
the former were the viotOr5 and Will elece
the u. 8. Senators, and that So che sessions
of the legislature are now quadrennial she
coming session OF that body will chose both
of them. and that the present Senators,
Messrs. George and Walthall. will be re-
elected. The General says that from whst
be sees and bears be Is induced to thiDk that
Mar. Crisp will be the Speaker Of the next
House. He thinks 1t hardly possible that
ex-Presidsnt Cleveland can be renominsteG.
There Ia nothing In the official dispatches
received at the State and Navy Departments
from Chilli to indicate any pronounced
change ln the situation there 80 far &c the
relations between Minister Egan and she
junts ore concerned. The story csbied from
Paris that Baimaoeda is in hiding In the u.
s. Legation at Santiago Is absolutely ola
credited az the Department OF State Two
oablegrams were received at the Depart
mann from Minister Egsn announcing the
sniojds of the ex-Presideut, and, In ADDITION,
the Mtnaters from Europsan countries
sent the same Information Ia the D1ost
nos,tiye form to their governments. BE-
spectng tho treatment OF refugees al
legged to be In asylum In the American lega
ton, it Is believed shat NO serious opp position
will be made by the Junta to their safe coz
duct cut OF Chill, as this practice, although
rot founded upon absolute right, has hereto
fore besn observed In similar cases Without
efecsual opposition.
General Lees Illness Is the cause OF much
solicitude here, not only among the many
Virainlans In the city, but among people
from all paris Of! the country, and every
BODY who is supposed to know any thing
about the Generals condition is questioned
on the subject, ard all express sincere re-
cret that bis physicians have 30 little hope
OF his recovery.
From Virginia 1t Is learned to-day that 10
the First congressional district of that State
few or no republican candidates for the leg
is!eture will be run next month. This Ia
not 80 much 10 consequence OF General Ma
homes order to that effect,as Of the inability
OF the republicans OF the counties in that dis
triot to get hold OF any campaign funds, sad
they Know well enough that without such
fnnue battle would be loss before IL was
begun. Il s understood here, from admin.
istration sources that President Harrison Is
utterly disgusled With both factions OF his
party 10 Virginia, Wishes o plsgue would
oyertake beth of them, and that he hss pos
lively determined TO disburse no more fec
egsl patronage 10 that State uutil the fac
tions referred to ehall bury the Ratchet and
again be baud of brothers.
The Two hundred aud eighth anniversary
of the arrival OF the first German settless In
this country wss observed here this sitter
noon by grand parade OF ell the German
Amerjcsps in this city. In the procession
we're old band ti,e oocnpanlss, many civic
societies and some Of the District military
companies. among them the Light Infantry
and the oavalSy company.
The prevailing impression here now co
the subject referred to Is that, deniss TO the
contrary, Attorney General Miller will so
on the bench. aud that the places ne and
Secretary Proctor fill In the cabinet will be
given to Messrs. Cheney and Este as means
by which breaks csn be made 10 the Blaine
line 10 both New Engiand and California.
Ex.Gov. Fz Lee Ct Virginia ia hare this
evening. Ha bss been to see his first cousin
General w. Il. F. Lse. whose condition he
reports was better a. two O'Clock this after-
noon.
A member OF the Grant fund committee tho
committee appointed to collect funds for tho
Grsnt monument in New York, here to day, says
that committee has by formal action practically
abolished the Office Of secretary thereof by stop.
ping it. salary. The secretary is negro named
Greaner, but the republican majority Of the COM
mittes thought the So, 500 year he was receiving
was Just that much thrown away.
The Depar tment Of State has been informed By
the legation OF the United States at Lima, that
the report of tho assassination Of four American
miners near Cajamarquilla, Peru, was incorrect
1t appears thai an attack was made en- them by
tho Indians but that only one of the minors WIS
wounded. The others escaped with the loss OF all
their property. The wounded man WAS subse-
quently carried into Csjamalq uilla. Tho legation
has boon advised by the Peruvian government
that it is making thorough investigation OF the
crime