Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
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WAsH1HeroH. D. O.. Nov. %. 1881.
Senator Chandler called st the Treasury
Department saturday evening and demand
ed Of ComptrolIe, Lacey that the report CT
the inyes igalicn cf the broken GaVeFicE
bank be mads public. wish threat tAss un-
less that demand were granted resoio.ioa
ordering the publication wou be INTRO
duced imm sdietely upon the .eassenb!iag
of the u g. Senste. The Comptroller mild
" asked for time, which vas c7ndesognding-
ly allowed him.
The national republican committee mel OF
the Arlington Hotel here this morning TO
fx the time and place for the na1t national
republican convention. Not cnlg s!i 'hs
negro members OF the committee, Uut Dany
of the white members f en- ;ha southern
Statee, favor San Francisco. es ;l ei :rs to
give the delegates ee roGpd-.,!p tickets.
Each city that Gauts the convention has
delegation here tc present its Claims, sDd
the committee allows cath Of these deiegs-
lions the ssme lime Mf. ClarEson presided.
Among the most conspicuous members OF
the delegations referred 10 nte So7. 'eecs
Mckinley and ez.Gov. Foraker CT Ohio,
who advocste the claims OF Cincit mai. Col
lec:or Brady ia the Virginia msmoeT Of she
committee. The resienstoue Of Chsrnsn
QGay snd Treasurer Dudley wcrs sccspssc
and Mr.. Clafkson was elected che!tu y cnG
Mr.. Barbour OF Nsw York treasurer.
l. Is understood here saas MIS-. TGga-
send OF New York, one OF che vica regs hts
of TIE Ladies' Mount Vernon Association,
will, st the next meeting of'bs yics rseenta,
be elected regen', 10 fill The vacancy caused
by the death Of the late Mre Leughfon.
Membegs CT TIA next 9ou5s bra Cum
menciug to arrive. About twenty CT them
are now here. Most OF thosa f'oD The
Sou are at the Metropolitan Hotei, Th!cb
Ia southern headquarters. Caoy esiug tar
the Speekership and other House offices Is
Ia active progress. AS on Saturday, the
impression here tt-lsy is that Mr.. Crisp OF
Georgia will be Speaker.
A meeting Of the land owcera 10 AleIsn-
dria county will be held as Walker School
advsablity of applying to tho Virginia leg
lslature for the passage of special rtad lay
for that county by which the improvement
of the roads In that county cen be prosecuted
more expeditlously.
Democratic politicians from eeVere! 6iGsr-
ent parts OF the S!h Virginia district, here
to-day, cay that ez.State Senator Meredith
OF Prince William county will re nominated
for Congress by the democratic conveut!ao
to meet in Alexandria tomorrow, On the
first ballot, anil that the e;zs of bis msi ast.y
will depend entirely upon the nunDer OF
votes cast at the election, az General Msdore
doesn't want the republicans to vote ct al,
and as the Farmers Alliance candidate sill
uos receive fourth Of the Alliance vote.
As 1t Ia generally understood that Peel
dent Harrison will appoint 10 democrat to
eny one of the new udgesbips, and es Jcdga
Lewis Of Virginia is the best Virginia re-
publican who is an applicant fer the judge
ship of the new COURT Of Appeals for the Vir.
glnia circuit, Senator Daniel or Saturday
and Senator Barbour today went TO he
White Houae and recommended him 10 the
President for appointment.
The most furious storm that ever visited
this city was that of to-day. Trees and tel
egraph and telephone poles and wires. ard
awnings end signs were blown down IN ell
parts OF tho city, and many houses were un-
rooted, among them the pension build
ing. The large shed If the Islald
steam line 10 Norfolk YVES also blown
down. CarrIages and wagons end the
horses attached to them standing liz
the streets were turned over and carried
away like feathers by the violence of the
storm. Lightning and rain accompanied
the storm, many buildings sWsyed go that
their occupants rusEed Into the streets, and
the alarm vas general. The rear portion
of the large building In process of erection
on the corner of F and 12:h streets, known
as Metzerot.'s Hall, was blown down falling,
upon two small buildings on 18th street. 1t two
o'clock it was said that about Dozen men were
caught in the former bulldog aid that some
women at work making clothes in the latter wore
also caught. Flames broke out in the ruins st
once and general fire alarm was soundei which
attI a:ted such large crowd that up to the limo
referred to it was impossible to find out tho ex-
tent of damage to life aud limb though three bad
ly injured people hsd then boon brought out.
Three other fires also broke out at the Same time,
ono at the gas works in Georgetown.
tract Of twenty acres Of land near Hsll's Hill,
Alexandria county, Virginia, belonging to ]. d.
Payne, has been soil to James White, su En-
glishman Of this city, who will build thereon and
Improve it in other respects.