Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-31


wAsn1asroa. D. O.. July 81, 1881.
Mr.. Chandler, Assistant Secretary OF the
1ofsr,or. when questioned On the subj G. THIS
morning. denied in the most emphatic terms
tha truth Of the report that Secretary NOBLE
had resigned. On the contrary, those VINO
eay thew know whereof they speak, assert
lust So positively that 1t Is true, and tnat
rha real cause Of the resignation was the
fact that the President would retain Com
missioner RRuD, and that eny crooked
in the peneion Office would necessarily al
tach to the Department In which that ONCE
ls bureau.
The report OF the court of inquiry in the
casa of Van Vracken the psymaster's oesk
at the Norfolk navy yard. charged With the
theft of government property. was naoe
public to-day Il is that ths aocnstd De
court ma1lised.
Orders have been Issued at the State De-
psrtment for the return, st the government
eypsnse, of the effects of the late Conenl Ssfas
at Coion. TIE remains OF Col. Sims VIII 90
brought bcck at later date. Under oHe
lag, the return Of the remains Ola u .. con
Sc ia at the governments expense, ana sEe
mileage thereon Ia the came as though tDe
ccnaul wes returning alive.
Msryiac6 peopie bore today ere OF the
opiaion that Browp, the democratic roul-
nse for Governor, will De elected By larger
nri ,rity than auy Of bile predecessors. They
eIs} saw that he proceedings Of the ccnVen-
ton shog thst Mr.. German, as always mere
tofore. took the trouble beforehand to 61o
mt what the democrats OF his State desired,
and then did all he could to crafty that
desire.
Il ia said here that the appeal OF the re-
publcau party Of Iowa for help, presented
at the recent meeting Of the executive com'
mittee of the national republican committee
10 this city, was the first time the committee
ever received such an appeal from Iowa,
and that it shows all Is not we'll with the e.
o. o. In Iowa.
Among the naval officers recently eIsm-
iued for promotion Is L;eut. J. f. Metgs.
At tie examination 1t was discovered that
be Is sfil cted with color blindness,
for whlch reasop, !nssesd OF being promoted,
he Yves retired. His case now awaits the
action of the President.
Mr.. ]. c. Olemants yesterday sold a. acres
of land near Wonders Gross RoGds In Alex
endrla county. belonging to Mrs. Sarah
Johnson, for 1895 an acre, to 7. F. Hance,
OF THE city.
a Virginia dfm 2crst, here to-day, who
had read in yesterdays GAZETTE report
to the effrc. that MIR. Robert Beverly would
be The Farmers Alliance candidate for q. 5.
Senator against Senator Daniel before toe
next legislature OF bic State, said joy
Bayly might we'll have been surprised when
he beard that report, because eyer since Mr..
Daniel had been In the Senate he had baen
strenuous and effective advocate OF egerY
sort of leg Station intended to benefit the
farmers, bis speeches tor free silver being
the beet delivered In that be dy. He said be
wss farmer, and he could not credit the
report refsrred to.
The State Department received telegram this
morning from Bogots announcing that Edmund
w. P Smith, the Secretary of the o. 9. Legation
at Bogote, died at Carthagens, Colombs, on tho
2Sth instant of Brights disease.
Nine hundred employees il the CENSUS bureau
we're informed to-day that their services Touid
be dispensed with hereafter.
Lynch, the negro 4th auditor of The Treasury,
has best the Secretary of tho Navy, and tho pay
of the u. s. Marine Band will be reduced to what
it was two years ago.
MIA j. Wedierburn's appointment as an tX
SINNER in the food aduteration brsrc oh OF the Ag-
ricultursl Buresu has been extended for five
mon this, az salary Of 5000 month.
E ghteen car loads OF southern wstermalons,
bound north, sre detained here by tho Penusyl-
vsnis railroad company for tho required prepay
menS OF eight
The Treasury Department to day agreed that
the tariff on gilling twine under tho Mckinley
bill shall be 20 per cent. sd vslorem.