Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
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WAsUTECT0N. Sept. - -.
Rainy weather ushcrcd III the fourth
day Of Grand Army week, and Il driz-
cling rain made the streets sloppy and
the atmosphere heavy. The visitors
left the city in great numbers last night
and this morning. and the railroad COM
panies will be kept busy from now I'M
ill tomorrow evening moving the i'm
mense crowds they brought here. NJ
though the crowd has thinned ont very
perccptibly, the G.. \. Il. uniform is
omniprescnt, and the public build
ines. principal streets, hotels and Grand
Amy quarters all have Il idll quota OF
visitors. This is the last day OF the
Grand Army festivities and business
meetings in Washington. The pro
glammc arranged for the enjoyment Of
the visitors closes tomorrow witheXcur-
sions down the river and all-day camp
fires. The second days session ofthe ma
tional cucampmentis the principal event
of the day and the selection Of q com
mander-in-chief for the coming year the
principal work of the cncampment. A.
G. Weissart of Milwaukee, Wis, was
chosen by accamation commandments
chief OF the G.. 4. Y. TO succeed General
Palmer. Colonel Lincoln. Of this city
his most prominent competitor, with
drawing. The encampmcnt has also
by an overwhelming vote defeated the
proposition TO deny life membership in
the encampmcnt to past grand officers
and ex-post commanders. Indianapo-
lis was selected ut yesterdays meeting
as the place for the next years cncamp-
ment A final adjournment of the en-
campment is expected this evening.
The decorations at Albaugh's Opera
House, where the meeting of the en-
campment is held, arc conceded to be
the handsomest in the city. Their cX-
cellence is chiellydue to the superintend-
encc of Mr.. George ". Driver. of this
city. So far Is the pecuniary profits of
the encampment to the people of this
city are concerned, they have been
great disappointment, most of the visit
ors. according TO one of the business
men here, having brought with them
only one shirt and q twodollar note,
and changed neither. The en-
campmcnt Of the Union Vete-
rams Union this morning in Harris's
Theatre was well attended and was
specially marked by the cordial CO.
operation manifested between the L. V.
L. and the Woman's Veteran Relief
Union. General Roberts. Commander
of the Department Of massachusetts, in
yited the Union to hold its next annual
encampment ct Boston, Mass, and the
invitation was accepted by Il unanimous
vote.
Owing to the crowded condition of
the city this week the meeting of the
directors Of the new Norfolk Steamboat
Company. to have been held here, was
postponed until next week. Mr.. Cal
Iahan. the superintendent of the line,
says he has no doubt the company will
order the building OF new boat at
once
A dispatch was received at the State
Department this morning from the U.
5. Consul at Antwerp stating that 10
cholera is there or has been.
Congressman Tim Campbell of New
York, now here, told the GAZETTE's
correspondent to-day that lie was conf
dent his State would 90 for Cleveland
next November. He said the demo-
cratic party was in better condition
there now than it has been for wears.
and that certain unfavorable conditions
which existed in previous years have
been entirely removed, and that his
confidence was based upon the most re-
liable information.
Surgeon ]. B. Hamilton has been re-
tired from further duty at the cholera
station at Camp Low, New Jersey, and
ordered to return to his regular station
at Chicago, stopping at Washington on
his way 10 confer with the Secretary OF
the Treasury in regard to the cholera
situation.
1t is understood at the War Depart
mcnt that the excitement said to exist