Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-06

if any, appointments OF local land OF
ficers will be made at present.
Alfred P. Swineford, of Wisconsin,
who served as governor of Alaska dur
ing Mr.. Cleveland's former term, has
been appointed inspector of surveyors,
general and district land offices.
Five national banks failed yesterday
and this morning as reported to Comp
troller Eckels. They were: The Amer
lean National Bank of Pueblo, Col; the
Central National Bank of Pueblo, Col;
the Puget Sound National Bank of
Everett. Wash; the National Bank of
Ashland, Ashland, Neb., and the First
National Bank of Winston, \. c., the
latter with capital of 5000, 900.
Acting Secretary Hamlin has called
for the designations of the following
chiefs of division in the Treasury De-
partment: NJ. ]. Hull, Thos. Rathbone,
ana Thos. S. Parks, chiefs of divisions
2nl Auditors office; NJ. A. Rogers,
chief of division, 3rd Auditors office;
l.. NJ. Brown, chief Of division 4th Au-
ditor's office.
DR.. Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minis
ter, to-day called upon Secretary
Gresham and presented his letters OF
recall. He has communicated to the
department the fact that the Nicaraguan
government has abolished its legations
here and in Europe, and in fact IN all
save few countries in South and Cen
trail America. This action is under
stood TO be based on economical con-
sideralons. When one government
withdraws its representative from an
other the government thus left III the
c,ld usually gives a leave of absence to
its own representative or withdraws
him altogether. 1t is thought unlikely,
however, that this course will be pur-
sued with Nicaragua, at any rate Tor
the present. American interests in the
canal are so important that Mr.. Lewis
Baker, of Minnesota, the present min
lister to Nicaragua, will probably be re-
Quested to remain.
The West Point cadets are going to
the Worlds Fair. They will leave
West Point August 18th, and remain
ing at Chicago ten days, will start on
the return trip August 18th. The en-
tire corps of 3OS cadets is expected to
90. for the cadets of the second class
now on furlough have been given the
choice of starting with their comrades
from West Point or joining the batal-
lion at Chicago. The expense OF trans
porting the cadets to and from Chicago
will amount to $1,000, which will be
taken from the general appropriation
for army transportation. The cadets
will be encamped in Jackson Park dur
ing their stay at the fair.
Ninety-eight 4th class postmasters
were appointed to-day, of whom fifty
nine will fill the places of removed re-
publicans. None of the changes was
in Virginia.
Among the strangers in the city to-
day is Capt. Ham. Shepperd. On the
Goth inst. the term of Mr.. McCaull, the
present republican collector of internal
revenue for the upper district of Virgin
ia, will expire. Capt. Shepherd expects
to be his democratic successor, and has
heard nothing to induce him to doubt
that his expectation will be realized.
When it was ascertained that Mr.. J.
]. Mcdonald, the republican custodian
of the Interior Department, would not
be replaced by Virginian, one or more
of the Virginia Congressman asked that
he might be retained in Office a while
longer, but Secretary Smith refused
their request, and while telling Mr..
Mcdonald that he had made very
good officer, also told him that he want
ed to surround himself with democrats.
So Mr.. Mcdonald was removed and q
northern democrat put in his place.
Mr.. Mcdonald halls from Northumber-
land county, Virginia, in which he set
tied after the war, in which he served
on the federal side as wagner. He
was a member of the Virginia State
Senate during the Malone regime. He
is member of the q. A. K.
Col. l.. w. Reid Of Alexandria, who
was an applicant for the place of regis
ter of the Treasury, now that that place
has been filled, is trying to get his old
position of deputy register, and is back
ell for it by most, if not all, of the Vir-
ginia Congressional delegation.
The excursion of the Virginia demo-
cratic associa ion of this city toMarshall
Hall last night is spoken of as a very
successful affair. Among those who
attended it were Congressman Mere
dith, Messrs. Moore Of Fairfax, Nicol
of Prince William and quite a number
from Alexandria, the first two being
among the speakers.
Major Yost of Staunton is here to-
day. He says there is a good deal of
opposition among the democrats of
Rockingham and Augusta counties to
the nomination of Congressman OFFER
rail- for Governor, but that the impress
sion prevails that Mr.. OFerrall has
the ear of the President, and that that
impression is naturally influential
with many of those who are seeking
or will seek, Offices under the present
administration.
The financial news from New York
here, up to o'clock to day, is to the eff
feet that the price of silver bullion was
49, money on call was six per cent.
and that stocks were low, ruling at
about yesterdays quotations.
Among the cadet appointments at
West Point to-day is that of ]. B. Tug
gle, Blackstone, Va.
Mr.. e. Il. Mitchell, manager of the
Strasburg Lime Works, and Miss Lizzie
Peyton Bragg, of Haymarket, Virginia,
were married in the parlor of the Met
ropolitan Hotel here this morning, by
a Campbellite preacher of this city.
The contracting parties arrived here on
the Manassas train this morning, and
were married at the hotel because the
brides mother had been married there,
and thought her daughters marriage