Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-09

the House III Inc ootn SohSieo"' ~
cent charges of incompetency, fraud
and corruption have been forwarded to
the committee for its information.
Some time ago Mr.. E. c. Meredith,
son of Representative Meredith, of Vir-
einia, one of the officials in the weather
bureau stationed at Baltimore, was re-
ported by Mr.. Cronk, the observer IN
charge, for INSTRUMENTATION. Now Mr..
Meredith has returned the compliment
by reporting Mr.. Cronk for reckless
acknowledgement. The case will be in
vestigated.
The following applications from Vir-
ginia were filed at the Treasury Depart
ment to-day E. w. Nottingham, of
Northampton, for the Cherrystone Gus
toms house; Stuart A. Weiss OF Rich
mond, for division in the Treasury
Department, and A. r. Warner of Lex
ineton, to be 4th Auditor. The latter
at first applied for the End authorship.
Mail advices from Commissioner
Blount and Minister Stevens with rel
erence to the situation in Hawaii were
received at the State Department 10;
day. The U. 5. government requested
Minister Stevens to remain at homo
lulu until the administration had come
to some definite conclusion with regard
TO Hawaii. Mr.. Stevens declines to &C
cede to the request and states that he
will leave for San Francisco on the
steamer sailing from Honolulu on May
oath. Mrs. Stevens and Miss Stevens
will accompany the minister. They
viii bring with them the body OF the
daughter who was drowned early IN
this year.
Secretary Carlisle to-day appointed
William Hines, of Minnesota chief OF
division in the office of the commission
er of customs, Treasury Department.
The reported killing of Lieutenant
Plummer of the Tenth Infantry by the
Navajo Indians is not credited at the
War Department.
Senator Daniel and Representatives
Swanson, Tyler and Wise, of Virginia
are still here.
Pay Inspector John II. Stevenson,
of the navy, has been again ordered to
examination for promotion. ms Is
the third time he has been examined,
and the boards who made the previous
examinations both reported him tit for
promotion. Secretary Tracy ordered
another board. The findings in the
second case were again favorable. The
report was not approved by Secretary
Tracy. President Harrison did not act
on the case, and President Cleveland
did not advance Mr.. Stevenson, and on
the return of the case to the Navy De-
partment Secretary Herbert has or
dercd him to his third examination.
Six Senators and five Representatives
called on Mr.. Cleveland to-day before
the cabinet meeting began at II
o'clock. They obeyed the letter OF
the Presidents new rules and brought
no constituents with them. No at
tempts were made by persons other
than Senators and Representatives to
see the President.
Some Virginia people here to-day
saw that though those who are most
pronounced in their advocacy of the
nomination of Mr.. O'Ferrall for Gov,
ernor of their State were among the
most vehement and incisive anti-snap'
pers, Judging from the late proceedings
ut Richmond, it would seem that they
are not as opposed to snappers now as
thew were q few months ago. They
also say that there is q general desire
that Attorney General Scott be re-
elected, and that it would not be fair tc
the other parts of the State to select
the Governor and Attorney General
from the same section, with only two
counties between them.
1t is said here that the Office seekers
having been summarily cut OIL from the
White House, will now concentrate
their efforts upon the Cabinet Ministers
until they shall be denied admission te
the departments also, and that as thell
prolonged stay here has reduced then
pocket books to q low stage, they think
of taking up their quarters in Aiexan
dria, where they understand board /:
cheap, and between which city and this
there is frequent communication at 10"
rates.
Among the strangers on the Avenue
Yesterday was the famous Col. Jack Mos
by, known in the North during the wal
between the States, as the chief OF the
"rebel guerrillas" in Virginia. Barring
his white hair, he looks as we'll as he
did thirty years ago, when he supplied
the eyes for General Lees army. He
is now one of the counsel ofthe South,
ern Pacific Railroad and an inspector Of
Mexican lottery. The Colonel says
the Chinese have made California and
that thousands of Americans are now
in the State who wouldn't be there ex-
cept for them. He is in hopes that the
L. S. Supreme Court will decide against
the last anti-Chinese law.
1t is learned to-day that the recent
appointment ofMr. Wise, formerly Of
Virginia to the relationship of the port
at San Francisco, was due solely to
Senator Stanford, a republican, who
called upon the President and made
that appointment a special request.
There are two sorts of democrats in San
Francisco, the chivalry, composed OF
about a hundred Virginians and Ken
tuckians, and the shovelry, comprising
the remainder and body of the party.
Mr.. Wise, of course, belongs to the
former, and is the personal friend OF
Senator Stanford.
DR.. Hamilton Leach of this city, whose re.
ported death at Atlantic City was mentioned
in the GAZETTE some time ago, died at his
residence here this morning.
Secretary Herbert has authorized the state
ment that he will decline to extend the leaves
of absence of any officer Of the navy who is
engaged in private business.
DEATH OF A LYNCHBURGER IN DAN