Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-07

cesor in office.
raised a ladder to the window of Fords
Theatre by which some of the en-
ployees reached the ground after the
fall of that building, was appointed mes
senger in the War Department to-day.
The Presidential family moved from
the White House to-day to "Woodley,"
MIR. Cleveland's suburban residence.
Mrs. Cleveland and her babies aud Mrs.
Perrine, her mother, will remain at
"Woodiey,'' for several weeks in order
that Mrs. Cleveland may fully regain
her strength for the winter seasons So
cial duties. The President will pass
his nights in the country and drive to
the White House in the mornings.
An evidence of the faith some people
here have in the early future growth OF
Alexandria is afforded by the fact that
certain people who either have money
or can get it, are now considering, plans
for the construction OF two double-end
steam ferry boats, with triple expan-
sion engines, with carrying "a
pacity of twenty carriages and six hum
dred passengers, at q cost of SS5, 900
each, for new ferry line between this
ctv aud Alexandria, to make halt
hourly trips, and to run until II O'Clock
a. light, and through the ice, no matter
how thick. Among those interested in
the project are some of the stockhold-
ers in the Norfolk line.
Fifty-two fourthclass postmasters
were appointed to-day, of whom . will
fill the places of removed republicans.
There were no changes in Virginia.
The tenth week of the extraordinary
session ofCongress and the seventh week
of the Senate debate on the silver-pur-
chase repeal bill will commence on
Monday, leaving it still as uncertain
as ever when the bill will come to q
decisive vote. One phase of the situa-
ton in the Senate is thus described by
one of its members: "There are eight
republican Senators-Messrs. Teller,
Wo!cott, Jones, of Nevada, Michel,
Dubois. Pettigrew and Power-who are
for silver, opposed not only to the re-
peal of the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman law, but to any compromise
which would not provide for silver at
least as literally as that law. There
are four republicans opposed to repeal
unless some compromise measure is
substituted for the Sherman law that
will recognize silver as money meta!
Cameron, Henderson, Perkins, and
Hansbrough. In addition to these the
four populists, of course, are opposed 10
tie repeal of the Sherman law-Peiicr,
Stewart. Allen and Kyle, Irby being
accounted democrat. These are an
taconists of the administration from
outside the democratic ranks. The
democratic Senators are divided, the
majority being opposed TO uncondition-
al repeal. Therefore. if President
Cleveland's position regarding the Sher-
man law is to be sustained, it must be
by the votes of the % republican Sena-
tors understood to be committed to re-
peal. Now they are confronted by
this question. Shall they wait for the
democratic majority to agree upon a
compromise, or shall they suggest one,
or shall they stand squarely for uncon-
di,ional repeal? Between these lines
of policy the republicans are hating,
but il is believed the majority are in
favor of allowing the responsibility Of
meeting the situation, TO rest OH the
shoulders of the democratic majority.
The impression to-day is that if the dem
ocrats can hold quorum, the uncondi-
tional repeal bill will be passed, for the
reasons that it is the ardent wish of
the President that it shall be, and that
his term of office will not expire for
three years and half.
Senator Harris this morning intro
duced resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee of five
Senator'S to investigate theFord Theatre
disaster and report whether the gov
crnment should compensate the suffer-
ers by that disaster for the injuries sus-
tanned by them. Under the resolution,
if it be decided that they should be CON-
pensated, the committee is directed to
investigate each individual case, and
report the amount of compensation
that should be allowed to each person.
The Secretary of the Navy received
a cable dispatch from Captain Picking.
the commander of the United States
cruiser Charleston, at Rio. this morning,
as follows: Admiral Mello having
been informed that the government
would dismount guns in the city, said
he would net again fire upon the
place" This undoubtedly means that
the threatened renewal of the bonn
bardment of Rio Janeiro has been
abandoned, and it is supposed that the
truce between Mello and Peixotto was
arranged by the commanders of the
foreign vessels stationed in the harbor.
The District of Columbia Commits
sioners have not yet made their report
to the Senate District of Columbia
committee on the bill to allow the Alex
andria and Mount Vernon Electric
Railroad Company to build a bridge
across the Potomac at Arlington, but if
they had, no action would have been
taken upon it, as the railroads attor-
ney, Col. Anderson, has requested that
the bill shall not be considered until
his return from Chicago, next month.
Secretary Herbert denied to-day q
sensational report that the Navy De-
partment was investigating the origin
of charges made that the new cruiser
New York was of faulty construction
and built Of poor material. He had
never heard such an investigation even
suggested; it certainly had not been in
augurated and there was no truth in
the charges if any such had been made.
The New York was one OF the best
built ships in the Navy.
Mr.. Bankhead, chairman of the