Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-09

the District of Columbia Otto L. Sues
TO be Major of the Third battalion OF
infantry Samuel A. II. McKim to be
surgeon First regiment infantry, rank
of CAPTAIN James A. Watson to be lst
Lieutenant Ambulance Corps. Con-
suls Warner S. Kinkead of Kentucky
at Southampton, England Norfeet
Harris of Alabama at Leeds, England !;
Lucien Walker of Alabama at Cork,
ireland; Marcelus l.. Davis of Arkan-
sas at Trinidad, w. l.; Lars S. Rogue of
Iowa at Rotterdam, The Netherlands !;
Edward Downes of Connecticut at Am
sterdam, The Netherlands. Peter H..
Pernot of Indianapolis, Ind; Joshua
Hutchins of Athens, Ga, and Glenn Y.
Rogers of the Indian Territory to be
appraisers of the value Of houses, lands
or improvements occupied by intruders
or unauthorized persons within the
Cherokee Outlet under the provisions
of the act of Congress approved March
3, 1898. Daniel w. Maratta of North
Dakota to be Consul General OF the
United States at Melbourne, Australia.
Among the Treasury appointments
officially announced to-day were those
of X. C. Ould of Virginia, to be a spe-
cial inspector of customs. and J. W:
Fisher of Richmond, to be collector OF
the port of that city.
Intelligence from New York here to-
day is 10 the effect that Mr.. Whitney
saws he never made q contract for Offices
before the election, and consequently
has never called upon Mr.. Cleveland
since the election to make contracts
good. Concerning the alleged remark
of Mr.. Cleveland, THAT he had learned
to distrust Mr. Whitney and his tricks, :"
Mr.. Whitney says he does not believe
Mr.. Cleveland ever made it.
Ninety-one fourth class postmastcrs
were appointed to-day, of whom twenty
five will fill the places of removed re-
publicans. The changes in Virginia
were as follows: Bridgewater Rock,
ngham county, S. G.. Driver, appointed
postmaster, vice d. G.. Whitmore, re-
moved Marlborough Springs, Bath
county, ]. d. Lowman, vice A. A.
Larew, removed; Slate Works, Abe
marie county, C. Z. O'Callahan, vice
J. o. H. Pendleton, resigned.
The case of Thomas Wood VS.. K. u
d. Railroad was argued in the Court OF
Appeals here yesterday by Mr.. Edmund
Burke of Alexandria for plaintiff and
Mr.. Dufley of Baltimore for the receiv-
ers of the road. Plaintiff was an en-
ployee of the National Press Brick
Company of Alexandria, and boarded
at John Riley's in that city, where, SIX
years ago, in taking the through train
TO Washington he was jostled oil the
platform and had his leg so injured
that it was amputated below the knee
Two wears ago he obtained verdict for
Sl3, 600, in the lower court here, which
Judge Cox set aside.
Parties interested in the proposed
Falls Church and Arlington electric
railroad called upon the owners of the
land living on the route Ofthat road yes
terday to get the right Of way, and, 1t
is said, obtained it free from nearly
every one Of them.
Senator Hunton of Virginia has gone
home for few days, but Representa-
tivcs O'Ferrall, Wise, Swanson, Mar.
shall and Tyler from that State are still
here. 1t is reported that Maj. Holmes
Conrad will come here tomorrow and
then determine definitely whether or
not to accept the place of Assistant l.
S. Attorney General which has been Of
ferred him. A Virginia Congressman
told the GAZETrE's correspondent to-
day that Mr.. Smith of the 9th district
of his State would get consular posi-
ton, Mr.. Sheppard be made collector
of internal revenue, and MIR. Lew be
appointed U. S. Marshal.
The Chinese minister here says that
by cablegram lately received from his
government he is instructed to protest
against the enforcement of the anti
Chinese act and adopt a firm attitude
il the matter, and that there Is now no
alternative left to him but to wait for
the final development OF the pending
question.
1t is said OF southern democratic
Senator, now here, that when an Office
seeker recently asked him to sign his
application, he patted him on the shout,
der and said II will not do that, but
I'll do better; I'm going to the White
House to-day on other business and III
speak to the President in your behalf y
The sophisticated laugh at the verdan'
cy exhibited by the applicant in ex.
pressing sincere thanks to the "kind
hearted and well disposed Senator"