Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
.c,,re.poudence of the Alexandria Gazette.]

Chairman OOTQeeS. fIohA CAiS eiNtS
on no other business of subordinate
character will be permitted to inter
fere with, or delay, final action upon
II The chances for the immediate pas
sage of the bill for increased bank note
irculation-which were never very
bright on account of Mr.. Cockrell's per-
sistent opposition to it, and of the hos
tility which he and other senators
have manifested against the nstionel
banks-have become therefore mini
mized to q very low point, as it will be
from henceforward, "side-tracked" and
shut off from the right OF way until the
major proposition-the discontinuance
If the purchase of silver bullion-is dis
posed of. -,
When Private Secretary Thurber
was asked this morning concern,
ing the report that Mr.. Cleveland
was very sick man, follow
ing an operation performed on mis- face,
he stated that so far as he knew, there
was absolutely no truth in the report
''This information you bring mels the
first ] have heard concerning any can
cerous formation on the Presidents
face, and in fact, on any part OF his
BODY. hear from Mr.. Cleveland near
" every day and in all of his letters he
speaks of his improving health and
strength. | received letter from him
sunday in which he said he was thor
oughly rested. Bills and other matters
that require his signature are received
by me almost daily, and the Presidents
name is signed in a hand that shows
health and vigor" NotwithstandingNr.
Thurber's denial, it is stated here by
those who should know of what
thew speak, that Mr.. Cleveland
has. since his absence from this
city. had large part of one
side of his upper jaw bone removed, for
what his surgeons call sarcoma, and
that as he had to lose some of his teeth
along with it, the3 TO- ID the truth when
in answer to enquiries soon after his
arrival at Buzzards Bay, when they said
they had TO take one or two of his teeth
out. The report referred to includes
the statement that I1r. Cleyeland's
thirty hours sleep while aboard the
Yacht that carried him to Buzzards
Bay. and which was commented upon
at the time, was the result of the anes-
thetic under the influence Of which ne
was when the operation was performed.
The disease is not necessarily of a ma
'ignant character, and, it is said, the al
fscted parts were entirely removed by
the operation.
The GAZETTE's correspondent is re-
l;ablv informed that Mr.. 5. l.. Monroe
of Alexandria will be appointed deputy
collector Of internal revenue in Virgin
j and be put in charge of the division
embracing Alexandria city and county,
and Loudoun, Prince William, Eau
quier, Culpeper and Rappahannock
counties. The salary Of the place is
about twelve hundred dollars. Mr.
Johnson of Front Royal will have
charge of the division embracing Page
and Western counties.
When the lion awakes the earth
trembles. The silver men here say the
silver demon was walked up yesterday
by the action of the House, and mani
tested his displeasure in the furious
storm of last night.
The Senate committee on finance
this morning decided to report back te
the Senate the Wilson repeal bill with
the recommendation that the VOORHEES,
bill already on the Senate calendar. be
substituted for it. The committee also
resolved to set aside the national bank
circulation bill, which is now untinish
ed business in the Senate, in favor O.
the VOORHEES, bill and to press the lat
ter measure as rapidly as the temper O.
the Senate will permit. The difference
between the House bill and the toor'
hees bill is founl ;n the attachment
to the latter Of paragraph declaring
that it is the policy of the United
States to use both gold and silver as
money metals and to preserve parity
The programme Of the committee o.
far as it contemplates the setting aside
Of the national bank bill can only be
carried out through the aid of major,
ity in the Senate, for the national bank
bill cannot be withdrawn or
set aside save through ma
ioTity vote in favor of the
consideration of the repeal bill. The
silver men in the Senate profess to be
Indifferent as to which bill is consider,
ed BY the Senate, holding that the bank
bill is almost Gs Objectionable as the re-
peal bill But there are indications
That the program will meet with pro:
| ionged resistance nevertheless, and
the silver men say they will
fight repeal at every step. Chair
man VOORHEES, subsequently report
ed the VOORHEES, bill to the Senate
as substitute for the House bill, and
gave notice that he would call it up
immediately.
The storm. did immense damage to the shade
trees of Washington, tearing them up by the
roots or dismembering them in every direction
The electric light and telephone services in
Georgetown were also crippled, and uneaSl-
ness WAS felt by the police and fire depart
ments. TeegIaphic communication with the
Vest was entirely broken off about 1870 p. m.
and with the East shortly before midnight.
In the early morning partial telegraphlc COM
munication WAS re-opened east as far as Baltl-
more, but there stopped, and rs far South as
Lynchburg, Va. Intense anxiety vas mani
tested for news of the havoc of the tornado at
Savannah and other points South, but up to
2 O'Clock p. m. nothing had been heard to
suppleuent the meagre and alarming dis
patches of lass night.
Secretary Hoke Smith let Washington last
night for Mount Airy, Ga he expectS to re-
turn tc Washington next Saturday.
Samuel u. Slater of New York 4 clerk in
the Indian bureau, has been promoted TO be
financial clerk in that bureau, vics Woog, re-
signed
1t is stated at the offices Of the Richmond