Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON, d. c., May t.

he envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
Persia. Wallace S. Jones of Florida,
to be consul general ofthe United States
at Rome. Stephen Bonsal OF Maryland,
to be secretary of the legation of the
United States to China. To be consuls
of the United States James B. fancy
of West Virginia, at Belfast; Alfred d.
Jones of North Carolina, at Shanghai;
Charles T. Lyons of New York, at Ian
zibar; Harvey Johnson Of Georgia, at
Antwerp; Benjamin Lenthier of Mas
sachusetts, at Sherbrooke; Harrison K.
Williams of Missouri, at San Jose,
Costa Rica; Ralph Johnson of New
York, at Fort Erie; Henry 7. du Belief
I of Texas, at Rheims James Z. Mona
CHAN of Rhode Island, at Chemnltz
Charles Schaefer of Kansas, at vera
Cruz.
The postponement of the monetary
conference until November next Is
looked upon as afIording another indl.
cation ofthe Presidents purpose to call
Congress in extra session in the early
fall The assembling of Congress in
extra session in September will afford
time for the intentions of that body IN
regard to the Sherman law and the sill
yer questions generally to be clearly
made known before the meeting OF
the conference. 1t is thought quite
possible that upon the action of Con-
gress may depend the question whether
the conference will reconvene at all.
The President to-day made the fol-
lowing appointments for the militia OF
District of Columbia Peter B. Mere
dith, Captain Company B, 1st. Separ-
ate Battalion; Evans Lewis, LIST. Lieut.
enant Company B, 1st. Separate Bat
talon Samuel Piper, End. Lieutenant
Company B, LIST. Separate Battalion !;
Charles Z. Swigart, lst. Lieutenant
Company C, 3rd. Battalion of Infantry
John n. Armstrong, jr.. End. Lieuten-
ant, 3rd. Battalion of Infantry.
Postmaster General Bissell to-day
appointed August w. Machen OF
Toledo, o., Assistant Superintendent OF
the free delivery system, vice William
Helm. Mr.. Machen was assistant
postmaster at Toledo during Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration.
George K. Bouse, a retired Naval
Constructor, dropped dead while walk
ing in Lafayette Park to-day. Con-
structcr Bouse was appointed to the
navy from Virginia in 1869 and retired
in 1887.
One hundred and sixteen fourth
class postmasters were appointed to,
day, of whom, however, only fifteen will
t.ke the places of removed republicans
The changes in Virginia were as iol-
lows: Farmwell, Loudoun county, c.
A. Arundel appointed postmaster, vice
V. Quick, removed Marmora, Dinwid-
die county, T. c. Harmon, vice A. Z,
Wheeler. resigned: Reems Station, Din
widdie county, James Halligen, vice H.
l.. Perkins, resigned.
Mr.. Sturdevant, chief of the station
erv and printing division of the Treas
ury Department, who has held that
place for thirty years, was informed to,
day that the Secretary desired his i'm
mediate resignation.
Virginia got one of the plums that
fell from the White House tree to-day
Mr.. Alexander Mcdonald, of Lynch
burg, was appointed to the Persian
mission. Mr.. Mcdonald was editor o
the Lynchburg I'rGnian during thu
latter years of that papers existence
and is a brother of Col. Mcdonald, TIT
Fish Commissioner
r preventative Swanson of Eirginit
has succeeded in having lawyer from
his district appointed to law clerkshll
in the Department of Justice.
This was Representative Meredith
regular day for coming here. A mum
Der of his constituents, estimated a
from thirty to fifty, were at the depo
TO meet him on his arrival. They at
tempted to press through the gate sew
eral times, but were forced back by TIT
fat gate keeper. Mr. Meredith was TIT
.st passenger to leave the train, and 81
late was he in doing so that those
auxiously awaiting him feared he hat
not come at al, and had commenced t
move away when some one spied hin
getting OIL the last car. AT the an
nouncement of that fact they rallied
again. aud welcomed him with out
stretched hands as he came through the
gate. They accompanied him in body
to the Metropolitan Hotel, where theil
number was increased to such an ex
tent that they blockaded the sidewalks
in front of that hotel and so interfered
with its passage that they had to be
dispersed by policemen. Finally Mr.
Meredith went with three of them tc
the State Department and then the
others scattered.
After this correspondence of yester'
days date had closed, the application o.
Capt. J. w. Foster of Leesburg, Va.
strongly endorsed, for the colectorshiE
of the upper internal revenue district
ofVirginia, was put on file at the Treas
ury Department.
w. H. Cawood, formerly of Alexan,
dria, but for several years resident Of
King George county, Virginia, was an
applicant for watchman's place in the
Treasury Department. He called there
Yesterday with endorsements from Sen
ator Daniel, Representative Meredith,
the State Senator and Delegate from
his legislative district, and the electors
and delegates to the Chicago conven'
ton from his congressional district;
Mr.. Logan Carlisle looked at them and
said nobody could have better ones.
He then asked the applicant if he had
belonged to the Union army? No, y
said Cawood, II was in the Confederate
army.n "That settles it," said Mr..
Carlisle, sail such places as the one fol
which you have applied are reserved
for ex-Union soldiers" And yet ex-
Confederate soldiers were appointed to
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