Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-14
FROM WASHINGTON.


agrees with all the other democrats
who have spoken in the present cam
n.i.n in Virginia, and says that while
the democrats there told him they
hoped their full vote would come out
they feared some of it would not. He
also saws that they manifested little or
no enthusiasm.
Democrats from Alexandria here
today saw that as Mr. Bend
helms offer of submitting the question
of his nomination to either the State
or the executive committee of the pal
ty has been declined. he will consider
himself as the fairly aud regularly
nominated candidate, and will conduct
his campaign accordingly.
The storm of last night was very Sc
we're here and the damage great. AS
sociate Justice Brown Of the Supreme
Court had an artery in his bead cut by a
plate glass window which was blown in
at mis- residence and came very near
bleeding to death before medical as
sistance could be obtained to tie the ar
terry. He is reported out Of danger this
morning. The walls of the new Caval-
~ Baptist Church blew down. Dam
age to police and fire alarm service was
greater than ever known before. The
city lay all night at the mercy of fire
with q gale Of unequalled violence
blowing. The tide in the river rose to
an unprecedented height. Consider
able injury was done along the wharves.
Trees were blown down in every direc-
ton. and in some instances delayed the
traffic on the street railroads for hours.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies suffered greatly from
the storm. Both companies were
obliged to refuse business to all points,
the only wires that worked satisfac-
torlv being those running to Baltimore.
The United Press lost control of its
leased wires between six and seven
o'clock in the evening. When the
late collections of mail from the street
boxes were made the collectors found
nearly all the letters and papers water
soaked, some of them being so badly
d;sfgured that it will require consider
able effort on the part of the depart
ment to ascertain the destination of the
matter. The Pennsylvania railroad
suffered more from last nights storm
than on any previous occasion for years.
On the bulletin board in the trainmas-
ter's office was posted this notice:
"Wire in trouble all trains delayed. "
At the Baltimore and Ohio station
the officials said that the storm had not
greatly affected that line. There had
been no washouts reported. Neverthe-
less it was found this morning that rail
road communication is almost as badly
demoralized as the telegraph service.
Reports of wrecks by the storm along
the Atlantic coast are reaching the life
saving service here. The first wreck
reported so far is from Chicamicomico,
\. c., where the barkentine Ravens
wood from Boston, Mass, to Georgia
ports, stranded at 1880 yesterday morn
one-quarter of mile south of the sta
lion. The crew of 10 men was saved
by means of the breeches buoy.
The District democrats are by no
means pleased with the administration,
except those who are interested in bonds
and stocks, and when asked when the
Districts share of the federal patronage
will be distributed, say they have ceased
to take any interest in the matter,
neither know nor care, and hope the
republicans who have held it so far
may continue to do so until the end of
Mr.. Clevelaud's term of office.
To all intent and purpose, so far, at
least, as some of the most astute Sera-
tors on both sides of the silver question
think, the settlement OF that question,
in respect either of its terms or its
time, is as indefinite to-day as it ever
was. The administration Senators say
they are sustained by not only q large
majority of the people of the country,
but of both political parties, and that
repeal is for the benefit of all the peo-
pie and of all sections, and that conse-
euently they will stand by their colors
and win or lose all they are contending
for. The silverites also say the rocks
will fly from their base before they will
withdraw their support from the white
metal. But Notwithstanding all this,
the rumors of compromise are still
rife, and some say it will be agreed
upon next week, and some, as early
as Monday. The prolonged delay is
provoking to both sides and is natural
ly engendering bad feeling, which
shows itself occasionally. Mr.. Faulk-
ner to-day objected to a request from
Mr.. Pefler to defer the taking of o vote
untilfMr. Jones, who is indisposed and
wanted to go sway, could make his
speech, and Mr.. Hill went so far as to
say that he was in favor of adopting
the Reed rule, and of counting, for the
purpose of making q quorum, members
present who are paired, or who will
not answer when their names are
called.
A democrat from Orange county,
Va, here to-day, says if the populists
are as plentiful in all the other counties
Of the State as they are in his, the dem
ocrats will have to exert themselves q
great deal more than they are now do
ing, if they want to carry the State.
He saws many well-informed democrats
in Orange believe the populist candi-
date for the legislature will be elected.
Representative Jones of Virginia will
90 home tonight. He will take with
him Representative De Almond of
Missouri, and both will address q dem
ocratic meeting at Lancaster Z. II. next
Monday, court day. Mr.. Jones says
that while there is not much enthusiasm
among the democrats in the Northern
Neck, he doesn't think there is any
doubt of the election of the democratic
candidates for the legislature there,