Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. 2.

will comply with his request. a tele-
gram received at the Navy Department
today brought the first official news
concerning the effect of the big storm
on the government dry dock and naval
station at Port Royal. 1t says that
MANY people are without homes, food
and funds, and money is asked to bury
seven bodies presumably of United
States employes) now lying in the coal
house at the dock. The principal in
Jury to the dock was in the damage in
tIicted upon the coffer-dam by the rush
of the waters, and it is estimated that
six months viii be consumed in making
repairs and completing the structure.
A very large amount OF money is need
ed to make the repairs.
Mr.. Guilford White, formerly of Alex
andria, where his father was in charge
of the Washington and Alexandria
Railroad office, died here this morning OF
consumption. The deceased went to
Ohio, some years ago, and studied law.
When Mr.. Keifer was Speaker
of the House he was his tavorite
secretary. Of late years he adopted the
religion of the Theosophists, in which
faith he died. He was very upright
and honorable young man and was
highly respected by all who knew him.
The President sent number efmlnor
nominations to the Senate to-day, but
none from Virginia.
The comptroller of the currency to-
day appointed Mr.. r. Z. Reckham of
Fort Worth, receiver of the FL Paso
National Bank of Texas, Ell Paso, Tex.
The Marine Hospital Bureau here
has little information in addition to
that already published touching the ia
tai case of cholera in Jersey City.
There seems to be no doubt that Mar
tin Grove died from genuine Asiatic
cholera, for Surgeon General Wyman
NOW in Jersey City has telegraphed
here that the case was such. In addl-
ton, State Inspector Hunt telegraphed
that examination showed the presence
of The cholera spirillum, and in this he
is confirmed by Surgeon Kinyoun.
In the Senate to-day q bill was re-
ported providing for an appropriation
of 81. 900 for repairs 10 Ford's Theatre,
the scene of the late fatal accident here,
aad providing that the work be done
under the direction of the Chief Engi-
neer of the Army.
Representative Tyler and Swanson
of Virginia, at the head OF a delegation
from Norfolk, among whom were
Mssscs. Glennan, Lawless, East and
Young, called on Secretary Carlisle
this morning in reference to the new
public building in Norfolk, for the
erection of which an appropriation ha
already been made. They found that
the appropriation was $4,000, OF
which S45, 900 has been expended, leav-
ing 100000 in the Treasury to the
credit of that account. Secretary Car
isle promised them that the supervising
architect would be directed to have
plans for the building prepared at once,
and that the work of erecting it should
be commenced as soon as those plans
shall have been approved. 1t was
learned at the department that during
the Harrison administration the appro-
priations for all the public buildings in
The North were expended, but that
those for such buildings in the South
were withheld, as while the expendi-
ture in the former would help the re-
publican vote, there was no possibility
of its doing so in the latter.
A proposition is now before Congress
to facilitate the transmittal of small
sums. Under this bill on and after the
first of January 1894 the issue of postal
notes will cease, and in their stead
there is to be issued a postal fractional
currency in denominations of five, ten,
twenty-five, fifty and seventy-fve cents.
This issue is to be legal tender for
sums of less than one dollar and re-
deemable in lawful money at any post
office to the amount of one dollar; at
any money order Office of the fourth
class to the amount of five dollars, and
at any money order Office of the first,
second, or third class to an amount not
exceeding ten dollars in any one pay
ment to any individual on the same
day. This currency is to be furnished
the public on payment of the face value
in lawful money without other cost.
Four months ago Representative
Swanson of Virginia, knowing that the
postal route agents running through
his district were active and offensive
republican partisans, told some young,
active and intelligent democrats in that
district to come here and so before the
civil service board, and that if they
passed satisfactory examinations he
would try to have republican incum-
ents removed and have them appointed
in their places. They came here and
were examined, but since then nothing
has been heard from the examiners
in reference to them. Mr.. Swanson
went to the civil service bureau to-day
to see the record in their cases and after
a great deal of difficulty succeeded in
finding the papers, but also found, to
his great establishment, that since they
had been received they had not been
examined, and was exceedingly pro-
voked when informed that probably
they would not be for year. MIR. Swan
son says he will lay the case before the
Postmaster General, and if Unsuccessful
there will bring it to the attention of
Congress. He says the whole civil SER
vice is an internal humbug, and that he
will vote to abolish it, and if that can
not be done, will move to strike out of
the appropriation bill the section pro-
viding for its support.
Yang Yu, noble Of the Order of the
Eight Banners and Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary of China to the United States,
Spain and Peru, paid his respects to the
Secretary of State this morning while
Secretary Gresham returned the salu-