Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette
W,r5rrcToN D. c.. Sept. y.

NJ the corner stone of the Capitol next
Monday. President Cleveland, Vice
President Stevenson, Speaker Crisp and
Justice Brown of the Q. S. Supreme
Court, are expected to deliver address
es upon the occasion. The day, mas
been made by act of Congress legal
holiday for the District. Large plat
forms are now in course of erection on
the east front of the Capitol, and the
Senate and House of Representatives
will. on the day of the celebration, sus-
nend their sessions long enough to at
tend and participate. The feature of
the event will be great chorus OF
1900 voices, which has been In course
of rehearsal aud training for weeks past
and the programme will be made still
more attractive by the participation OF
the full L. S. Marine band. Preceding
the delivery of speeches and the formal
ceremonies on the grand stand, there
will be a procession under the command
of Bripadier General Ordway, District
Of Columbia National Guard, who has
been selected as chief marshal OF the
parade, and at night there will be a DIS
play of fireworks on scale rarely be-
fore attempted in this city.
Judge Smith of Warrenton, recently
appointed Chief Justice of the Territory
Of New Mexido, was here to-day. 1T
will be a month or two before he leaves
for his post of duty as his business here
will not permit him to go earlier. Inc
Judge says the populists are making no
Roadway in his section of Virginia.
Another change has come over the
spirit of the Capitol dreamers on the
subject of the silver repeal bill. To-day
the impression is that no unconditional
repeal bill will be passed, as the repub-
lican members of the Senate will never
support cloture rule which, if pre-
cedent be made, would be applied to
the bill to repeal the federal election
laws. should that bill come to them
from the House, as the democrats OF
the latter body now intend it shall do.
Mr.. J. R. Tucker, of Virginia, is ex-
pected here to-day or tomorrow. ii Is
reported that his legal services IRE to
be engaged by the government in suit
originating from the bill that confis,
Gated the property of the Mormon
Church.
Congressman Swanson of Virginia
SAYS all the proof he needs that the
northern protected manufacturers have
been pillaging the people by means o.
the Mckinley bill is the squeals they
are now utlering against the proposed
repeal of that bill.
Seventy-seven fourth class postmas.
ters were appointed to-day, of whom
thirty-five will fill the places ofremoved
republicans. The only change in Nir'
GINA was the following: Rixieyville,
Culpeper county, John w. Smith, ap,
pointed postmaster, vice VIM. &. jam
ison, removed.
The House committee on the election
of President and Vice-President met thi;
morning to consider the bill to repeal the
federal elections law agreed upon by
the democratic members Of the com
mittee yesterday. AT the request O
Messrs. Curtis of New York, and John
son of South Dakota, republicans, the
presentation of the bill and the report
thereon, which had already been pre-
pared. will be delayed until Thursday
The present intention of the democrat:
is to call it up on Friday and push il
through as rapidly as possible.
Assistant Secretary of State Quincy
will retire from Office on the last day
! of the current month.
The u. S. Minister at Constantinople
has informed the State Department that
persons suspected of being concerned
in the outrageous assault on Miss Mel
ton of Iowa, Presbyterian missionary
in the province of Mosul, have been ar.
rested by the Turkish authorities anC
taken to the capital of the province fol
trial.
Representative Swanson of Virgins
was informed by Attorney General Ol
ney this morning that the President
had finally agreed to allow the heads o.
departments to select their subordinates
and that therefore the two Z. 5. mar
shals for Virginia would soon be nomi
mated, as he should make recommends.
tions for the places at an early date
1t is expected that Messrs. Hudgin and
Levi, who were endorsed by the famous
congressional junto, will be appointed
The time of the House ways and
means committee to-day was consumed
in listening to the appeals of people in
terested in the wool trade against the
proposed removal of the tax on wool.
The convention called by the New
York Board of Trade and Transports
ton on August Dist, to consist OF dele
gates appointed by the various COM
mercial bodies throughput the country,
met here to-day to discuss the financial
and industrial troubles. Mr.. B. II.
Warner, of the Washington Board OF
Trade, was made temporary president.
Il. II. Dobie of Norfolk, Va, is men,
Der of the committee on credentials.
Mr.. Pence, the free silver congressman
from Colorado, said that judging from
what he had heard there was to be no
discussion. He vas opposed to any
cut and dried resolutions, and proposed
that ex-senator Hill, of his State, be
heard, but he was ruled out.
The interesting ceremony of weighing the
White House baby has taken place with all
the eclat attending such an event. The scale
showed lust nine pounds and a.quarter. 1t is
stated at the White House to-day that both
mother and child continue to do well. The
damp weather has had no i'll effect on them.
A MUCH MARRIED WoMAN.-In the
State Asylum for the Insane, above
Trenton, N. j., is confined a woman
who has probably had more husbands
than any other member of her sex in