Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-01

past S2UU,UOU III Soiu mao eaNSh ioi
shipments to Canada, so that the mar
Gin of free gold is thin.
General Schofield received tele-
gram from Gen ,ral McCook, command
ing the Department of Arizona, last
night, stating that he thought the re-
ports regarding the Navajo outbreak
were exaggerated. All necessary steps,
he said, had been taken to protect the
people and quiet the Indians.
The funeral of Capt. Gilbert c.
Wiltse, of the navy, took place from his
late residence, in this city, this morn.
ing. The Episcopal service was read
by Rev. DR.. Mackey Smith, o, st.
Johns Church. The casket was borne
by eight sailors, eight senior officers OF
the navy acting as honorary ball-bear-
ers. The interment was at Oak hill
cemetery.
The Supreme Court at the request Of
counsel have postponed from the oth TO
the 10th of May the hearing OF the case
to test the constitutionality OF the
Chinese exclusion act.
The Supreme Court of the United
States to-day set down for hearing on
the second Monday of next term the
Ann Arbor r. r. case, an appeal from
the decision of Judge Kicks, involving
the right of railroad employees to leave
the service of the company at will. The
same order was made in the case in
yolving the constitutionality of the act
providing for the appointment ola board
of railroad commissioners in the State
of Texas, of which board ex-senator
Reagan is chairman. The next term of
the court begins in October.
Ex-State Senator Pennybacker OF
Rockingham county, Va, one of the
brightest men in the valley, is still
here, trying TO get his old place as ex-
aminer of land offices, which he resign
ed during Mr.. Cleveland's first admin
istration. He has strong endorsements
from influential men in his State, but
not that of the Congressman from his
district, who, it is said, favors the APP
pointment of Mr.. Carmichael, son-in-
| law of Mr.. j. r. Tucker.
The board of army officers appointed
to inspect that part of the proposed
route of the branch of the Washington
Southern Railroad from Waterloo to
the Aqueduct Bridge, that runs through
the Arlington reservation, and assess
damages, if there be any, discharged
that duty last Saturday, but have not
yet made their report.
Congressman Swanson and Marshall
are still here. The former was at the
departments this morning, trying tc
get some of his constituents minor pc
sitions in the governments service.
1t is expected that when the Presi
dent returns the applicants for the
places now filled by republicans, who
tried to defeat him, will make one
more advance in force upon him anc
endeavor, at least, to find out whether
or not it will be worth while for then
to call upon him again.
1t is reported at the Department o
Justice to-day that if there be any
changes in the list of U. S. assistant at
torney generals, they will not be made
until after the first Of July.
Mr.. Willett, who has been appointed
clerk Of the new Court of Appeals TO
the District of Columbia, is a brothe
of Mr.. Willett, of the firm of Willett I
Ruof, hatters here, who is an applican
for the postmastership of this city.
Seventy-four new pOstmasterS we
appointed to-day, of whom twenty-sevel
will take the places of removed repub
licans. The changes in Virginia wer
us follows: Bula, Goochland county
Mary S. Dunn, appointed postmaster
vice S. ]. Mills, resigned; Howardsville
Albemarle county, Eldridge Turner
vice II. c. Bragg, removed Maurer
town, Shenandoah county. j. |. Coli
man, vice f. B. Shaver, removed
Meadow Station, Henrico county, j. T
Gibbon, vice j. n. Gibbon, deceased
Merose, Rockingham county, }. l.
Hlmtert, vice J. n. c. Armentrout re
moved; White Rock, Bedford county
A. H. Rorer, vice ]. II. Route, de
ceased.
The fall in stocks and the rise in the
price of money in New York to-day are
said here to be the result of the exist
ing uncertainty respecting the govern
ment's ability to redeem its paper cur
rency with gold, if such demand be
made.
Among the visitors here to-day is Mr.
Moore of Clarke county, Virginia, who
expects to be a candidate for the demo
cratic congressional nomination in his
district next year.
The only application from Virginia
filed at the Treasury Department to-day
was that of Frank Harper of Alexan:
dria, who wants q position as special
agent. In his application he says he
has been engaged in the tobacco bust
ness since he was seven years old.
People from the Sth congressional
district of Virginia here to-day say that
the friends of State Senator Fairfax, of
Loudoun county, are already talking
about presenting him for Congress at
the next election.
Delays in the collection of material have
caused the postponement of the ceremony of
casting the souvenir bell to be made of his
torical metal collected by the Daughters of
the American Revolution for the purpose of
commemorating the opening OF the Columbian
Exposition. The ceremony was set for to-day
and Mrs Cleveland was to have touched a
button at the White House connected with
the automatic arrangement WHICH would have
turned the molten metal into the mold. 1t
is expected that the delay will be for few
days only.
The erroneous reports telegraphed from
| New York Thursday that Mrs. Cleveland had
been taken suddenly i'll on board the Dolphin
and had started Immediately for Washington
have had al annoying sequel to Mrs. Cleve-
land in the receipt Of numerous kilograms
and letters from friends i'll ai parts OF the
| country mourning rs 10 her condition anA
| rendering sympathy, all these communica-