Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-17
FROM WASHINGTON
Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette !
WASHINGTON. March It. 1884

send the appointment to the Senate for
confirmation. The place has a salsry
of 81 800 besides fees.
Additional applications for position,
in the Treasury service have been fled
Us follows: U. 5. Treasurer, W. Y. Chr.
oIin, n. Y; Naval Officer. New York
Douglas A. Seiren; Surveyor New
York, Aaron Kohn and W. 4. Bovd
Up to noon nothing whatever had
been received ut the State Department
regarding the explosion of Il bomb in
front of the residence of I. ;. Minister
Porter in Rome.
Applicants for the position OF Conn.
troller Of the Currency. whose papers
are not on file, are Horace White Of
New York Witien Mcdonald. Of lH,.
souri, (; Henry Bacon, OF Goshen. y. Y.
J. ID. Abraham, of New y FORK, and Scott
Wike, Of Illinois.
Secretary Smith has accepted there's.
ignations of George G.. Martin of New
York, chief of the stationery and print.
ing division, and of Thomas II. Niusick
of Missouri, chief Of the patents and
miscellaneous division, Interior Depart.
ment.
st. Patrick's Day and the Cabinet
meeting were taken advantage Of by
President Cleveland this morning. and
he disposed of the few callers who saw
him in very short order All the visit
ors came between 10 and II o'clockaud
consisted chiefly of Senators and Rep
resentatives, including Senators Berry
Mcpherson, Smith, Voorhees,. Turpie
Vance, Mills, Coke, Carey Palmer
Stanford and Gordon. and Representa-
tives Brookshire, Amerman Byuum
Painter, Forman, Martin, Henderson.
Hicks, Paschal and Henderson, aud
Gov. Matthews of Indiana.
The Princess Kaiulani of HAWAII,
with her chaperon, Mrs. Davis. and
Miss Whattotl. paid social Gallon Mrs.
Cleveland this forenoon.
Ex-Representative Rogers Of A-kan-
sas, whose friends endeavored 10 have
Mr.. Cleveland select him for the Aitor-
ney Generalship, has refused the tender
of the Assistant Attorney Gencraship
for the Interior Department. He Is a
candidate for the office Of Solicitor
General.
A telegram from the superintendent
of the life saving service at southport
n. c., reports that the British steamer
Great Northern, of Newcastle, from
Baltimore to Port Royal, in ballast.
stranded on Frying Pan Shoal, 5 miles
south of that station, at II O'Clock on
the night of the 18th inst. The crew
and vessel were saved.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections was in session to-day for
three hours. and adjourned ueiil next
Monday. The committee discussed
the credentials Of Mr.. Mantle appoint
cd by the governor OF Montana and
Mr.. Bechwith, appointed by the GOV
ernor of Wyoming. The credentials Of
Mr.. cn,appointcd by the Govcmorot
Washington, have not yet arrived and
nothing was said about this case No
conclusion was reached, but il is known
that the committee is divided IN Us
opinion as to the legality OF the crc-
dentials.
The only distinctive celebration in
Washington in connection with lhcan,
niversary of the patron saint Of Ireland
was the celebration of nigh mass 10y the
Papal Lcgate, Archbishop Satolli IN
st. Patrick's church. There WAS no
purade, bat there was the customary
uncomfortable st. Patrick weather,
which took tie shape this ycaroia
snowfall
Reports here to-day from Harrison
burg, Va, are to the effect that Repre-
sentative O'Ferrall of that district, who
has been indisposed FOR some tine, IS a
very i'll man.
The Ivy City race-track company, in
race-course parlance has busted,
leaving unpaid debts to the amount OF
about seventeen thousand dollars. The
losers held meeting this morning
Col. Cab Maddox, who was present.
says ''it reminded him Of the breaking
up of q Loudoun county camp-meeting,
with Bill Pickett collecting his board
ing-tent bills"
As Captain Head has been ruled ont
of the contest for the Leesburg postoll.ce
by the Presidents iron-bound order
prohibiting the appointment Of ex-oiiicc
holders, Representative Meredith. Of
that district, has endorsed the applica-
ton Of Mr. Robert Harper for the place.
the salary of which is $500.
Mr.. William Fletcher 4 well-lnoan
citizen of Fairfax county, Va, near
Langley, in whic! county, he owneda
fine farm. died here this morning OF
pneumonia. after an illness of only q
few days. He was one of the parties
to the famous Flctcher-Shipman law
suits. He acquired a fortune rs con
tractor during the Shepard regime here
and carried a life insurance Of $1,000
He was a liberal man and had many
friends.
The hotel Hobbies here are more
crowded to-day than they have been
for some time, not because thor lrt
more Office seekers in the city, but br.
cause the prevailing inclement wcaihc-
has driven them within doors Tie
individuals referred to are
becoming impatient, and though they
have not rs yet broken out into tia-
grant abuse of the administration, Their
are distinctly heard, and SUI
gest the echo of rapidly approaching
denunciation. Some of them, too. are
rcsorting to the flowing bowl as means
of willing away their hours ofdespond-
ency.
Quite connection was created on
f street, between 18th and 18th, TO-DAY,
by the wife of the proprietor of tie
arge japanese store there, who, sus
oecting her husband of infdelity, broke
he two front windows of his store as ii