Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 81.

augured his decease within no very
great period of time. Senator Stanford
was last in Washington in April. He
was very feeble and seemingly on the
verge of dissolution. He called on
President Cleveland at that time and
number of Congressman who saw him
at the White House sorrowfully pre-
dicted that the end was not far oil. For
several years past Senator Stanford has
been so feeble that he required the as
sistance of q servant to enable him to
move about. Rheumatism, added to
the debility of old age, caused him
much suffering. Two years ago he
went abroad to try the medicinal wa
tiers of European health resorts and re-
turned to America apparently in better
health. Since then he has Travelled
great deal between California and
Washington accompanied by his de,
voted wife, but his. feebleness increased
noticeably. Notwithstanding his con-
dition his death at this time was uneX-
pected and caused something OF
shock to those who knew him. Lee
land Stanford was born in Albany
county. New York, March 9th, 1874;
received an academicai education; en-
tered a law Office in 1916, and after
three wears study was admitted to
practice law in the Supreme Court OF
the State of New York; removed to
Port Washington, in the northern part
of the State of Wisconsin, where he was
engaged in the practice of his PROBES
sion for four years; a fire in the spring
of 1852 destroyed his law library and
other property. He went to California,
where he became associated in business
with his brothers, three of whom had
preceded him to the Pacific coast {; he
was at first in business at Michigan
Bluffs. and in 1856 removed to Sacra-
mento TO engage in mercantile pursuits
on a large scale; was a delegate to the
national republican convention at
Chicago in 1850; was elected Governor
of California, and served from Decem-
Der. 1861, to December, 1868; as Presi-
dent of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company he superintended its construc-
ton over the mountains, building $50
miles of it in 293 days. He was interested
in other railroads on the Pacific Slope,
in agriculture, and in manufactures.
He was elected to the United States
Senate as republican, in the place OF
J. r. Farley, democrat, in 1884, and re-
elected in 1880; took his seat March 4,
1891. His term OF service will expire
March 3, 1897.
The Department ofState has been in
formed by Mr.. Levin r. Stewart, u. ;.
Consul at San Juan, Puerto Rico, that
there will be celebrated in that city, III
commemoration of the fourth cente-
nary of the discovery of the island, an
exposition which will be inaugurated
on the 26th of November, 1898, and
will continue three months.
Upon the recommendation of Com
missioner Lochren of the Pension Office,
Secretary Smith to-day dropped from
the rolls of the office the names of
twenty-eight special examiners, now in
the field, the term of their one-year APP
pointment having expired. All of the
special examiners dropped are republic
cans, and Of the ninety special exanin-
ers still retained on the rolls sixty are
republicans and thirty are democrats.
Representative from the Columbia
Athletic aud Potomac and Analostan
boat clubs forming the Joint commit
tee oil Potomac river regatta have de-
cided to hold u regatta here on Septem-
Der 9th, instead OF September 10Th, as
orually given out. The programme OF
races will comprize junior and senior
singles, Junior and senior tours, senior
four oar, d gigs, and junior and interme,
diate Fights. All races will be three
uu ,rters of a mile and return, except
tae eight-oared race which will he one
IN lie and a-half straight away.
Nearly one-third of the I. S. consuls
abroad have been changed. There are
about 300 consuls in the service, but
owing TO small compensation attached
to Il number Of places and the Difficult,
" of securing competent persons who
are willing to accept them, the num-
Der of really desirable posts paying not
less than $500 per annum, does not
exceed $50, and of these Mr.. Quincy
has made changes up to June 18th, in
the case of SO.
Official changes are announced IN the
Treasury Department as follows: APP,
pointments-E. w. Combs, Kansas,
chief of division 1st comptroller's Office
]. II. Shields, Kansas, chief of division
2nd comptrollcr's office; r. NJ. Scam
mon, New Hampshire, chief of divis
ion md auditors office; p. X. Delaney,
New York, immigrant inspector. Re-
signed-Marcus Boggs, collector of in
tcrnal revenue, 18th district Of Ohio.
Removed-F. n. Wicker, Chinese in
spector. designations called for-O
7. Amcs, special agent.
The President to-day made the fol
lowing appointments: Charles B. How
ry of Mississippi, to be Assistant Attor
ney General. vice Leonard W. Colby
resigned. BENZ. H. Ridgely of Ken.
lucky, to be consul at Geneva, Switzer
land c. f. Macdonald of Massachu
sets, to be consul at Hamilton, Can
ada
Attorney General Olney's attention
was called to-day to the card OF ?. III
Winston, late U. S. attorney for the
State of Washington, regarding his re
moval from his position on account o
Chinese and opium smuggling within
his district. Mr.. Winston, in substance
asserted in his card that he was not re
moved for that cause, but for other rea
sons set forth in letter to the Presi
dent. Attorney General Olney saio
MIR. Winston was removed on the re
quest of Secretary Carlisle, who stated
to him that he had evidence sufficient
to satisfy him that the Chinese and
opium smuggling going on in the State
of Washington was being done with