Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. j
WASHINGTON. April 4. 1898.

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Plenipotentiary of the United States 10
Switzerland; Bartlett Trip OF South
Dakota, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotenliary of the
United States to Austria Hungary;
Eben Alexander of North Carolina, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary ofthe United States to
Greece, Roumania and Servia. To be
Consuls OF the United States-James E.
Neal OF Ohio, at Liverpool; James NJ.
Dobhs of Georgia, at Valparaiso; Q. U.
Eckford of Mississippi, at Kingston,
Jamaica; David n. Burke of New York,
at Peruambuco Edgar Whidden OF
Maine. at ST. Stephen, n. B.; Henry r.
Merritt Of Illinois, at Barmen Asa u.
Dickinson of New York. at Noting
ham; benjamin Lenthier Ct Massachu-
sets. at kerbrooke. Charles f. lnger-
soil of Pennsylvania, to be Appraiser
u. Nerchandise in the District OF Phil
adelphia. Pa. Paul +. Faison OF North
Carolina, to be an Indian Inspector.
The assistant Secretaries of State
have been directed by Secretary Ores
ham to examine thoroughly into the
personnel of the State Department,
with Il view of determining the fitness
of employees for the positions held by
them. This action has been taken
with Il view to wedding out those in the
department who hold their places be-
cause of IAN amiable tradition" and
not because of any particular ability i'll
the discharge of their duties.
Mr.. Meline, who was nominated for
Assistant Treasurer yesterday is said by
the Treasurer to be republican. He
is already in office and his appointment
is Il promotion. But democrats who
are eX-office holders, are excluded.
is the general understanding at the
Treasury Department that Secretary
Carlisle, when he accepted the Treasury
portfolio, did so with the express stipu-
lation that he was to be relieved of re-
Sponsibility as to appointments under
the Treasury Department in New York
State. Practically the same condition
of affairs obtains in the other executive
departments as to federal appointments
in New York State. The President
and Secretary Lamont will dictate what
appointments shall be made in that
| State.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate to-day are two from New York.
Well posted democratic politicians from
New York, now here, say they don't
know who they are, and Senator Muir
phy says he never heard ofthem.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
! Maxwell to-day appointed IA fourth
class postmasters, of whom GO take the
places of removed republicans. The
changes in Virginia were as follows
Avis, Augusta county, r. f. Brand,
appointed postmaster, vice c. c. Burks,
resigned Bowlesville, Albemarle coun-
ty, F. K. Page, vice T. Herring, re-
moved; Centreville, Fairfax county, b.
C. Utterback, vice G. j. Mohler, re-
signed Chap, AppomattoX county, j.
II. Moses, vice w. II. Lewis, resigned ;
Manassas, Prince William county, NJ.
H. Davies, vice /. P. Baldwin, resigned;
Springwood, BOtetourt country, {. B..
Finch, vice D. Linkenhoker, resigned {;
Twyman's Mill, Madison county, f.
Twyman, vice E. E. Strother, removed ;
Wadesville, Clarke county, E. X. Grim,
vice S. L. Pidgeon, removed.
Mr.. Broadhead of Missouri, the new
Minister to Switzerland, though his
home was in the South, was a Union
man during the war. Mr.. Tripp who
takes the place of Gen. Grants son Is
Minister to Austria, is the man who, il
was supposed, would be appointed Com
missioner of the Land Office. Mr.. Dick
insou, the new Consul at Nottingham
is brother of Mr.. Dickinson, who was
member of Mr.. Cleveland's first Cabl
net.
The President to-day committed tc
Imprisonment for life the sentence O.
death imposed on Edward Smallwood
negro, convicted in this city of the
murder of Edgar Tinney, another ne,
gro. Smallwood was to be executed
Friday next. The sentence is com
muted because the President believes
} the evidence of generalization and de-
sign was quite weak and on account o.
the low intelligence of the condemned
Schneider, though crazy, had to die.
The prevailing impression on the
subjects at the Capitol to-day is that
the present executive session OF the
Senate will adjourn next week; that
tie resolution for investigating charges
against Senator Roach will be abandon.
ed. and that the democratic nominees
for the offices of the Senate will not
commence to draw their pay until the
commencement of the regular session
of Congress.
Virginia lawyers in the city to-day
say they are not at all surprised at the
decision OF the U. S. Supreme Court
Yesterday adverse to the claim of Vir-
ginia for strip of territory along the
Tennessee border, including the town
of Bristol, and that they never thought
. their States claim had even the ghost
OF chance for winning the suit.
Several Virginia applicants for teder-
al positions in their State would not
submit their cases to the decision OF
their congressional delegation, and are
still here pressing their claims. and,
what's more, think they have just as
good chance of success as those who
received the unanimous endorsement OF
the congressman from their State.
Major Opie of Staunton, Virginia, is
one of them. He wants to be attorney
for the western district of his State. He
says he has had a very agreeable inter-
view with Attorney General Olney,
who, he says, is Virginia gentleman
from Boston,"
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tho Ducbess of Fife eldest daughter of the
Prince of Wales, gave birth to girl yester-