Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-18

taken after conference with Senator
German, who represented that Hog
Island was but seventy miles below
Baltimore. was harbor of refuge dur
jnq stormy weather for innumerable
vessels, and that village OF three hun
dred inhabitants was in close proximl-
ty to it. If cholera appeared at the
Hog Island quarantine station, under
these circumstances its spread would
be rapid and sure. Hog Island was Sc
lected by DR.. Wyman, of the Marine
Hospital Service, and the price stipu-
lated to be paid was 81 900. The At
torney General is now examining the
title to the land, but the final purchase
has not yet been consummated.
The following general order in con-
nection with the naval review has been
issued By Admiral Gherardi: The Or
sanitation of the fleet will be as follows:
Rear Admiral Ghcrardi, commander-ln-
chief, Rear Admiral a. Z. X. Benham,
commanding the first squadron and
Rear Admiral John G. Walker com i
handing the second squadron. Inc
fleet will be divided into two squad
rons comprising sections with two YES
sells to a section. The Philadelphia
will be the flag ship and the Gushing
the dispatch boat. The first squadron
will be composed of the Newark flag
shin. Atlanta, San Francisco, Bancroft,
Bennington and Baltimore. The sec
ond squadron will have the Chicago
flagship, Yorktown, Charleston, We
suyius. Concord and Miantonomah.
Russia it is stated, will have three or
four vessels at the review.
The Treasury Department isinformed
that fatal case of cholera occurred on
the bark Helen, which recently sailed
from Gravesend, Eng, and has arrived
AT Guaymas, Mex, at which port the
authorities refused to allow her cargo
to be landed.
Princess Kaiulani and suite departed
from this city this morning for New
York city.
President Cleveland was 56 years old
to-day and he celebrated the occasion
in the way he ha, passed nearly every
day since his induction into office. For
three hours he was busy receiving
seemingly intcrminable line of office
seekers and their congressional friends.
These visitors were in greater number
than on any previous day this week
and an intermngling stream of them
passed through the cabinet room to
and from Mr.. Cleveland's private office
The ''no-reappointment" rule was
more clearly defined by Mr.. Cleveland
this morning, when the name of l.. W.
Chambers was presented unanimously
endorsed for the postmastership at
Jacksonville, H., and who had been re-
moved from office by the republicans.
Mr.. Cleveland said the fact that
Mr.. Chambers was SO greatly en-
dorsed put new phase on the matter.
When the name of Thomas Cooper for
reappointment to the office of collector
of internal revenue for the Springfield
district was presented Mr.. Cleveland
said that the fact that Mr.. Cooper had
held federal Office before would not
bar him from making application for
another federal position, and that his
name would be given as much consid-
Grafton as any other candidate.
Among the visitors here to-day Is
Major Robert Washington of West
moreland county, Virginia, who is an
applicant for the place Of I. S. district
attorney for the eastern district of Nir-
GINA. for which place Mr.. Jones, also
of the first Virginia district, is also an
applicant. Colonel Catlett Gibson was
spoken OF for this place. but as he held
il under Mr.. Clevelani's first admins
tration it is supposed that he has been
cut out by the recent order excluding
.oilicebolders. 1t is reported that
the Congressman from the first Virginia
district has endorsed the application Of
Mr.. Jones.
At meeting of the bar of the Z. S.
Supreme Court held in the room of that
court this morning, appropriate resolu-
tons were adopted and addresses de,
livered in honor of the late Justice La
mar. Among the latter was one writ
ten hy Mr.. J. Ran Tucker of Virginia,
bat rs he could not be present 1t was
resd by his son, Representative Tucker.
1t is understood at the State Depart
ment that Consul w. w. Ashby of Vir-
ginia does not wish to be reinstated, but
does desire to be permitted to return to
Colon to settle up his business there.
1t is also said that charges have bcea
preferred against Mr.. Adamson, consul
general at Panama, who was appointed
by Gen. Grant and has been there ever
nee.
Senators Daniel and Hunton and Rep
resentative Meredith of Virginia, and
Delegate Smith of Arizona, called at the
White House Yesterday and urged the
President to appoint Mr.. Edward Bur-
CESS Governor of Arizona Territory.
Mr. Burgess formerly lived in Culpeper,
Va, but for the last eight years has
been IL citizen of Arizona, and was o..
S. register of the land office there under
the previous democratic administration.
He is the fivoritc Of the northern por-
ton Of the Territory, and has only one
opponent of any consequence, one who
is the favoritc of the southern portion.
A member of the U. S. Senate told
the GAZETTE's correspondent to-day
that there couldn't be any truth in the
newspaper report to the effect that the
President was provoked at the compo
sition OF some of the Senate's commit
tees. as there was certainly no inten-
ton on the part of those who formed
the committees to irritate him, and he
felt sure that Mr.. Cleveland was well
pleased with the personnel of the COM
mittees. He said it was the object of
the democratic members of the Senate
to be as conformable to the Presidents
wishes as possible.