Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gszette.l
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be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States to
Colombia. Thomas L. Thomas of Cal
ifornia. to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Brazil. George VIM. Caruth
of Arkansas, to be minister resident
and consul general of the United States
to Portugal. John NJ. Wiley Of New
York, to be consul of the United States
at Bordeaux. Harvey Myers OF Ken
lucky, to be commissioner from Ken
lucky on the Worlds Columbian com
mission. J. C. Sanders of Georgia, to
be an alternate commissioner from
Georgia on the Worlds Columbian
commission. Owen T. Rouse OF Arr
iona Territory, to be associate justice
of the Supreme Court of the Territory
of Arizona. To be attorneys OF the
United States-William E. Shut of IL
linois. for the Southern district of IL
linois: John w. Judd Of Utah, tor the
Territory of Utah. To be marshals OF
the United States-Richard c. Ware OF
Texas. for the Western district of Tex
as; George NJ. Humphrey OF Nevada,
for the Western district of Nevada.
Luther f. Mckinney Of New Hamp-
shire. is an ex-Union soldier, an eH-
preacher and ex-Congressman, and was
an applicant for the place OF Commls-
sioner of Pensions.
Thomas L. Thompson was born at
Charleston, w. Va, but went to Cali.
fornia in 1855. He was member OF
the Fiftieth Congress, being the third
in line Of his family to serve in that Ca
pacity.
John NJ. Wiley of New York, is a
native of Ireland He was a member
of the Fiftieth Congress.
George w. Caruth is the editor OF the
Little Rock (Ark) Gazette.
President Cleveland will be absent
from Washington six days in connec-
ton with the ceremonies attending the
naval review in New York and the
opening of the Chicago fair. To-mor-
row afternoon the presidential party
will leave Washington for New YORK
in a special train over the Pennsylvania
road and will arrive in New York that
night. The trip to Chicago will be
made without return to Washington,
the same train leaving New York city
at noon on Friday and reaching Chi
cago on Saturday Returning to Wash
ington the traiu Will leave Chicago at
6 O'Clock p. m. Monday and is due IN
Washington at o'clock Tuesday alter
noon. All the members of the Cabinet
with the exception of Secretary Herbert,
who is in New York, will accompany
the President tomorrow, and Secretary
Herbert will be included in the party
on the westward Journey. Mrs. Cleve-
land and the ladies of the Cabinet, with
the exception of Mrs. Lamont and Miss
Herbert. who are in New York, Mrs.
Olney and Mrs. Smith, will 90 as far as
New York with the President. Mrs.
Cleveland and Mrs. Bissell will return
to Washington Thursday. Only the
President, Mrs. Cleveland, the members
and the ladies of the Cabinet, General
Schofield. and Admiral Benham will &C
aboard the Dolphin to witness the naval
review.
The net gold in the Treasury this
morning over and above the $4,000
900 gold reserve is 100000. The &C
counts for the gold taken from the
New York sub-treasury for export to-
day; also, for the gold which has been
offered and accepted from Boston bank
ers. 1t does not, however, include
the gold which has been offered to the
government from San Francisco anc
Roanoke, Va; these amounts will ap
pear in the Treasury figures when thu
actual exchange is made. Secretary
Carlisle is much encouraged ut wha
he terms the patriotic position talel
by the Boston banks"
Eighty-four fourthclass postmaster
were appointed to-day, of whom only
fifteen will take the places of removed
republicans. The following appoint
ments were made in Virginia Friend
ship, Washington county, w. J. Snod
grass, appointed postmaster, vice }. In
gram, removed Maxwell, Tazewel
, county, C. J. Mcneil, vice G. n. Gray
beal, removed; Meadow Creek, Gray
son county, W. NJ. Cox, vice +. b: Mar
tin, resigned; Leatherwood, Henry
, county, II. c. Gravely, vice J. t. Grave
, ". deceased; Pemberton, Goochlant
county, E. T. Whitlock, vice I. }
Fades, resigned: Point Pleasant, Blanc
county. n. c. Hartman, vice j. K. Boyle
resigned; Rappahannock Academy
Caroline county, J. r. Broaddus, vice
Ida F. Travis, removed; Rlchlands
Tazewell county, J. f. Hurt, vice w
X. Hewson, resigned.
People who want postmasters remov
ed are not greeted too warmly at The
Postoffice Department, but it is just the
; reverse with those who want them re
tanned. A gentleman went there thl:
morning and requested the retention o
q postmaster in Missouri, and when hi
stated that the postmaster was demo
f crat, and thus gave good reason FOL
hiyretention, he was told his reques
would be granted with pleasure.
An ex-officer in the coast survey, IL
talking to-day about the crookednes:
in the weather bureau as exposed by
the recent investigation thereof, said i
the affairs ofthe coast survey were prop
erly investigated they would be founc
to be in worse shape than those OF the
weather service.
A Virginia politician, at the Metro
politan Hotel, this morning, speaking
of the next Senatorial election in hi:
State. said that though General Lee anc
MIR. Martin were the most prominent
candidates, he thought Governor Nc
Kinney would not be without some
supporters in the legislature to be elect
ed next fall. About the gubernatoria
election, he said Lt.-Gov. Tyler, Con