Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON. April 20, 1893.


1t is reported that the reason which
influenced the justices of the supreme
Court in declining to attend either the
naval review or the opening OF the
worlds fair is that they were not salts
fed with the position assigned them i'll
the official programme. They do not
think it becoming that they, occupying
the conspicuous official position they
do, should be huddled with Congress
men, assistant secretaries, governors
and numerous subordinate officials OF
the government.
Up to noon to-day no report had
been received at the State Department
from Envoy Blount, the Presidents
personal and special representative to
the Hawaiian Islands, OF ssnis action i'll
ordering the United States marines on
duty in Honolulu to return to the Bos,
ton, and ordering down the United
States flag from over the government
building there.
A. telegram was received at the Navy
DEPARTMENT to-day from the superin-
tendent of the Maritime Exchange, New
York, stating that the steamer 1ucatan,
which arrived yesterday, reports That
she sighted the Spanish fleet with the
Columbus caraveis in tow on Sunday
last in latitude 26 degrees, longitude ~
degrees. This is off the extreme south
coast of Florida, and ifthe fleet has not
met with adverse winds they should
reach Hampton roads to-day or to-mor-
row.
General Schofeld to-day received a
telegram from Antlers, Indian Terri
tory, stating that quiet prevailed there
and that the trouble with the Indians
is about ended. The Locke men and
and the Jones party are negotiating for
peace.
There is large falling off in the
number of office seekers at the White
House to-day, and it is the growing be-
lief that Mr.. Cleveland proposes to take
his time in making appointments.
The Duke of Veragua and suite will arrive
here on Saturday next. The programme for
their entertainment will include reception
by the President and Mrs. Cleveland at tho
White House. The Duke will return to New
York to witness the naval parade on Tuesday
of next week.
Four million gold has been ordered
for export on Saturday and three for
Tuesday next. Secretary Carlisle says
it is an attempt to bulldoze him into
issuing bonds, but that it will not sue
coed, and that he will go into the gold
reserve pretty deep before he will agree
to increase the public debt.
Seventy-seven fourth class postmas.,
tiers were appointed to-day, not one OF
whom will fill the place of removed
republican, but all to fill vacancies
caused by death or resignation. The
only change in Virginia was the follow
ing: Bristoe, Prince William county,
L. A. Free, appointed postmaster, vice
J. r. Hornbaker, resigned.
The President to-day appointed some
postmasters, mostly in Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa. None in Virginia.
1t is reported at the office of the Dis
trict Commissioners that several reliable
people from Loudoun county have been
there and stated that Mr.. Eardly L.
Brown really comes within the scope OF
offensive partisanism; also that General
Malone renounces him, and that be
will probably have to ego" after all, as
few officials could withstand the COM
bined assaults of Representative Mere
dith and General Malone.
Among those whose names have re-
Gently been placed on the laborers' role
of the Interior Department is an old
negro named George Mitchell from
North Carolina. He says his name is
not Mister, but George; that he remain,
ed with his old master until he died
and always voted the democratic ticket
that he could have done very we'll al
home, and only came here to show the
negroes of his State that instead O.
being put back into slavery by tbs
democrats, as they had been told they
would be, they were given good easy
places and paid as much as white peo'
pie.
Representative Meredith, whose day:
for coming here are Wednesdays and
Saturdays, on his yesterdays visit call,
ed at the White House and introduced
to the President Mr.. Stenie Mason OF
Fauquier county, who filed his appli'
cation for the place of Internal Revenue
Collector for the upper district of Vir'
ginia, Mr.. Mort. Kilgour, jr., of Lou,
doun county, an applicant for the con-
sulate at Dundee, Scotland, and Mr..
Brent of Fauquier county, who wants
to be Consul ut Bona, Congo. When
DIR. Mason was introduced and named
the position he wants, the President
said "that is the place for which Capt.
Sheperd is recommended eyes" re-
piled Mr.. Mason, land / would not
have applied for it except for your ex.
rule" To this Mr.. Cleveland respond
ed "They seem very 10th that l shall
enforce it,
Capt. Borup of the army, who was
recalled from Paris for buying plans of
the defenses of French coast, was de-
tailed to receive military exhibits at
Chicago, but his detail was so objection
able to France, which sent such ex-
hibits, that he has been ordered to his
regiment.
A republican congressman at the
Capitol to-day being asked what he
thought of the new administration so
far, replied that he thinks of it as Mr..
Whitelaw Reid does: it is doing the
best it can with appointments, and that
with the tariff and the currency moth
ing has been done, and there seems to
be no intention of doing any thing I'M
til at least one fourth ofits term shall
have expired.
lr,o,n, +boca at tho White House