Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-23

the hand OF Princess AK. he also H.
formed the Emperor of Germany
of his intentions, as we'll as the
Grand Duke of Hessa-Darmstadt,
before he formally pressed mis-
suit. The Emperor of Germany,
who is cousin of the Princess AK,
was delighted at the result and at once
acquainted Queen Victoria with The
fact. The Princess Alix is now in Ii
vadia, and while nothing definite Is
known here regarding the matter, the
report that she will be married to the
Crown Prince tomorrow is believed to
be true. The Fastening of the event,
however, is said to have no political
significance. The Russian Emperor,
believing that he cannot recover, de,
sires the marriage to be consummated
before his death. The ceremony will
be strictly private, but if the Emperor
should die prior to the event it would
have to be postponed at least a year,
inasmuch as royal families object to
weddings during period OF mourning
as much as less favored mortals.
Assistant Attorney General Holmes
Conrad, who. it was reported some
time ago, would 20 to West Virginia
and make some speeches there in favor
of the reelection of Congressman Will
son. said to day he would be unable to
do 30, as he would be constantly en-
gagged in the U. S. Supreme Court from
new until after the election, which is
only two weeks off. The fact that none
of the government officials are now
making speeches is said here to be the
result of emanations from Buzzard's
Bay. .,
In accordance with a provision of the
new tariff law, the Secretary Of the
Treasury has made ruling that salt
imported TO the United States from
Aruba, Bonaire, St. Rustace, St. Mar
tin, Saba, Anguilia, Caicos aud Turks
Island shall be admitted free of duty.
No duty is assessed on salt imported
into those places from the United
States.
Judge Hughes, ex Congressman Lib
bey and General Groner, all recently
here from Norfolk, but all republicans,
expressed themselves as assured Of the
election of Mr.. Boreland, the republi-
can candidate for Congress in that dis
trict. Democrats from that district; on
the contrary, say that the reelection of
Congressman Tyler, democrat, is as
sured.
Congressman Jones of the LIST Virgin
ia district, here to-day, says there was
q fine turn out of the democrats last
night at Fredericksburg, where be
spoke; that there is no apathy among
his party in his district, and that he is
not at all troubled by anxiety about his
reelection, as that is without peradven-
ture. He returned to his district to-
day.
At the Office of the Mt. Vernon Rail
road here it is said they expected to
have that road running from Alexan-
dria to the Virginia Jockey Clubs track
by next Saturday night, but that that
expectation will not be realized, by
reason of an unforeseen delay in the re-
ception of the necessary wire. The
extention of the road, they say, will
certainly be completed to the race
track by Saturday week.
A New York democrat here to-day
says the democratic party of his State
is now making the fight of its life. 1t
has against it the united republican
party and a large contingent of de-
serters from it own ranks, and
traitors within its own camp, but that
its true men are straining themselves
to win the victory and will succeed.
He says the republicans will not come
down to the Harlem river with
more than forty thousand majority next
month, and that the city will offset that
and have twenty thousand more.
Divers Virginia republicans have
visited the campaign headquarters of
their party in this city at sundry times
recently. for the purpose Of getting
pecuniary help for the republican con
resi- onal candidates in their respective
districts, but ali their visits have been
in van, for the reason that all
the money for such purposes hereto
fore has come from New York, bnt
now all the election money raised in
that city is expended either there or in
New York State; sothe Virginia repub-
licans will have to paddle their own
canoe.
Among the callers at democratic head
quarters to-day were Senator Camden
Of West Virginia, Representative eau
sey of Delaware, Deputy Comptroller
Mansur and NJ. Cox of North Carolina,
Secretary of the United States Senate.
They ali agree that democratic pros
poets are favorable in their respective
States and in the country at large. Con-
gresham Bourke Cochran, it is said,
will pass through here this evening to
speak Ia West Virginia.