Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandris Gazette. ]
WARRINGTON, Oct. 10, 1894.

and 1000 delegates will be present,
representing every State in the Union,
and Canada and Scotland. The Brother
hood, which has been in existence only
since 1888. has for its main object the
spreading of Christ's Kingdom among
men" and the convention is to be held
for the purpose of exchanging views
and having out programme for next
wears work. The opening session will
be on Thursday at Metzerott Music
Hall. On Sunday mass meeting I'm
der the auspices of the Brotherhood
will end the convention. Chief Justice
Fuller of the United States Supreme
Court will preside, and addresses will
be made by Bishop Dudley of Kentuc-
ky, and Bishop Doane, of Albany.
A Virginia republican, here to-day,
says he places no reliance whatever in
the reported republican congressional
gains in his State next month, and that
even in the closest district, the 9th,
though he has special reasons for hop
ing that General Walker may be elect
ed, he believes that he, too, like all tie
rest of the republican nominees will be
defeated.
Mr.. Roosevelt of the Civil Service
Commission said to-day: "We have had
more trouble about campaign assess
ments this year than ever before when
q Presidential campaign was not on,
and we have sent agents to every place
where there has been report that
such solicitations have been made. The
public may rest assured that we Shall
publish broadcast what has been done
as fast as our reports get in.
We guarantee to employees of the
government that they need not
pay one cent for this purpose, and that
they will not in any way be moiested
for not paying, and we will try to have
persons so harrassing them criminal'y
prosecuted"
A noticeable change has come over
the democratic officials here during the
last few days in respect of their ex-
pressions on the subject of the demo
cratic ticket in New York. Shortly
after that ticket was nominated, most OF
them, at least said, they hoped it would
be elected, but it is rare thing to hear
one of them say so now. They are
cucSoos, and the generally entertained
idea is that they have heard from Buzz
yards Bay.
The President to-day appointed A. d.
Garden u. S. marshal for the district of
West Virginia, vice S. S. Vinson re-
signed. Mr.. Vinson was appointed
during the present administration and
q few AGO became involved in fac
tiopal political fight in West Virginia,
during which one man was killed and
several wounded. This is believed to
have cansed his resignation. Garden is
the present deputy.
Affairs at democratic headquarters
here to-day are very quiet. No promi-
nent people called there this morning
and no letters were received from Vir-
eipia. A Letter was given out to the Ell
feet that the Lowell manufacturing
company of Massachusetts,, one OF tae
largest manufactures of carpets in the The
Union, which reduced %&ages under the
Mckinley law, has raised wages under
the new tariff law. The reduction was
because of the heavy tax on carpet
woods; the increase is because carpet
woods are now admitted free of duty.
The storm of last night along the
South Atlantic Coast doubtless caused
many marine disasters. A telegram
was received this morning by Superin-
tendent Kimball of the life saving ser
vice, stating that the bark Ogin, of Far
sund, Norway, from Hull, England: to
Wilmington, n. G., grounded on Cape
Fear bar at nine o'clock last night, the
vessel total loss and her crew of
eleven men saved in surf boat.
A small enough force in all conscience
was employed on the new postoflice
building here before one of the news
papers of this city commenced its at
tack upon those having that work in
charge, but since then even that small
force has been considerably reduced.
The returns to the Department of
Agriculture for the month of October
make cotton show a decline of 80
points from the September condition,
which was SIS 90 as against S2.7 for the
present month.
Among the arrivals here this morn
ing was that of State Senator Fairfax,
of Loudoun county, Va, who was on
his way to Judge Smiths wedding in
Warrenton to-day. Mr.. Fairfax says
there is no doubt that considerable
lukewarmness and apathy exist among
the democrats of his county, but that
he thinks MIR. Meredith's ajority there
will not be reduced to any very consid-
cradle extent if the democratic voters
will come out on election day.
MIR. Jeffries, the Commonwealth's at.
torrey for Fauquier county, Va, was
he.s to-day. He says Congressman
Meredith has pretty hot fight on his
hands in his county, but that he hopes
he will carry it by at least five hundred
majority.
Colonel Marshall of Norfolk is among
The strangers in the city to day. He
saws he thinks there is no doubt of the
reelection of Congressman Tyler in his
district.
Many of the Senators have perma-
nent residences in this city and live
here not only during the sessions OF
Congress, but also during the recesses.
Most of them now, however, have gone
to their respective States to take part
in the political campaigns in progress
therein. Senator Morgan of Alabama
left for that purpose this morning.
On Friday next the members of the
cabinet and their wives will leave here
for Batavia, N. Y, to attend on Satur
day the dedication of the Old Holland
Land Office in memory of Robert
Morris, the great financier of the re