Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Mexandris Gazette
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1894.


WASHINGTON, May -, 1894.
Secretary of War Lamont and Major
General Schofeld had a conference
with Attorney General Olney at the
Department of Justice this morning on
the subject of sending United States
troops to assist United States marshals
in preventing industrial armies from
Selling railroad property in the states
of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, MOI
tana, North Dakota and Wyoming
The government is determined to pro:
tect property from mob violence and II
the United States marshaiS can not en-.
force the law, United States troops VIII
be sent to their assistance. Inc Un'ted
states marshals of the States named
have general instructions on the sub
;acf and General Schofeld has given
orders to army officers IN the threaten
ed territory to aid United States mar
shaIs when called upon to Go so.
A general pension bill increasing the
nensions of the survivors Of the Next
can and Indian wars and their widows
from IS to So a month was agreed
~ rt tbo;r Meeting TO-DAY
4 DELEGATION Of prominent Atlanta
c;tizans sccoinnapied by a party of
representative business men of the
South, to-day appeared before the
House committee on appropriations,
and explained the aims and purposes
Of the proposed Cotton State Interna-
t;onaI Eynosi,ion TO be held in Atlanta,
in the fall of 1895. The object was to
make it an international and inter. State
off,;r and the exposition company de-
Sire Congress to authorize the erection
of a 500. GOO building and to appropri-
ate $500 600 FOR transportation and care
Of y Government exhibit. So far be-
tween 5000 and $500. 900 has been
secured but The company do not want
T. go beyond the limits of their State
for subscriptions until the government
nYs giyen the movement its approval.
Foreign ministers IN Washington have
o\en assurance that as soon as the
Government has put The stamp of APP
Droyal on the enterprise, they will
present the matter to their govern
nepts.
General f lleigh Colston of Virginia
for some wears has been holding q
5000 Mace under the Surgeon General.
doino his work at home. as he is a para
Ivt;c from his waist down. Because
be ~, can not 90 the Office Secretary La
,nont has nofifiad him that his services
Vii h. disnensed with at the end of the
current month senator Gordon and
NT;ss Mildred zee called upon Secretary
c 800 -, - md nrred him IN try n
- - on orrongement with Secretary
1 Ion,ont br rbieh some nroyisjon can
h t,s', made for fhe General
IN T The House Yesterday evening Mr..
,,,,,rer ;rtrodnced hills for the relief Of
ts ~ I'VE Code If Rorkingham county.
Va end 10 nension Sarah Wharton
and Pamela Glass, daughters of Revo-
luiioDary soldiers.
CONGRESSMAN Wise Of Virginia called
at the Treasury Department today TO
see if the engineer at the customs
house in Richmond could not be kept
on the nav rolls during the summer
months His visit was unsatisfactory.
He also called at the civil service com
mission n see that some of his constit-
1ants Who had stood the examination
for nostal route AGENTS had been nut on
the ELIGIBLE list. and found that thew had
ocn
No change is perceptible in the con.
di;ion Of the tariff bill and the fate of
that bill is as much in doubt today as
ever, the belief growing stronger, how
ever. that il passed at all, it will not be
until after the Congressional elections.
Mr.. Hugh Patton Of Culpeper county,
Virginia, growing tired Of waiting for
government employment, has accepted
the position of assistant secretary of
the Grange Camp race course.
Mr.. John Price, formerly of Alexan-
dria. the long ard well.known livery
stable keeper of this CITY. has disposed
of his entire outfit at q satisfactory
price. and is now taking rest.
The Ncaraguan government has
given satisfactory assurance of prompt
compliance with the peremptorv de
mands of the United States in relation
to the punishment of the murderer of
Mr.. Wilson, the American who was
The vacancy in the place of superyis-
Jog inspector of steamboats, for the 3rd
district Is yet untitled. The papers
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