Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alezandris Gazstte.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. /.

WARRINGTON, Aug. i.
"There has been marked change OF
views among the silver democrats in
Illinois during the past few weeks,
said Comptroller Eckels this morning.
while in the State, from which have
lust returned, I talked with many of
the men VIII, were identified with the
recent silver agitation. They went
into it impulsively and without proper
Investigation and have since found that
they were In error. These men are
now favorable to sound money and l
am quite certain that Illinois when
given an opportunity to express ner
sentiments will be found among those
who endorse the best money. Illinois
is blessed this year with wonderful
crops: farmers are prospecting, work is
plenty. shops are busy and everybody
seems to be happy and contented."
Solicitor General Reeve, ofthe Treas
nrv Department, decides that the pro.
visions of the law prohibiting the re-
entry into the United States of Chinese
who have once gone out are restricted
in their operation to laborers alone.
Every other class of Chinese, whether
merchants in the strict sense of the
term, or otherwise, who comply with
the requirements of the law regarding
registration and certificates are entitled
to come again into this country.
Consul Sparks, at Piedras Negras,
telegraphs the State Department that
while rations are being furnished the
three hundred negro colonists who
have deserted the colony in Mex
leo. and have reached Eagle Pass,
Texas, they are practically naked.
The other three hundred, who have
not yet crossed to the United States,
have little to eat. No subscription to
furnish these colonists with food and
clothing and transportation 10 their
homes has been started and the State
Department has no funds for the pur-
pose. Many of them are i'll. 1t is not
known how the colonists will be cared
for unless subscription is started for
their relief, such as was done in this
country for the starving Russian pea
SAINTS.
The newspaper statement to the
effect that there is personal disagree
ment between Supervising Architect
Aiken and his chief executive officer,
Mr.. Dabney of Virginia, is said at the
Treasury Department to be without
the slightest foundation.
Judge Critcher of Alexandria was in
formed at the Treasury to-day that a
check would be sent to him this after
noon for $3.50, 000 as his fee for the col
lection of the Pottawatomie Indian
claim. A curious thing about this
claim is that the first item in it is dated
June 1885 and the last. June 1895.
The administration people here, who
are the Office holders, say to-day II
would be much better for the demo
cratic party if the republicans should
carry Maryland at the next election.
They talked that way last fall in respect
of the New York election. The true
blue democrats, to the contrary, are
delighted at the action of the Mary
land democratic convention yesterday,
and prophesy great democratic vic
tory in that State.
Among the speakers at the Union
Veterans Association, of which, by the
by, neither conscripts, bounty takers
nor negroes can be members, excursion
to Marshall Hall last night, was ex
Congressman Brady, of Virginia, who,
with several others, was induced to go
by reason of statement printed in one
of the newspapers of this city to the
effect that an attack would be made
upon Solicitor General Conrad for say
ing in his speech at the Confederate
Veterans recent excursion to the same
place, that the war settled no principle.
The statement was entirely erroneous
as no idea of any such attack was ever
entertained. Mr.. Brady agreed with
Major Conrad that wars don't settle
principles, and don't make wrongs
right, but said they do settle facts. BE
and the Major, who are personal friends
had laugh over the matter this morn
ing.
The widow of the late George Hut
ton, of Alexandria, and mother-ip-law
of DR.. Harmon, of this city, is so i'll
here that her friends have abandoned
| all hope of her recovery.
A resident of Marshall, Virginia,
here to-day, says the property there OF
the late Judge Meade, of Alexandria,
has been sold for 81 800.
| Work on the Mt Vernon Railroad in
this city was commenced to-day at the
intersection of B and 13A streets, and
proceedings instituted for the condem-
nation of track way through the
Johnston estate in Alexandria county.
The construction of the road from the
south end of the Auueduct Bridge to
Arlington is progressing rapidly. The
route of the road from the Alexandria
Driving Park will be tangent to
Waterloo station on the Alexandria and
Washington r. r., where it will bifur-
cate, one branch running straight to
the Long Bridge, and the other to the
nearest point of the Pennsylvania Rail.
reads new branch to Rosslyn, by which
it will 60 to Arlington.
A letter received at police headquar-
tiers, this morning. from the Superin-
tendent of Constabulary at Glasgow,
Scotland, contained information which
clears up the mysterious disappear
ance of Rev. Dana Davenport, young
Episcopal clergyman, the son of Rev
Mr.. Davenport, of Anacostia, a suburb
of Washington. The letter stated that
on July Goth young man was found
lying on the tracks of the Caledonian
Railway, at town five miles from Glas-
gov. He was badly injured and died on
that day. He was able to say, how
ever, that he was Dana Davenport" a
medical student OF Washington, us A. The
ho3u xpoa ;nterred nv tha Cala5onian raiIrood