Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of tho Alexandra Gazette.l

LONE, whose unexpected arrival In
Washington yesterday gave rise to nu-
merous sensational reports, had ashort
talk this morning with Secretary Olney
before the latter's return to Massachu-
sets, which began at 9o'clock. Mr..
Dupuy informed the Secretary that the
Queen Regent of Spain had, on the
10Th instant, ratified the action of the
ministerial council in agreeing to pay
t1e Mora claim. he explained certain
m ,tters of detsil connected with the
payment, and informally discussed with
the Secretary the question OF the con,
tinued shipment of arms to CUBA ana
the holding Of meetings in this country
to express sympathy with the rebels.
Mr.. Dupuy de LONE will leave Wash
inpton this afternoon. He will spend
day in Philadelphia, en- route
to Boston, in consultation with the
Spanish consul at that place, and it is
It unlikely that he will also visit the
spanish Consulate at New York, dur,
ing his absence from his temporary
b .adquarters at Swampscott, Mass.
Mr.. Dupuy de LONE explained this
morning to a United Press reporter
that the condition of legation affairs is
such that he now has an opportunity OF
travelling about the country to some
extent and acquainting himself with
the work of the Spanish consuls in the
United States, particularly along the
Atlantic coast. He left Massachusetts
for that purpose on Thursday of this
week, but learning that Secretary Olney
proposed spending Friday and Satur-
day in this city, he concluded TO come
down to Washington also, and talk
with the Secretary, whom he had not
seen for a fortnight or more, before
finishing his original programme.
Joseph A. Wilson, president of the
Wilson & Rodgers Company, dealers in
meat in this city with branches in At
lantic City, Asbury Park and Philadel
phia, was arrested here last night
while On route to sea shore resort, at
the instance of Henry V. Rodgers, the
other member of the company, on the
charge of forgery of the latter's name to
a cheque for $50. Wilson has been
has been handling the company's funds
for several years past and Mr.. Rodgers,
it is said, recently suspected that they
have been diverted into other than
business channels. 1t is intimated that
the full amount of money thus secured
by Wilson is about 81, 200. Wilson was
to-day sent to jail in default of $500
bail.
James E. Clements has sold for A. S.
Worthinpton, ex-District ATTORNEY OF
Washington, two acres of land at Ross
lyn to a Washington syndicate for
$9, $50. 1t is understood that large
brewery will be established there.
Now that the firemen in the govern
ment departments have been put under
the civil service law, all the charwomen
and laborers engaged therein have
signed petition asking that they also
be made subject to tie civil service
.uies, and thereby have sleir positions
secured for life.
Mr.. Abner Fl. Dickerson of Freder-
i;ksburg, who came here short time
ago to open law Office in this city,
died here yesterday.
1t is lumored here that the Knights
o: Silver, who recently obtained
charter in Alexandria and whose ma
tioual headquarters are in this city, are
lot prosperous, and that the various
temples" they were to establish
til. o 4suuut the entire country, one in
Alexandra, have not materialized.
Every cbsrter member was to pay a dol
lar, and the price of charters to subordi-
nale lodges was twenty-five dollars
Voters, however, have become accus-
toned to receive, and not to give money,
and therefore the knights languish for
the lack evan of silver dollars.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander ]. Dial
las, retired, died here to day. Col.
Dallas was born in Washington, D. c..
and appointed to the army from New
York.
Mr.. Palmer, the new sheriff of Alex.
andria county, says he is no moral re-
former, but that when he knows the
laws are broken in his county he does
what no can to correct the evil, and
to have them observed. With respect
to the newspapers OF this city, which
have presumed to take the morals OF
his county in charge. he says he
knows little of them and cares less, and
that 80 far for their helping him 10 the
proper discharge of the duties of his
{ fics, they have hindered him consid-
erably.
Ex-Congressman George Wise OF
Richmond is here to-day, and was al
the Postofice Department to try to
have the town of Manchester supplied
with free mail delivery service, but was
unsuccessful. He was told that if Man
chester were annexed to Richmond
there would be no trouble about grant
ing his request, but that otherwise it
could not be done at present, on account
Of lack of funds.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Mr.. W. II. Cawood of King George
county, Virginia, the finder of the
skeleton in an iron frame. The upper
part OF his fad is nov in the Smitbso-
nian Institution in this tity, and the
other half at his home. No new light
has been thrown upon the history OF
the man whose bones were so curiously
held together.
Senator Morgan has arrived here
from Griffin, Georgia, where he sd
dressed the silver convention of that
State last Thursday. He Gays the only
democrats who are afraid of the admin
istration are the Office holders, and
what are they among SO many? The
five thousand sturdy farmers who sat
on the grass and heard him speak for
two hours and half and applauded al
m ,st his every sentence, showed plain
~ enough, he says, that the people Of
Georgia are for free silver, no matter
what the Office holders may be.
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