Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-27
the State was not equally as solid, is
passing strange, that is if they have
ever voted under the law referred to.
FROM WASHINGTON.

HUM w hSIlllNul oN.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, Sept. 81.
There is no truth in the cock and bull
story printed here of o diplomatic un-
pleasantness between the mini, tiers of
Spain and Guatemala to this govern
m ut.
A Culpeper democrat here to-day
says MI. Lewis, the democratic candi-
date for the legislature in that county,
will be elected without any difficult, !.
Virginians from various other parts
their State now here say the indepeh-
dents. populists and republicans in
their counties will cut but small figure
at the approaching election.
A well.known Loudoun county dem
ccrat, whose business is in this city,
says the anti-liquor law has broken up
and almost destroyed the luSlness OF
the towns and villages in that county.
and that every day in them now seems
like Sunday. Even in Leesburg, the
county town the law has had most
iniurious etfe ct, the keeper of the ne"
hotel there having given up his lease
and zone back to the old house he use
TO keep. He also says that as much
liouor is drunk in the county as ever,
but no revenue is derived from it, and
that the market Wagons that bring
produce to this city and that formerly
went back empty now return we'll load
ed with packages of various kinds of
LIQUOR; also that the county is put to no
little expense by the legal prosecution
of men charged with infractions of the
liquor law.
1t is said at The Postoflice Depart
ment to-day that all the fourth class
pos,mssters will soon be put under the
civil service law.
Preparations for the return of the
President and family are in active pro-
rress at the Executive Mansion. Toe
carpets have been re'aid, the furniture
has been all cleaned, pol shed and put
in place, curtains are being hung, and
10 few days everything will be in
readiness for the reoccupation of the
mansion for the winter. The various
employees have returned from their
vac ,tions and are all on duty All in
lications point to an early return Of the
Presidents flmily.
Rev. DR.. Hoge, of Richmond, pissed
through here to-day for EIkins, West
Virginia, where he will dedicate ne"
church on Sunday. He will be taken
from Cumberland to Elkins in the
private car of ex-senator Davis, Of
West Virginia.
Ex-Congressman George Wise, Of
Virginia, is here to day.
General Shelly, of Alabama, Chair
man of the democratic committee of his
State at the last election, now here,
saws the democrats there are 10 good
shape now; that the silverites among
them are mild hammered, and that il
the gold men will not be too dictatorial
everything will go all right. He is con-
fident that the State will not send &
solid silver delegation to the next ma
tional democratic convention. Score,
tary Herbert will soon go to Alabama
to make gold speeches.
The Virginia Democratic associate D
of this city is in such a prosperous finan-
cial condition now, that it is negotiating
for the lease of a hail and suit of rooms
in the central part of the city, which
will be open all the time, where Vr-
ginia newspapers will be on file, and
where the Members of the club asso-
citation can receive their friends at any
and all times.
Ex-Congressman Bum of North Car
DINA, here to-day, says the few demo-
Gratis who attended the recent silver
convention in his Stale are sorry they
went there, and that while that con.
vention did not do the democrats any
harm, it in no way helped the populists,
as it has driven away from them man!
of their republican supporters, and has.
it is thought, already engendered ar
antagonism between the two Q. S. Sem
ators from that State, one of when is a
populist and the other republican.
The conference of Episcopal Workers
Among the Colored People will ask the
general convention of the church at its
meeting in Minneapolis next week for
representation upon the church
board for colored work, by a.
many delegates as the conference
may deem necessary to properly
present the necessities of the colored
churches. They also ask that Bishop
Pennick's place as general agent Of the
board be given to two colored men,
one to travel in the north and one in
the south, the bishops salary of $500
a year, with 5000 year for expenses to
be divided between them.
A gentleman who spent the summer
at Colonial Beach says the last was the
best season that resort ever had. He also
says every one of the cottages there
has been engaged for next summer and
that the erection of seventeen more
has already been contracted for.
AFTER TIE ENGLIsH.-The IRISH