Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-16
FROM WASHINGTON.

shortly before seven O'Clock this morn
ing after an illness of several weeks
during which his death had been oal'y
expected. Early in the night the phy-
sicians abandoned the faint ray of hope
that fingered, and discontinued aomi a.
istering medicine. Mr.. Mansur was oo
Years old. He was large portly man,
nopular in all circles, an enthusiastic
ti-berman and a noted story teller. a
Philadelpbian by birth, he was educated
i, Massachu sets. Removing to Mis-
s,uri Dir. Mansur was admitted to the
b 10 that State in 1856. He was
m mber of the 50th, 51st and SIND Con-
.sses. He was defeated for renomi-
u ton to the 53rd Congress, and, soon
ter, Mr.. Cleveland appointed him
s cond Comptroller of the Treasury,
a d when that Office was abolished he
was appointed Assistant Comptroller,
wnich position his est.IiTG,akes vacant.
The Civil Service Commission some
m ,nths ago investigated charges against
c H. J. Taylor, the negro recorder OF
d eds of the District of Columbia OF
le wing political assessments on his en-
D Dyes. Their findings of fact were
submitted to the President last August
but have never been acted upon. The
commission has had under consideration
the idea of embodyiDg the report In Its
annual report, but upon consideration
has decided that it is the property OF
the President and that it has no author
ity to make it public unless consented
10 by the President.
The officials of the Agricultural DE.
partment are satisfied with the general
results of the experiments made at
Cornell University which have shown
the possibility of making butter from
the whey left after the manufacture OF
cheese. 1t is said 10 be good butter,
qualified Judges being unable to detect
| it from that made from milk in the first
place.
The reported signing of the treaty of
peace between China and Japan is con-
frmed by a cablegram received this
morning from Mr.. Foster, the adviser
of the Chinese plenipotentiaries. 1t is
dated Shimonoseki April Is, and says ::
Everything settled satisfactorily.
Treaty signed to-day" No particulars
are given, the cable being a private
one, but it is assumed that the details
| published this morning are correct.
In the case of DIR. Buchanan, under
sentence of death in New York for wife
murder, Mr.. John ID. Lindsey, Assist
aut District Attorney OF New York,
this morning presented to the Supreme
Court of the United States brief in
opposition to the motion for stay OF
execution and reheariug.
]. J.Owen was to-day appointed pots
master at Green Bay, Prince Edward
COUNTY, Va, vice R. S. Price, removed.
Senators Daniel and Martin and Rep
resentatives Swanson, Otey and Turner
of Virginia while here yesterday called
at the White House to pay their re.
spects to the President, who received
them very affably. 1t was the first
time Senator Martin had ever seen MIR.
Cleveland, and he was very favorably
impressed by him. During the call the
death of the late Collector Shepperd
was incidentally mentioned, but with
no reference to the appointment OF
mis- successor, and when it was, the
President said, "Yes, he was only buried
on Saturday"
The friends of Governor Stone OF
Mississippi here say that he has def
nitely determined to be sound money
candidate for the seat in the q. S. Sen.
ate now occupied by Senator George,
who is silverite, and that he will soon
announce himself as such in public
letter.
The roseate hue taken by the opti-
mists of the financial condition of the
Treasury fades day by day as the weeks
roll by, and each day shows an increase
of expenditures over receipts. But no
fear of lack of means is anticipated: as
the Treasury can supply any deficit
however large by the sale ofbonds.
An Alexandria county man here to-
day says there was large citizens
meeting at Carne's school house in that
county last night, at which the qualifi-
cations of some of the candidates for the
county offices were discussed at length,
and that during the debate one of the
speakers said though all the magistrates
of the whole county only turned S29
into the treasury last year, he knew OF
one alone who in one case collected SIS.
No definite action was taken by the
meeting.
All the Virginia Congressman here
yesterday have gone home except Rep
resentative Tyler, who takes no part in
the contest for the vacant internal rev.
enue collectorship in his State. They
came to no determination as to whom
they would recommend for the place,
for the reason that they had not had
time even 10 know who were applying
for it, let alone to consider their avail
ability. Mr.. Swanson favored G.. NJ.
Helm, of Franklin, and Mr.. Turner, Mr..
Downing of Warren, but neither in
sisted upon the selection of his favorite,
so they all went back home to con-
suit their different constituencies as
to their preference in the matter.
When they shall be better informed in
the latter respect they will have
another conference and recon-
mend some one who will be accept
able to all. 1t is reported that there
are about forty applicants for the place,
though, so far, only one application has
been filed at the Treasury Department,
that of Maj. ]. n. Opie, of Staunton.
1t is said here that Capt. Mushbach, of
Alexandria, is not an applicant, but
that Mr.. ]. ]. Jameson, of that city, isl
/ Mr.. Robert Portner, of Portner's
Brewery, Alexandria, who has been
travelling in the Orient, has returned
to this city in improved health. Mr..
T d Abraham originally of VIRGINIA
Treasury, and now cashier of bank
10 New York, who has several friends