Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gszette.

The Southern Surgical and Gynecolog-
icaI Association commenced its eighth
annual meeting here to-day, many of
the most CT LIBERATED specialists in wo-
mans diseases being present. DR.. Louis
McLane Tiffany, of Baltimore, presid-
ed and at the morning session papers
were read by Doctors Bedford Brown,
of Alexandra, Va; A. Vanderveer, OF
Albany, N. Y; II. Horace Grant, of
Louisville, KY; W. o. Roberts, of Louis
Vile, KY; w. l. Robinson, of Danville,
Va, and ). McFadden CASTOR, of At
lanta, Ga. Ia
A large bafkHog firm of New York
,@@ has written the Postoffice Depart
haftmeut asking information in regard
to handling in this country the French
lottery bonds which are to be issued
next year to help deiray the expenses
of the Paris International Exhibition
in 1900 Each twenty franc bond will
enti,ls the owner to twenty tickets of
admission of one franc each and confer
on him certain other privileges, such
as reduction OF twenty-five per cent.
on the charges for admission to places
of entertainment inside the exhibition
and other reductions. Foreigners hold
ing lands will receive reduction in
tram ftation to and from Paris. FL
nally, holders will share iu grand lot
terry drawing. The firm inquired if it
will be violation of the United States
postal laws to subsciibe for these bonds
and use the mats as business medium
for advertising and distributing them.
The department. has informed them
that they can deal in the bonds but
cannot transmit circulars or letters per
tanning to them through the mails as
the scheme is a lottery.
J. G. Clark was to-day appointed
postmaster at Orbit. Isle of Wightcoun-
ty, Va, vice Mrs. @. @. Doggett re-
signed.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Dir. Marshall Mccormick of Virginia.
He has been to Richmond to advise the
Governor to recommend to the legisla-
ture an appropriation for the rebuild
ing OF the University of Virginia, not
BY taking cash out of the Treasury,
Bat by using either the States unap-
propriated interest on her stock in the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mao Railro Ad, or her unused Century
bonds, and he thinks his advice will be
taken. Mr.. Mccormick says the
resident is much to blame for the
uurse he pursued in the recent politi-
cal campaign, and that no democrat
can be SUSTAINED who assumes to be
batter than his party, and sets his own
will against the action of the majority
of that party. He also says the fact that
M. Walton is the author of the exist
ing election law in Virginia had moth
Ing to do with his recent defeat in the
Winchester district; and also that no
boiy can defeat the reelection of Sen
a.or Daniel.
Ex-Congressman Lafevre, democrat,
of Ohio, now here, says Mr.. Campbell,
the late candidate for Governor in his
State, was run Is the ADMINISTRATIONS
candidate, and that federal influence was
used to raise money for his election,
and that the natural result was his de-
feat by large majority.
People from several of the counties
west of Alexandria, here to-day, say
some squirrels, hares. pheasants and
wild turkeys are being shot, but that
last winter apparently killed the last
partridge, as none of them is seen now.
Virginia democrats as we'll as repuo.
licans, here to-day, say that if an Or
ganized fight against the democrats
had been made in all the counties OF
their State at the late election there,
they believe the result would have
been the same there as every where
Else, 90 the democratic vote was ex.
ceedingly small, the democrats being
and disafected by res-
SIN of the manner in which their par.
ty's affairs have been conducted.
Chief Justice Smith, of New Mexico,
formerly of Warrenton, now hsre on
business with the U. s. Supreme Court,
is one of the few democrats here SAN
guine enough to hope for the return of
ihe democrats to power during the
present generation. He says that with
a good national ticket next year. he
thinks tie S ates lost week will be re-
gained.
The 25!h international assembly of
the Knights of Labor met in this cit,
to-day fer session that will probably
continue FIR the greater part OF two
weeks as number of important mat
ters are pending. Among these ques-
tons will be one to change the method
of collecting the per capita tax; an in
crease in the charge for all new charters,
seals, etc providing for the member
ship of individuals in small towns and
rural districts where there are no local
organic ,tions. The assembly will also
enter III official denial of the report
that the assembly at New Orleans had
admitted barkeeners and barterders to
James r. Sovereign,
grand master workman of the organiza-
tiou, presided, with John r Hayes 10
the sscretsry's chair. Sixty-eight dele
gates answered to the roll call. A pro.
tracted discussion over the right of an
delegate, against whom pro-
test had been made, to sit in the as
sembly, consumed the greater part of
the mornings session.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, of Boston, have adopted
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