Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
T Correspondence of the Alexandria Gszett

shortly before Ten O'Clock tnis mU nnner
and completely guttered the uPp e.
a. ,ors ", The building. The hre was
d; I by John Leach, the par
ISL of the establishment, VINO was
. .t, &c ,,;s room on the second moor.
TIL I'll ~ fire. e made rapid Roadway and De,
NC he tt,e inmates Of the third floor could
I'm Ioi the stairs their exit in that dlret-
ion was cut off by smoke and hre.
Too women and two men, DR.. Harrison
whose Office adjoins the hotel and john
Leach were taken from the third story
front windows by the firemen. J.. '.
Davis and J. C. Lay were taken from
the rear windows. None of them was
Injured. The loss is estimated at $50,
0 %. fully covered by insurance.
The Spanish minister, Mr.. Depuy de
LONE. authorizes denial OF the re-
ports that Spanish vessels along the
South Atlantic coast have violated the
United States laws and that President
Cleveland had summoned the minister
to the White House yesterday aud IN
formed him that such proceedings
would not be tolerated.
Postmaster General Wilson returned
to Washington to day from Fayette,
Mo-. where he delivered the annual
address to the gradua es Of Central Col
lege.
That some of the inhabitants of Mic
aragua as well as those in the other
Central and American States. have
their eyes open is evident by the fol-
lowing extract which is from recent
edition Of a Nicaragua newspaper,
which presumably reflects the senti-
ments of the monarchial party in that
country 1.-THE Monroe Doctrine has
been the best supporter of barbarism IN
America. Without the maddling pol
icy of the United Stctes in our affairs
Mexico would to-day be constitutional
monarchy like Belgium, Holland or
Denmark, instead of being a sort of
African kingdom like Morocco, Peru,
Cuba and Porto Rico, as q result OF
which the cause Of liberty and civiliza-
ton would have gained great deal.
1t is said at the Navy Department
to. day that Admiral Ramsay Will GER
tainly succeed Admiral Meade rs Com
II ander of the North Atlantic squad
ron.
1t is generally understood that Major
r. W. Hunter, whose appointment TO u
judicial position in the Interior Depart
ment was announced in yesterday
GAZETTE, would have been appointed
Assistant Commissioner of the Land
Office, if that position had been given to
any body outside of the department.
Comptroller Ecklcs Of the Treasury
is engaged in preparing another speech
in favor of currency founded upon a
gold basis. A Missiourian having bust
ness at the Treasury Department this
morning was introduced to Mr.. Eckles,
and being asked by him concerning the
silver feeling in his State, replied
that being banker himself, he agreed
with him on the silver question. but,
said he, none of my neighbors and &C.
qnaintances do.
A prominent southern democrat now
here, in talking to day about politics.
said he had no doubt that the gold
men of both the old political parties
would, for their own sake, attempt to
induce Mr.. Cleveland to run for a
third term, and that their influence
upon him would not only be great, but,
should he succumb to it, be immense
upon the voters, as every national
bank in the country would exert
its power in his behalf, and that there
is not one OF them that has not at least
several hundred men who receive ia
vors from it. one way or another.
Secretary Herbert has declined an
invitation to attend the annual banquet
of the Tammany democracy of New
York on the 4th proximo.
The papers in the four contested con-
gressional election cases from South Car
Dina were opened in the presence Of
the counsel for the contestants and
conlestees in the Office of the clerk CT
the House at the Capitol this morning,
and such of them as were deemed nee.
essary to full understanding of the
cases were selected for printing. The
papers in the Virginia cases, OF which
there are also four, from the 4th, 5th,
9th and 10th districts, will be opened
IN Monday and Tuesday next for q
| Ike oiject.
i AT the regular monthly meeting Of
the Virginia democratic association OF
his city, held last night, resolut on We
introduced censuring in severe terms
the Virginia congressman who having
accepted invitations to the late excur
sion of the association to Marshall
Hall, failed to attend. During its
discussion it was stated that the
chief work of the association was
to send qualified voters to Vir-
GINA at congressional elections, and
that though previous to such elections
the congressman protested themselves
as under obligations to the association,
after them, such obligations were al
ways forgotten. The only two names
mentioned during the discussion were
those of Congressman Elicit of the 3rd,
and ex-Congressman Marshall Of the
9th district.
1t is currently reported here that the
attempts to enforce the Edmonds' law
in this city will drive many people
whose reputation has heretofore passed
muster, away and that some of them
will fiud habitations in Alexandria
county, the alleged lawlessness of which
will thereby be increased.
LIGHTNING FIRES A GAS WELL
Lightning YESTERDAY struck and set fire