Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.l

from Georgia and Alabama who de-
serted the Tlahualilo colony in Mex
leo has been greatly improved. Assist
ant Surgeon Ten Eyck, o. s. A., who
was sent to care for those of the colon
lists who are i'll, has telegraphed that
nearly 200 of of the distressed negroes
arrived at Eagle Pass Sunday and that
eight of them, who are ill with variola,
have been closely quarantined by the
Texas State health authorities.
The following dispatch from tne
headquarters of the department. OF the
Platte, Omaha, was received by Gen
eral Scho6eld at army headquarters
this morning: Market Lake, July
29tb. A courier who arrived at Mark
| ct Lake this morning. reports that
when he left General Copplnger's
troops last night information had just
been brought in by runner from
Marysville that all was quiet there.
The Lemhi agent telegraphs that only
three of his Indians are supposed to be
in the Jackson Hole country, and that
there is no indication that others will
Join the uprising there.
tt is announced that work will begin
at once on the construction OF the
Washington and Baltimore Boulevard
Electric Line, bids for the construc-
ton of which were opened last
Saturday. w. K. Schoepf, manager of
two local street railroad lines, has re-
signed that position to become mana
ger of the proposed boulevard road.
Henry T. Douglass, city commissioner
of Baltimore, will be the engineer of
the new line. The road will be about
40 miles long and it is proposed to
have it completed next summer.
A large number of the Maryland
democrats, sojcurning here, will go to
Baltimore tomorrow to attend the
State democratic convention to be held
there that day, and to swell the crowd
of Senator Germans friends and ad-
mirers. The feeling of the democrats
here, except that of thosewho hold offices
under the administration, is unanimous
| ly in favor of the Senator and Of the
regular Maryland democracy, and
against the mugwumps who are at
tempting to weaken the effectiveness OF
the party there, as they did in New
York last fall, and to turn the State over
to the control of the republicans.
The newspaper statement to the eff
feet that Mr.. Cleveland does not desire
| denomination is discredited here, and
those who know the character of the
President say that ne wants renomi-
nation, but would rather have it from
the people, irrespective of party, than
from any one political organization.
| But it is also said that the reports of
those who were sent to spy out the
land, including Secretary Lamont, are
| not as favorable as were expected,
owing to the natural opposition of
democrats to the prolonged retention
| of Office, and that unless the prospect
shall greatly improve during the next
few months, the President will be con-
tent to 'rest from his labors.s In that
case, the present impression here is
that ex-Secretary Whitney will be the
nominee, and thst though the South
may not fancy his gold money ideas, it
will support him, as it cannot afford to
run the risk ola return to the dire days
Of reconstruction.
The suit of Milton vs.. Kingsley,
pending for the past year in the Su-
preme Court of District of Columbia,
was to-day decided by Justice Hagner
in favor of Milton. This suit was
brought by Milton for RECESSION of con-
tract and to annul an assignment to
Kingsley of an interest in the Milton
smoke burner invention, on the ground
of fraud and violstion ofcontract. Mr..
J. ]. Darlington represented Milton,
and Judge ]. III. Wilson appeared for
Kingsley.
a Fairfax county democrat here to-
day says that while there were many
democrats in that county who desired
their countyman, Mr.. Willard, to be a
candidate for the democratic nomina-
ton for the State Senate, now that he
has declared for Capt. Mushbach, to
whom there is no opposition, they will
cheefully support the latter's re-elec-
ton. he also says the democrats of
his county, SO far from objecting to
horse racing, rather like it.
General Malone has returned to this
city, but will go back to Petersburg to
manage the "free vote and fair COUNT
conference to be held there on next
Thursday. It is said here that he in
tends to take full control of it, and in
pr lof of this it is mentioned that be
has not invited at least one of the
members of the republican committee
of the State to attend the conference,
and ]. NJ. Langston, the negro Exon
gresham from his district, said this
morning that he had not been invited,
Both the latter are opposed to him.
Frank Smoot of this city, the conf
dental and trusted clerk of Major Bis
coe, the well-known lumber dealer
here, who decamped with two thousand
dollars cash belonging to his employer,
wrote to his wife, who was in Norfolk
before he left, telling her he was going
away with some of the Majors money,
and enclosing her ten ten dollar notes.
She had no money of her own, but i'm
mediately on receipt of his letter she
borrowed enough to pay her passage
here, and returned the hundred dollars
to the Major. The police every where
have been put on the watch for Smoot,
and it is expected here that he will be
caught.
It is reported here that rich and val
liable zinc mines have been discovered
on land in Southwest Virginia recently
purchased by Mr.. Robert w. Lawson,
| formerly of Alexandria.
Senator John Daniel, of Virginia is
here to-day. He is booked for an ad.
dress to Confederate camp in Clarke
county, in his State.
KILLED BY HIS WIFE's LovER.-A
| disnatch from Tallahassee. Fla. saps.