Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-16

decided, on Saturday, that subsequent
proceedings might render his presence
in this country necessary, and the per,
mission extended to him to SO, aoroau
was revoked. Beyond that nothing mas
been done to date. .,:of.
The annual convention OF the ch,els
of police will close to-day. me us,
cussion to day was not OF cnaracteI
Interesting to the general pubic, WIN
the exception, perhaps, of the remarks
If Chief Phi. Deitsch, Of Clnclnnat',
u'bo ave his ideas Of the military Dir
cinIins that should prevail in police
Iorce illustrated in the excellent stand
inc of the Cincinnati force. He also
advocated legislation that would faclli-
tate the arrest of fIgitives from Justice:
Robert A. and William Pinkerton OF
the detective agency bearing that name
are present. and were made active
members, as was also Chief Garden OF
Capitol police force. During the
!: ternoon the delegates were taken to
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall, a
big dinner being served at the latter
place.
Assistant Secretary Curtis, of the
Treasury Department, will leave New
York on Wednesday next for London
OH business connected with the deliv-
cry ofS3O. 900, 900 OF United States bonds
to the Belmont Morgan syndicate Is
representatives in that city. Mr.. Logan
Carlisle and the other members of the
bond party will follow on the steamer
leaving New York on May Goth. The
bonds will be divided between the two
parties. These trips are at the govern
ment's expense.
Charles Hart was appointed post
master at Legg, Lee county, Va, TO-
day, vice ]. B. Moore, resigned.
Miss Lucy R. Ward, of Virginia, has
been promoted from a 81 ,000to 81 ,2OC
clerkship in the patent office.
Mr.. ]. n. Popham, who will leave for
Colon on the 10Th inst, on business
connected with the iron mines near
the Isthmus, the products of which are
now being shipped to Baltimore, is just
here from Culpeper. He says that
from what he heard there, Messrs
Smith, Jeffries and Vowel, the treas
urer, commonwealth attorney and
commissioner of the revenue for that
county, will be re. elected at the coming
election.
A resident OF Leesburg, here to day
says that President Cleveland, while
fishing at Big Spring, near that town
last Saturday, after catching a number
of trout, said to one of the two gentle
men of that town who were in his
party, and of whose rank free silver
ideas he had previously been informed
well, Mr.. Worsley, you see that
know how to catch fish, if don't know
any thing about currency"
Col. Judson d. Bingham, assistant
uuartermaster general, was placed OF
The retired list of the army to-day. Hi:
retirement promotes Lieutenant-Col
ouel George H.aWeeks, now on duty
here to a colonel and assistant quarter
master.
Solicitor General Conrad has gone t.
Pittsburg as counsel iu the case of tht
contractors for the new hotel in Win
chester against the estate of the late
Mr.. Handley, who made such large be
quests to that town.
A Vireiniau here to-day who know!
Mr.. Dupont, whose election to the U
5. Senate from Delaware as republi
can is contested, says that gentleman
is a much better democrat than some
yho pass as such, and that ifseated. tn,
Force, nor any other bill injurious t
the South, will have his support.
Congressman Smith Turner of Vir
ginia is here to-day, on the only bust
ness that brings him or any of his col
leagues here, trying to get governmen
employment for people in his district
One of the members of the board o
trade of this city who was appointed
on the committee to visit the race
tracks in Alexandria county, but wht
did not join his colleagues until afte
they had made their inspection, say
that two of them told him they made
bets, and that as they both had won
the racing must have been fair.
Mr.. Callahan, superintendent Of thu
line of steamers between this city anc
Norfolk, says the new boat for that linC
will commence her trips on the l5tf
proximo. She will run for the first two
weeks as night boat, relieving each o
the other boats one week, and on the
first of July will run as q day boat
When the three boats are running
smoothly, Mr.. Callahan, says he viii
see what can be done toward building
two double end screw ferry boats tt
run from here to Alexandria, making
the distance in twenty minutes, ano
running until midnight.
Mr.. William G. Rice, the new civil
service commissioner called on the
President to-day and qualified shortly
after. He will enter upon the dis
chare of his duties at once.
President Cleveland to day signed the proc
lamation, opening for settlement on the first
of Nav, the lands of the Yanktown Sioux In.
dian reservation.
The Indian bureau to-day received q tele.
gram from the San Carlos reservation, stat
ing that a renegade. probably Massai, from
the description, killed one woman, wounde1
another and carried otfa third ten miles south
of the reservation on Tuesday last 1t states
that the police and troops are in pursuit. A
similar dispatch was received at the War De-
partment from the officer commandin the sub
post at San Carlos. This te'egram added that
none of tho San Carlos reservation Indians
we're missing, and that troops had started af.
ter the rcnegades. The trail taken by the
troops led due south.
BAsEBALL.-The result of the games
played yesterday was as follows
Boston 8, Cleveland 2, first game;
Cloraland G Rnston 4 sannna nanne.