Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondents of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON. April |.

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copnition will be made by friends OF
the President of their admiration OF ms
course. The President assured them
that he would consider the matter care
fully and advise them as soon as possible
Of his decision. Governor Mckinney
eIso called there this morning to pay
his respects to the President. The
Chicago delegation was in the Presi-
DENTS room at the time of the Govern
or's arrival, and he took a seat in Mr..
Thurber's room and chatted for hall an
hour, until the Chicago gentlemen had
gone. His visit was merely a formal
affair. Gov. Mckinley, after leaving
the White House, called on Senator
Sherman at his residence on X street.
He starts back for Columbus this even
ing. The Governor says he has made
only three other appointments-one to
speak in Ottawa, Kansas, in Atlanta,
Ca, and one at some other point.
Postofice Department officials having
charge of foreign mails state that criti-
cisms that have recently been passed uI-
on them for their alleged opposition to
an agreement with foreign countries for
the adoption of an international pos
tage stamp, are not only unjust but are
based on ignorance of the facts in the
case.
August Bergman, convicted of muir,
der in Morris county, New Jersey, and
sentenced to death therefor, must die.
So said the o.. s. Supreme Court to-day,
in the matter of his appeal from the
Judgment of the q. S. Circuit Court Tor
New Jersey, refusing to issue a writ OF
babeas corpus for his release from the
custody of the sheriff, Bergmann's at
torneys alleged that he vas tried under
a form of Indictment that was repug-
nant to the federal Constitution, in that
it deprived him of his life without due
process of law. The Supreme Court
said the indictment was good and not
open to the objection made. 1t was
also ~contended that the courts of the
State erred in refusing to issue a writ OF
error and stay the execution of sentence
There was no error in this, said the
Supreme Court, and there was nc
ground for interference by federal
courts by writ of habeas corpus.
An in6rm man loaded down with
wards of brass chain, his coat and hat
covered with cheap gew-gaws lugged q
heavy bag up to the White House por-
tico at half past eight o'clock this
morning and asked if the President was
still buying gold for the treasury. He
claimed to have a job lot of the preci'
Gus metal which he was willing to let 60
at par.He emptied the bag. which con-
tanned nothing but brass castings and tin
clippings inside the big front door and
drew from his pocket a lump of glass
which he offered to part with for $15,'
600, 900 in United States securities
Then the patrol wagon took him away
10 the nearest precinct station house
where he gave his name as William
Lavery, his age as So, and said his
home was in the asylum of the Little
| Sisters of the Poor.
1t is said at the Treasury Depart
ment that the national banks are be-
ginning to substitute the ley bond;
for the old four per cents. as the secur
ity for their circulation, as the high
price of the former has increased thai
of the latter.
MI. Aiken, the new supervising arch
itect of the Treasury Department, en-
tered upon the duties of his office thi;
morning.
Edwardo l. Chibass, engineer and SUI
perintendent of the Caribbean Manga
nese Company, situated near Colon
Republic of Colombia, has announced
in q late letter to Mr.. John n. Popham
of Culpeper, Va, the final completion
of everything necessary to the mining
and shipping of the ore of that mucl
talked of property to this country. AT
ter reciting many particulars relating
to the construction of the railway te
the mines, the chartering of transport
vessels, etc, he adds the following per-
sonal postscript: "We have named the
settlement we are building at Nombre
de Dios Pophamville, in honor of the
discoverer of the mines and organizer
of the company. We have postponed,
however, the ceremony of breaking the
bottle over the place, as we shall ex.
pect you for that occasion. Within two
weeks we shall be moving from Viento
Frio to Pophamville. Nomre de Dios
is the point where Columbus first land.
ed on his second voyage of discovery,
This manganese property will be re.
membered as the one which q well.
known syndicate of Baltimoreans pur.
chased from Popham and others q con.
trolling interest in for the price of ad-
vancing sufficient money to place it in
a practical mining condition, the CHIEF
item of cost being the sum of money
required to build and equip some ten
or twelve miles OF railway connecting
the mines with the waters of the Car.
ribean Sea. Mr.. Popham states that
the entire cost to the syndicate has not
exceeded one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. The delay in the work,
however, has been much greater than
was looked for, and is asubject of much
complaint by some Of the interested
parties. Instead of eight or ten months
of time, as was agreed on, the syndicate
have consumed, it is stated, nearly
three years in the work, thus post
poning, as is charged, the realization of
the profits SO confidently expected by
the stockholders, and especially by
those outside of the syndicate. The
first load of ore is expected to arrive at
Baltimore by the 18th of April.
The President has determined to
send a commission to Nicaragua at
once to examine the worth of the pro-
posed i%nterocean canal through that
country. The commission will consist
of an army and navy engigeer, to be
appointed by Secretaries Lamont and
Herbert and 8 civilian 10 he ~annoint.