Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-22

counsel in the United States, says
there is no truth in the report that
Waller had renowned his allegiance 10
the United States.
Chief Justice Fuller to-day. announc-
e,l that the call of the calendar IN the
United States Supreme. Court will cease
tor the term on Friday, May 3rd. Inc
court will probably then take recess .
for q week or two and aoJouTn ior '.e
term on the srd or 4th MONDAY III
May. - CT. Do,or,.
ment that the letter of dismissal OF MT
Thurston. the ex-Hawaiian minister to
this country, sent by the Secretary OF
State to the Dole government at Homo
lulu. was distracted from the
mail there by the officials of that
government andsuppressed lest it
might stimulate the Hawaiians
10 another effort to drive the
e ibusterers out and regain control OF
their own country.
Lieut.. A. N. Breckenridge, native
of Augusta county, Virginia, and one
armed ex-confederate, died here yester-
day. He was member of the Exon
federate Veterans Association of this
city.
Col. Cab Maddux of Fauquier county,
Virginia, who has been i'll at his rooms
in the National Hotel here for the last
two weeks, is out again.
In respect of the question of jurisdic-
ton of the District of Columbia over
Alexander's Island, it is said at the
Office of the District Attorney here that
one letter has been written on the SUBJ
iect. and that if there be any ground for
such question, it will be q matter for
the Attorney Generals office to investi-
gate, not for the District Attorneys
Office. At the former nothing has been
done in the case, nor is it likely that
any thing will be done.
Major Booker, postmaster and pro-
prietor of hotel at Old Point Comfort,
received to-day the requisite official
papers allowing him to build an addi-
ton to his hotel.
1t is rumored at the Treasury De-
partment to-day that exCongressman
Wise's chance for the late Assistant
Comptroller Mansur's place would be
better if be were not from Virginia.
which State, it is said, has more than
its right share of public offices.
A gentleman from Winchester, here
today, SAYS there was great excitement
there last Friday at the democratic
primary for councilmen, who will have
control of the large requests recently
made to that town, and that at night it
reached fever heat and resulted in q
regular knock down and drag out
hand and foot encounter between the
| Alexander and Ward factions, the lat
ter having been defeated by one vote.
1t is said at the Office of the commis-
sioner of internal revenue to-day that
nothing has been heard there from
General FitZ Lee since his commission
as collector was sent him and he was
officially informed that as soon as he
was ready to assume the duties of tho
Office deputy would be sent to put il
in his charge.
The Virginia University alumni as
ISOLATION of this city has as yet received
no response to their letter to the board
of visitors of the University requesting
them to rescind their order removing
Professor Schele de We're, and compel
ling him in his old age to ask the fed
eral government to give him place as
translator in the State Department as 8
means of earning an honest living.
J. w. Hershman was appointed post
master at Fields, Mecklenburg county,
Va, to-day, vice Michael Murphy, re-
signed.
Fire broke out in the laboratory oil
the Patent Office end of the Interior
Department at about LIS p. m. o.day,
caused by the explosion of some chem
icals. A Waterman named Hawkins
and Miss Nevins, in charge of the de-
partmenal telephone exchange, were
injured. How seriously is not yet
known. Mr.. Flint, chief of division
in the Office, was also burned. The room
where the explosion took place is in the
extreme southwest basement corner
at the junction of 9th and F streets, one
Of the busiest parts of Washington.
Great clouds of smoke poured out of
the windows of the room and there was
hasty exodus of clerks from the
building, many of whom put greater
celebrity into their movements through
remembrance Of the fire ill the same
building nearly two years ago. About
half past one the flames had abated and
are now apparently under control.
The correct list of the three persons in
jured by the explosion in the blue print
room of the Patent Office is as follows:
Albert Flint, in charge of the room,
very badly burned about the legs, head
and face. His mustache was entirely
burned off. G. M. Larkins, or Parkin-
son, Waterman stationed at the south
west door of the building, hands and
arms badly scorched; and clerk named
Carter, injuries unknown.
Comptroller Eckles to-day closed up
the First National bank of Willimantic,
Connecticut. The capital of the bank
is 800. 900, and it has become impaired,
it is said, through the carelessnass or
otherwise Of the cashier, who recently
died.
The Supreme Court to-day took no
action on the petition for a rehearing
in the income tax cases.
A NEW THEoRY.-At Thursday ses-
sion of the National Academy of
Sciences, in Washington, a paper by