Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Aexnndris Gazette

Captain Shepard, chief of the reve-
nue. marine service, Treasury Depart
ment, is ,ying critically i'll of pneu-
monia, and is not expected to survive
the day. ,..
The rumor that ex-Secretary Whit
ney will be married to Miss johanna
Davidge, who belongs to an ola Soutn-
ern family and who formerly lived mere
but now resides in New YORK, Is creu'
tied by her acquaintance in this city.
The removal of Mr.. Colonna, OF VIZ
o;nia from the coast survey office was
made in direct opposition to the wishes
If Senator Daniel and Representatives
ZONES Edmunds, Wise, Tyler and
Turner. and with little support from
five other members of the Virginia con-
gressional delegation, which shows that
hat delegation is not as influential win
the administration as it might be.
The cavalry drills at Fort Myer, in
Alexandria county, have become fash
ionable attractions here. Among those
who attended to.day's drill there was
Secretary Herbert, who is very fond of
such diversions, and also of excursions.
The negroes here are making them
selves very Objectionable by reason of
their demands for the removal and
punishment of the police officer who
Shot and killed vicious member of
their race in the discharge of his duty,
as decided by the coroner's and the
grand jury. They were melted to the
course they are pursuing by some OF the
| nausDa nerS of this civ
State Department officials do not at
tach credence to the report from Wen
ma that China has appealed to the
United States and to European powers
to cooperate in the peace negotiations
with Japan. They think that, even II
the report prove to be correct, foreign
powers cannot be brought into the mat
ter at this stage of the peace negotia-
tons.
A business man of Alexandria couD-
ty, here to day, says the terrible eondi-
ton of the roads in that county now
has revived the subject Of the improve
nent thereof. He says the county has
been spending $4,000 a year on the
roads, which are no better at the end
of the year than at the commencement,
owing to the system Of road mending
in operation there. If stone, Of which
there is plentiful supply, were used,
he says, in place Of dirt, the improve
ment would be permanent. A stone
crusher, he says, can be bought for one
or two thousand dollars, and the pur.
chase ofoue, he says, will be aquestion
in the election of county supervisors
next May.
A well-known democrat, looking over
papers at the Capitol to-day, hearing
some acquaintance talking about the
reported appointment of Mr.. Lawrence
Gardner, secretary of the national dem
ocratic association, to the office Of re
corder of deeds Of the District of Colum
bia, pricked his ears and, looking up
asked if the President knew Mr.. Gard
ner, and receiving an affirmative reply
said he supposed be had forgotten him
This shows the feeling of the average
democrat here.
1t is said here to day, by those WIN
, know, that the Washington and Mt
Vernon electric railroad will be run
ming to this city by the first of June
1t will make a straight shoot from tn
Alexandria Driving Park to the soutl
end of the Long Bridge, which it will
cross on the track of the Pennsylvani,
Railroad, the cars of all the other road
using that track giving lis the right o
way. 1t will run up 14th street tc
Pennsylvania avenue. Cars on it viii
iun every quarter of an hour during
the day and until late at night, ant
round trip tickets will be sold at fifteer
cents, with transfers to any part of this
city for one cent additional. 1t is sup
posed that with such quick and CHEAP
transportation between the two cite:
, Alexandria's population will be speed
lily increased to no inconsiderable de
gree.
Mr.. Van Meter, president of the In
terstate Democratic Association, of this
city, resigned last night, for the reason
it is said to-day, that though he ha.
for some time been trying to have AS
sistant superintendent O'Brien of the
government printing office removed
for the good of the democratic party
the latter, instead of being removed
had his salary increased 5000 by a
special act of the late democratic Con-
gress.
Acting Secretary Uhl of the State De.
partment declined to be seen to-day
to answer any questions concerning the
Alliance affair, and other officials at
the department know nothing Of late
developments. Whether the additional
information which Mr.. Uhl has asked
from Capt. Cressman ofthe Alliance has
reached the department cannot be as
certained. The impression is that
nothing more will be said or done un-
til the President returns. No exact in
formation of Mr.. Cleveland's where
abouts, except that the Violet had not
yet reached Norfolk, had been received
at the department up io2 p. M, so it
had not been practicable to open up
communication with him by wire.
There was rumor started that spec.
ial messenger had been sent with
papers to intercept the President at
| Norfolk, but it could not be confirmed.
The vacancy in the paymastership at
the Norfolk navy yard made by the
death of Mr. Chapman was filed by the
appointment of son of ex-senator
Jonas, of Louisiana, but as he failed to
pass the necessary examination, young
Mr.. Semmes, a relative of the late
Admiral Semmes, has been appointed.
This is the place tor which the son OF
Captain Ham Sheppard, US. Internal
revenue collector in Virginia, was an
applicant.
Senator Stewart at noon to-day received