Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.

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Neck OF Virginia, here to-day, says the
prospect in that section is that the
democrats will elect the State Senator
and all the members of the House OF
Delegates expect possibly, CLEANERS,
from Northumberland and Lancaster,
against whom Coles, a democratic in
dependent, he understands, is making
IA strong fight. II
Among the visitors here to-day is
Colonel r. w. Burke of Staunton. DE
says politics are by no means rife in
the Valley, but that he thinks the dem
ocrats will elect all of their candidates
for the legislature with the possible ex-
ception of the Senator from the Win
chester district, where they have not
settled their difficulties also that there
is some doubt about the delegate from
Allegheny Bath and Highland, where
the republicans are making strong
fight. The Colonel also says that SEN
ator Daniel will be reelected as it is,
and that if he would only let national
finance alone his seat In the q. S. Sem
ate would be good for life.
The case involving the disputed ju-
risdiction over Greer county, Texas,
will come up in the U. s. Supreme
Court tomorrow. Attorney General
Harmon will open the argument and
Mr.. Edgar Allen, formerly of Rich
mond, will close it for the government.
Since DIR. Talmage has accepted the
call to tho First Presbyterian Church,
on 4s street in this city the pew rents
of that church have increased to the
amount of $4,000.
Two crematories for the garbage of
this city are to be erected here at once,
one near the foot of South Capitol
street near the Eastern Branch, and
one near the old Observatory, on the
banks OF the Potomac. The Brown
patent has been adopted. 1t is said
that one sufficient for the cremation
of all the garbage and night soil OF
Alexandria, of the same patent, can be
erected in that city for about twelve
thousand dollars.
Two prominent citizens of AleXan-
dria county, here to-day, say the people
of that county are DESTROYS OF having
their court house within the county's,
and not the city's jurisdiction, and that
they hope the city will stand by its
own proposition, that both the court
house and the Jail be sold, and the pur-
chase money be equally divided be.
tween the city and the county. With
the county's hall, they say, and S., 600
which can be raised by subscription
there. and a lot already offered. thew
will build a new court house on the
line of the Mt. Vernon Electric Road
and the city not only get its half, but,
in addition, make large and valuable
property, now untaxable, subject to city
taxation.
Alexandra loses q great many visi.
tors by reason of the suspension Of
work on the Mt. Vernon Avenue road.
That road is in excellent condition
from here to short distance south OF
the st. Asaph race track, but there the
work of building it has stopped, and as
people with valuable teams do not like
the risk of crossing and driving along
railroad tracks, though they start from
here for Alexandria, they turn back
when they reach the point at which the
work referred to was suspended.
Among the strangers here to.dey is
ex-senator Butler of South Carolina.
He says Mr.. German estimates the
democratic majority in Maryland at
from ten to fifteen thousand, and that
Mr.. German is not only an astute and
discerning politician, but a man wise
and true enough for all democrats to
tie to.
People from the Virginia counties on
the lower Potomac, here to-day, say
there is little or no interest manifested
in the result of the coming election
there, though every body comedies the
success of all the democratic candi-
dates. They say the democrats there
are great deal more interested in the
result of the coming election in Mary
land, and hope and trust that the dem
ocratic ticket there may be successful.
1t is said at the War Department that
the case of Captain Armes will be ap-
pealed to the U. S. Supreme Court,
and that no matter what the decision of
that court may be, the Captain will be
tried by court martial.
The Mckinley men here are very
wroth with Senator Sherman for pub.
fishing his book just on the eve of the
Presidential nominations, and don't
hesitate to say that it was deliberately
intended to hurt their favorite.
Rudolph Knapp, the clerk in the
Navy Department who shot himself in
the head yesterday morning, is dying.
A Stafford county democrat here to
day says Capt. Dan Lee, the demo-
cratic candidate for the House of Dele
gates from that county and King George,
will certainly be elected. Mr.. ]. N.
Harper, formerly of Alexandria, is run
ming against him.
D: S. Hoover, a Treasury clerk,
while riding to Office this morning on
his bicycle, collided with street car.
He was seriously hurt.
A step of importance to the five Cen
tral American republics has been re-
Gently taken by Guatemala. This is
the negotiation of a series of treaties
between Guatemala and the other re-
publics looking to free trade, closer
commercial and amicable relations, and
a defensive alliance, to be followed
within q brief period by still more
advanced step which will have for its
object the formation of federal union,
each State preserving its separate au-
tonomy but with national government
modelled on the lines of that of the
United States.
Inis morning the formal three days'
session OF the sixteenth annual confer
ence OF the Unitarian churches was
opened in this city. In the absence of
senator aoar, OF Massachusetts,, Mr..
D0rmen b. Eaton. of New Yorh nro.