Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF tho Alo1andris GsSette'J
WASHINGTON, April %.

not an appilCduI ioi .no :: D;oh
late Mr.. Mansur; that friend IN h'che :
mond suggested his appointment 10 tne
President, but that Mr.. Cleveland knew
he was not an applicant, as he had teie-
aranhed him to that effect. MIR. WISE
savs ne would be in favor of silver II 1t
conId be made as good as gold, but that
~ neither 16 to l nor any other ratio
would produce that effect, he is OPP
nosed to it, and is as much so now as
ne was when he voted against silver as
:, member of the House.
General Rosser, of Virginia, was a
visitor here to day, and spent some
time with General Wade Hampton.
At the Department of Justice it is
sid that nothing has been done there
in the matter of the claimed jurisdic-
ton of the District of Columbia over
Alexander Island, and that probably
nothing will be done.
Secretary Herbert, Secretary Lamont
and Postmaster General Wilson went
over to Philadelphia to-day by the 1915
train of the Pennsylvania road to at
tend meeting of the farmers club at
the country place of President Griscom
of the International Navigation Com
pany. On their way to the station
they stopped at q Photographic gallery,
where they were joined by the Presl-
dent and the other members of the cabi-
net and a group picture was taken.
The desire to have the likeness OF the
new Postmaster General in the cabinet
group was the reason for the sitting.
The argument to be made before the
Supreme Court on Monday, May 9th,
should Justice Jackson fulfil the present
expectation and be on the bench at
that time, will he upon the whole mer-
its of the income tax cases and not SIM
ply upon the question whether or not
there shall be rehearing. This was
learned this morning from an authorl-
tative source. Should Justice Jackson
not be here there will be no argument,
and in any event the decree of the
Court, announced on the Sth instant,
will not be vacated nor set aside until
majority of the justices have deter
mined that it shall be after hearing
another argument. Should there be
such reversal of the Courts position
it will be announced upon the disposi
ton made of the petitions for a rehears-
ing. There will be but the one argue
ment. 1t has not yet been settled VINO
shall participate in it.
The President to day received the
committee of,.the National Scheutzen'
hund, which came from Long Island:
New York. to invite him to attend their
celebration 10 July. In replying to
their invitation he said that at present
he was unable to say whether or not
ne could attend, but he promised to
consider the matter and give them his
decision later. He granted their re-
quest to allow his name to be placed on
the honorary committee.
]. Fl. Jennings was appointed post
master OF Harvey Mills, Warren coun-
ty, Va, to day, vice c. j. Roberts, re-
signed.
The President to-day in the case OF
Jacob Bernstein, convicted here in Oc-
tober. 1898. of larceny and sentenced to
six years in the Albany penitentiary
committed the sentence to two years
Imprisonment.
Col. R. H. Mclean, who has just
been appointed by President Dole as
commander in-chief of the Hawaiian
forces, left Washington to-day for Ha-
wall to enter upon the discharge of his
duties.
Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina,
now here, says he believes the next
national convention will have solid
republican delegation from North Caro-
lima in favor of Mckinley for President:
although he admitted that Reed has
many friends there. He says he believes
the Mckinley sentiment is strongest
because the South needs building up
and that can only be done through the
policy of protection, of which MIR. Nc
Kinley is the greatest living exponent
He also says North Carolina will send
delegation to the convention ready to
vote for free coinage. He did not say
whether he thought free-coinage
plank would be put in the platform, but
he is confident that the convention will
do something more than make the
usual perfunctory promise, and that ii
will declare in favor of an enlarged and
freer use of silver.
The new junior brigadier-general,
Col. Coppinger, was the son-in,law Of
James G. Blaine, his wife, Mr.. Blaine's
eldest daughter. dying during Mr.
Blaine's occupancy of the State Depart,
ment and leaving two children, Secre-
tary Blaine's first grandchildren.
Elk Congressman Brady, of Virginia,
and Mgr. Satolli were the guests of the
officers to-day at Fort Myer, in Alex
andria county, where they witnessed
the cavalry drill and took luncheon.
Representative Jones, of Virginia, was
here short time to-day, and called at
some of the departments in the interest
of office-seekers in his district.
Official advices from Managua up to
midnight indicated that the Nicaraguan
government would probably not pay
the indemnity before midnight tonight,
when the three days grace given by
the British Rear Admiral Stephenson
expire, but will allow the British forces
to occupy Corinto at daydreak on the
following morning. This course will
probably be taken for this among
others reasons, that it will afford time
for the Offices which Ambassador Bay
ard is understood to have been directed
to exert in London to secure an extern
sion of ten or fourteen days time and,
if possible, stipulation for the pay
ment of the indemnity in London in
stead of at Corinto at the lannon's
mouth.
General Fitz Lee has not yet filed his bond
as internal revenue collector for the upper dis
trict of Virginia He is expectedthere to do