Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 20.

WASHINGTON, April %.
Secretary Olney this morning re-
ceived the following cablegram dated
to-day from Vice Consul Knight at
Cape Town relative to John Hays
Hammond: "Have been informed that
sentence of death is committed. Furth'
or particulars will be wired"
Miss Margaret Skerrett, daughter OF
Rear Admiral Skerrett, was married to
MIR. David Milne of Philadelphia at noon
to-day in st. Johns Church, opposite
the White House, Rev. DR.. Mackay-
Smith officiating. The best man was
MIR. Caleb Milne and the ushers Messrs.
CLYDE Milne, Baugh, Bright and DR..
Hollingsworth, of Philadelphia; MIR.
Dwight Taylor, of New York; DR.. AL
fred Homer and Mr.. Charles de Kraft.
Miss Edythe Wentworth Skerrett was
maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were Misses Milne, Williams and Miller,
of Philadelphia and de Kraft. Two
little flower girls, Dorothy Skerrett
and Margaret Milne also attended the
bride. A wedding breakfast at the Adj
miraPs residence followed the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Margaret E. Drake, widow OF
the late Chief Justice Chas. D. Drake,
United States Court of Claims, died at
her residence in this city this morning
at the age of SIS. She will be buried in
st. Louis, Mo.
Mr.. Speaker Reed said this morning
that Senator German was right IN bis
remarks in the Senate yesterday, and
that it was unwise for Congress to be
making large appropriations with de-
felt staring it in the face.
People from Fairfax Court House
here to-day say the verdict in the out,
! rage case there last Saturday night was
generally surprising, as the crime fully
merited the death penalty,
MIR. J. 81. Powell of Fairfax is in the
city to-day. In speaking of the con,
gressional situation in his district he
saws as far as he can observe there is
great enthusiasm in his county for Mr..
willard, and that he thinks Fairfax
will give Mr.. Willard q send off in the
! shape of solid, first, last and all-the-
time delegation, and that at an early
date.
Senator Martin, if he can prepare the
| favorable report on it in time, will call
up the bill for the benefit of W. B
Isaacs of Richmond in the Senate this
evening, and anticipates no difficulty in
having it passed.
Among the callers upon Senator
Martin at the Capitol to-day was Col
John Fairfax of Virginia, during the
war between the States, of Gen. Long
streets staff. He called to urge the
Senator to support the bill to restore
| the rank of Lieutenant General of the
army and confer it upon Gen. Miles.
Mr.. F. E. Anderson Of Alexandria, 8
candidate for the democratic congress
sional nomination in that district, will
address the Virginia democratic asso
citation of this city on the night of the
Sth proximo, his subject being the Ole
and New South.
According to the report of House
elections committee No. in the Yost
Tucker election case, Mr.. Tucker was
elected by 1877 majority.
Private dispatches received here to-
day from Michigan say the silver mer
have control of the democratic State
| convention there and will declare fol
free silver and adopt the unit rule.
Judge Critcher of Alexandria, who
is the attorney in the case of Virginia's
claims against the government for the
money she advanced for the first pub
lie buildings in this city and for the
war of 1872, was at the Capitol to-day
He says New York and other Northern
States, and even Nevada, can have
their claims against the government
settled, but that in Congress Virginia
seems to be like the proverbial poor
boy at frolic.
The Thorp- Mex enney contested election
case from Virginia did not come up in the
House to-day, and it is now said may not this
week.
The House to-day passed bill to prohibit
the discharge of ballast, dirt or anything else
into tho harbor Of this city.