Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-22

movement, duu al Gu6 6StuluB SosSloh
addresses by President James B. An
CELL, of Michigan, Mr.. Edward Akin
son, of Massachusetts, and Carl Schurz,
of New York. The conference will be
in session two days and the last meet
ing will be held tomorrow night at
Aliens Grand Opera House.
Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, a well-known
LAWYER of this city, who was the attor-
new of the North American CONNER,
cial Company, the lessees OF the seal
islands in Bering Sea, died here TINS
morning of heart disease, superinduced
bv an attack of grip.
DIR. Carter Berkeley, OF Virginia, who
holds minor position among the en-
ployees of the Senate, will lose his
place. which will be given to republi-
can. but Mr.. Browning and Mr.. Payne,
also of Virginia, who are among the
Senate's employees, will retain tneir
Congressman Turner, of Virginia,
who has been looking after his fences
in Rockingham county, has returned
and reports them strong enough to
keen out hogs as well as cattle.
Colonel Andrews is now acting presi-
dent of the Southern Railroad in the
absence of Mr.. Spencer, who has gone
TO Europe, it is reported here, for the
purpose of raising the money required
for relieving the B. & o. K. K. OF Its
troubles and for making the Southern
a part of the B. & o. system.
Among the visitors here to-day Is
ex-Congressman Trigg of Virginia: He
saws he doesn't know who the demo
cratic candidate for Congress in his, the
9th, district will be, but that the man
who shall receive the nomination OF
the democratic convention in that dis
trict will be elected by majority so
large and so fair and legal that no cleo
tons committee can count him out.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Daniel pre-
sented petition of the Baptists of Pc.
tersburg in behalf of Rev. Mr.. Diaz
now confined in q Cuban prison; of the
Clinton Hatcher Camp of ex-Confed-
crates, for the continued publication of
the records of the war; of the A. T.
Hill Camp of ex-Confederates, for max
ing a national park of the battlefelds
around Petersburg, and of the Cham
Der of Commerce of Richmond, in favor
of q national bankruptcy bill.
The Senate committee on public
buildings agreed to-day to make
a favorable report on the bill for pub
lie building at Portsmouth, Virginia.
AS it appropriates 500, 900, Mr.. Reed
will not let it come up in the House.
Congressman Tyler of Virginia called
o. the White House to-day to see why
The nomination of Mr.. Brownley to be
postmaster at Franklin, which he has
recommended, has not been made, as it
is the rule of this administration that
Congressman shall have the sole dis
posal of all the postofices in their re-
spective districts.
IL is currently reported at the Capitol
to Gay that the President has taken
charge of the sound money campaign,
that it was at his special invitation that
Mr.. Whitney recently came here and
conferred with him upon the subject,
and that he has inspired the late bolts
at democratic conventions that de-
clared for silver, and the threats OF
others for the same reason.
The argument in the case involving
the constitutionality of the sugar
bounty tax was commenced in the U.
S. Supreme Court to-day. The argu-
ment will be continued tomorrow aud
part of Friday probably by ex-senator
Henderson, of Nebraska, Mr.. Joseph
II. Choate, of New York, and Mr..
Thos. ]. Semmes, of New Orleans, for the
claimants, and concluded by Solicitor
General Conrad, for the United States.
The contested election case of Thorp
VS.. McKenney will not be called up in
the House until General Walkers re-
turn from the republican convention
of his State, which will meet at Staun-
ion tomorrow. The report is in favor
ofThorp, the republican contestant, and
will be adopted, and General Walker
will speak in favor of it's adoption.
Senator Daniel has returned and was
in his seat in the Senate to-day. He
and his colleague, Mr.. Martin, will con-
fer this evening about the nomination
of Capt. Fowle for the internal revenue
relationship of the upper district OF
Virginia, and, upon the result of that
conference, the confirmation or rejection
of that nomination will depend.
Secretary Olney has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Consul General
Williams at Havana concerning the
cases of Rev. Mr.. Diaz, of Georgia, and
Walter G. Dygart, of Illinois: "Diaz
detained at police headquarters, occupy
ing spacious, dry, well-ventilated room
in an upper story. Proceedings in his
case are being fastened by orders from
headquarters, and result is expected in
couple of days in his and Dygart's
cases."
The following changes we're made in
the fourth class postoffices of Virginia
to-day Freeport, Gloucester county,
Lemuel E. Farinholt appointed post
master, vice E. w. Farinholt, resigned;
Oilvill, Goochland county, VIM. D.
Power, vice N. W. Watkins, resigned.
Capt J. Cabell Breckenridge son of the late
Gen. John C.Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and
brother of Clifton B. Breckenridge, of Ar.
kansas, United States Minister to Russia, Is
seriously i'll at Providence Hospital in this
city, having undergone an operation for ap.
pendicitis.