Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
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Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May Is.
The Russian minister, Mr.. E. de
Kotzebue, is arranging to give moon.
light fete in honor of the coronation OF
the Gear, May 25. 1t will be an out-of-
door affair with music and gorgeous
display of fireworks. A feast charac,
teristic of the banquets OF the empire OF
the two continents will be spread. Ii
is expected that Nine. kotzebue WILL
arrive in this country in time to be
present at this unique demonstration OF
loyalty.
The President to-day nominated ex.
Congressman John c. Tarsney, of Mis-
souri,, to be associate justice of the SUI
preme Court of the Territory of Okla
homa. Mr.. Tarsney was elected to the
present Congress, but was unseated last
February.
The name of the postofice at Farm
well, on the Leesburg branch of the
Southern Railway. having been
changed to Asburn, the railroad com
pany will make the same change IN the
name of its station there.
The Yost-Tucker contested election
case from Virginia has been set fol
Tuesday next in the House.
Intelligence from Ohio here to-day is
TO the effect that the democratic con-
yention of that State will declare fol
free silver. and that Senator Brice, an.
ticipating such action, has abandoned
his intention of fighting against the in.
eyitable. Indeed, it is said, he has told
some of his friends that the Chicago
convention will do likewise, as the
democratic party seems to have gone
wild on silver.
The House to-day, after some time
consumed by Mr.. Wheeler in aspeech in
relation to the expunging of some o.
his remarks from the Record, resumed
the consideration of the contested cleo
ton case of Rinaker VS.. Downing from
Illinois. AS the report Of the republi
can election committee is in favor o.
the republican contestant, and as the
entire delegation from Illinois, all o.
whom, with the exception of Mr.
Downing, are republicans, are working
for him, it is almost certain that he will
be seated, though some of the fairel
minded republicans will vote for the
democratic contestee, who, by the by,
is native of Virginia.
Senator Martin, of Virginia, a sound
money man, says nearly all the demo.
Gratis in his State seem to be in favor oil
free silver and that he believes those in
Richmond are too. He, like Senator
Brice, seems to think it useless to fight
when victory is impossible, and also,
that the national democratic conven-
ton will declare for free silver.
Senator Daniel of Virginia and Rep.
resentative Bailey of Texas will speak
in Richmond tomorrow night in favor
of free silver.
Congressman Meredith of the Sth
Virginia district says he was at Louisa
c. 81. in that district last Manday, and
that he will have more than half the
delegates from that county to the dem
ocratic Congressional convention.
It is becoming more and more certain
that Mr.. Reed will not be able to carry
even New England at the st. Louis
convention. Senator Hawley told q
friend this morning that Connecticut
would not 60 for him.
Congressman Otey, who is the mana.
ger of the silver organization in Vir.
ginia, says the democrats of forty coun.
ties and two towns in his State have ap.
pointed delegates to the State demo.
cratic convention, and that those of all
of them except Allegany, Wythe and
Nansemond have declared for free sill.
YER, and that in the latter the delega-
tions will be divided. His colleague
Mr.. Swanson, who heard him, said that
at the meeting at Danville, in his dis
trict, which has two million cotton
factory, and is a perfect beehive of man.
ufacturing industries, the gold men
were so few that they did not ask for 8
division.
In the House to-day Mr.. Meredith
presented the petition of Kate, Lucy
and Molly Petty, of Culpeper county
Virginia, for the payment of their wal
claim.
The Senate to-day passed bill sbol.
ishing days of grace" in the District Of
Columbia.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hill introduced 6
bill providing that none but citizens of this
country shall be employed upon any public
works of the United States or the District Of
Columbia.
President Parker, of the first national bank
of Cripple Creek, Colo. has arrived here with
tho charred remnants of SIT 900 in United
States currency, burned in the recent fire
Treasurer Morgan has sat his exrerts to
work with strong glasses and hopes to be able
to decipher some Of the money, 70 that it may
be redeemed.
The Venezuelan commission held q meeting
to-day for the first time in threo weeks, all
the members being present except Justice
Brewer, who has gone to San Antonio to at
tend the funeral of his daughter.
At this mornings session of the A. 2. A.
convention the annual reports of officers were
received and referred to committees. Presi-
dent Traynor's address related to the internal
affairs of the Older and touched upon politics
in general way. The Mckinley boycott will
be considered by tho advisory board this
evening, and confidence is expressed by a
msiority of delegates that when presented to
the convention it will be annulled.
STORM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE