Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March Il

CORRESPONDENCE OF the Alexandra Gazet.e.I
WASHINGTON, March IA
The following changes in the fourth
clsss postoffices of Virginia were made
to-day: Felicia, Franklin county, r. r..
Craghead appointed postmaster, vice
w. E. Brooks, resigned; Rorrer, Carroll
county, S. NJ Stanley, vice G. f. Ror-
rer, removed.
Among the strangers at the Capitol
10 day was Rev. Dr. Curry, formerly a
member of the House, and more recent
" U. S. Minister to Spain. He IS now
superintendent Of the Peabody tund.
Ii. is here to try to get an appro-
prlation for the preservation Of the ISL
and of jamestown, now in danger OF
being washed away by the waters OF
james river.
Among the visitors now in the city Is
cv state Senator Thomas Scott, OF
Cnarlotte county, Virginia, in which Is
10 noke, the home of John Randolph.
lie carries about with him, as highly
p,ized relic, an old time locket that be-
iopced to Mr.. Randolph aud that con-
tains some of the blended hair OF that
famous mans grand parents.
There is no truth in the report that
the Virginia democratic association OF
this city will be disbanded. The asso'
citation net last night and many OF Its
members paid their dues. If others fail
to do so, they will be Topped of. The as
ISOLATION hopes to be of some service TO
the Virginia democrats at next falls
election.
Mir. j. NJ. Hill, the proprietor of the
St. Asaph race track, in Alexandria
county, was here to-day. He says he and
the Alexander's Island race track PEG.
pie have pooled their issues, and will
make a test case by which the courts
shall decide whether or not the old
time Virginia sport of horse racing shall
be prohibited in Virginia, and to de-
termine whether the Maupin law is
constitutional, and whether a new
mode of betting, not forbidden by the
anti.pooliug bill, can be conducted
legally. He says if the case be decided
| adversely, racing will be stopped; il
favorably, it will be continued at the
St Asaph track, but that the track at
Alexander's Island will be abandoned.
Representative Linton, of Michigan,
who wanted the statue of Pere Mar.
ouette removed from the Capitol, say
that since the pronounced opposition
taken by him some weeks ago for ap'
preparations for sectarian schools, his
mail been filled with letters from all over
the country threatening his life. Thos.
Phe ans challenge. he says, was regard
ell by him as belonging to this class Of
communications, and it was tossed into
the waste basket as soon as its contents
had been hastily scanned. He says
that since the text of Phelan's letter
had been made public, he may find ii
advisable to notice it.
House committee on elections No. =.
to-day heard arguments in the contest
ed election case Of w. S. Booze vs.. Fl.
w. Rusk, from the third Maryland dis.
trict.
The discussions among the republi-
cans in Virginia has extended TO those
members of the party here who hail
from that State, and while the Lamb.
ties say the Colonel will crush his OBJ
ponents rs easily as an egg she'll, his
opponents say he is sure TO be downei
at Staunton. General Walker says lie
hopes the Colonel will be sustained,
but that ifhe, or any other man. or men,
endanger the unity and harmony of the
party, they must be put out ofthe way
The Mt. Vernon Military Institute to
be established at the former home OF
Mr.. Frank Hume, near Alexandra,
will be for the preparation of boys who
propose TO enter the government
schools at annapolis and West Point.
Mr.. Hume has rented the place for one
year, with the privilege of an indefinite
extension.
The House river and harbor COM
mittee yesterday evening agreed to in
clude in their bill provision for max.
ing an estimate of the cost of improving
the channel from Hampton Roads to
the navy yard, and of deepening that to
the terminus of the Atlantic and Dan
vile Railroad.
Crawford Go!dsby, otherwise Cherokee Ril
TIE notorious Indian Territory outlaw, must
ny on Tuesday next President Cleve aid
to-day denied GoldsbS's application for elem
ency. II have examined this application fu''
ly," he says "and find no sufficient reason
for committing the sentence of the court OF
delay its execution. The clerk OF pardons
will Immediately notify the officers at Fort
smith that the judgment of the court must be
carried out"
Mr.. William r. Webb, OK. Commissioner OF
the District o, Columb Il, died in this city last
night in his list year. Upon the organize
ion of the Metropolitan police force in 1861,
Mr. Webb became its first superintendent and
put the force upon its present SYSTEM But
he was much better lawyer than police.
man, and his digest of municipal laws as
affecting the National Capital, is regarded as a
standard authority.
The members on the House River and Har.
Dor committee, en- government tug boat, well
provided with wet and dry provisions, in
spected the entire river front of this city to-
day, as The guests of the city board of TRACE.
They will inspect the Norfolk hsrbor at an
early day.
People from the Abingdon, Virginia, dis
trict, here to day, say General Walker will
nave no opposition for denomination for Con-
gress and that his democratic opponent may
possibly be Mr.. Bullet.
DIvoRcED.-Justice Cox, of Wash
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