Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrespondenoe Of the Ae1andria Gasette.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. IL.

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments: To be consuls-
Talbot J. Albert of Maryland, at Bruins
wick, Germany; William A. Prickeit of
New Jersey, at Rheims, France. 10
be collectors of customs-John S. Beth
ell. for the district of Richmond; Jesse
W. Elliott, for the district OF Newport
News, Va.
DIR. Murray of the United States
Marine Hospital Service reports
to Surgeon General Wyman that there
are no cases of yellow fever at Hender.
sons Point as had been reported, and
that there were none yesterday at Pass
Christian. The reports to the Surgeon
General are hopeful in tone. There were
only three deaths yesterday from fever
in the entire infected district.
The following fourth.class poStmas'
tiers we're appointed to-day in Virginia :
Cohoke, Beauregard Turner; Straight
stone, Mrs. a. q. Estes.
Four members Of the national com.
mittee, Kerens of Missouri, Dawes OF
Illinois, Bowden of Virginia, and Hill
of Mississippi, the latter negro, were
among the callers at the White House
to-day. Virginia republicans were very
much interested in the visit of John S.
Wise of New York, who has not lost al
interest in his old State. The political
conditions in Virginia have brought
many republicans to Washington dur
ing the past few weeks and every day
some of them call at the White House.
General Edgar Allan, who is the real
manager of the anti-Lamb faction OF
the republican party of Virginia, in a
talk with the Gazette's correspondent
today, said his idea about the support
the ticket recently nominated at Lynch.
burg would receive, was that it would
diminish from now until the election
and by that time be nothing to speak of.
The President, he said, was thoroughly
informed about the true condition OF
the party in Virginia, and by some OF
the appointments that would be an
nounced to-day would make that fact
apparent. The Lynchburg ticket,
which, he said, had a monkey at its
head and lion at its tail, with lamb
in the background, was nominated, not
by the representatives Of the Virginia
| republicans, but by irregular, unau.
thorized or self appointed delegates,
who did not represent the wishes OF
the party, but their own disappoint-
| ments and disgruntlements, and that
consequently their action does not de.
serve support. He said he thought
General Groper. of Norfolk, would get
consuship. In respect OF the execu
tive committee of the wing of his party
now here, he said they had called at
some of the departments on party bust
ness and were everywhere received as
the accredited representatives OF their
party in their State.
Ex-Solicitor General Holmes Conrad
has been engaged by the State of Vir-
GINA as counsel in the suit now in the
g. s. Supreme Court of A. a. McCul.
Tough against that State, one of the
State debt cases.
1t is said by some of the Lamb repub.
licans from Virginia, now here, that
though the Agnew faction are now
30 much opposed to running State
ticket in Virginia, when their State
committee met in Lynchburg they in
formed General Walker that if he would
accept the gubernatorial nomination
they would give it to him.
The report of the interstate commerce
commission for the year ended June
Both, 1895, just published, says that one
hundred and ffty.one roads, represent
ing 30,475 miles of operated mileage
we're in the hands of receivers last
June.
The newly appointed executive COM
mittee of the Lamb wing OF the Vir.
GINA republicans arrived here this
morning and called at the White House
to represent their case to the President.
The two Virginia appointments made
BY the President to-day show that Mr..
Mckinley still regards the anti-Lamb
faction of the Virginia republicans as
the regular republican organization in
that State, and consequently as en-
titled to all the federal patronage to
which that State has claims except that
in the 9th and 10th congressional dis
tricts, which are represented by repub.
licans.
John Wedderburn and the John Wedder-
burn Company, the Washington patent agency
recently disbarred from practice before the
Interior Department. were given hearing at
the Postofice Department to-day to show
cause why fraud order should not be issued
against them barring them from using the
mails.
A well-known Virginia republican here to.
day says he hears there are many close legis-
lstive districts in his State, made so CHIEFLY
by squabbling among the democrats over
county judgeships, and that in the 9th con-
gressional district, he hears. rOt single coun-
ty is safely democratic. He also says that no
matter how much the white men iii his party
may be divided, the negroes, who constitute
its main strength, will turn out to D,an and
vNte the republican ticket on election day,
and that the democrats may be sadly disap
pointed at the size of their majority in the
legislature.