Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-11
the political phase fthe Cuban problem:
IT. ia believed here that the accession of

Blanco will not leave for his post be-
fore the 10Th or Goth instant. The trip
from Barcelona to Havana will take
about eleven days, SO that the new
Captain General will not reach Havana
before the early part of next month.
After that it is anticipated the Spanish
cabinet will desire that General Blanco
be given time to familiarise himself
with the situation and his duties, and
to mature the policy he is to apply to
the island. The execution of that poll
CIV. an allowance of time for its fair
trial, etc., according to those in a posi-
tioa TO accurately judge the situation,
! will lead to protrscted delays on those
SUBJECTS to which the United States has
already invited the attention of Spain.
The funeral of ex-senator McPher-
son, of New Jersey, occurred this after
| noon from the family residence on
Vermont avenue. Senators Sewall
and Smith, of New Jersey, and
number of old friends and as.
| sociates of the Senator came from
New Jersey to attend the funeral.
The casket, bound in black broadcloth
With silver mountings, bore plate with
| the inscription : John Roderick Nc.
| Pherson; May 1, 1882, October s, 1897"
On and about the casket we're arranged
| many elaborate floral pieces. The fu-
| neral service was conducted by Rev.
DR.. Elliott, of Ascension Church, after
which the cortege proceeded to Oak
Hill Cemetery, where the remains were
inferred beside the Senator's children.
The President to-day made the fol.
lowing appointments: H. N. McGrew,
of Phoenix, Ariz., to be register of the
land Office at Salt Lake City; Fred. B
Spriggs, of New York, to be agent for
the Indians at the Nevada agency Ed.
ward Goldberg, of Wichita, Kan, to be
agent for the Indians of the Quapaw
agency.
President Mckinley at 9:S4 o'clock
to-day touched telegraph key at the
White House and opened the semi-cen-
tennial exposition at New Bedford,
Mass. There was no ceremony con.
II, cted with the opening here. A few
moments after the opening the Presi'
dent sent telegram to the exposition
managers and received reply
The Monetary Commission reconven-
ed to-day. Commissioners Leighton,
Dean, Fish and Patterson were absent
but all of them are expected to arrive
within the next few days. Neither the
metallic currency subcommittee nor that
on the banking system are likely to
meet before the las. of the present
week. About 100 communications on
the general subject of currency reform
have so far been received and o.day's
meeting was largely taken up in their
discussion.
Secretary Gage returned to Washing
ton to-day after nearly months alb
scence in the West.
The State Department has received
word that Ali Ferouch Bey has been
appointed Turkish minister to the
United States to succeed Mustapha
Bey. The new minister studied in
Paris for FIVE years and for two years
was secretary of legation at London.
The cotton returns to the depart
ment OF agriculture indicate an average
condition on October l of 700 as COM
pared with rs 3 on September l, de-
crease of S.3 points.
The following postmasters of the
fourth class we're appointed in Virginia
to-day: Disputanta, Joseph E. Parr;
| Norton, William M. Adams.
That friend of the Nicaraguan canal
scheme would be appointed as mem
Der of the Nicaraguan commission was
anticipated when ex-senator Miller
arrived here last week and went to the
White House. He and the President
and Senator Aldrich and ex-senator
Hiscock composed party of boon
companions who always ate together
when the President was in Congress.
The concessions Nicaragua has made
to an English syndicate for a canal
will, it is said here, provoke another
dispute with that country.
Congressman Rixey of the Alexan-
dria district will cell upon the Secretary
OF War next Friday and see if he can't
induce him to allow the Theological
Seminary branch of the Washington aud
Fails Church Railroad to run through
the Arlington reservation, aud also to
allow that road to run its cars across
the Aqueduct Bridge In consequence
of the opposition of the government to
any of the proposed improvements in
the county, retalistory measures are
being talked of in that county, among
them being the obstruction of the road
to Fort Myer, which road has been made
through private property without COM
pensation and without due process of
law.
Mr.. McCaull, the republican candi-
date for Governor of Virginia, left here
this morning for Louisa Court House,
where Senator Daniel was booked to
speak to-day.
People from Norfolk here to-day say
the last building on Cobb's Island has
been washed away by the sea and that
the island itself is submerged except at
low tide.
Attorney General Scott, of Virginia,
was here to-day on business with ex-
Solicitor Holmes Conrad, who is the
governments counsel in the case in
volving the boundary lines of the Poto
mac river.
People from Culpeper county, Va,
here to-day, say they don't think the
republicans there will make any nomi.
nations for county officers.
Able lawyers here say that if the
woman who escaped from Jail in Cuba
shall land in this country, and the
Spanish government shall make a de-.
mand for her rendition, that demand
will have to be complied with. They
also say that if the Spanish government
shall call the attention of the State Da.