Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17
ATTHE WHITE HOUSE
w,ppnL. AGSEw, AND BowDEN
SEE TIE PRESIDENT.
OFFICE DISPENSERS PLEASED.
An Important Consular Appoint
mt 10 IL Said, VIII Soon Re
ussr-oi'ii-ser'ice Case of Inter
c.t--Othcr Notes.

v.te-Civil-scrNicc Case of Inter.
c.t-Othcr Notes.
WASHINGTON, September ie.-fspe.
.sl-rhc White House was thronged
with visitors to-day, and the President
as Kept busy until late in the afternoon.
Ammc the callers accorded a hearing
sFe Edmund Waddil, Collector Agnew
,si mathematician Bowden Of
Nrgaa They were closeted with Mr..
Mckinley for over an hour, during
shb ume the political situation and
tme agpointments were discussed. but
lie seHIemen decline TO state exactly
shat tanspired. Ii was easy TO see.
s.roer. from the smiles and self-satis-
tsi aemcanor Of the Virginia ofiice-dis-
tssus Trio that they were greatly
eas.- with the conference with Mr.
NEn.cy. 1t is understood that an inn
,uaa, appointment In the consular ser
81, las been made. and that the an
r.rccment OF 1t Will be made in a few
days
captain Benjamin c. Cook, of Rich
rad. who was Collector Of Customs in
d.. ety under the Harrison Admins
ral,1. is candidate for reappolnt-
ns 10 that position. lie filed his appli-
.aor at the Treasury Department and
w.. 40 the White House. but did not
.a-ceed N getting an audience with the
P,l dent. Captain Cook is well known
So Richmond as the head Of the Freed
rsas Bureau there, as long as Ii was in
existence,
captain Cook is said TO be strongly
mlorsed, but ne is not the choice Of the
Executive Committee. who have another
u.a slated for the place, said 10 be
john s. Bethel who will be the success
O.. candidate.
1t IT, a. Friend. OF Augusta county,
tal Miss Meta Stockton OF Staunton.
&c., arrived In this city yesterday, stop
pel at a private clearinghouse, and to-
Gsy procured the necessary license and
we're quietly married.
Marriage licenses have also been
Issued 10 the following: Luther Redman
g. Katie Brown. of Alexandria county
III
~ Chcrrydale. Va. Roster G.. Swart Of
Prince william county, Va, to Lizzie
T. Hackley. Of Rappahannock county
Va. Edwin +. Ward to Irene o. Smith,
Of arlottesville, Va.
Mr Alexander j. Wedderburn. Of Alex
0u4ra was to-day appointed spe-
ca agent Of the Agricultural Depart
meut 10 investigate and report upon the
adlter8tion OF foods. at a salary of 800
ger month. Mr. WedderbuTn will begin
ts ltbo.s where this work was left of
by ex-Secretary Sterling Morton The
appointment was made upon the merit
Of SIR. Wedderburn, and regardless Of
politics..
THE MEMPHIS OF TODAY.
Mr. Eugene Darlington. who has been
visiting friends i'm Richmond and his
r1usins. Mrs St John and Miss Ada Car
rngton. at Fredericksburg, was at the
Metropolitan to-day on the way to his
home in Memphis. lie was very much
Concerned about the progress of the yell
low-fever. but was hopeful that II would
not effect a lodgment at Memphis. lie
fid. we have already quarantined
sfsinst IL. and the Board Of Health has
li0pted every possible precaution. we
f.ve built almost a new city in the last
Feht years We have the best watered,
f.st severed, and best paved city in the
south Our water supply is excellent. 1t
sr comes from Artesian wells, averaging
al feet deep, and the water is clear
healthy. and ample In quantity. our
sewer system is one Of the best in the
.'intry. and our streets are kept as clean
as the floor Of this hotel. With these
conditions. and with the precautions al
ready adopted. / am hopeful that the
dreaded malady will not reach US"
SIR Darlington left for Memphis TINS
evening
Mr.. George King. a well-known COM
uercial traveller, says that prosperity
Dot OF the Mckinley type-is visible every
where in New York. the streets being
most impossible by reason Of heavily
laden wagons. and yet thronged with
pedestrians and the hotels being crowded.
Personal NOTES.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Parham, Mrs. G.
a Slaughter. Mrs. r. -. Mcllwaine
Mrs. Friend. Miss Eliza McLevy, Mr.. TN
ierwood. and Mr.. II. NJ. Hope comprise
, touring party from the thrifty town OF
petersburg. who stopped at the Metro
1oitan. and left to-day for Niagara Fans
Ind various resorts and points OF interest
n Canada.
colonel c. +. Wingo. of Governor
l'Ferralls stan. from Richmond; MISS
4. Harrison. Of stanton; A. T. Patter-
.on OF Petersburg. and NJ. w. Ransom,
lf North Carolina, are at the MetropoH-
e.. A. Page and wife. Richmond Va
The Jefferson.
DuP. cutler. Jr. Wilmington, n. c."
Mrs. N. Hildreth. Virginia; NJ. Parrish
Vireinia-Tho National.
sergeant Jones A. Otey OF the Rich
roud police force. was In the city yes |
,rdav in charge of a party of Masonic |
,oetonians. who were Sightseeing.
r NJ turner. Norfolk-The St James. |
r-,ins from the far South are crowded |
sth refugees from New Orleans and |
..bar points threatened with yellow
ever who are fiocking TO Virginia ana |
1tber mountain summer resorts.
KE1M CIVIL~SERVICE CASE.
cl,,il-service reformers are much inter-
.sfad in the outcome OF the suit of Nor
Hs Koim. formerly OF Farmvile Va. |
lea ln the Court Of Claims against the
-rited states on July o. 1895. The
'ourt will render decision at the COM
nencement OF the fan term which be-
Ins october 18th. Keim, who Is an ex-
Tnion soldier passed a civil-service eX-
mination May s. 1883, and was appoint
d Clerk in the dead-letter Office at
aiary Of $500 a year. After serving in
he dead-letter office a year or so, at
is own request he was transferred 10
he Sixth Auditors Office. Treasury De-
"a rtmcnt on March l6 1895, at his own
quest. he was transferred from the
til Auditors Office 10 the Interior De-
rtment. and assigned TO a clerkship
the Pension Bureau, at salary of