Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ~.

(Correspondance Of the Alexandra taSetue.J
WASHINGTON, Sept. ~.
The White House throngs had last
opportunity to see the President to day,
as the cabinet meeting tomorrow will
cut off most of the visitors, aud it is
expected that the President will leave
tomorrow evening for North Adams,
Mass, where he will be the
guest of Mr.. Plunket, an exten.
sive woollen manufacturer. General
Alger came over from the War Depart.
ment, accompanied by P. B. Weare ofthe
Alaska Trading Company. for the pur-
pose of completing arrangements for
relief measures for the Klonkike coun-
try, Senator's Thurston and Elkins
called, the latter desiring to have a
word with the President concerning
the discriminating tariff duties before
the appearance of the Attorney Gen.
erals opinion, which is expected
later in the day, according to
ths understanding at the White
House. Other callers were ex-
Representative McCreary. of Ken
lucky, and Judson Lyons, colored, the
candidate for the Augusta, Ga, post.
mastership. The killing of the colored
postmaster at Hogsnsyille, Ga, was
the subject of much comment among
colored men who called on the Presi-
dent. One of them, national commit
.eeman Hill, Of Mississippi, who was
postmaster at Vicksburg under the
Harrison administration, said that the
Hogansville incident was 10 no way
characteristic of the attitude of the peo,
pie of the South. The racial feeling
had been largely overcome, he said. and
such as existed was confined to the
smaller communities. Phe choice of
colored officials would not, he said,
lead to any general opposition 80 long
rs the men named were capable OF
transacting the public business.
Fourth.class postmssters were to-day
appointed in Virginia rs follows; Bat.
terry Park, h. G. Weston; Bright's, A. A.
Cnumley; Concord Depot, Socrates
Hayden; Goochland, ]. S. Peasants;
Haydensvilles David Watson; Melrose,
]. w. c. Armentrout; New Point, W.
o. Hudgins; Stevensville, w. A.
Brown; Tim, NJ. S. King.
Auditor Castle of the Postofice De-
partment has sent notices to four chiefs
of division and about twenty clerks in
his bureau asking them to show cause
why they should not De reduced in sal.
AIRY and position, with the END in view
of appointing other clerks to their
places.
1t is believed among officials here
t at the Senate of Hawaii has ratified
the treaty for the annexation of Ha-
wall to the United States.
The President to-day appointed Arch
ibald J. Sampson, of Arizona, Minister
to Ecuador, and E. q. Kennedy, OF
South Dakota, United States Marshal
for South Dakota.
All the leaders of the anti.Lamb wing
of the republican party in Virginia,
who were here last week, have gone
home except Collector Agnew, and he
will leave for Lynchburg this evening
or tomorrow. He says there is moth
ing new in the political condition of mis-
State, and he doesn't think the pro.
posed irregular convention of his party
will be as important body as some OF
its promoters suppose. Collector Ag'
new to-day appointed G. W. Putanm,
of Fairfax county, and Thos. II. Nor
gan, of Alexandria, temporary special
deputies in his district.
The report of the armor plate board,
now being prepared, will be chiefly
upon the facilities for obtaining coal,
iron ore without sulphur, and crude Pc
troleum. though there may be an alln-
sion in it to the site of. a government
plant. For that plant it is understood
six buildings will be necessary. square
long and 100 feet broad. Friends of
Alexandria here have been doing what
they could in favor of having the plant
located in that city.
People living less than ten miles north
of thin city, here to day, say there was
"spit" of snow at their homes this
morning.
The officers of the Virginia demo.
cratic association of this city will meet
tonight to arrange plans for the COM
ing campaign in their State.
Senator Martin and Representative
Hay, of Virginia, left here yesterday
evening for Front Royal. The latter
will go to Madison Court House and
speak there. They both say the demo.
cratic party in their State is now rest
ing quietly and comfortably, with moth.
ing to disturb its equanimity.
On Saturday evening last the famous
John Nelson, who lives here, but
holds the tort in Alexandria county,
called at Mr.. Frank Hume's counting
room and expressed regret for his vio-
lenoe toward Mr.. Hume at St. Elmo on
the evening before, and thanked Mr..
Hume for preventing him from in
Turing Offut, the man he was assaulting.
Magistrate Supplee of the county has
expressed wish to issue warrant for
the arrest of Nelson, but says the 9th
ar magistrates of the county have "the
books" containing the forms of war
rants, and that he cannot get such
books.
Mr.. John Wise, who was here last week
and responded in kind to General Fitzhugh
Lees advance toward reconciliation, in the
presence of the President, said subsequently
he was glad he and the General had made
up" that there really WAS nothing at all about
which they should have fallen out, and that
their respective families had always been on
God terms, even though he and the General
dill speak when they passed each other.
The Columbia Typographical union Of this
city, at its meeting last night adopted reso.
luton requesting the President to exempt the
employees of the Government printing Office
from the operation of the civil service law.