Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
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Secretary Doyle, Of the civil service
commission, has gone to Richmond, Va,
to investigate the action of the internal
revenue collector for that district in
discharging all the old deputies and ap-
pointing new ones not duly certified by
the commission. The collector claims
that the civil service com mission failed
to supply him with eligible registers.
Complaint has been made to the COM
mission that the entire proceeding was
contrary to the civil service regulations.
The findings of the commission based
on Mr.. Doyle's report will be reported
to the Secretary of the Treasury.
J.B. Webster was to-day appointed
postmaster at Springman, Va, a fourth
class Office.
Following is summary of the re-
ports in regard to the yellow fever de-
velopments of yesterday received by
the Surgeon General of the Marine
Hospital Service: Biloxi, II new cases,
one death; Ocean Springs, no new
cases and no deaths; Scranton, two
cases and one death; New Orleans, %
cases and two deaths; Cairo, no cases
and no deaths; Atlanta, no suspicious
cases in the city or on the trains.
The following presidential appoint
ments were announced to-day: John
T. Dare, appraiser of merchandise for
the district of San Francisco; Joseph
E. Lee, collector of customs, district of
| ST. Johns, Fla; Dennis Egan, post
master, Jacksonville, Fla; Parker c..
Kelloch, surgeon in the Marine Hos
! pital Service.
Mr.. B. 81. Warner, of this city, but q
voter in Maryland, is now engaged IN
an effort to conciliate the two republic
can factions there, but finds it hard
work. The A. P. AS have declared
against Congressman Mudd. who help
ed TO turn Senator Wellington down.
Mr.. J. E. Clements, real estate
agent in this city, for Chairman Ellyson
of the Virginia democratic State COM
mittee, as trustee for the Old Dominion
Trust Association, yesterday sold a
house and one acre of ground at Cherry
Dale. Alexandria county, belonging to
r. 81. Young for S1325. The debt for
which it was sold amounted to $1,000.
Mr.. Pat McCaul has returned from
Virginia, where he has been promoting
the convention wingof bis party: he says
the republicans of Orange, Fauquler,
Fairfax and Alexandria counties held
meetings Yesterday and appointed full
delegations to the coming State conven-
ton of their party. In Fauquier county
the delegation is composed of w. 3.
Strother W. J. Skinner, ]. S. Owen, B
G. Middleton, Chas. Williams, j. 7.
Simpson, E. L. Childs, E. B. Gere, E..
D. Helm, J. B. Flynn, ]: NJ. Johnston,
E. D. Eustace, George Colyin, ). L..
Strother and Colonel D. l.. Payne.
Col. Daniel L. Payne was nomi-
mated for the legislature. In Orange
county the county committee met and
endorsed the Organization" In Fair
fax, among the delegation are Messrs
Sisson, Wright, Swiggart, Mohler and
DR.. Brooks. The anti-conventionlsts IN
Loudoun county, Mr.. McCaull says,
rendered their inconsistency ludicrously
| apparent by making nomination for
| the legislature, as the democratic ma
| iorIty there is Overwhelming. Loudoun,
bowavaf he says, will be represented
in the convention. MIR. McCanli speaks
in The most sanguine terms y. Inc pros
poets of the coming State convention,
10 respect of numbers, ability and re-
spectability.
The weekly crop bulletin to day says
the week has been exceptionally dry,
and upon the whole very favorable for
maturing and gathering crops.
The board appointed by the Navy
Department to consider the needs OF
the navy in the matter of new dry
docks has submitted its report. Among
ts recommendation is one for dry
dock at Norfolk, 500 feet long, cost
81, 100 900, (engthening stone dock,
$3.50, OOO), to be completed 10 two years.
Also at Newport News steel floating
dock and moorings (alterDate to Nor
folk concrete dock). cost $3.50, 900, to be
completed in ten months. At Norfolk
the improvement is contingent upon
channel improvements. As to New
port News, the board reports that the
shipbuilding company there contem-
plates building second large dry dock
and is willing to enter into any fair
agreement with the government as 10
It's use, being governed also by the
wishes of the department. as to dimen-
sions and material.
Gen. Eppa Hunton, who is attorney
for the Cramps in their million and half
dollar suit against the government, has
now been engaged in the same capacity
in large claim from New Orleans un-
der the Bowman act. For other claims
under that act, the payment of which
will, it is expected, be provided for at
the next session of Congress, his fees
will amount to SIC, 900.
1t is reported here that the republi.
cans of Alexandria county and city will
nominate for the legislature ex-senator
Henderson or ex- Representative Bur-
dett, both of whom are now residents
of the former. The county people say
if their representatives had 8 strong
backing, they would be more influential
in the promotion of Alexandria's inter-
ests by the government.
It is probable that Jose Ventre, the anarch-
st recently expelled from France, will be
sent back to that country. United States
Consul Mcguire, writing from Tampico
Mexico, says that this action will likely be
taken by the Mexican authorities. Every
effort to get Ventre into the United States 80
far has failed, and it is believed that the
Mexican officials will no longer tolerate Ven.
tres presence in that country.
Captain August E. Blom has left here for
Norfolk, whore he will take charge of the
new Diamond Shoal lightship. 1t is expected
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