Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

minister here. This afternoon Major
Heistand, of the army, will accompany
Mrs. Dole in social call on Mrs. Nc
Kinley. Tonight the entire Hawaiian
party probably will occupy a box at
one of the theatres.
President Dole was kept very busy
during the forenoon receiving callers.
Minister Hatch was early on hand and
was followed by ex- Minister Thurston
Senator Morgan of Alabama, who paid
an extended visit to the islands during
the last summer, and Mr.. Crosby
NJyes of Washington. In an inter
view President Dole, said: II shall call
on President Mckinley curing my stay
here and give him such information as
he may desire respecting pending
questions between the two countries.
expect to stay IN Washington until
the end of next week when our trip
homeward will begin. We shall 60
from here direct to San Francisco, TAX
ing the steamer there for Honolulu.
Certainly l should like to see the an
nexation treaty ratified by the Senate
before we leave, but we will not wait
If such is not the case"
The following fourth class postmas.
tiers in Virginia were appointed to-day
Tenth Legion, Samuel Y. Beam; Wa
chapreague, John E. Bradford.
The President to-day nominated
Hamilton Glover Ewart, of North Car
olina, to be district judge for the west.
cru district of North Carolina.
The Senate committee on military
affairs today reported iavorably bill
providing that cadets to West Point
should not be appointed unless they
are bona 6de residents of the districts
represented by Congressman making
the appointment.
The President, accompanied by bis
secretary, left here this morning for
New York, where he will attend the
banquet to be given tonight by the
National Association of Manufacturers.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Daniel pre-
sented petition OF the Richmond
Typographical Union, number ninety.
against the passage of the anti scalpers'
bill. Mr.. Daniel spoke until seven
o'clock last night in flvor of the Teller
r solution making United States SO
curities redeemable in silver. and con.
tinued his speech as soon as the morn
ing business of the Senate was con.
Guided.
The whole executive committee of
the Virginia republicans-except Gen.
Acknowledgements Brown and
Bowen and other we'll known republi-
cans from their State, were at the State
Department this morning, and waited
there long time, to urge the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Sam Lewis 10 the Colon
consulate. Mr. Kent, son of the ex-
Lieut.. Governor of the State, is said to
be an applicant for the same place, and
is reported to have the endorsement OF
General Walker.
The democratic member of the sub.
committee to whom the Thorp- Epes
contested election case was referred
has been notified that he must have his
minority report in that case ready
next week as the whole committee
wants to act upon it without
further delay. He replied that he
could no. we'll do so until he had read
The testimony, and that be would like
10 see the report of the majority before
he made his, but was told that he could
30 be allowed longer time, as some of
the members of the committee are de-
sirous of going home. The majority
report will of course be adverse to the
contestee.
Virginia republicans at the Hotel
Johnson to-day say that Colonel Nc
Caull, who was the republican candi-
didate for Governor of his State last
fall, is an applicant for the marshal
ship for the eastern district of that
State, now held by Captain Jack Hud-
gins.
Congressman Hay, Of Virginia, asked
Mr.. Speaker Reed yesterday to allow
him TO call up the bill to purchase from
Miss Randolph certain papers of
Thomas Jefferson for $4,000. but was
refused; so the bill will have to wait its
turn on the calendar.
Congressman Rixey went to the War
Department this morning to see about
the proposed bridge at Arlington. He
was informed that the borings and sur
veys for the bridge had been completed
and that the departments report there
on would be completed in about ten
days and then be sent to Congress. The
bill containing the appropriation for the
bridge was referred to the wrong COM
mittee, but will be sent to the right
one, that on commerce, the chairman
of which says be is in favor of it and
will have it considered as soon as pos.
sible.
A resident of Alexandris county hero to.
day SAYS as that county is now in complete
control of the republicans, the new road bill
for the county now before the Virginia leg.
islature must be in their interest, as it will
give them the powsr TO employ their own
friends in making repairs. He also says that
under the present road laws of the county all
the real Improvement to the roads there has
been done, while under ths law it superseded,
the roads vera just as bad year after they
had been improved as they were the year
before.
The labor people here who are trying to
have the right of suffrage restored to the
residents of this city say the Southern demo-
Gratis will vote for it to man, but that the
Northern republicans oppose it almost as
unanimously.
The NEW GRAND COMMANDER
Colonel John J. Williams, mayor of
Winchester, and lieutenant grand COM
mander of the Grand Camp Confederate
Veterans of Virginia, yesterday receiv-
ed official notification from Gen. Thos.
Elicit of his appointment to the grand