Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-04


created much interest among officials
today and calls attention to the neces-
si,v for a fiual disposition OF the bound
Among the nominations made by the
President TO day were the following:
]. NJ. Taylor, to be postmaster at Ash,
land; G. P. Nair, at Clifton Forge, aud
S II Hoge, at Roanoke, Virginia.
Senator Morgan said To-Day that 1t
was his purpose to introduce a resolu,
ton at an early date making second
call upon the President for the consul
lar correspondence beariug upon the
condition of affairs in Cuba. II think,
ne said. ''that the Senate and the couu-
trv are entitled to know officially what
the condition there is and that the re-
ports of the cousuls should not be with
held for an unusual length of time. He
said the resolution proposed by him
would be couched in terms demanding
the submission of the correspondence.
To.day's Cabinet meeting occupied
about three hours and at its conclusion
il was announced that nothing OF an
important nature had occurred. NO
formation of any character, 1t was
stated, had been received either from
General Lee or the court OF inquiry, nor
had any information so far obtained BY
the court or as to when the court would
conclude its investigation and make
its report. Whit.
The following fourth-clsss Virginia
postmasters were appointed to-day IS
follows Dulany, H. F. Scott; Elbs, I.
c. Greasy; Stockton, Lllile II. GraVeiy'
The hearts of the Daughters OF the
Revolution do not beat as one. Inc
new President General took matters 10
aer own hands ADD appointed a new
executive committee. The old com
mittee. who reside here and attended
to the business of the organization, very
naturally will have nothing more to do
with that business, and as the members
of the new committee reside IN different
parts of the country, the affairs of the
organization are in sad state of con-
fusion and disorder.
Il is reported here that Americans IN
Cuba say General Lee has been inform
ed that the native divers who have In.
spected the hull of the Maine have re-
ported to their government that the
bolts on the sides of the ship
are sheared so evenly in all cases
as to prove corclusively that the explc>
sion was from within. and not from the
outside of that vessel. The only word
received ut the State Department from
General Lee during the past twenty
four hours came in short cablegram
received last night addressed to Assist
ant Secretary Day. The Consul Cen
eral had formerly notified the depart
ment that, as one result OF his efforts to
amelioraie the condition Of the poor in
Havana. he had secured from the Span
ish authorities the use of large store
house, which be proposed to use as an
orphan asylum to shelter the many
little children left parentless by the
war. His cablegram of yesterday reads
rs follows
"HAvANA, March 3.
Have established asylum for desti-
tute small orphans, regardless of nation
atty. The money sent by you will be
applied to the purchase of food for said
orphans. Lee.
Last week Senator Hanna introduced
long list of bills to relieve citizens OF
Ohio from the charge of desertion, and
few days thereafter similar list 81
most as large was introduced by Mr..
Foraker of the same State. They will
Of course, be passed, aud immedatel
thereafter each of the men named there
III will apply for and be granted pen
5 on.
As Judge Hughes retired today from
MS position as judge OF the I. S. court
for the eastern district OF Virginia, it wat
supposed that Judge Waddill's nomina-
tion as his successor would be sent 10 tc'
lay, or within the next day or two. Il
ems to BIZ generally conceded that the
Judge will have the place without op
posltlo?, as the executive committee o.
tue republican party has endorsed him
Indeed, that committee has had the dis
oo.al OF all the federal patronage thai
nus been accorded Virginia, the LIANT
fiction having obtained none, and all il
SOW gone. Mr.. Hoge today got the
y, 500 postoffice at Roanoke. also or
;he committees endorsement.
The Senate claims committee, tc
which the Teller omnibus bill was refer.
red, has struck out the provision for re-
.uuding to the States the money they
'oanced the government during the
az, "ar % -at2. included in which was the
claim of ~ V,ro,, = amounting to over s
million dollars. a..oo
Gen. Walker says that the Co. '''c
election case of Thorp VS.. Epes, from
the Petersburg, Va, district, will be
called up in the House next Tuesday,
but if an appropriation or any other
bill be ready by that time, the election
case will go over.
The site on which the garbage of this
city is to be deposited below Alexan-
dria has cot yet been selected.
MIR. Hull, chairman of the House
military committee, says the Commits
sloner of Agriculture has said he would
come before his committee and state
his reasons for making an experimental
agricultural station on Il part of the Ar
lington reservation, and that as soon as
he shall do so, the committee will re-
port the Dill favorably.
The civil service commission has prepared
some information as to the effect of the en-.
act nent into law of the Evans bill now pend
ing in the House. The bill removes from the
operation Of the law all positions now in the
classified service below the 5000 and above
the 81 500 grade, besides limiting its sppli.
cation its application in other respects. Ac-