Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. Nav 9.

People from Loudouu county, Vir-
ginia, here today, say that at q small
meeting in Leesburg yesterday, full
delegation was appointed to represent
that county in the anti-Martin conven-
ton to meet in Richmond tomorrow.
The testimony, not the report OF the
court of inquiry, in the embalmed beef
case, has already induced the German
government to put prohibitory tariff
on Swift and Armour's packed meat,
the sort with which the army was sup
piled. and its example will, it is expect
ed, be followed by all other foreign
governments.
Captain Willard has informed the
Washington and Falls Church railroad
that he never proposed to the Mt. Yer
non electric railroad company to eX
tend its line from Arlington to Fairfax
Courthouse, and that its proposition to
him to extend its line from Falls
Church 10 Fairfax Courthouse had bet
ter be made to the company that wa;
trying to have road built from Ar
lingtou Junction to Fairfax Court
house, OF which he is president. In re
spect of the Washington and Fall;
Church railroad, which runs from the
Aaueduct Bridge to Falls Church, it i:
said to be included in the list of roads
that have been combined under the
management of Mr.. F. G. Stevens.
The talk about the resignation o.
Secretary Alger has been revived by the
failure OF the court of inquiry even te
mention his name in its report, though
it was convened in order to e1cuipate
him, But people who know him and
the President say the former will never
resign and that he knows too much fol
the latter to dare to remove him.
Up to noon the War Department Off
Gals have received no further news
from Otis; neither has the State De-
partment heard from Schurman.
William E. Elicit was appointed post
master at Blacksburg, Va, today.
Capt. Coghlan informs the Navy De-
partment by telegraph that the cruiser
Raleigh is aground off Charleston. He
states that the vessel has sustained no
damage and that she will get of at
high tide tonight.
The contract for distributing govern
ment seeds this year has been awarded
by the Secretary of Agriculture to Chas.
Parker, of Santa Clara, California.
Ex-Governor Jackson OF Maryland,
who is largely engaged in the lumber
trade,is closing up his retail business in
this city, and will hereafter sell nothing
less than a carload. He owns several
large saw mills in the South and has
lust purchased a seventy. five thousand
dollar tract of timber land in that sec.
ton.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia, who is still
here, says the proposed gathering IN hlch'
mond tomorrow will amount to little or moth
ing, that Senator Martin will be reelected
that the democratic party in his state Is IN
better condition now than it has been for
years and has solid delegation IN both
branches OF Congress. He also says the State
will give the Chicago platform and ticket a
larger majority next year than she old IN
1896.
Mr.. E. N. Harper, president of the Virginia
democratic association of this city, will attend
the anti-Msrtin meeting in Richmond tomor.
row, though not as representative OF that
association, but as delegste from Loudoun
county.
A steamboat man here today, talking about
the Alexandria ferry, said the boats on 1t are
entirely too slow and are not attractive, and
that if they were taken off, company here
is ready to put on first class boats that
would make the trip in twenty minutes WIN
ter and summer, with no obstruction in the
former and delightful breezes in The latter.