Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-03-19

The cotton and wooden industries have
suffered heavily. The supplies furnish
ed the United States troops have at
tracted the notice and envy OF Gil other
Municipalities, including the merchant
as we'll as the soldier, an advertise
meut that could not we'll have been
procured in any other manner"
President and Mrs. Mckinley reach
ed Washington from Canton this alter
noon.
Mr.. Frank Hume, Alexandria's dele
cate to the General Assembly OF Fir-
oinis. who has been seriously Ill here for
some time, is go much improved tnat
the people at his store on Pennsylvania
avenue expect him there tomorrow
A we'll known, and knowing demo-
cratic politician from the lower Valley
Of Virginia, here today, says that while
Clarke and Warren counties, composing
ons legislative district, will each have
a candidate for the constitutional con.
ventiop. he thinks that Mr.. A. Moore OF
the former will be the succe s:ful man:
He also Gays the prospects OF q good
wheat crop in his section are more iav.
orable than were those OF several
previous years. He says the old May
Conference feeling seems to be mani.
testing itself in the gubernatorial fight
and to be helping Mr.. Swanson, as
MANY good and true democrats don't
like kickers or those who support them.
While some democrats and republican,
were talking in the Riggs House today sbou'
the recent funerals Of Queen victoria ana OK,
President Harrison, one OF the former SAID
Mr.. Harrison wss great man and deserved
great funeral. republican friend replied
That he thought Mr.. Cleveland was greste'
man aad a greater patriot. Patriot" en-
l.imod democrat. "Yes," replied the repuo
lican. ale broke up the democratic party
The laugh was on the former, and he took nc
interest in the rest Of the conversation.
The report mentioned 10 the Gazette last
week that the Alexandria electric railroad
company had bought the Alexandra ferry
line is now current here everywhere, VIII
various additions, one to the effect that the
Pennsylvania railroad company, with which
the Alexandria company 10 said to be connect
ed. has several idle boats, one or t NO OF which
will BE- brought here and put on the line, &C
az TO make the tips more frequent, and thus
enable the road to reduce the number OF IT
trains. The president Of the II I'D, however
saws that while negotiations for the purchase
of the ferry line by bis company have been IL
progrsss for some time, nothing has besn set
lied definitely, but it Is certain that the own
ers of the Randall line have bought The tw'
boats thu ferry company has been RAINING
on the lower Potomac.
TIE weather here today was that OF May
bright balmy and too warm for winter cloth
ing, but business was dull and the streets com
pirstively deserted. The hotel keepers 80,
their trade was never duller.
A successful business man OF this city talk
log todsy about the unsatisfactory CONDITION
of the Alexandria ferry line, said now is tn
time for Mr.. Callahan to put his idea INT
practical shape by running 8 frst-clsss boat
to make the trip in twenty minutes, and lesv
each end Of the route every hour from day
light until midnight.
Congressman Livingston, Of Georgia, wit
has been i'll at his homo here and has beef
delirious at times, is reported much bette
this morning.
The following changes in the fourth elias
postofices Of Virginia were made today
Great Bridge, Norfolk county. ]. j. Riddici
appointed postmaster, vice q nj. Hall. re-
moved; Oldenplace, Dinwiddie county, Z. &
Mckinney, vice G. W. McKenney, dead
Tug, Grsyson county, ]. A. Farmer, vice W
w. Rash, dead.
Some hams cured in the 9Th congressional
district Of Virginia, and not very good look
ing or we'll smok ed hams at that, were self
here today at fifteen cents pound. Ii th
Virginia farmers who sold their whole hogs
the low rates prevailing last winter hal
put np their bacon themselves, as their father
used to do, they wouldn't be as POOR as the.
ere.
At the brokers' Offices here today cottol
was quoted weak, wheat and corn steady AM
slack and stocks OF all sorts as booming.