Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-21
WASHINGTON NOTES
aa Alabama DeIeg atfsn Calls on the
President
nv telegraph 10 tho Dispaich.l


WASHINGTON, April 2O.--An Alabama dele.
cation called on the President snd talked
over matters pertaining generally TO the fn-
tufe Of the Republican party IN the state.
10 was composed OF Re-. W. Il. Pcttiford,
Captain l.. G. Jefers, OF Birmingham;
Philip Joseph, % Mobile; !. y. Carter, OF
Greenvile: a. n. johnson, OF PloctUn; l..
J. Brysn. o. MONTY omery, and j. +. wash
iugtOn, OF Selms.
BONDS ACCEPTED and REJECTED.
Bond offerings to-day aggregated 1925.
500. Accepted, So. 800 at lOS for ~ aud
100 for A. ore hundred thousand 4a's at
los! were rejected.
CHiNEss on Az INVESTIGATION TOUR.
A party Of four Cinnamon Of higb stand
ing in the Celestial empire arrived In town
this morning, and by direction OF the Chs
nese Minister took rooms Of the Arlington
Hotel. Their names are Y. ]. Foo, III. n.
KOo, II. +. SawaoIura. and Tson Foo. They
have come rs a special commission from the
Emleror, with instructions 10 investigate
the WAYS, manners. mears, ana methods oil
American civilization. They will be guided
by the Legation here TO large extent IN
their researches.
REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
The collections OF interD&-Tevenue during
the first nine months Of the present fiscal
wear were 800, 359, 44G, being an increase OF
81, 60j, 4S9 ~ compared with the collections
duuag Tue corresponding PERIOD OF the last
fiscal year. The collections were as fol-
lows ON spirits, Sj3, 2l2. 525. an increase OF
SO. Og7 900; on tobacco. 500, Si2, 1872, an IN
crease of s22s. 90; on fermcntcd liquors,
S26, G93. 208. an increase OF bi93,29 on
oleomArgarine, SGl9, $50, an increase OF SjO,-
$50; on banks ond bankers, $4,000. an in
crease OF s.. 64i: on miscellaneous, SGj,G59.
a decrease of S7c.572. Receipts for March
last were sl,00l, 74j greater than those for
March, 1888.
EMPLOYEES DISMISSED.
Secretary Rusk to-day dismissed eighteen
persons employed in the seed-rOom OF his
department, and will find il necessary IN
order 10 bring the expenses OF the depart
ment within the appropriateness for the cur
rent year TO close the operations OF that
division entirely. There are now LETT on the
roll about forty names. This week secretary
Rusk appointed three colored men "a watch
men aud messengers, making eleven colored
men in all.
BURIED AT SEA.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-Captain Fsrqu-
bar in a dispatch dated at sea on the Trenton
January 18th. while on her way to samoa,
reports the 0ealh or Iay-CleIk H. H. AlcN'
ander, OF that vessel, from yellow~fever on
the night OF January 18th. His disease was
contracted IN the line OF duty from necessary
exposure on shore at Panama while re-
ceiYing stores from New YORK ut the rail-
way station. Captain Farquhar says OF him:
''He was an honorable gentleman. much be-
loved by all on board" He was buried at
sea.
SUSPENSION or ORDERS.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-Secretary VIM
dom has directed the suspension OF the
orders issued by the Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue authorizing the sale OF spec
cal-tax stamps TO wholesale snd retail liquor
dealers 10 engage in business in Oklahoma.
The Secretary's decision is based on the
opinion that 1t would be palpsble violation
OF law TO transport liquor through the Indian
Territory, and that 1t would be impossible to
get liquor into Oklahoma without crossing
some portion Of the Indian country.