Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, AUGUST II.

WASHINGTON, August IL.
1t Unsupported here to-day that Secreta-
~ Foster Of the Treasury Department
and Secretary Elkins of the War De-
partnent have each subscribed $1,000
TO fund that is being raised with
which to buy votes in the southern
States, and will give more if deemed
requisite. This is in addition to their
subscriptions to the regular national
republican campaign fund, and will, it
is understood, be expended in the States
of North Carolina, Tennessee and West
Virginia A democratic Senator now
here, when he heard Of this report to-
day, said: "Ycs, money is used now,
because it is easy to do so, but before Il
very long time arms will be substituted
for it, and then we'll be like the South
American republics. The handwriting
is on the wall"
The Mr.. Clark, who got the contract
for removing the garbage of this city,
and who is reported to have sold it to a
Baltimore company ut Il net profit OF
twelve thousand dollars, is leading re-
publican Of Fairfax county, Virginia,
having settled there since the war. The
bad way in which the contract is being
executed is the cause of great complaint
among the housekeepers here.
The report Of the receivers of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad, to be
presented TO the U. S. court for the
Virginia circuit next Tuesday, is al
most completed at the office Of the COM
paay in this city, and will, it is under
stood, show such excellent manage
ment that the term of the present re-
ceivers will probably be extended.
A large framed building is being
erected on Pennsylvania avenue in
front of the market house and near the
corner of eth street, as headquarters Of
the G.. A. R., which will meet here next
month. The present sidewalk on eth
street from the market house to Penn
sylvana avenue will be made part of
the street, so as to make more room for
the travel there, and slice of the adj
Joining lot, on which the transfer shed
now stands, will be cut off and made
into new sidewalk to the market.
Judge Tebbs and Sheriff Russell and
Deputy Sheriff Russell, all of Loudoun
county, Virginia, passed through here
this morning on their way to Cape May.
People from Alexandria county here
to-day say that while the work OF
building railroad from Waterloo sta
ton, on the Alexandria and Washing
ton road, to the south end of the Aque-
duct bridge, has not yet been actually
commenced, it certainly will be in a few
days, and that it will be completed in
time to accommodate the travel to Ar
lington at the annual meeting of the
G. A. r. here next month. They also
say that the Washington and Arlington
Railroad is complete failure, and that
the scheme to change its route so as to
cross the Potomac by ferry boat at
Analostan Island is vainer still. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, they say,
is buying the right of way for crossing
the Potomac near the chain bridge and
for connecting with the Virginia Mid
land Railroad at Fairfax Station and
with the Richmond and Fredericks-
burg Railroad at Quantico, and will
soon commence work.
Minister Egan has definitely agreed
with the CHILEAN government upon a
convention for the adjustment of all I'M
adjusted claims of citizens ofthe United
States against Chill by means ola claims
commission to meet in Washington.
No general claims convention has ever
been celebrated with Chill, and claims
of American citizens date back for more
than half century, though the greater
portion of them have their origin in the
Gillian Peruvian war twelve years ago.
The Danish Minister has notified the
State Department that he has been in
formed by his government of the con-
fessjop Of Consul Ryder. The depart