Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
of the Alexandria Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Alexandrla eazotVc.l
WASHINGTON. April II. 1898.
The Navy Department has been adj
yised of the arrival at Fortress Monroe
of the British vessels that are to par
ticipate in the naval rendezvous and
review. They are as follows: The
Blake. armored cruiser, 5000 tons; the
Australia, armored cruiser, $500 tons;
the Magicienne, protected cruiser, 1850
tons: the Tartar, partially protected
cruiser, /, 40 tons, and the Partridge,
partially protected cruiser, 755 tons:
The Blake is of 90, 900 horse power, and
much the largest in this respect of any
ship that will take part in the
manoeuvres, domestic or foreign.
Thentxt larg, st vessels in lover
will be the Argin cent protected
cruiser Nueve de Julio, H..
500 horse power; the German protected
cruiser Kaiserein Augusta, 12.6Oo horse
power, the Russian armored cruiser
PamiaUe Azova and the Spanish pro.
tected cruiser Rcina Regente, each OF
II 800 horse power. ID,
Messrs. Cramp and Sons, the builders
of the cruiser New York, have notliled
Secretary Herbert that the vessel Is
ready for inspection.
When the Senate adjourned Satur-
day there remained upon the calendar
seven nominations Enacted upon. The
adjournment nullifes all of them, but
there is nothing to prevent the Presl-
dent appointing them again in recess.
The treaty between the governments
of the United States aud Ecuador by
which the United States is given the
right to acquire coaling station on the
Galapagos Island failed of sratifi-
cation by the Senate because of the
pressure of other business. While the
Galapagos are several thousand
miles distant from Honolulu, they are
so situated that vessels on the west
coast of South America could easily
reach them and take on enough coal to
proceed to Hawaii under full speed, an
impossible thing with the present
meagre allowances for coal and the
difficulty of procuring it in the Pacific.
The treaty does not become void by
the failure of the Senate to ratify it and
it will be taken up at the next session.
Secretary Carlisle absolutely declined
this morning to outline his future IL
nancial action, preferring to await
the arrival of the emergency be-
fore indicating what he will do: He
had this morning an extended inter
view with Senator Sherman who has
been twice Secretary of the Treasury
and this afternoon he will confer with
the President. Both Secretary Car
Isle and the President have been inun-
dated all the morning with kilograms
from New York and other points. The
order for 81 100000 of gold engaged for
export tomorrow reduces the free gold
in the Treasury to about 100000
1t is said at the Treasury Department
to-day that Secretary Carlisle's order
prohibiting the issue of any more gold
notes will tend to prevent the hoading
of gold as gold owners will no longer
be allowed to deposit it in the Treasury
as special deposit, subject to their order
whenever called for. 1t is also said
that unless the export of gold shall ex-
coed all present expectations the pub
lie debt will not be increased by the sale
of more bonds, and that to meet small
demands the one hundred million gold
reserve fund will be trenched upon.
One hundred and thirty-one fourth
class postmasters were appointed to-day
of whom forty-one will take the places
of removed republicans. The changes
in Virginia were as follows: Carriers
vile, Cumberland county, J. ii. Duke,
appointed postmaster, vice c. ID. Elan
agan, removed; Comon Well, Sussex
county, 2. l.. Graves, vice w. T. Free
man, resigned; Jamestown, James City
county, G.. w. Bedell, vice F.S. Brown,
resigned: Partlow's, Spotsylvania coun-
ty, Mis-. r. w. Smith, vice H. Schulze,
resigned Steeleville, Southampton
county, Sheddy Mitchell, vice +. l..
Gray, resigned.
On Saturday last Representative
Meredith did as he had previously said
he would do in the case of his demand
for the removal of Yardly Brown, an
active republican partisan, from his
clerkship in the District Office, with
drew the papers from that office, and
will deliver them to the President, and
thus as ne says 90 for bigger game than
Brown. Mr.. Clements Of Alexandria
county says that in the case referred to
the people of his county stand by Mr..
Meredith and that his demands are
theirs.
All the white republican Auditors Of
the Treasury have been removed, but
Lynch, the negro fourth auditor, before
whom all the naval officers have to go
with their accounts, still retains his
office and draws his salary.
The Supreme Court of the United
States to-day decided the long pending
suit ofthe Pattawatomie Indians against
the United States, involving the settle
ment of accounts beginning with the
administration of General Washington
in 1895 and extending down to the pre-
sent year. Judge Critcher of Alexan-
dria has conducted this suit and res
covered judgment to-day for one hun
dred and forty-six thousand five hun
dred dollars, and thus ended the long
contest.
Congressman Springer went to the
Postollice Department to-day and in
quired if republican who had been ap-
pointed postmaster in his State by Mr..
Harrison short time before the eXpira-
ton of his term to fill vacancy &C.
casioned by the death OF his republican
predecessor, would hold the place for
the remainder of the term for which his
predecessor was appointed, or for new
whole term? He was informed that the
republican referred to would hold for a
full term and that that term would date
from the day he took charge of the