Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-27

eminent. l 90 DOC KNOW tudt oil tillhS
better than the repeal of the Sherman
act can be done to relieve the situation,
but am fearful that the repeal OF that
act would be disastrous to the finances
of the government and to silver.
Official changes were announced in
the Treasury Department to-day as fol-
lows: Appointed-Henry c. Klemm,
superintendent Of construction, public
building at Newark, NJ. Resigned
Jno. J. Hutchinson, collector OF internal
revenue, district of Connecticut; Isaac
MofIett, collector of internal revenue,
1st district of New jersey; John w.
Morton, shipping commissioner, San
Francisco; Julius S. Starr, collector of
internal revenue, 9Th district of Illinois;
John Stickette, collector of internal
revenue, 18th district of Michigan VIM.
II. Gabriel, collector of internal rev.
enue, 18th district of Ohio.
Recent reports received by the Ma
rine Hospital service f ON the cholera
infected ports of Russia indicate that
the disease is perceptibly diminishing
in the ratio of new cases reported. Dur
ing the week ended June 23rd there
were no new cases reported from Ham
burg and the healthof the city wasexcel-
lent. From the weekly bulletin issued
by the Marine Hospital service 1t ap,,
pears that during the week ended April
9th there were 241 cases and 6S deaths
from cholera in Padolia, Russia.
The Secretary of State has asked for
the cytradition of A. K. Reams. now in
custody at Vancouver, B. c., and want
ed in California for trial on charges OF
abduction and rape. The U. S. consul
at Vancouver has been instructed to
request the provisional detention OF
Reams, pending the arrival of the ex-
tradition papers.
The test Of the smokeless powder in
vented by Mason Leonard, of Virginia,
has proved so satisfactory that the
ordnance bureau of the War Depart
ment has ordered large amount of
the explosive sent to the Sandy Hook
Proving Ground for more thorough
test.
Congressman Meredith of the Alex
andria district is here to-day. We'd
nesdays and Saturdays are his regular
DAYS for coming here, but he was here
Yesterday and is to-day on special bust
ness for his constituents. This morning
he called on Commissioner Ross, the
so-called democratic member of the
board of District Commissioners, in ref
erence to his demand for the removal
of Yardley Brown of Loudoun county,
clerk in the District office, on the
charge of publishing filthy articles in
respect of the President. Mr. Ross told
him that he wants Brown retained, had
been to see the President in his behalf,
and that the board had determined that
Brown should be retained. Mr.. Mere
dith then asked him if he would make
that statement in writing, or if he,
Meredith, wrote it. would he sign it?
Mr.. Ross declined to do either. Then
Mr.. Meredith withdrew the papers he
had presented in the case, and with
drew himself also, stating that he would
publish them and let the people see
that republicans who published gross
and low personal abuse of the demo-
cratic President are retained in office
By the Commissioners Of the District OF
Columbia.
The President to- day appointed Rob
ert l.. Luckett to be U. S. marshal for
the western district of Louisiana from
July LIST, next.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Judge Goodrich of Fredericksburg, Nir-
gina. The Judge says the democrats
in his section of the State are more in
terested in having State Senator Little
nominated for Attorney General than
they are about having any body else
nominated for Governor. He says,
however, that Mr.. O'Ferrall has lost
ground in his section, and that Caro-
line and King William are solid for
Tyler and half of Spotsylvania and
Stafford. He also learns that half OF
the delegates elected in Culpeper yes
terday are Buford men.
Mr.. J. A. Van Auken, formerly a
prominent republican politician in Vir-
ginia, in reference to General Mahone's
reported retirement from politics, says
it was bad day fo- the General in
every way when he became a politician,
and that as for him, Van Auken, he is
going back to farming, which he should
never have abandoned.
Congressman Meredith succeeded to-
day in having Mr.. Busick of Louisa
county appointed to minor place in
the Interior Department.
The chief subject of talk here to-day
is about the money question. As an
ticipated in this correspondence two
weeks ago, financial panic is not only
approaching, but has already come.
The president of bank here to-day
told the GAzErTE's correspondent
that depositors in that bank were draw
ing their money out and locking it up
at home or in safe deposits. There are
safe deposit companies here which
also do business as savings banks. The
depositors in them, is is said, are draw
ing their money out over the savings
bank counter and putting it in over
that Of the deposit. A man yesterday
found it impossible to raise five thou
sand dollars on unincumbcred city prop
erty assessed at fifty thousand. The
condition now is apparent. What is
coming nobody knows, and, worse still,
no one knows how the existing bad car
be prevented for becoming worse.
Lawyer Andrew Lipscomb, who for
merly lived in Alexandria, has pur-
chased five acres of land in Alexandria
county, for which he paid 81, 900 an acre,
and has almost completed a Sl2, 900 resi-
dence on it.
SAD DEATHs.-Two unusually sad
9ooths occurred in Richmond within