Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Ale1andris Gazette

NUIu NnD1ll1SO 1O1N.
Correspondents Of the Ale1andris Gasette.]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 1894.
The q. S. Consul at Algiers reports
that the output of the Algerian pnos-
phate beds will be from $4,000 to 3o,-
0oOtons during the present year, against
5000 tons last year, and the North
African supply, which is apparently In
exhaustible, will seriously compete
with the American deposits, especially
in European markets. The Algerian
phosphate costs, delivered in England,
about Sc so a ton and only about 1919
a ton in Italy. The industry has bare
" been developed yet and in the next
fsw pears it is expected that African
phosphate will be shipped pro6tably to
America.
4 Virginia democrat here to-day,
who was al the political discussion at
| C%ulpeper on the 18th instant. says ne
is convinced from what he saw and
heard there that a movement is on foot
in mis- State to give Senator Danlels
seat in the q. S. Senate to Gov. OFer-
rail-, and that he is sorry to believe it
will succeed.
The passenger agents of all the
railroads here had a conference
with the chairman of the demo-
cratic congressional campaign commit
tee at democratic headquarters here
this morning in reference to the reduc-
ton in fare that will be made to persons
going home to vote at the coming cleo
ton. 1t is supposed that an agreement
will be made by which round trip tick
cts will be issued for the regular price
of one fare.
1t is rumored at the Treasury De-
partment to-day that the G. w. Wilson,
deputy commissioner of internal rev
enue, q republican, will be removed in
a short time and his place be filled by
an Alabama democrat not endorsed by
the congressman from his State, but
a personal selection of Secretary Car
Isle.
w. q. Pugh, Commissioner of Gus
toms, who was l~egislated out Of office
by one of the Dockery commission laws,
will be assigned within a short time as
chief of the special agents to be ap-
pointed in connection with the collec-
tion of the income tax.
The President to-day appointed Cen
eral William Ward Dufield of Detroit,
Michigan, superintendent of the coast
and geodetic survey to succeed I. c.
Mendinball. resigned. The position is
worth $4,000 per annum. In the late
war he went out as Lieut.. Colonel ofthe
4th Michigan Infantry, and was in the
FIRST battle of Bull Run.
1t having been printed in some of the
newspapers that Governor O'Fer1all
and Representative Tucker had recon-
mended the change of the lame of APP
| pomattox to Surrender, the GAzETTE's
| correspondent called at the Postotice
Department this morning to see if it
were possible that statement could be
rue. Assistant Postmaster General
! Maxwell instantly sent for all the pa
pers in The case, by which it is shown
that neither of the gentlemen referred
to had any thing to do with the matter,
and that the change was made solely
upon the recommendation of William
| Rosser, postmaster at that place.
Mr.. Rosser, at first recommended
"Rosser's' as the name, but as that,
according to Mr.. Maxwell, was too
much like the name of some other Off
ces, another one was asked for, and
Mr.. Rosser, in his letter, says the name
of Surrender has been suggested to
him by some Of the resesidents of the
place, and that he recommends Its
adoption. Mr.. Maxwell says he has
received no complaint aboutthe change
in the name from the people Of Apo
mattox, and would not have known
there was any objection to it except for
the newspapers.
Among the callers at democratic
headquarters here to-day was Mr..
E~;lyson, chairman of the democratic
Slate committee of Virginia. He says
the only doubtful district in his State is
The 2nd, and that if that goes all right,
the whole ten will elect democrats
to the next Congress. Atheadquarters
il. is said that Mr.. Ellyson is the most
active chairman the State committee
has ever had, and that wherever be
hears there is any difficulty or trouble
he goes there at once and always mana
g.s to settle it satisfactorily.
Catholics here say they are certain
that more trouble is to result to their
church from the advent of the PApal
delegate, and state, as of their owp
knowledge, that the Delegate or some Of
his few friends have preferred charges
against Archbishop Corrigan, of New
York, the most distinguished and pop.
ular church dignitary in the whole
country.
The tropical hurricane mentioned in
the special bulletin of yesterday re-
curved near Key West this morning
and at eleven o'clock a velocity ofSixty.
eight miles an hour from the south west
was reported from that station. 1t APP
pears to be moving very slowly north.
east, the wind having increased from
twenty-four to forty-eight miles al
Titusville, Fla, from s o'clock to noon
| Hurricane winds and high tides will be
experienced from the North Carolina
coast southwark.
LLIoUKALANI MAY SUE.-It is re-
ported that the errend- of H. A. Wide.