Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Aexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1894

LOuSo vi bOOu 1cup iaio VI ~ Si"tAi
praying for the appointment of COM
mittee to inquire into tine liquor traffic;
also papers 10 accompany that bill for
the claim of Gurden Chaplin.
Virginia has two applicants for. the
consulate at Dundee, Scotland, J. NJ.
Kilgour, of Loudoun county, and MIR.
Cameron, of Petersburg. The former
i, endorsed by Senator Hunton and the
latter by Representative Epes.
The dispatch from Constantinople,
publishes in the Temps Of Paris, and Ca
bled to this eountay, stating that Mr..
'r.rrall. the United States minister to
Turkey. has threatened to send an
ironclad to secure the enforcement Of
his demand for the release of the two
American citizens of Armenian birth,
imprisoned in northern Syria, is not
credited at the State Department, as
such action would be unwarranted but
in view of what Ministers Egan and
Stevens have done, it. is credited by
many outside of that department.
AT Tabor, Washington county, Va,
Dulany Lonard was appointed postmas-
ter to. day, vice Robert Pitts, resigned.
According to the returns to the De
partment of Agriculture for the month
of February which relate to cotton, the
general average or average for the
country is 80.
The impression at the Senate to-day
is that the tariff bill will be reported TO
that body from its finance committee
on Thursday next, and that, as hereto
fore stated in this correspondence, 1t
will provide for a revenue duty on
sugar, coal and iron. Before Chairman
Wilson, of the House ways and means
committee went away, he SAID SUCH
amendments to the House bill would
not be Objectionable to the House, pro
vided the bill be sent back to that body
speedily.
Senator Hill left for New York last
night, but will be back in time for the
meeting of the Senate judiciary com
mittee next Monday, at which the vote
on the confirmation Of Mr. Peckham
for Associate Justice of the l. 5. Su-
preme Court will be taken. New evil
dence against the propriety OF confirm
inc that nomination has been received
here. and it is confidently expected
thatiupon it the committee will make
an adverse report.
Secretary Herbert has received the
following cable message from Rear Adj
miral Benham, dated Rio yesterday :
This morning sharp engagements at
Aria Point, resulting in some insurgent
success Aria Point is the extreme
end Of the small peninsula on which
Nictheroy is situated, across the bay,
six miles east of Rio. With Nictheroy
in their possession. the insurgents would
practically control Rio harbor and be
in position to make a successful bonn
bardment of the city proper if the for
eign commanders would permit. Adj
niral Bendham's dispatch is under
stood TO mean that while the insurgents
repulsed the government forces, they
did rot capture Aria Point.
4 heartless case of immigrants de-
serline an insane child has been caus-
inc the Treasury Department troub'e.
The parents named BethSe came from
Germany and landed at Boston. An
insane daughter, Is years oiage, named
Albertine, was debarred from landing
under the immigration law. The ships
officers then asked the parents if they
would not return to Germany with the
child. but they deserted her and pro-
ceeded to Kansas, their destination.
The child is in the care of the treasury
authorities and the case has been the
subject OF much correspondence be-
tween Superintendent Stump and the
commissioner ofimmigration at Boston.
People from Petersburg, Va, here to-
day say they don't know when they
will have democratic postmaster, as
their representative in Congress has
recommended one man, Senator Hun
ton another, and Senator Daniel still
another,
Congressman Wise of Virginia was
made happy to-day by being informed
1t the Postoffice Department that his
recommendations for the postoffices at
Richmond and Ashland had been
adopted. and that the nominations OF
Mr.. ". II. Cullingworth for the former
and Mr.. G. R. Nixon for the latter
would be sent to the Senate next week.
Senator PETERS report on the de-
pressed agricultural condition of the
country, soon to be published, attrib-
utes that condition to the railroads,
mills and packing houses, combined
in other words, to the concentration OF
the great moneyed interests of the
country.
Congressman-elect Turner from the
9TH Virginia district has not yet re-
ceived his credentials, and of course has
not vet been sworn into Office. He says
he understands the delay is the result
Of informality in the returns from the
town of Charlottesville, which have
been sent back twice for correction.
Congressman Tyler has been prom
ised that the force at the weather sta
ton at Norfolk will be increased.
Secretary Herbert having appointed
an Alabama boy to o cadetship belong
ing to South Carolina district, and
the matter having been brought to the
attention ofthe House naval committee
that body has reported bill compell-
ing the Secretary to Gil such vacancies
hereafter from the districts in which
they occur and authorizing the ap-
pointment of a cadet in the South Caro-
| lima district referred to.
Several of the GAZETTE's subscribers
here complain of the delay and irregu-
larity in the reception of the paper.
The Moody meetings here continue
as attractive as eyer and are attended
by large crowds. One OF the regular
nightly attendants is Justice Harlan of
Tho IL : Gunremc Court. who OccupicS