Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON, June 20. 1894.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, June 90, 1894.
The State Department has received g
dispatch stating that the budget pre-
scented to the Spanish Cortes by the
Colonial Minister of Cuba, to go into
force Oh the lst of July, imposes tran.
STORY import duty of "a per cent on all
the articles of American production
now exempted by schedule 4 of the
reciprocity agreement, between Spain
and the United States, and also chang
ing the terms on schedule B of the
same agreement so as TO make Amerl-
can wheat and -four pay whatever
duties may be charged on the same
articles from Spain.
The government expenditures for the
year ending June 80 will be SIS, 000, GOO
in excess of its receipts. Secretary
Carlisle last fall, III an official report
made to Congress, stated that the de-
felt for this year would be SIS, 100000.
The Carnegie 17-inch plate typical
of the armored barbettes of the battle
ship Indiana, 600 tons in weight, which
were promised for test at the naval
proving grounds this week, have not
vet been delivered to the navy yard 81
this city where it is to be secured
to the usual oak backing before being
transported to Indian Head, and its
test cannot therefore be made for at
lea another W eek.
Informer Sill appeared before the
armor plate investigating committee of
the House to-day and was requested 10
hold himself in readiness to appear
later. The committee has sent for Su
perintendent Cline, Of the Carnegie
works. From the evidence so far educed
it appears that about 90 per cent. of the
Carnegie armor was fraudulent.
Representative Wise of Virginia,
chairman Of the House commerce COM
mittee, which has the matter in charge,
says he thinks the Nicaragua canal bill
will be reported next week, and that it
will appropriate $4,000, 000 the money
to be raised by bonds, and not by the
coinage of silver.
The President told Congressman Ty-
Ter of Virginia this morning that he
had appointed Capt. Murdaugh of Nor
folk supervising inspector of steam
boats for the 3rd district. Mr. Tyler
to-day succeeded in having two repub-
lican time keepers in the Norfolk navy
yard replaced by two democrats.
Mr.. Frank Hume was at the Capitol
to-day with a petition from the peo-
pie of Alexandria county for the con-
struction OF memorial bridge across
the Potomac at Arlington. The Dis
trict Commissioners are in favor OF
such bridge, and Mr.. Hume says if the
solid Virginia delegation in both houses
of Congress would make such q thing
their personal business, bill to effect
the desired object could be passed at
this session Of Congress.
Arthur Root of Alexandria has been
granted a patent for a car coupler.
Among the forty-one successful can
didates for admission to West Point are
Fielding Lewis Marshall, f. Reymead
and Lttleton Tazewell Wake of Vir-
ginia.
Senator-elect Martin of Virginia was
here to-day on business connected with
the r. & D., now the Southern Rail
road Company.
The President to-day sent to the Sen
ate the following nominations: VIM
H. Murdaugh of Virginia, supervising
inspector of steam vessels for the third
district: VIM. ID. Bigler, assistant L. s.
treasurer at Philadelphia Shepard G
Young, assistant appraiser of merchan-
disc at Philadelphia; Christian a
Schaefer. surveyor of customs AT
Wheeling, W Va.
1t is understood that an entire reor-
glnization of the clerical forces Of the
various divisions of the Interior Depart.
ment will shortly be made. The reor-
ganization will be complete and will in.
volye reductions, promotions and in
many instances, if not dismissals, trans
fers TO other divisions will be made, al
first of clerks whom the Secretary feels
it good policy to transfer
1t is reported that when the internal
revenue portion of the new tax bill
shall be reached, the tax on whisky will
be fixed at 81.
The House military committee agreed
this morning to amend the bill gram
ing the Mt. Vernon Railroad the right
of way through Arlington, so as to re :
move the objections of the War Depart
ment, and will so report tomorrow.
A Virginia republican politician, here
to-day, says that most of his party in
his State are in favor of running con,
gressional candidates next fall, and that
it is believed there that General Ma
homes opposition such wise policy is in
spired by the hope that if there be no
such candidates he will still be looked
upon by the national republican party
as the head and front of that party
in his State.
The expected formal indictments of
the newspaper correspondents, Messrs.
Shriver and Edwards, were not handed
into court to-day by the grand jury.
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