Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
TCorrespon leuce of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June "a.

h, arine of this act upon the revenue.
on June 1st the government deficit Tor
the fiscal year to date was SlI ,ooO,o'o
l.i the above articles been continued
o, thu free list where they were put by
me House bill, the deficit would nave
,cen on the above date $63 600. 600.
There seems a likelihood that th'
case of DR.. Briggs NAV be to some ex
t. nj parallelel in the Lutheran Church
svuod. Rv. j. G. Butler, pastor OF
Luther Place Memorial Church, in this
city. who was removed from the presi-
dency of the board of foreign missions
at the recent meeting OF the general
synod at Hagerstowr, has issued
statement. He outlines the difference
between the general synod AID the
other general Lutheran bodies. The
former he says, lis progressive and IL
hearty sympathy with all evangellcai
Christians. The other Lutheran bodies
antagonize it as un.Lutheran and too
broad. The general synod everywhere
stands for open pulpits and open com
munion tables, and there Is no
power in the Lutheran church any
where TO restrain the exercise OF this
Christian liberty. The contention
am ing US is between the twilight OF the
eally reformation period and the fuller
light of to-day upon the dawn OF the
twentieth century"
Hubbard Taylor Smith, OF Indiana,
made the highest per centage examlna-
ton held at the State Department on
Saturday for the position OF consular
clerk and has been recommended to the
Secretary of State for appointment.
The tenure OF the office is for life, tht
only civil position of the sort in the
federal service outside of the judiciary.
Mr.. Smith. Familiarity called Hub
Smith, is I'll known as the author oil
some the most popular songs.
The Knights OF Silver, recently or
| ganiZsd in Alexandra, sent out from,
here last week ten "orsauiz 'rs' to es
tablish temples" in the Western and
Southern States. Within the next ten
DAYS two "temples" will be established
in Virginia. A temple" recently es'
tablished here already has no less thai
four hundred aud fifty members. The
HEADQUARTERS Of the organization are
here and is treasury is well supplied.
1t is currently reported here that
Governor O'Ferrall, who says that OF
general principles it is safe to say thai
President Cleveland is always right,
will be supported for the Senate in 81
State by the gold mon.
Among those who went from here 10
Alexandria to-day to attend the trial OF
the contested election cases in AleXan-
dria county were Messrs. Lacy, Glenn
ents, Hume and Lipscomb. 1t is rc
ported here that the contestees wer'
anxious to proceed with the trial, bui
that the contestants asked for a post.
D )nement. which was granted, and that
then the contestees qualified and will
| enter upon the discharge Of their re
spective offices on the lst proximo.
1t is said at the Office OF the Mt. Yer
non Railroad in this city that Will
several contractors have applied fci
aud gotten specifications for building
that road from the Aqueduct Bridge To
Arlington, no bids have yet been
awarded or even advertised for, and
that none will be given out certainly
during the current week.
Senator Stewart has returned froln
the Wes'. He says the reign of tht
gold bugs has reduced the rate of mar
rnge, that Blackburn has the admins
| tralion, the banks, the railroads and
the newspapers to fight, that the repub-
licans will straddle the silver question,
and that if the democrats DO, the sill
verites will run Presidential ticket o.
their own.
Ex-senator Butler, ofSouth Carolina.
is here to day. he says he is out o.
politics now, after giving eighteen
years of his life to mis- State in the Sen
ate, and is now acting as the overseer
o. his own co ton plantation. He So, 8
he gets up at sunrise every mornin, +,
and mounting his horse goes to the cot
ton field and stays with his hands the
whole day, and has no trouble with
them. He says if the political affairs
of his State were in good con-
dition, every moral and material in
terest Of the people thereof would
rapidly improve, and capita flow
in there, but that it is hard to get
Northern capital there now. However,
he says, the people are doing pretty
we'll as ii is, and that new cotton fac
tories are springiny up. He says that
though the Tillmanites foretold great
benefits from the dispensary law, that
law has now been in operation for two
years. and yet there is deficit O.
$4,000.
The papers in the contested con-
gressional election case of Hoge W.
Otey were reopened in the office
of the clerk Of the House this
morning, Colonel Brady appearing
as attorney for the ontestant,
al d producing the notice Of contes,
which could not be found last Monday
1t, and three affidavits were then filed
for printing. Only one affidavit was
filed by the coutestee.
Among the Virginians here to-day
are Mr.. Ryan, Speaker of the House OF
Delegates, Mr.. Chambers, of West
,oreland county, formerly member
of that body, and Mr.. McCaul, republi-
can candidate for Congress in the Alex,
andria district last fall. The former
says all the crops in bis county, Lou
doun, are looking well. About the
Senatorship in his State, he said there
was not much talk now, but he supposed
that when the time came. the people OF
Loudoun would be for Major Daniel.
Mr.. Chambers, who, though o
Northern man and an ex-Union
soldier, is q true blue democrat.
SAYS he intends to be a candidate
for the nomination for the State Senate
from mis- district, as he understands the
present Senator, Mr.. Washington, will