Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Ale1andris Gazette

Correspondence OIL the Ale1anGIl2 0aZetle.J
WASHINGTON. Aug. 80.
Lieut.. Thomas H. Stevens, jr., US.
N, the son of Rear Admiral Thomas n.
Stevens, is undergoing q rigid exami-
nation of his character before a naval
examining board at Washington navy
yard. Charges have been preferred
against him by naval officers. Lieut..
Stevens stands at the head of his grade
on the naval list. Recently he was di-
rected to appear before the examining
board, in order that it might be deter
mine whether he was capable mentally,
physically and morally, to perform the
duties of d lieutenant commander.
These examinations usually take a day
or two but Lieut.. Stevens has been
subjected to the ordeal for ten days. 1t
is understood that his mental and physi-
Cal examination were passed satisfac
torily but that the board has devoted
itself principally to his moral fitness
for promotion.
Nothing has been reported to the
State Department concerning the case
of II. III. Bomberg, of Decatur, In
diana, who is said to have been sen.
fenced to twelve years. Imprisonment
at Hamburg, Germany, for an alleged
assault on an officer of the Imperial
German army, the offence being COM
mitted some years prior to his naturali
zation and when he was serving his
term as soldier. From the statement
of the case in press dispatches there ap-
pears to be no ground for interference
on the part Of the United States. His
alleged offence is a continuing one,
which by treaty stipulation between
Germany and the United States cannot
be effaced by naturalization.
Ill luck seems to be the lot of Minis
ter Ransom, one trouble following close
upon the heels of the other. Now Mr..
Willie, Acting Auditor of the Treasury
for the State Department, has decided
that MI. Ransom's salary as Minister
to Mexico cannot be paid until he is
confirmed by the Senate.
The report that Captain F. D...Bald.
win. U. S. A, detailed as Indian agent
at Anardarko, Oklahoma, had been
killed by Indians was e1ectually dis
proved this morning in two dispatches
received from him by the Indian office
relative to business matters. Captain
Baldwin says he cannot understand how
the report was started, inasmuch as he
has had no trouble whatever with the
Indians.
The President has appointed J. Nota
McGill Register of Wills for the Dis
trics Of Columbia. Mr.. McGill is a
young lawyer and patent attorney Of
this city, not we'll known to the dem
ocrsts here, but spoken we'll of by all
who do know him. He is q great ad-
mirer OF Mr.. Cleveland and a great
friend of MI. GAL" Wilson, the U. S.
msrsl al.
The case of L. W. Spear, charged
with obtaining money on false pre-.
lenses by the sale of lots at New Alex
andris, was called again 10 the police
court here to-day, but was postponed
until the 9TH proximo.
Enquiries for Virginia lands from
tho West are increasing. Mr.. r.. J..
Thomas of Alexandria, but engaged in
real estate business in this city, and
the owner of a third of forty thousand
acres of mineral lands in Bath county,
Is negotiating with parties in a far
western State for the sale of the en-
tire tract.
Mr.. Jacob Yost, who is contrasting
the seat In Congress for which Mr..
tucker holds the certificate, is expect.
sd here to morrow on business CON.
nected with his case.
The sum Of $2,S50.OOo in gold was
from the Treasury to dav
for shipment to Europe tomorrow.
Such large whacks at e time at the gold
reserve suggest the idea that the bond
may not be able to keep that
reserve up to its legal amount.
Secretary Carlisle told a friend to-
lay that he was tired of speaking ard
would make no more speeches in the !