Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra aaHette.]
WASHINGTON. March 10.

tain of the Spanish cruiser CUnN Al;
Venadito, which fired upon the All
anca. The Captain of the Conde de
Venadito insists that the vessel Whicn
he attempted TO intercept was nylng
the English flag at her masthead.
IToon this point he is very positive:
n saws the vessel was one anu halt
niles from the eastern promontory, OF
Cuba. Cape Maysi. He was WITHIN
bsIf . mile when the two solid snots
were fred. He asserts, however, that
th Sc shots were fred wide of their
m ,rk in order not to strike the vessel,
bat. if possible, to bring her to. wien
Z re vessel fired upon had passed out
side of the six.mile limit, the Spanish
cruiser gave up the chase, inasmuch as
she had then left the jurisdictional wa
tiers of Cuba.
A highly respected citizen of Alex
andria county, here to-day, talking
about the policy and other low gam
bling carried on with impunity in his
county, said he had written to Govern
or OFerrall, and once had taken the
trouble to go to Richmond to see him
on the subject, and had suggested TO
him that if he would send TWO de-
tectives to the county they would be
put in communication with the WASH
ington police, by whom all the offend.
ers we're well-known, and the arrest
and conviction of the latter maze
an easy matter. The Governor, ne
saws, seemed to favor the suggestion,
and requested him to put it on paper
when be got home, and send it to him.
That, he says, he did, months ago, but
as vet has received no reply. If the
Governor, he says, had authority to
send three military companies to Alex
andria county to drive out a few inof-
fsnsive Coxeyites, he certainly has the
power to send two detectives there TO
get evidence upon which many offend
e e who bring disgrace upon the coun-
ty could be driven back to Washing
ton, where they belong.
Judge Hughes of Virginia is here to-
day but will leave tonight tor his home
in Abingdon.
A new town is being laid off on the
Addison land, between this city and
Alexandria. 1t lies along Frazier
Avenue, mentioned in this correspond
ence yesterday, and is between the
Washington and Alexandria turnpike
and the ridge west of that road.
A prominent Virginian here to-day,
talking about Governor OFerralls en-
tertaining two negroes at the execr'
tive mansion in Richmond last week,
said the GAZETTE ought to print pic
ture of the scene at the luncheon, rep
resenting the Governor as handing
tempting viands to his negro guests, and
the negro editor as presenting him with
copy of his paper, and congratulatil 8
him upon his adoption of the social
equality principles it advocates.
Collections OF internal revenue from
all sources for the eight months of the
current fiscal year show an increase
over the eight months Of 1894 CT
S5,1S0,622. The principal increases oil
revenue were from spirits and tobacco.
There was q decrease from beer and
oleomargarine.
Nobody went from here to the st.
| Asaph race track to-day, as nothing
was going on there, the racing and
foreign book going on at jackson city.
Under the agreement between the two
tracks aud the Governor and Attorney
General of Virginia, and Judge Well
ford, of Richmond, the present arrange
ment for racing on alternate days at
the two tracks will, if not broken, last
until the 18th of May.
Mr.. Miller internal revenue commits
sioner, is still confined to his room. AS
soon as he shall be able to resume his
official duties be will appoint the ten
additional revenue agents provided for
by the income tax bill, but none OF
them will hail from Virginia.
The mention of the Presidents birth
day celebration yesterday recalls the
fact that Secretary Gresham was 63
years old on Sunday, he having been
born on St. Patrick's Day, 1882. The
Secretary of State is the oldest member
of the cabinet, the next in poins of age
being the Secretary of Agriculture, who
was born April 9th, 1882, in Jefferson
county, n. Y, and who is therefore
less than six weeks younger than Mr..
Gresham. Secretary Herbert permit
ted his 61st birthday on Tuesday of
last week to pass uunoticed. The
Youngest man in the cabinet is Secre-
tary Smith, who was born in 1866. Sec
retary Lamont was A February 9th,
Secretary Carlisle and Attorney-Gen-
eral Olney were born in 1885, Postmas
ter General Bissell in 1S47, and his sue
cessor, Mr.. Wilson, in 1S43.
The long and stubborn fight between
the civil service commission and post
master Warfield of Baltimore over the
removals and appointment made by
the postmaster in his Office, claimed by
the commission to have been illegal,
was to-day settled by Attorney General
Olney, who was called upon for an
opinion 10 the case. He decided that
the removals and appointments made
by postmaster War6eld were legal.
The utmost reticence is observed at
the Nicaraguan Legation to-day re-
garding the report that Great Britain,
through her Minister at Managua has
submitted an ultimatum to Nicaragua,
which provides for cash indemnity of
SIS 900 to Mr.. Hatch and commission
to adjudicate the damages sustained by
other British subjects as result of the
troubles in the Mosquito reservation
last year:
The President to-day appointed AL
fred D. Tinsley postmaster at Sioux
Falls, South Dakota. Tinsley was re-
jected by the Senate for the place.
Mr.. Cleveland is above the Constitu-
ton.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Congressman-elect Peter J. Otey of the
LYnchhurp district. whose seat Is being