Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON. Aug. %.

WASHINGTON. Aug. %.
Secretary Morton said to-day: SIT
looks as if the farmer OF all the big pro
ducing countries is trying to shut out
his American brother. The agent OF
the Mccormick Harvester Company,
now in Russia. writes me that he has
seen crops of rs and 100 bushels of
wheat to the acre threshed out there.
A report has reached the department
from Buenos Ayres, stating that upon
the basis of the 6guers for the first six
months of this year, Argentina will
send in 1895, 26O,0 200 head of beef cat
tie to Europe. Only to-day" con-
tinued the Secretary, "a Mr.. Feather.
stoneaugh. member of the Union Club,
Sydney, Australia, was in here, and
told me he had just completed arrange
ments for shipping dressed beef from
that country to London, with the priv.
ilege of 80 days storage in cold storage
warehouses on arrival, at II cents a
pound for the whole transaction"
The law officers of the government
have under consideration the question
how much further to proceed with the
case against the Bell Telephone Com
pany for the repeal Of the Berliner
patent. The validity of the Berliner
patent is essential to the further con.
troll of the telephone business by the
Bell company, and the present situa.
ton is of additions. interest, from a le-
gal or judicial point of view, because the
case involves a consideration of the act
of 1891 establishing the circuit courts Of
appeal.
Mr.. DENLY, q. S. minister to China,
evidently possesses a keen n of the
ridiculous. In response to numerous
emphatic Geographic demands by
the State Department here for iufor-
nation in respect of the investigation
of the recentsrace riots in China, a dis
patch was received from him this morn
ing stating that the Chinese govern
ment was extending tie operation Of
its civil service laws.
A North Carolina democrat here to-
day just from his State, and whose
sympathies are with. the gold men, as
he is a government official, says there,
was no USE in shutting his eyes to what
was going on before his face there, and
the truth is that the silyerites are
stronger there than ever.
Intelligence here from Alabama is to
the effect that Kolb, the populist leader
OF that State, is now more opposed to
the republicans than he is to the demo-
Gratis, and that the latter now enter
tain the idea that he will come back
to their fold before the next election.
It is said at the Office of the Mt. YER
non Railroad here to-day that as soon as
the construction of that road from the
Arlington reservation to Waterloo, now
in rapid progress, shall be completed.
the work will be continued without in
Permission to the Alexandra Driving
Park, from which point cars are now
running to Mount Vernon.
Friends of Colonel Mcdonald, u. S.
Fish Commissioner, say that his health
has improved greatly of late and is still
improving, that he will soon be able to
resume the discharge of the duties of his
Office, and that he has no idea of re-
signing. The report that his disease
was fatal and that he intended to re-
sign was started by a New York news
paper.
A virginian here today from Bed
ford county in his State says ali the
growing crops inthat county are suffer-
ing from the long prevailing drought,
and that farmers, who a month ago
were elated with their prospects,, are
now in the slough Of despond.
The sheriff of Alexandria county
country broke up the policy shops near
what used to be known as hRoche
Springs" but they have opened again
and are In full blast at Jackson City, and
as their negro customers wont testify
against them. 1t is extremely difficult
for the law otfieers to get hold of their
proprietors.
Major Love of Fairfax G. H. was
among the visitors here TO day. He
the people of his county are not
/ othered much about politics now, and
hat he hears of no democratic OPPOSE