Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WASHINGTON, Oct. IL.

fRUM w ASHlNG IUN.
TCorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Oct. II.
The Treasury stated gold reserve to.
day is nearly eight million below The
legal requirement.
DISPATCHES have been received here
stating that new line of railway to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
of Nicaragua will soon be projected
in that country. The work will be
placed in the hands of an American
engineer of international prominence
and the funds to complete it will be
furnished by the Nicaraguan govern.
ment.
Secretary Carlisle. accompanied by
Assistant Secretary Hamlin, left Wash
ington at 10 o'clock this morning for
Boston, where they will make speech.
in favor of the democratic ticket, of the
election of which nobody entertaips
the remotest idea.
The race track people here are laugh
ing at the few horse owners who re-
Gently took their stock from the
Alexandria county tracks and sent
them to the track at Maspeth, n. y,
which track has already come to grief
and closed.
Among the arrivals here to-day is
Senator Sherman of Ohio. He says
the republicans will carry Ohio next
month and the country next yeai
thinks the Senate will be reorganiz' d
nv compromise, allowing Sergeant-at-
arms Bright to retain his place, but
substituting republican for Secrt tary
Cox, and says there will be 10 use for
the next Congress to attempt TO change
the tariff, as any change it would make
would be vetoed by the President, who,
however, he thinks, is much better than
bis party.
CITY officials say there is no truth in
the report TINT there are great
number OF cases of typhoid fever here,
and say it was originated by those who
are interested in the extension of the
sewer system.
The recent reception given here to
General Longstreet by the Confederate
We erans' Association of this city is the
subject Of good deal of adverse COM
ment by ex Confederates who are
not members Of that organization.
They say they don't object to Con-
federatts making as much as they
please of those of their copquerers who
deserve respect, but they cannot un-
de.stand why Southern men should de-
light to do honor to man who hasten
ed to desert his comrades as soon as the
war was over, and joined those who
tried to put them ueder the control of
negroes and carpet baggers, and all for
q salaried Office.
The ties and rails for the completion
of the Mt. Vernon electric railroad
have been received and also the requi-
site number of cars. The foundation
of the power house at Four-mile run
has almost been completed, and the
work of the erection of that ouse will
be commenced at once. DR.. Abbot, the
president of the company, has returned
from New England, and says he con-
6dently expects that cars will be run.
ming regularly over the entire line from
B street in this city to Mt. Vernon, via
the Long Bridge, before Christmas.
It is intimatcd at the State Depart
ment that the report to the effect that
Japan is con emplating the seizure
of the Sand witch Islands was started by
those interested in the annexation of
those islands to this country, and has
no foundation in fact.
As the administration doesn't think
Minister Terrell is either willing or able
enough to protect the Armenian SUBJ
jects of Turkey from the assaults of
other citizens of that country it has sent
u. s. ship to Turkey for that purpos @.
A tslegraphic dispatch received here
this morning from New York an.
nounced the reported assassination of
President Cleveland at Buzzard's Bay,
b 1t it was Immediately contradicted.
Attorney General Harmon, in re-
Spouse to letter asking hin, if it would
be a violation of law for American
citizens to express sympathy for
the Cuban insurgents in public
meetings, to day wrote as follows:
As the United States are not only at
peace with Spain, but have with her a
treaty whereby the extradition of pris-
oners aud many other benefits are
secured. it behooves all American citi-
gems who have r. spect for the laws and
obligations of their country and regard
for its honor, to observe this law in spirit
a, well rs in letter, to be neutral in word, as
we'll as Ia decd. Taking such action as you
,napt ON xynuid in my INDIGNANT ba dianourt.
eous in the highest degree to friendly power
and tend to embarrass and obstruct the gov
eminent in carrying out its determination
faithfully to execute the laws and fulfill its
treaty obligations.
REV. DIR. CARRIERS MARRIAGE