Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria easetse.l
WAsHINaToN, Aug. s.

The power not the jurisdiction to de-
termine the constitutionality of the law
appropriating five and a quarter mil
lions of dollars TO pay sugar bounty
claims on the crop of 1894, was resumed
in the Office of the Comptroller at 1880
this morning. Senator Blanchard was
the speaker. Up to date nothing has
been said that tends to induce Mr..
Bowler to reverse his decision.
Mr.. Adee, the Acting Secretary of
State, after thinking over the matter
all night, concluded this morning TO
see Comte de Is Boissierie, whose cards
describe him as Grand Chancellor OF
the Principality of Trinidad. but not OF.
6cially. Boissierie came IN Denaif OF
his sovereign, James l., otherwise Baron
Harden Hickey, whose crown and DO
minion are threatened by the desire of
Great Britain to possess the little island
which he claims. AS the principality
has not been recognized by the govern
ment, the Chancellor was received by
MIR. Adee in an informal way, just as
any ordinary visitor would be received.
They spent some time in MI. Adee's
office, the Count presenting the claim
Of Baron Harden Hickey for recogni-
ton as q sovereign Prince, and the
necessity for the United States to see
that Great Britain did not seize the is
land.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission will hold another special ex.
animation here on the 2Sth instant to
secure eligibles for the positions of COM
positors, pressmsn, b~ookbinder, stere-
otyper and electrotyper in the Govern
menr Printing Office. The number of
| eligibles secured from the recent ex-
animation for the various trades was
insufficient to meet the demand OF the
office.
Augustus Loughborough of Loudonn
county, Virginia, has been appointed
by Collector Lee storekeeper and gaug-
er in the internal revenue service,
vice Lawrence Brent of Fauqaier, re-
signed, and stationed at Sisson's distil-
lery, near Fairfax @. II.
Ex-Congressman McKaig of Mary
land, here today, says Master is the
fayorite of the Baltimore republicans
for their gubernatorisl candidate, and
that if he develops any strength in the
counties he will defeat MIR. Lownds for
the nomination.
People from Front Royal here this
morning say this was a great day at
that place, and that a large crowd as
sembled there from all that section OF
country. There were base ball games,
horse races, steeple chases and various
other sports galore. Some Virginisns
left here this morning for Gordonsville
to attend a Confederate reunion, par
take of q barbecue and witness a tour
nament,
"A lawyer of this city, we'll known in
Alexandria, talking to-day about the
recent shooting of q negro boy
by o young lady here, said
there was nothing else for her to
do, as the police would not pro-
tect her property, and as she had pre-
viously warned off the negro boys who
were stealing her fruit. That she had
no intention OF killing one of them, he
said, was plain. But the worst of it,
he said, was the support some Of the
newspapers of this city are giving to
the negroes who threaten vengeance for
her unintentional act.
Mr.. w. T. Lurty of Virginia, q pro-
nounced republican, is among the visi.
tors here to-day. He says if General
Malone would get out of politics and
let the republicans of Virginia alone,
they would carry his State, but that as
long as he poses as their leader they
will be impotent. He also says that
ex-senator Lewis of his State, who has
been i'll for a long time, now refuses to
take nutriment, and that the announce
ment of his death may be expected at
any time.
President Black, ofthe nationall eagu
Of democratic clubs, says the chief pur-
pose of that league now is to preach
against deprecated money. He also
says no true Maryland democrat will
vote against the regular democratic
ticket in that State.
General Joe Wheeler, Of Alabama, ia
here to-day. He says his State, like
Mississippi, is for silver, but that he
doesn't think this is the time to be talk
ing about silver, as that is entirely a
national question, and rs next falls
elections are only State affairs.
A well-known Alexandria county re-
publican, here to-day, says the people
of that county feel that they have been
outraged by the Injurious assaults two
of the newspapers of this city are in
cessantly making upon them and which
naturally tend to prevent the sale OF
property in that county, by producing
the impression that law is not en-
forced aud order not preserved there.
These papers, he says, if they
would take the little trouble
necessary to learn the truth, would
know that most all their statements
about ~lawlessness in Alexandria coun-
ty have no substantial foundation, and
that there is less crime and vice in the
whole ofthss county than in one block
of Washington, and that the parties to
that little all come from Washington.
Statistics received at the Bureau of
Indian Affairs show that of the 247 900
Indians in this country, $4,000 are to-
day engaged in farming, stock-raising
and other civilized pursuits. Of the
$4,000 Indians, $4,000 are self-sup-
porting, and $4,000 pay taxes, live out
side the reservations and are counted
in the general-populstion. at the last
election about $4,000 Indians voted.
About 80, 900 are church members
The Postofice Department has pre-
pared q statement showing the receipts
of the twenty largest postofices in the
United States for the second quarter
ending July 31st, 1895. The total re-
ceipts of these offices for the quarter