Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
fCorrespondence Of the Alexandria Gasette-l
WASHINGTON. April -.

Letter from Secretary Gresham, who
had been urging him to investigate .le
alleged illegal seizure py nonu uaHs
authorities of an American vessel s saSoo
"There has not been ten days OF peace
and tranquility in the republic OF Hon,
1uras for fifteen months. On the ord
If June. 1898, when 1 arrived in Qua
temala. I found Honduras under the
government of General VasqueZ, as
Provisional president. The country
had inst emerged from revolution.
In the election held in September Vas
ouez was elected president and almost
Immediately war was declared against
Nicaragua. Then followed the Bonilla
yolution and au invasion by the Mic
rasuan army. Vasguez's government
was overthrow and Bonilla proclaim
ed himself provisional president. He is
now provisional president and dictator.
II is supposed an election for president
VIII be held about the last of August.
But their prevails in Honduras at this
moment great dissatisfaction and dis
cord among the leaders of the party in
power, and trouble may be expect
ed at any moment. | am ready
to make the visit to Honduras
at a moments notice and to pro-
coed with the investigation, but L
advise againsti it until peace is entirely
restored and permanent government
shall have been established. It's hard
lv necessary for me to say that not one
of the foreign ministers to Central
America has visited Honduras at any
time during the last fifteen months.
According to the coming April re-
port of the Statistician of the Agricul-
tural Department during the ten-year
period ending June 80, 1894, there were
imported into this country 29,495, All
bushels of potatoes with an aggregate
value of Sl3, 155, 431, or an average of
A 6 cents per bushel. The net excess
of imports over exports for the same
period was 24,347 ,405 bushels with a
value of S9,296,345 That America
should go abroad to buy potatoes or
anv other farm product is matter of
surprise to the Agriculture Department,
but statistics, that cannot be denied,
show that during the ten years just
past almost ten millions of gold have
gone abroad to pay for this tuber which
forms such a great percentage OF the
aggregate of our farm products.
S. ]. Niswander was appointed post
master at Annex. Augusta county, Vir-
ginia, to-day, vice NJ. A. Harris, re-
signed, and J. n. Harris, at Crystal,
Bedford county, vice S. w. Bocock, re,
signed.
Commissioner Miller of the Internal
Revenue Bureau said this morning
that from official returns received and
from semi-oilicial estimates he places
the aggregate to be obtained from the
income tax at S14,000,000. When the
corrected returns are all in and the
penalties imposed collected, the amount
will be increased to nearly SIS, 900 ,000.
| Mr.. Miller's estimate of the revenue
from the income tax under the law as
passed was s30,000,000, and under the
law after the Supreme Court passed
upon it, $s15, 100000.
A bill recognizing the belligerancy OF
the Cuban so.called revolutionists has
been prepared in this city by some
light headed filibusters, and it is said
will be introduced in Congress when
that body convenes in December next,
by which time there won't be "revo-
lutionist" on the island. 1t was draft
ed at the suggestion of certain Repre-
sentatives and Senators who are In
sympathy with the insurgents.
The U. S. consul at Massina reports
to the State Department that there has
been great increase in the shipments
of oranges from that port to the United
States this spring, in consequence ofthe
diminution in the Florida crop.
1t is confidently expected here
that the U. S. Supreme Court will
grant the petition for rehearing of the
income tax case, but that the hearing
will not take place until next October.
Among the visitors here to-day is ex-
Congressman Bum of North Carolina.
He says there will be no election in his
State this year, but that the republican
and populist fusion there will continue.
The democrats there, he says, are not q
unit on the silver question, but he does
not think they will be divided on cleo
ton day.
General Fitz Lees commission as col
lector of internal revenue for the upper
district of Virginia was forwarded to
him last night. The General is expect
ed here iu day or two to file his sure
tv bond, which will be to the amount
of $4,000 AS most bonded officers
now get their bonds from fidelity COM
panies, it is supposed the General will
do likewise.
Among the arrivals here to-day is
Mr.. Henry Claggett, ex-Mayor of Lees
burg, Virginia. He says all the demo-
cratic nominees for Offices in Loudoun
county will be elected next month, but
that most all the democrats there are
talking about and favoring free silver.
A prominent Virginia democrat here
to-day, in talking about the condition of
his party in his State, said it is by no
means favorable, as the right thinking
men in it are opposed to the silver
craze, of which both the Senator'S and
all the representatives and vast ma
jority of the voters seem to be possessed.
The President he says, IS entirely right
on the silver and low tariff questions,
but has succeeded in antagonizing even
those who agree with him in respect OF
those questions.
The British Minister, as was sntici-
pated, has declined to interfere in the
case of DR.. Buchanan, the wife murder
or, sentenced to death in New York
next Monday.
Secretary Carlisle will not sttend the fu-
neral Of his brother, who died in Coyington,
KY, yesterday.
The British government has refused to