Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-09

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WASHINGTON, May 8.
Mr. Choat, before he left here last
NIGHT for New York, expressed 10 his
friends the confident belief that the U.
{ supreme Court would decide the
nhole of the income tax law unconsti-
tutional.
Rear Admiral Meade has been de-
tached from command of the North At
lautic squadron at his own request and
has asked to be placed upon the retired
list next month. Admiral Meade's dis
affection has been OF long standing but
until recently he has ignored the lack
Of confidence placed by the authorities
i, his sound judgment. During his
cruise in the West Indies he has been
subjected to closer restrictions than are
usually placed on commanders in chief
of stations and on at least two occasions
his actions have been disapproved by
the Navy Department. He took as a
personal affront Secretary Herbert's
decision not to send him to the Kiieell
Canal celebration while taking his best
ships from him temporarily, and it is
beileyeedd 81 II the Navy Department that
.Meade's formal letter of May 9Th, which
reached the department yesterday, ask
lag to be detached and given months
leave and announcing his intention of
retiring on June 18th, was impulsively
written. That Secretary Herbert should
have so promptly complied with the re-
quest is taken by naval officers as an
Indication that he had expected Ad-
miral Meade's action. Within a few
hours after Secretary Herbert acted,
Admirals Walker and Ramsay had
formally applied for the vacancy and
it is believed that Admiral Ramsay will
secure the desirable appointment in a
day or two.
Despite an almost general belief to
the contrary, warranted by the action
of Secretary Gresham, Mr.. Thurston is
still recognized by the State Depart
ment as minister from Hawaii. That
Mr.. Thurston is on terms of official in
tercourse with the department is
shown by the fact that the diplomatic
list for May, an official issue of the de-
partment, contains his name, with the
single word "absent" after it.
The Prince Line of steamships pro-
pose to discontinue touching at Grey
town, Nicaragua, for which one of its
vessels has left New York every week.
The U. S. consul at Chemnitz reports
to the Department of State that an eff
fort is being made there to keep Amer
leans out of the technical and industrial
art schools in Germany.
The monthly volume of consular re-
ports issued from the State Depart
ment to-day has two hundred pages of
official statements from American rep
resentatives in all parts of the world
relating to the opportunities for in
creasing the markets for United States
products in foreign countries. The
book is gratuitously distributed.
The Spanish government has not
made any protest to this government
on account of the detention of the
cruiser Infanta Isabella at Tampa quar-
autine and will not do so. An intima-
ton has been received by the depart
ment that Spain has confidence in a
proper settlement of the matter by the
United States.
E. r. Gleavis, of Wytheville, Va,
was appointed cadet at West Point
to day.
This morning there was held con-
ference of the delegates to the South
ern Baptist Convection upon the ques-
ton of organizing the Young Peoples
Societies Of the Southern churches in a
body to co operate with the convention
ia directing the work among the young
people. After resolution and substi-
lutte to that effect had been debated at
length, the whole matter was referred
to special committee of one minister
from each State, Rev. r. A. Pitt being
the one from Virginia.
Senator Daniel has gone home, but
Congressman Otey from his district,
who came with him, is still here. He
called at several of the departments this
morning, trying to get places for some
of his constituents and to have some
of those who have places retained. The
latter object he effected, but utterly
failed in the former.
Intelligence was received here this
morning of the death of Mr.. Henry
Yates, postmaster at Warrenton, Va.
People from Kentucky here to day say
that while the administration is exert
ing its influence nominally in favor of
Governor McCreary for Senator in their
State, fit find that majority of the
legislature to be elected there be OPP
posed to the reelection of Senator
Blackburn, free silver man, it will
transfer all its strength at once to Sec
rotary Carlisle, and fight the first battle
for gold against silver on the clark and
bloody ground"
The President is making arrange
ments to go to Buzzard's Bay, and the
several members of his cabinet, to go to
their respective homes for the summer
time, and say they will not be pulled
off by Macy or anybody else.
Some of the race horse men here to-
day say the st. Asaph track will be an
outlaw track after the 18th inst, when
ali its present officers, except Secre-
tary Mcintyre, will be reelected. 1t
is also said that as two such tracks
close together can not be profitable,
either to the horse owners or to the
track people, az attempt will be made
to consolidate them, and that as the
Alexander's Island is the longer track,
the racing may be done there.
Ex-Cougressman Shelley of Alabama,
who has just returned from trip to
London, Paris and Madrid, says some
people may like to live in Europe, but
that America is good enough for him.
he says he met plenty of Americans
everywhere ne went except in Spain.