Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspond of the Alexandria Gazette

Bankers here say the Treasury is not
only compelled by law to reissue its
paper money, but by necessity, as the
only means by which it can pay de-
mands upon it, and that it is also pay
ing out all its silver dollars. They
also say they are confident there Will
bs another issue of bonds, and that as
there must be succession OF sucn Is.
su.s, il cau't be long before the price OF
government securities will diminish
and gold sell at premium. Secretary
Carlisle positively declined this morn
ing to express any opinion on inc i saoe
iect of tae heavy Withdrawals OF goio at
New York for shipment to europe To-
morrow. He was advised early IN the
day that to-dsy's Withdrawals would
likely approximate $780, 900. Some
surprise was expressed that Lazsld
Freres. original member of the bond
syndicate. had joined in the gold export
movement. and some speculation was
,ndulped in to the effect that it meant
an end of the syndicate agreement to
maintain the gold reserve.
People here who have recsntly re-
turned from summer trips to Europe,
where they met and talked with prom.
inent politicians from this county, are
confident that Mr.. Cleyeland's heart Is
set on another term. They also say that
as the money of the East must be had
in order to secure the election, if MIR.
Cleveland's friends are not strong
enough to nominate him, Mr.. Whitney
will be the nominee, and that Whitney
and Campbell would be an ideal ticket.
Secretary Herbert this morning an
nounced the action taken in the Case
of Captain George w. Sumner, U. 5.
N. recently tried by court martial for
the careless docking of the cruiser
Columbia at Southampton, England.
Captain Sumner is suspended from
duty for six months and given waiting
orders pay during that period.
The new war vessels now building
are American from turret to keel, from
stem to stern. The designs were drawn
by American draughtsmen in the Blu
reau of Construction; the armor in
which they are sheathed was forged in
America; the process by which the ar
NOR was hardened and which thus per-
mits lighter weight of steel to DC used
without impairing its relative strength
was patened by an American; the guns
with which the ships are armed were
built of American steel by American
mechanics at the Washington Navy
Yard, the machinery itself being OF
American manufacture while the con-
tractors and their workmen who con-
structed the vessels were also of the
same nationality.
The President has appointed Sidney
r. Riqgin to be collector of customs for
the Eastern District of Maryland. he
has also signed the commission OF
Harry E. Bi5coe, son of Major Biscoes
president of the Virginia democratic
association, of this city, as assistant
paymaster in the navy, with the reia-
live rank of ensign.
A resident of Leesburg here to-day
says that some difference having arisen
/ bout the election of one of the nu-
merous teachers of the free schools
there the settlement of it has been left
to Capt. Kemper, superintendent of the
free schools of Alexandria, who will go
to Leesburg to hold the required exam
iEation.
The Mt. Vernon Railroad Company
has Just closed contracts for equippine
its road as follows: For IA large pas
>enger cars, with the Brill car compa
ny of Philadelphia; two first first GLASS
steam engines tor its power house, with
the Providence Steam Engine Co.; gen.
orators ct cetera, with the General
Electric Co., New York; boilers, with
the Bigelow Co., New Haven; rails,
with the Bethlehem and the Pennsyl
vania steel companies. The railroad
company will build its power house on
Four mile.run itself, and Trask and
Hildredth, Of New York, who have
done the grading from Washington to
Arlington, will do all the rest of that
work. All the contracts must be COM
pleted by the 1st of December. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
have to change its tracks and switches
and build signal tower at the Long
Bridge. Mr.. d. J. Howell of Aiexan-
dria has been appointed chief engineer
of the road in the place of Mr.. Alice.
A former resident of alexandria talk
Jog about the action of the democratic
ward meetings in that city last night,
said he understands that the
friends of Capt. Mushbach will
urge him for the democratic con.
gressional nomination in his district,
and that he would get the solid vote
of the delegation from his city and
county. Healso said that Fairfax would
present the name of Mr.. Moore, and
Mr.. Meredith would be candidate for
denomination. Loudoun, he said, would
claim the nomination on account both
of her big democratic majorities and of
the long time since she has had the
Congressman from her district.
Mr.. Yost, who is contesting the seat
of Mr.. Tucker in the U. S. House Of
Representatives from the Staunton,
Virginia, district, has been here, con-
sulting with his attorney, Colonel
Brady, who says he is confident that
both Mr.. Yost and Mr.. Thorp, the
latter of whom is contesting the seat Of
Mr.. McKenney, will be seated.
1t is stated here by an intelligent and
reliable member OF Inc organization
that there are no less than fourteen
ro,ts of the a. P. A. in this
city, some with q membership of five
hundred, and that posts of thesorgan-
ization are being established all through
the South.
Since the advent of autumn and the
return of many people to this city the
,ttanJanoo OF tho 70 no traoko paar n q ra
has increased considerably and the rae