Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, August Z.
The net gold reserve has fallen below
$l10,OO0,0O0, but it is hoped at the
Treasury Department that the banks
will maintain the reserve above the
customary limit of S100,C00.000.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania says
that at the expiration of his term in
the United States Senate ne will refuse
denomination and retire from politics.
If Chairman Jones of the national
democratic committee received any as
surances from Senator Hill to the effect
that that Senator intended to support
the Chicago ticket, the chairman is
keeping it entirely to himself. To all
callers who made inquiries concerning
his recent visit to New York the chair
man denied that it had any political
significance. Secretary Gardner, talk
ing in the same strain, remarked that
it was certainly nothing unusual for
one friend to invite another to dine
with him. Both gentlemen are, how
ever, in such good frame of mind that
the impression prevails that they learn
Cd something more TO their liking while
in New York than one of Senator Hills
new stories, and that their apparent
iubilation is due to something more
than the inhalation Of the fresh sea air.
Eastern life insurance companies
which are trying to intimdate policy
holders into voting for the republican
candidate have encountered uneXpect-
ed obstacles in some States, and the
chances are that their plans will re-
ceive decided setback all through the
South, Southwest and East. Their
proselytizin began some days ago with
letters sent out to policy holders and
agents in various States urging them to
do all in their power for Mckinley.
These letters, in most cases, emanate
from the presidents of the corporations.
These circular letters, which have been
received by some of the State agents
and policy holders in Denver, Colorado,
have been turned over to the Colorado
State Insurance Department. The de-
partment began an investigation and
will inform the companies that it will
withdraw licenses to operate in Colora-
do if the insurance companies do not
stop threatening methods. This step,
it is said, will be followed in other
States.
President Cleveland has charged the
Hon. Edwin. F. Uhl, the American
Ambassador at Berlin, to express to
Emperor William his sympathy with
his majesty and the German people for
the loss of the German gunboat Hits,
which was recently wrecked oil South
east Promontory, China, when seventy
five officers and men lost their lives.
The Treasury Department today
sent kilograms to the several collectors
of ports in southern Florida, and to the
captains of the revenue cutters in those
waters, iustructing them to keep q
lookout for the steamer Laurada, which
cleared from Wilmington, DEL, yester-
day and which is supposed to be on
flibustering expedition to Cuba. The
Spanish minister here filed the informa
ton on which the Treasury acted.
Chairman Jones and Chairman Faux
ner, of the Congressional committee,
were at their desks at an early hour to
day putting the finishing touches to a
campaign book intended for distrbu.
ton among the farmers. This, work it
Is said, presents the silver question to
the farmers in such a way as to lead
the committee to believe that it will
not only be entertaining but convinc-
ing.
Secretary Mercer, of the republican
found in his mail this morn
ing quite number of letters corrobo
rative of the claim he has made from
the beginning of the campaign, that the
republicans would carry Nebraska.
The following changes in the fourth
class postoffices of Virginia were made
to. day Figsboro, Henry county, B. 2.
Heard was appointed postmaster, vice
]. B. Price, resigned POGO, Shenan-
doah county, L. Moomaw, vice j. l..
Moomaw, resigned.
1t is said here that Mr.. Cleveland is
unable to keep his own advisers in
line, but will try to get them to act to-
gether at the Gray Gables conference.
1t is also said that Secretaries Lamont
and Wilson cannot be induced to bolt
and Secretary Herbert on Monday
voted for silverite. The President is
against third ticket and he wants the
gold men at Indianapolis merely to de-
clare for the yellow metal and 90 no
further, being afraid to make show
of strength.
The body of an unknown white man
who had committed suicide by cutting
his throat was discovered this morning
on the grass few hundred feet from
Cabin John bridge.
Secretary Lamont to-day appointed
General E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin,
commissioner to make certain investi-
cations concerning the rights of thu
United States in connection with the
of the Fox and Wiscon-
sin rivers, directed by the last river and
harbor act.
Secretary Carlisle has deferred his
departure from here to visit the Presi-
dent until tomorrow.
Speaker Reed to-day nominated
Harold D. Rummery as the Portland
Ne. J cadet at the United States Naval
Academy.
Another Filibuster.
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. The
Laurada. said to have been
sold to the. Cubans by the Hart Steam
ship Co., came up to the mouth of the
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