Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of TIE Ale1ardra Ga1esss.l
WAsHSGToN. Dec. 8.

'CoUespondence Of the AleIzrdrlz 5A1es's.J
WAsHIseToS, Dec. 8.
Lieut.. Commander ]. u. Miller has
been detached from the Vermont on
the 18th inst. ard ordered TO command
the Yantic, relieving Lieut.. Command
err. P. Gilmore, who il detached, or.
dered home and granted one month 9
leave.
Mr.. McCaull, the defeated republican
candidate for Congress in the Ale1an-
dria diatrict, will be one OF the speak
ers at republican celebration here to-
night.
There ig reason to anticipate break
10 friendly relations between the
Uuired States aud Germany, a the
President 10 day i5aued & proclamation
Of retaliation for alleged uufriendly
acts Of the German government, which
suzpends the Law relieving German ve:-
eels IRON tonnage dues ani other
ca erges in American ports. News Of
the ISSUANCE OF the Presidents retalia-
tory proclamation against Germany
was received with intense interest by
the diplomatic corps, especially by the
am AMBASSADORS Of Great Britain and
France.
A prominent Northern republican
Senator low here Gays ne il already
overrun with applicants for Office un-
der the next administration, and that,
too, by rnen who during the late cam
paiyn denounced the democrats a. an
arcnists, yet VINO now want the civil ser
vice law broken 50 that places may be
fouad for them. He says as long as that
Law stands he will observe il, aud that if
other republican Senators do az ne
snail do, but few changes in the federal
ofices will be made.
There are three or four Congressman,
e1.Congre5smen and Congressmen-elect
from Virginia Low in the city. They
sgree that the wave OF prosperity that
was TO follow the election of Mr.. Nc
Kinley mas not yet reached their dis
lrict8.
By inquiring at the Office of the com
missioner OF internal revenue to-day, It
vas learned that Mr.. Newberne, the
gauger in the Norfolk, Virginia, dis
trict, still holds bis commission a. SUCH
but is unassigned 10 duty.
There il current rpmor here to-day
10 the effect that the administration, a.
means to remove the opposition
several Of the democratic Senators have
expressed to the confirmation Of some
OF bis recesz appointeea, has recently
appointed one or two straightout demo.
crats to office, and will relnstate some
OF those it has removed for supporting
the democratic ticket at the late election.
People here to-day from Loudoun
county, Virginia, say that unless there
be rain, they will be in bad way for
ice next summer, az no matter how cold
t1c weather may be, there will be no
water to freeze.
A large aud influential lobby in the
interest Of the funding bill for the
Union and Central Pacific railroads is
here and already at work. As the
money at its disposal ia unlimited, the
impression il that it will succeed. Mr..
Huntington Gays ne carried both Cali
tornia and Oregon, end the republican
party should show its gratitude by
passing his bill.
People from Petersburg here to-day
cay that among the claims against the
Malone estate now in court there ia
one of Senator Don Cameron amount
ing to nearly hundred thousand dol
lars.
The case Of Fred Miller We. William
r. Walker, for the death of the race
horse Larchmont, killed, while crossing
the Long Bridge by having its breast
pierced by the shaft of brick yard cart
driven by negro boy employed by the
defendant, was all last night in the banda
Of the jury, VINO were demissed this
morning az they could not agree, nine
being in favor of the plaintiff and three
for the defendant.
The friends Of the Memorial Bridge
across the Potomac at Arlington have
strong hopes that it may pass at the
coming session of Congress, and that
the War Department thinks SO is indi-
Gated by the fact that the engineers
who have made plans for the bridge are
revising them. The appropriation pro-
vided by the bill, which has already
passed the Senate and is on the House
calendar, and subject solely to the will
Of Mr.. Speaker Reed, is $500, 200.
Among the recent arrivals in Wash
ington are Congressman Burton, Of the
Cleveland, ard Northway, Of the Nine
teenth Ohio district. Both OF these
gentlemen, and particularly Mr.. Bur
ton, express the belief that the Dingley
bill cannot pass the Senate, and that
there will be an extra session of Con-
gress.
]. W. Wright was appointed post
master at Delos, Caroline county, Va,
to- day, vice ]. S. Hendricks, resigned.
LIGHTHOUSE BOARDS REPoRT.-The
annual report of the lighthouse board
has been completed and contains q
h. ~ LOT for tho a