Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-12
The q. S. Consul at Santo Domingo
ae informed the State Department

has informed the State Department
that the Dominican government has
granted a concession for 25 years to
Enrique Dumois, a French citizen, for
the production of bananas on an ex.
tensive scale and the refining of Pc
troleum at La Romano. American
capital is embarked in the enterprise,
which is already we'll under way.
The President to-day nominated Brig
adler General Forsyth, at present
in command of the Department of Cali
fornia, to the vacant major generalcy
caused by General Wheaton's retire
ment last week.
The following fourth-class postmas-
tiers were appointed for Virginia to-day:
Alberane, F. L. Felter; Atwood, T: j.
NJ. Goodwin; Bloomtown, F. M. Fisher;
Body Camp, c. w. Patterson; Guynn,
]. NJ. Carney; Hardesty, Frank Gard
ner; Meade, w. r. Crouch; Middle.
brook, ]. B. Carwell; Orkney Springs,
H. H. Biller; Orlean, NJ. V. Moore;
Rappahannock Academy, w. FL. Buck
ner; Return, G. 1. Mathershead; Row
lev, w. E. Hall; Toms Brook, M. G.
Boumen; Wheaton, F. T. Adams.
Senator Quay to-day gave notice OF
amendments to the sundry CIVIL Dill
removing special Indian agents, deputy
collectors of internal revenue, store
keepers, gaugers and examining sur
geons in the pension Office from the
classified service.
A conference is in progress at the
White House this afternoon between
the President and Senators Davis, For
aker and Morgan, OF the foreign rela-
tons committee of the Senate, pre-;
sumably about the Cuban question.
The contest for the Swiss mission,
according to the prevailing White
House gossip, is said to lie between
Mr.. Leishman, of Pittsburg, former
president of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, and Brutus Clay, of Kentucky.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations to-day decided upon an adverse
report upon Senator Aliens resolution
expressing sympathy with the Greeks
in their war with Turkey.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Daniel in
troduced bill providing for the cree.
tion of bridge across the Potomac at
Arlington at the limited cost OF $780,
900, OF which 100000 shall be avalla-
ole at once; also bills for a public
building at Viewpoints News, and bills
for the relief of Abel V. Spangler and
J. A. Johnson of Virginia.
Senator Hoar and q party of his Sen
atoral colleagues are contemplating a
trip to Monticello on Saturday next.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Martin in
troduced bills to pay SO, 900 to the es-
tate of Maria Gibson, of Culpeper
county, Virginia, for stores taken by
the Union army during the war; 1919
to EIvira Moore, executrix of ]. l..
Moore, for horses taken by the Union
army; So, 1000 to the heirs of Silas
Burke, of Fairfax county, for supplies
taken by the Union army; $685. to
Mrs. A. A. H. Richards, of Fairfax
county, for supplies taken by the Union
army; $14 900 to the heirs Of Catharine
Crittenden, of Culpeper, for supplies
taken by the Union army, and 9,l0t
to Mrs. Margaret V. Maddux, of Louisa
county, for supplies taken by the Union
army. Mr.. Martin also presented q
petition from numerous citizens of Vir-
ginia against the passage of the anti
scalpers bill, and several other petitions
from citizens of Herndon, Fauquier
Staunton and Culpeper, Virginia, fol
the passage of the bill restricting inn
migration.
Ex.Congressman Brown of the 9Th
Virginia district has seen Secretrry
Sherman in the interest of Mr.. Cobb Of
his district, who wants the Rio consu.
late. The Secretary said Mr.. Cobb's
application would receive proper con-
sideration. Mr.. Brown called at the
White House to-day to see the Presi
dent on the same business. Mr.. Cobb
people ION the inside" say, will not get
the place.
A wholesale grocery merchant of this
city told the GAzETTE's correspondent
to-day that business here never had
been duller than it is now, nor were
there ever before so many idle people
and empty houses as there are now,
DOR so many people applying for offices.
He said that though Mr.. Wight, the
newly appointed District Commissioner,
had only two places at his disposal,
there were a hundred applicants for
each of them.
People here from Loudoun county to.
day say that Selma, the handsome es
tate of the late Mr.. Swami, near Lees
burg in that county, has just been sold
for $4,000.
Senator Martin, of Virginia, and Ma,
jor Hoge Tyler, the latter the probable
democratic nominee for Governor OF
his State, occupied seats in the reserved
gallery of the Senate to-day and at
tracted no little attention from the OBJ
servers in the other galleries.
Congressman Lamb, of Virginia, who
has Just returned from visit to Rich
mond, says business is more depressed
there than it has been at any time dur
ing the last seventeen years, and that
there are from eight to ten thousand
idle men there. He says that while
most of the people of his State are in
favor of certain amendments to the
State constitution, they seem to think
that this is not favorable to make
them. His colleague, Mr.. Epes, of the
Petersburg district, who favors con-
stitutional convention, says he now
fears the proposition to hold one will
be defeated.
AN AMERICAN VESSEL FIRED ON