Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June %.

not only will Mr.. Maupin of Henrico,
but that Mr.. Saunders of franklin, will
be candidate for the Speakership of
the next House of Delegates, but that
Mr.. Ryan, of Loudoun, the present
efficient Speaker, will be reelected.
The President to-day nominated
Sorep Listoe of Minnesota, to be con.
sui at Rotterdam.
The nomination of Mr.. Fred. Read
for postmaster at Viewpoints News, on
Mr.. Bowden's recommendation and
against the protests of the Wise fac
ton, has been held up, upon charges,
one of which is that he is an unnatural
ixe 1 Englishman.
Mr.. Thomas Turner, the editor of the
Borderer, of Berwick, Scotland. is a
uest of Mr.. Frank Hume, of Ale1an-
dria county.
People from Richmond here to-day
say the assistant bishop OF the Episco-
pa Church of Virginia, to be elected by
the council to meet in that city this
week, will probably be either Rev. VIM.
Dame of Baltimore or Rev. MIR. Gibson
of Ohio.
The following Virginia postmasters
were appointed to day Charlemopt,
Maggie Pryor; Hammet, G. M. Hud
dlestoD; Markham, F. S. Bayly; Prices
Fork. R. L. Olinger; Robious, G. A.
Smith.
Speaker Reed said to-day he had the
matter of the appointment of the COM
mittees under consideration and that
unless something now unforeseen &C.
Cured to change his present inclina.
ton he would prepare the list and SUBJ
nit them prior to the fiual adjourn.
ment. 1t is not supposed that MIR.
Reed will recognize the populists in the
composition of the committees.
Senator Pettierew, who was stricken
dumb while making speech in the
Senate last Saturday evening, has re-
covered and is expected to resume his
seat in the Senate tomorrow.
The Bank Of Republic, of this city
declared dividend of ffty-four per cent
last Saturday. But even those who
drew it don't look upon it as evidence
of the dawn of prosperity, and one O.
them, who had determined to invest
$50, 900 in the erection of dwelling
houses, has changed his mind and bought
other bank stock, under the impression
that times are going to be harder.
Congressman Hay, of Virginia, says
the first choice of the democrats o
Madison county for Attorney Genera
is Strayer, of Rockingham, and the
second, Alexander, of Frederick.
Unless the condition of public bust
ness prevents, President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley will leave here Friday for 6
visit to Canton, o. They will remain
until Monday.
The Senate committee on finance to
day settled several ve1ed questions il
connection with the tariff, including
lead ore, iron ore and the treatment tt
be- awarded the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty. The decision is to leave the
rate of II cents on lead ore as fixed by
the finance committee, and also Il
leave iron ore as originally determined
by the committee aud passed by tht
House. The tee paragraph was AGAR
passed over for future consideration
and the decision on coal was reserved
until after a hearing to be given to tb'
conflicting interests tonight. They
decided to advance the rate on pig leat
to 2t cents per pound. This is an in
crease of ! of cent over the House
rate, which the committee did mo-
originally disturb, and was made a;
| compensation for the increase on leaC
| ore.
representative Shsfroth, of Colorado, intro
| duced in the House to-day bill directing
the Secretary OF the Treasury, for each month
the expenditures Of the government are grea.
| or than the receipts, to deduct from each sal
airy in excess of 5000 per month 20 per cent.
and from each salary under that amount IL
per cent, and that in no case shall the amount
| so deducted be repaid unless at the end of the
| fiscal year the receipts for the year have ex
! ceeded the expenditures. The President and
| Justices of the Supreme Court are the only
| officials exempted from the operations of the
| sct
| According to advices just received at the
State Department from the U. 8. minister tt
Persia, mob in! Teheran, Persia, recently
| invaded the Jewish quarters of that city and
inflicted shocking maltreatment upon The
| residents. Minister Mcdonald. learning Of
the prosecutions, appealed to the chief of the
shah's ministers to interfere and stop the out
| rage. That official promised to do 80, but
according to the report, the prosecutions con-
tinued until after the officers sent to protect
| the victims had extorted all their money.
| Representative Crumpscker, of Indiana, to.
day introduced in the House bill to exempt
from the civil service regulations all places
| with salaries of 5000 or less
In anticipation of the passage of the tariff
bill by the Senate this week. Mr.. Grosvenor
of Ohio, chairman of the republican caucus OF
the House, has issued request to all republi.
can members of the House to be in their seats
next Monday, July 5.
Representative Crumpacker of Indiana to-
day introduced in the House resolution for
q constitutional amendment providing that
hereafter no non.contiguous territory shall be
annexed to the United States except in pur-
susnce of treaty negotiated by the Presi.
dent, corcurred in by two thirds of each
house Of Congress and ratified by the legisla-
lures of three fourths Of the States.
THE FLORIDA TROUBLE.
The hearing i'm the CASA apainat Gil.