Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, ar.
rived in Washington from Boston this
morning and is located at the Shore
ham. If the ex Queen had any inten-
ton of calling upon President Cleveland
10 day to pay her respects, that purpose
has been frustrated by the Presidents
departure last night on ducking eX-
petition. 1t is not known how long
the President will be absent from
Washington. 1t is also not known how
long the representative of the late Ha-
waiian dynasty will remain here.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
informed the Senate that unless imme-
date steps are taken to increase the
daily delivery of silver certificates of
small denominations by the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing the stock of
such certificates in the Treasury will
be so depleted as to prevent the re-
demption of the denominations usually
called for by the banks. He recon-
mends an appropriation of $4,000 for
increasing the force to keep up with
the demand.
The Senate committee on postotfices
and post roads this morning held an
other hearing on the Loud bill, which
cuts off serial publications from the
benefits of second.class postage rates.
Those present were chiefly opposed to
the bill. Mr.. Eilert had previously
designated the book "How to Get
Married Although a Woman" as sam.
pie of the class of literature that the
PostoficeDe department. ought to keep out
The criticised publication was exhibited
to day, and Mr.. Ogilvie showed the
committee that it was endorsed by
Sunday school teachers and religious
workers.
The Navy Department finally admit
ted this morning that the cruiser De-
troit, now on the China station, would
leave for home about February 9th pro
ceeding to New York via the Suez
canal thus exposing her officers and
men to the ravages of the bubonic
plague that now infects East Indian
ports, including those on the Red Sea,
where she will have to stop Tor coal.
President Cleveland left town quiet.
ly last night on the Light House ten
der Maple with Captain Lamberton
for days duck shooting in the Po'
tomac near Quantico, Va. The party
will return this evening.
Chief Engineer George E. Tower, u.
S. NJ, has been recommended for re-
tirement. Mr.. Towers last duty was
as chief engineer of the battleship In
diana, but he remained there only a
short time, as he and one of his assist
ants broke down during the manoeu-
yres of the North Atlantic squadron
last August, and he has been under
treatment in one of the naval hospitals
ever since.
James II. Eckels, the Comptroller of
the Currency, has sent letter to the
governors of the States requesting
them to recommend legislation to Sc
cure uniformity in the collection of
banking statistics.
The navy register just issued shows
that as many as twelve engineer off,
GERS were retired during the past year.
A. J. Grams was appointed postmast-
or at Homewood, Surray county, Va,
to-day, vice Mrs. L. E. Potts, resigned,
and R. G. Scott at Saltcreek, Amherst
county, vice L. d. Workman, resigned.
For the first time in many years, if
ever before, the Senate, but not the
House, was in session on Saturday.
The bill to pay the heirs of the late
Henry Fitzhugh, of Virginia, $75, 600 for
supplies taken by the federal army dur.
ing the war, came up in the Senate to-
day and would have passed but for the
objection of Mr.. Sherman.
Senator Daniel said to-day that the
Nicaraguan canal bill is dead, but that
though there would be good deal of
opposition to the arbitration treaty, as
all the money power, all the church
and all the college influence it being
exerted in its favor it's ratification is
probable.
Messrs. Sam Yost and Brown AL
len have reinforced the other prominent
Virginia republicans now in the city.
The friends of the Memorial Bridge
at Arlington have determined to press
the bill for that bridge no further at
this session, as there is no hope for it
now. About twenty bills other than
the regular appropriation and pension
bills will be allowed to 60 through, but
the condition of the Treasury will per-
NIT no more.
A favorable report has been made. on
the bill to increase the pension of Mrs.
Harriet J. Hutter of Lynchburg.
Mr.. Pat McCaull of Virginia was at
the Capitol to-day. He says he is not
an applicant for the place of registrar of
the Treasury, but is for that of collec-
tor of internal revenue for the upper
district of Virginia, which he once
filed acceptably, and to which he
thinks he is entitled to second term,
but not to third, and that no matter
what states may be made UP. he is as
sured that he will get it, so that the
other applicants for it may as we'll turn
their attention to the Treasury regis
trarship.
On the question to pass bill over
the Presidents veto in the House yes
terday, which was carried by a large
majority, all the democrats present
from Virginia, Messrs. Jones, Meredith,
Otey, Swanson and Tyler, voted in the
affirmative, the only negative vote
from that State being cast by Mr..
Thorp, republican. Mr.. Cleveland
has few friends among the democrats
in Congress.
INDEMNITY PAID.-The London
7ines correspondent at Georgetown,