Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
rCorrospondence Of the Alexandria Gazette
WASHINGTON, July 2.

leaves Cuba at once.
Managers of the tariff bill in the Sen.
ate have no hope of getting the bill
through the Senate this week and now
look for q final vote next Tuesday or
Wednesday. The Senate will be in
session on Monday.
Senator Teller to-day introduced q
bill prohibiting the shipment of game
out of the States of Colorado, Wyom
ing and Utah contrary to the lave OF
those States.
The President to-day sent the follow
Ing nominations to the Senate: VIM.
Woodvile Rockhill, of the District of
Columbia, to be minister to Greece, Rou-
mania and Servia; Arthur s. Hardy, OF
New Hampshire, minister to Persia;
Abraham E. Smith, of Illinois, consul
of the United States at Victoria; Asa
W. Tenney, district Judge for the east
ern district of New York; Richard W..
Austin, marshal for the eastern district
of Tennessee, and George w. Allen,
collector of customs district of Key
West, Fla.
The following Virginia postmssters
were appointed to-day: Appomattox,
James Spriggle; Johannesburg, B. G.
Ross.
The President has appointed Bryon
Sunderland, D. D, of the District of
Columbia, Francis NJ. Gunnel, Surgeon
General of the United States navy, and
John Moore, Surgeon General of the
United States army, to be visitors to
the Government Hospital for the In
sane.
A report on seed investigations SUBJ
mitted to Secretary Wilson says thou
sands of pounds, probably tons, of grass
and clover seed are shipped annually
into the United States which contain
all sorts of vile weed seeds. In this
way such pests as the Russian thistle,
Canada thistle, wild mustard. chess,
dodder, wild daisy, trefoil and plantain
were introduced here.
Secretary Gage ia now considering
the advisabilitY of exempting the depu.
ty collectors of customs and internal
revenue from the operation of the civil
service law.
A company here has bought two hun.
dred acres of land on the west side OF
the Alexandria electric railroad and
just north of Four Mile run, Of which
they will make q cemetery for this city.
Sixty acres of the land were purchased
from Mr.. Crane, q truck raiser, for
which he received $40, 900.
A business man of this city went to
Baltimore the other day with some
gilt edge' paper upon which to raise
money for an industrial enterprise here.
The cashier OF the bank at which he
called told him the security could not
be better, and that the bank never had
more money, but that it was not putting
it out. When asked why, the cashier
replied to the effect that no body now
knows what is going to happen, and
that money WAS safer in bank vaults
than in business
1t is understood to-day that the nom
ination of Mr.. Warner to be consul at
Leipsic though opposed by Senator
Wellington, and that of Mr.. Reade to be
postmaster at Viewpoints News though
opposed by Colonel Lamb and DR.. Wise,
will be confirmed.
Mr.. Wellington of Maryland created
sensation in the Senate to-day by a
speech in which he practically bid def
ance to the President and the republi-
can members of the commerce commit
tee of the Senate, snd!said he could as
we'll go his way as they 60 theirs.
Ex-Congressman Brown of Virginia
and Mr.. Cobb of his district, whose ap-
pointment as consul to Rio he has been
urging, have grown sick from hope de-
ferred, and gone back home, sadder
but not wiser men.
From Southern republicans now here
it is learned that the President has
fully determined to reward the men
in their section who supported his
nomination and to let the others look
out for themselves. Some from Vir-
GINA say that the Lamb-Wise faction
OF their party want State convention,
nominally to put straight republican
ticket in the field for the fall election,
but really to enable that faction to
show their strength; but that the Bow
den faction whom the President has
recognized, following Gen. Ma
homes advice, are opposed to the ex-
pense and trouble of hopeless fight
next November, and that as they have
control of the State committee, the i'm
preston now is that no republican
State convention will be called.
The provision for tax on stock and bond
transactions agreed upon at the caucus of re-
publican Senators grew out of ! statement
thst with the tea and beer provisions with
drawn the tariff bill was likely to fall short
to the extent of SIS, 100000 in providing
sufficient revenue to meet the demands of the
government 1t was stated that tax of 2
cent? per share should be levied upon every
share OF stock sold at stock exchange or at
any other place, and that a similar tax Of 2
cents should be collected upon all bonds sold
on the stock exchanges or elsewhere. The
caucus accepted the suggestion, but decided
to leave the formulation of the amendment
with possibly a change of rates to the finance
committee 1t is understood that the amend
ment will also provide for stamp tax on all
issues of stock, whether when company is
originally formed or it subsequently, enlarges
its ISSUE The rate suggested is five csnts
per 500 Of stock. The caucus not only de-
cided not to impose the extra tax on beer,
bat it also receded from the proposed changes
on manufactured tobacco, including snuff and
smoking tobacco. leaving only the provisions
in regard to cigars and cigarettes of the in
ternal revenue features of the bill. A decis-
ion was reached to make the rate on cigar
cites double that proposed by the finance
committee, or So r thousand on those
weighing less than three pounds per thous.
sand, and increasing the rate for those of
larger size.
aecretary Wilson expects to bring q ramie
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