Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.]

all of these animals left in wild state
are in the Yellowstone National Park.
and Mr.. Jones says they do not exceed
80 in number. He says if the remain
ing animals are to be preserved they
must be gathered at once, as the game
in the park has been mercilessly
slaughtered the past two years. MIR.
Jones says the superintendent of tho
park has abandoned all hope of pre-
serving single specimen. The Secre-
tary has not acted upon the PROPOSE
ton.
Senator Cullom is in favor of per-
manent tariff commission, and says:
81 believe that through the judicious
agency of such a commission, composed
of experts, statisticians and business
men, such changes could be made from
year to year by Congress as might be
indicated and clearly shown to be wise.
This would save the necessity of re-
curing g change of the whole tarlil
system by whatever party came into
power. Certainly we cannot continue
indefinitely as we have been doing
with reference to that subject, because
the business of the country will not
tolerate it."
Minister Terrell, at Constantinople,
cables the State Department that tele-
gram has been received from Edhem
Pasha stating thst he captured Pharsa-
los yesterday morning and that he was
pursuing the Greek army to Domoko.
The mountain passes below Domoko
oa,,l1 ho o,c;l,, n fapdod kt,t II ia ra
ported that the Greek army is greatly
demoralized and that it will offer but
slight resistance, if any, to the advance
of the Turks. A dispatch from Con-
stantinople supplementary to the above
says: ITO day at dawn Thursday the
imperial troops having attacked the
enemy, located at Pharsalos, who had
in part commenced to fly during the
night, whipped, them and took posses
sion of the town. The cavalry division
pursued the enemy on the road of Do
mokos and Khairi Pasha's division has
been ordered to proceed IN that direc-
ton. The Hellenes left at Pharsalos
ammunition of war and provisions"
The following fourth class postmasters
were appointed in Virginia to-day
Doe Hill, ]. NJ. Jones; Falls Church, E
F. Crocker; Long Glade, ]. T. Ewing;
Mcdowell, G. S. Paterson; Milford, w.
N. Blatt; Psmplin City, r. L. Frank
lin; Rockbridge Baths, w. NJ. Nuckols;
West Appomattox, Robert Irby.
The executive board OF the Daughters
of the Revolution has been in session
here for several days, with Mrs. Steven
SOD, wife of the former vice president,
presiding. 1t has been determined to
visit the Tennessee Centennial Exposi
ton on October IS, when the Daughters
will celebrate the battle of Yorktown.
The arrangements for the trip of the
President and his Cabinet to Philadel-
phia to attend the exercises in connec
tion with the dedication of the Wash
ington monument in Paramount Park,
May Is, have been completed. The
presidential party will leave here on
special train on the afternoon of Friday,
May II, at l o'clock. They will be the
guests of the Union League Club at
banquet to be given in their honor the
same evening, and will return to Wash
ington after the exercises in Fairmount
Park on Saturday. Neither Mrs. Nc
Kinley nor the ladies of the cabinet will
he of the party.
Robert II. Martin, until recently the
ressurer of the Columbian University,
was arrested this morning charged
with the embezzlement of $50, $50 OF
the funds of the university.
Virginia republicans are much in
evidence at the Hotel Johnson to-day,
Messrs. Bowden, Waddill, Treat, Lee,
Zerega, Blackwell, Kent, Butler, Ma
hone and numerous others being there
or thereabout. Some of them called
on the Postmaster General this morn
ing and were reinformed that in all the
Congressional districts of the State ex.
cept the two that are represented by
republicans. MIR. Bowden is referee
The chief object of to-day's gather
ing seems to be to obtain a definite
understanding in respect of the admin
istration's policy with regard of the
factional fight in the Norfolk district,
and that, it is said to day, is forninst
the Wise faction. The disposition of
such consular patronage as may come
come to the State is also matter for
consideration among them. There are
Two applicants for consular positions
from the Sth district, MIR. Zerega of
Loudoun county, who wants to go Ant
werp, and Mr.. Pat McCaull, who would
like to 20 to Belfast. The former has
the endorsement of the republican
committee of his State, and IS reported
to have the better and therefore the
only chance, as it is certain that two
consulates will not go to the same dis
irict. 1t is understood that the Attor-
ney General wants Mr.. Dejarnete, OF
whose father he was friend, to take
the place of Assistant U. S. attorney for
the eastern district of Virginia, but Mr..
Cole of Northumberland county has
the endorsement of the republican
committee of his State; and there the
matter stands at present. Chairman
Lamb of the committee referred to, as
is we'll known, receives no considera-
ton at all from its other members, and
says his own party are now fighting
him harder than the democrats ever
did He is sick now in Norfolk.
Major Hoge Tyler is expected here
next Tuesday and has written here to
that effect. The prevailing opinion
of the entire Virginia congressional
delegation on the subject is that the
feeling of the democrats in their State
is In favor of the Major for Governor.
Congressman Otey and Swanson,
representing the two chief tobacco dis