Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette.

iOg favorably reported was recommlt-
ted on Monday on account OF new
charges. These charges are contained
in an affidavit made by Mr.. Gardner,
who was Indian inspector In 1871, who
states that McCord offered him 1900
to influence the location of an Indian
school in Wisconsin.
The controversy over the rate of duty
on wrapper tobacco was settled to-day
so far as the republican members OF
the finance committee could settle 1t
by agreeing upon the rate of $1.75 per
pound. The growers of wrapper leaf
wanted rate of 81, while the manu-.
facturers asked that the rate should
not exceed $50.
The following fourth class postmas-
tiers were appointed in Virginia to-day:
G.. r. Wood, Briery; T. ]. Langford,
Hitchcock; G. W. Moore, Reynolds
Store; G.. D. Surface, Riner; w. T.
Wills. Shswsville; II. d. McCamara,
White Stone; II. G. Weaver, White
Top. -,
Senator Teller introduced a bill to-
day providing that all bank notes shall
be redeemed in coin and another that
all national banking associations shall
keep their reserves in their own vaults.
John S. Shriver, the newspaper cor
respondent, to-day was declared not
guilty of contempt in refusing to answer
questions Of the Senate committee in
relation to the sugar trustinvestigation.
Mr.. Shriver was the fourth of the al
legged recalcitrant witnesses, Messrs.
Havemeyer and Searles, president and
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
fining Company, both having been dis
charged, while Broker Elverton Il.
Chapman was convicted and served one
month in jail. District Attorney Davis
announced that with the permission OF
the court he would take up the case OF
E. ]. Edwards, the New York cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Press, at
one o'clock. 10 speaking of the de-
cisou rendered by Judge Bradley in the
Shriver case this morning, Judge Dit
tenhoefer, one of his counsel, said 1--WE
consider it great victory for the news
paper profession. While the judge
held that in the absence of legislation
by Congress- granting to newspaper
men the privilege of refusing to dis
close confidential communications, he
was not prepared to hold that such
privilege existed. Yet by his decision
that it could not be pertinent or rele
want to any Issue, either in court or be.
fore legislative committee, to compel
newspaper man to give the name OF
his informant, the same result was prac'
tically reached. The profession OF
journalism under this decision obtains
virtually the privilege of refusing to
disclose the name of an informant
When the court convened Mr.. Ed
wards's counsel waived the formality
of an arraignment and entered a ples
of not guilty. Assistant District Attor
ney Baker then went through the for
mality of reading large section oftbe
10, 900 word indictment against the al
legged recalcitrant witnesses, q formality
he had observed in each of the -four
previous cases. The jury under orders
from the court this afternoon brought
III verdict of not guilty. District At
torney Davis gave notice that he would
call up the cases of Brokers Macartr ey
and Seymour, the last of the recusan'
witnesses, on Monday next.
Senator Nelson has prepared an anti
trust amendment TO the tariff bill
which, he says, will clip tho wings o
the sugar trust, but other people know
that that trust now holds the republi
Can Congress in the hollow of it's hand
AS the passage of the tariff bill is in
evitable, the object of all the members
OF the Senate now is to pass it as soor
as possible, and with that object il
view, it is understood they have agreed
to pool their issues and postpone every
thing else, even the Hawaiian aud TIE
money questions, until the next ses
sion.
II is said here to-day that Secretary
Sherman is not only on record, over Ms
own name, as opposed to the acquisition
of more territory, but that he recently
expressed that opinion to the Portn
guese minister here in reference tC
Hawaii, and yet he now approves Of
the Hawaiian treaty.
A report from government inspectors
at the port of New York is to the effect
that Americans returning from Eu
ropean trips provide themselves with
enough clothing to last for years, on
which they pay no duty, and that by
doing so they save almost enough to
pay the expenses of this their.
The Virginia republican leaders are
still here. A delegation of them went
10 the Department of Justice to-day to
back the application of Mr.. James
Lyons of Richmond, who bolted the
democratic ticket last year, for place
In that department. As stated yester-
day in this correspondence they are
chiefly engaged in settling differences
about fourth class postoftices, among
them those at Warsaw, Rollins, Bowl.
ing Green and Riverton.
The Alexandria county people, after
all the work they have done on their
roads between here and Ballston to in
duce the President to make his summer
home among them, are to be disappoint-
ed, as he is going in another direction.
Senator Daniel has returned from
Richmond and was in his seat in the
Senate to-day.
Frank Wright, whose father is a po-
liceman, committed suicide in south
east Washington to-day by shooting
himself. Another report states that the
shooting was accidental.
Senator Davis, chairman of the Senste COM
mit.ee on foreign relations, said to-day that