Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-31
FROM Washington.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE GAZETTE

/ WASHINGTON, D. g., OA. 81.
The Senate to-day did hut iit: and IN tin
House he reading Of Alnn lays ';irnaI '"c''
pied all the time up to y. IN,
MIR. E}muDds COMMITTEE On lho III IhA
Of Counting the Electoral Wee was ana. II ed
10 The Sepac,
1t is SAID that CIarkson n p5I WI dr
cline the charm na'lir q :he / lciic j Iii t.
Committee
The PR ssurc for ttii1e is still great.
The reports aboat an early adjou1'mHnt I'll
Congress need not be needed.
The Senate met ut noon.
After a number OF routine mrmIrilIS had
been presented, the following among uth' r bill:
we're Introduced -
Bill to extend the Capitol gruunds
Bill to provide for corps Of cxaliSAir-G Silt
geons. -
Bill extending Jurisdiction Of the'tSQrt OF
Claims 10 include war claims not no" cogn'Zl
BILE by that court.
Bill to remove all disabilities Altering c,!.
orei citizens in the military s,ryc, olthe Units
States.
The chair announced the iu!luw.ng coinui;
tee upon the rcsou lou lJr = new law IA %hv
ern Presidential clcctionS:
Messrs Edmunds, Of W., Couklinr, Of n.
Y, llowc, Of Wis, McNlil!ao, Of Mjr".. k"r
nan, Of N. Y. Davis, OF ILL.,, Bsyard Of Del. =,
Thurman, Of Ohio, and Morgan, Of Aaban.:.
MIR. Gordon. of Ga. submitted r"iliiHn
from number of corrci uiGn Of til 3, "';.'r III
rela,lon tn the Freedmen = Bank.
The Senate thc0 went INTO executive: sts,c n
aud SOON alter adjourned.
The House ,.rt at - Clock, whcu, ate!
prayer by Dr.. poisclI, the reading OF til" Jour
ual of Monday was begun. and up to this hour,
3 y. H., the Clerk is siIll engaged III the de-
lightful task Of reading over the titles with the
reference Of the ight hundred and torIy'tlvc
bills and rcSolutoos introduced on that dag.
All motions to dispense with the further
reading were objected to
The House by test vote 0l liz to lbs de-
telmincd virtually to repeal the resumption
ac!.
TIE NEW TELEPHONE.
The telephone was arranged last cvenirg for
communication between The capital and the
government printing oilic'. The capital end l.;
at the Senate poStuhcr, aui i! is DOW constantly
government printing! rs the telephone is a:
yet novel to Alexandria will describe its prac
lcal working. Above the desk OF one 81 the
clerks 10 the Senate pos;ol!iaa there Is r.>tcGctl
To the wall walnut box, pot unlike N appear
auc4 the car far, boxes formerly in USE Ia the
Alexandria street cars. Attached To this box
10 front arc two dome shaped call bell, like
the call bells ordinarily 10 use. There is key
hole to which is attached a key that winds ust
aa dues clcck or fire alarm box. hcltw Is Il
handle which shifts and unshiits the ma.
chincry While | stood there this morning the
call bell rang the signal that some one At the
Government Otfica wished to communicate
The clerk rose, turncd thu key two or three
times to show he was ready, and then turned
the shifting handle. Then, takiog two woolen
Instruments like in shape to stcthoecrpcs, ne
put his mouth to one and said, swell, at the
same time lu'ting the other 10 his ear, "Alr.
II. g. NGalc wants hnclln"rt No. ISL y odd
you say u. Z. Nealc?" Yes" II hDva fur
nisncd him two copies. 'A!I right. The
clerk reversed the shifting handle AMI sat down
to the work of his desk
COMBINATIONS
The Senate, in secret session tt, dry, cbnlirm'
cd number Ut poslm.strIs. ~. None from
NireiDla.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Committee on Possibilities determined 10
order thopayment to anti beIlum mail con'rac-
tors in the South of 1915 900.