Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
special Correspondence Of the Alexandra Gazette !


The first murder committed at the 9Th
depo. here was that of President Garfield
Tho ,econd was that OF Pete Washington,
thu. c0Iored cook at the depot restaurant,
aud it was committed this morning.
coored waiter at the same restaurant named
Ned Brice, about ten o'clock this morning,
who had been quarrelsome for some time,
at that hour asked Washington to leave the
kitchen aud 20 out in the yard, but no
sooner had he got there then whipping out
a carving knife with fifteen inch blade, he
plunged it into bis breast and killed him
almost instantly. Wiping the blood off the
knife, he left his victim, and was walking
off when he was arrested before he had gone
across the street, by detective Lamb, and
lodged in Jail.
Before the Springer committee this morn
ing further evidence was educed to show
that e. 5. Marshal Strobacb, of Alabama,
the administrations candidate for Congress
in bis district. had the expense Of his cam
paign paid by the Government upon fraudu-
lent accounts.
The committee appointed by the House
to determine whether or not it's late speker,
Mr.. Keller, is an honorable and trnth-teiling
man. will hold its first session tomorrow.
The House to-day adopted resolution
watch dog OF the Treasury" appropriating
two hundred thousand dollars additional
for the relief Of the sufferers by the western
foods. The inspiring motive of the resoln
ton was the fact that Mr.. Holman's own
town is now inundated. No objection was
made to the passage Of the resolution as il
was supposed that if he was willing to loose
the strings Of the Treasury there must be
good reason for it. The House then resu.
med the considelato on of the Chalmers
Manning contested election case, the ques.
ton being whether the report Of the Elec.
lions Committee, declaring that Manning,
democrat, though he holds the Governors
certificate, has not the prima facie right to
his seat, shall be rejected and the seat be
given TO Manning until the case be tried up
on its merits Among those who favored
the claim Of Mr.. Manning was Mr.. Tucker,
of Virginia, who made an effective speech.
At meeting of subcommittee of the
House District of Columbia Committee this
morning, the bill to regulate fares and other
matters Of the railroads in this city was dis
cussed but no definite action taken thereon
II is understood that the committee thinks
that Congress should not be required to con-
slider such matters, but that the District
Commissioners should do so themselves or
matters should be referred.
The Danville investigating committee
resumed its session this morning The wit
messed were Messrs. Hatcher, Reagan,
Terry and Lea, and a colored man named
Gla5-. Mr.. Lapham, the third member Of
the committee, who was absent yesterday
was present to-day, and showed himself as
intensely partisan, prejudiced and unfair,
though Dy no means as astute, as Mr.. Sher-
man. Mr.. John Wise was continually
at their ears suggesting questions. The
testimony of the white witnesses was
to the effect that the riot was entire
ly unprecedented shat it arose from
fist tight between a white man aud u
negro who had twice insulted him, that
two friends Of the white man stood by to
see fair play and keep the negroes of, that
the negroes assembled in large numbers, re-
fused to obey the orders of the police to dis
perse, and threatened the whites, that ne
groes as we'll as whites were armed, that
both sides fired, that two white men were
shot by the negroes and several negroes By
the white men. The negro's testimony was
that the affair was premeditated that he
had beard Mr. Barksdale address q crowd
of white men, telling them to win the cleo
ton by fair means or foul and at the
point Of the gum" that a maya
zine of guns, pistols and cartridges was
opened at the office of Ruffiu, Voolfolk
s. Blair, from which the white men sup
piled themselves, that Lea took command
Of the organized whites and gave the order
to fire. and that Lea, Oliver, Reagan, Dance
and others had obeged his order and fired
into crowd of defenseless and fleeing
negroes. The whole object of the investi-
cation, as previously stated, is to have the
coached and unreliable evidence Of the me-
gro witness reported and printed at the Gov.
ernmcnt's expense for political capital
among the negroes in the doubtful North
crn States, and this object becomes more
and more apparent rs the investigation
proceeds.
Gen Malone and Congressman Libby
and Mayo, left here this morning for Rich
mond to attend the private conference of
the inner-tub Mahoneites to be held at the
Wing Office tonight, and at which the pro-
gramme Of the Brady republican State cen.
tr9l committee, to meet to. morrow, will be
arranged. Only about twenty are admitted
into this inner tub, and among them is
neither Mr.. Hooper nor Mr. Bowen.
The House Postollice Committee this
morning agreed to report favorably a bill
allowing Sd class postmasters rent for their
OiuCcS, aioO Ia'oidoiy UPON
out the word fraudulent" before the word
word lotteries in the anti lottery law, SO as
to exclude Ill lottery matter from the
mails.
The House Commerce. Committee this morning
discussed the revised Interstate commerce bill.
which provides for the creation Of railroad COM
mission, which shall sit in Washington and whose
decisions may be appealable to the q. S. Circuit
Court of the State in which the Gaze shall arise
The u s. Supreme Court has granted the ap.
pcation Of Judge Willoughby, OF Alexandria, for
an order giving him leave TO file a petition for
writ o: lnandamus on the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury to show cause why he does not deliver to the
State of Virginia her full share of tho distribution
Of the public funds under the act of 1886 the
remainder amounting to about seven hundred aud
thirty three thousand dollars.
Several democl attic Senators, and some among
the republicans too, have been after Attorney
General Brewster recently for his refusal or ne
glcct to respond to q resolution Of the last Con.
gress. This morning Mr.. Brewster sent his reply
to the Senate stating that tho reason of his delay
was that the resolution was passed during his
summer vacation, and that the resolution was of
so important character that it required time to
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