Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-08

which is to reduce the price of gas in Wash
ngton to 81 a thousand feet Mr.. Blair
made i, long speech in favor OF woman suf-
frage.
1t Was reported Til. evening that Minnie
Raymond, alias Roach, the woman shot
Monday night By RoHe, ths gambler, Was
dead.
Among tbs strangers at the Capitol to-
day is Stale Senator Meredith, of Virginia.
Mr.. Meredith, like Mr.. Croxton, says the
:,rst cause OF the democratic dissatisfaction
exhibited at the recent election in his State
was the failure Of the democratic legislature
to elect Mr. Barbour 10 the Senate. Re.
gardng tie State debt lie says he was at
first opposed to an extra session of the leg
iSature, but now thinks such session will
he held that if that he the case, the Rid
dlebergpr bill should he insisted upon, and
that when that is done he believes the
bondholders viii! cease their opposition TO
that bill and accept lis provisions.
Yesterday Mr.. Canedy, Sergeant at Arms
Of The Senate, promised Senator Riddleber-
ger that he would appoint Marion Zirkle, a
Page county, Virginia, lad, page in the
Senate. The Senator thought he had oh
tanned 81 senatorial favcr--a rare thing for
him and was hurrying Off to telegraph to
the lads father to send him down, when he
met Virginia friend who told him General
Malone had secured the place for tho same
boy two or three days ago, and that the boy
was then in the Capitol on duty: 1t is
needless TO say that that Information was
not at all agreeable to the junior Virginia
Senator, especially rs he had long been un.
der the impression that he had other greV
ances with both Gen. Malone and Col.
Canady, and it was not long before he
sought the latter and expressed his feelings
on the subject in tho most unmistakable
language. He subsequently avoWed his in
teniion TO otlsr resolution in the Senate
dcnouncing the treatment to which he had
been subjected by one Of its officers and
threatened that if it was not adopted be
would vote against Canady's reelection
next March ; and as his vote will then tie
the Senate his threat may be effective. Mr.
Canady this morning said he had forgotten
all about giving General Malone the place
when Mr.. Riddleberger asked him for it.
that Mr.. Riddleberser had good cause for
| complaint, but that he thought the matter
was now settled satisfactorily.
Thomas Brooke, of Prince Georges coun.
ty, Maryland, was appointed messenger
of the House to-day.
The Presidents wife has returned from
her recent visit to New York, whittier she
went to do some shopping. The Presidents
attack OF Rheumatism was so bad today that
he was forced to assume recumbent posi-.
ton and to deny himself to all callers.
In the book Of estimates for the year 1855
the sum of s. 500 is put down for deepening
the Mt Vernon channel, So 900 for Neabscc
creek, and $4,000 for Nomin creek. $500
is the estimate for the pay ofthe ianitor and
1910 FOR that Of the Waterman at the Gus
toms house st Alexandria.
Intelligence has been received here to the Of
feet that a republican member OF the Indians
| Legislature hut elected in democratic county
has been killed accidentally This by taking one
vote from the republicans in the body referred tc
and adding one to the democrats gives the latter
a majority of four, and secures them the u. S
Senator in place of Mr.. Harrison, republican.
! Mr.. MORRISON is canvassing the House to sec
| what would 10 the chance of an attempt to cal
up his tariff bill for consideration, and is induced
to think that attempt will receive more support
than it did last year Mr.. Randall will make nc
promi:e but says that his object is to have the
regular appropriation bills passed as rapidly as
practicable 50 rs to avoid all possible necessity ol
I'll extra session. IL is said also that an intima
ton hiss been received at tho House from the
| White lluuo that Mr.. REnial.'S object is an
! proved by the frrtcnt.
IN the IIous, to-day Mr. Eoutcil. OF blaine, Of
lcrcd bill temporarily removing tho duty Oh
building material imported at Eastport, a large
portion OF which town was recently destroyed by
fro MIR. Breckenridge. of Arkansas, objected tt
Its consideration upon the ground that the people
"f the who country wanted tho duty removed
from building materials, and that when that was
done the people o: E;stport would leap theil
share ni tic general benefit.
Moro than week ago tho GAZETTE's corrc
sponfcnt WAS informed that divorce case in
| which Mr.. Whitney, the Secretary of the Navy
was the co respondent. had been shaved off or tenn
porary settled. As such stuff is not in his line
he would not usc 1t, hoping ii would kept from
the public, aud now only mentions it because ii
has since been alluded tn in the newspapers ant
| has bccomc current talk.