Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-17

though mauy republican Senators are
,0ualiy as opposed to it, all of them,
too. will he forces to support 1t by the IL iiu'
snce of the administration, which Will ne
brouebt to bear upon them. lt
ia also said that any attempt OF
the democratic Senators to kill 1t by talk, as
thew threaten to do, will be summarily STOP
ped by the application Of the gag law, ano
that Me-. Iogails was elected president pro
tempore expressly for hat purpose. hepfs-
ssntstive Bnr:owa, however, says that
tboupb the bill Will go through the House
he does not think 1t will pass the Senate,
and soma other republicans talk the same
way. o,,
Baron Won ZedwitZ the German minister 10
Mexico, took place In the chapel OF the
Catholic University here at IL o'clock TINS
morning, in the presence of DISTINGUISHED
attendance. Bishop Spauldng performed
the marriage ceremony. Cardinal diooons
was unavoidably detained. The chapel Is
the Gift OF the bride, who is the younger ss-
ter of Miss Gwendoline Caldwell.
The tariff bill YVES closed against all fu!-
Their amendments to-day and will be report
ed to the Senate tomorrow. The tobacco
tax. instead of being reduced lower than 1t
was by the House bill, has been put back to
it's old figures. aud the tax on sugar is high
or than that fixed by the House, and the
sugar bounty is retained and given to maple
sugar also Debate on the bill will hardly
ccmmeuce b. fore next week.
During tbs last Congressional campaign
in Virginia the republican candidates told
their audiences that il elected their party
would sse that the bill to refund the money
collected under the direct land tax bill OF
1861 would be refunded. Most Of that
money in Virginia was collected 10 the dis
trcts rs presented by Congressman Browne
of Accomack aud Bowden of Norfolk.
bill to refund that tag has been reported
favorauly in the House, but Mr.. Speaker
Reed will not allow it to be called up for 81 :
ton. And SO it is With all republican PROM
isas to the South.
Frank Ward, the famous milkman OF this
CITY, who shot ani killed Morris Adler, the
| poo seller, ia o restaurant here seveIai
months ago, Was baiied this morning Ia the
sum OF S25 600 Until the October terH OF tho
criminal court when his trial will take place.
Senator Barbour will give dinner to
| General Joseph e. Johnston this evening,
the other guests being some Of the Gener-
ais old army and congressional friends
| The chief dish will DO 'orty pound sai-
|
now fishing in northern Canada, md cent
by him to Mr.. Barbour, packed In ice.
1t is said at the pension bureau shat a
larger number of pension certificates were
issued there lsst Friday than on any previ-
f! ous day in the life OF the bureau, being no
less than eevon thousand.
| Congressman Lester has returned from a
short visit to his home In the 5;h Virginia
| district. He Gags the people in his district
are nov 80 busy with their crops That they
| haven't any TINS 10 be wasting on politics
He did hoar, however, he Raya, rumor to
tho effect that the republicans Of the district
would rot make party domination, but
would support exCopgTessmsn Brown, q re
publican, "a an independent candidate.
As it hiss baen determined not to mix NJ
any Virginia claims with the effort to obtain
an appropriation for the Senates appropria
ton committee for Mt. Vernon Avenue.
| yiraiuis's clsim fer advances made in 1892
| will be presented to the Senate's claims
committee, who, Senator Wilson, Of Mary
| and, iDeC;aer os that committee, says will
report it iavo,ably 80 such action has just been
taken by them on precisely similar claim OF
| Maryland. In connection with this matter
it may be stated that by the report of the
! Commissioner Of Iudian affairs for 1865 the
| lQO,2D irNS' luHu III tuc " % 3lOhouiJ OOh-
tanned S69S.3O0 of Virginia bonds. while by
that of 1890 it ony contains S594,SOO. Now
as Virginia has redeemed none of these
bonds. the question naturally arises what
has become of the missing $103,500 If that
much can be taken cut of the Treasury with
out any body knowing any thing about it, is
not the peoples money box in bad way
The Senate tariff bill makes a slight re-
due ion in the duty on structional iron. But
Intelligence has just reached here that q
| Belgian i.oo firm hss made contracts to de-
| liver such iron in this country % per cent.
cheaper than the American manufacturers
will sell il, pro ected ss they will be by the
tariff. This shows the increased profits the
latter make.
Tho House iudcisry committee had tn, Senate
| original package hill before them this morning
| but reached no conclusion. somo of its members
thought the Iecert dee sion of tho U. s. Supreme
Court on the subject cfuId not be justified on con-
sttutional gronucs, but mono seemed to know
| exactly how to prepare bill thst would avoid
| that decision.
Funeral of Rev Philip Slaughter.
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