Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Ale1s. aAzE1THl

4 SSIAS
one of which is the Daniel proposition 10
somewhat emesouIated form. The proVi-
sion with respect to the President being
satisfied of the bona fde character of Chi
caeo's subscriptions, was made to read that
be ehal be satisfied of the responsible
character of the subscriptions before lnvlt-
ing foreign nations to participate. The
Dauiel amendment was modified so as To
provide that sometime in the spring-date
not particularizsd-bef the time for
opening the exposition, there shall be an
international naval display in New York
harbor and Hampton Roads, and civic cele-
bration in Washington at the time OF the
dedication of statue proposed to Column
bus.
Among the claims reported favoreb'y from
the House committee on war claims ano
which have been allowed by the court oil
claims, are the following from Virginia
George w. and W. T. Bowen, OF CupepeF
county. S44 Oliver G. Butts S4OO; W. s.
George. Sis; Belle Dinges, SITS; Joseph
Lowe. $40; Robert E Russell, $3.50; Ab,
SALON. Riley, 1855; ]. D. Vertz and l.. ID.
Vincent, Sl,2S7; George H. Wenner, 81 ,l9i;
E. ]. Conrad, 81 .526; El!zey Cban6'
lin. IS 9O1; Mary a. Conrad, 81
43l-a!l Of Loudoun county; john
Dulsri, Goochland county, S1,531; Samuei
F. Beach, executor of Anthony K. Frazer,
Sl2 $50, Charlotte L and Francis r Dra'n,
administrators OF John Lambden, st Id, ali
of Alexandra county joseph Graotnan,
s1.eS5, and T. o. Wyndham, 1892, Ct
Clarke county; John Kelley, OF Aieg no.
county, Sc 57l; Elizabeth MulvehiIl, "a $40
and Betty f. Riley, 5000, of Frederick
county Eliza Marsteller, administering Of
&C Marsteler, of Prince William county,
50 537: George Mioga, of Isle OF Wight
county. 1858; Frank Slade, administrator
of J. E. Tuois. of Norfolk county, S1O, o07.
| The representatives of the owners OF
rinarian rights in Alexandria county, Nir.
pin;a, with their estimates of the damage
That would be i; fl cted upon those owners
BY the passage of the bill TO prohibit fishing
in the waters of the District of Co
lumbia. were at the room OF the
House fisheries com mittee this morning,
bnt as no Quorum of the committee was
In resept no meeting was held and nothing
was done. The committee will not meet
again until next Wednesday. In the mean
time fishing ia carried on dd ti6itum In
the waters referred to, as the law prohibit
ing it has expired by limitation.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Hoar pro-
seused q petition of Thomas ]. O'Roark OF
Hunter's Mill. Fairfax county, Virginia, for
a pension.
Delegations FROM the New York Produce
and Cotton Exchanges, the Chicago Board
of Trade and the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change were before the Houes agricultural
committee to-day and protested against the
passage Of the bill TO prevent dealing in op
tons ard futures which has already been
recommended by the committee.
The sub-ccm nittee OF tbs House com
merce committee. to @hich the matter was
referred, agreed this morning to recommend
an appropriation of $50 900 for lighthouse
at the Crsighill cut oil in The approach 10
| Baltimore harbor.
Judge Ashton of King George county, Va.
| Yesterday appeared before a subcommittee
of the House war claims committee, consist
| Ing of Representative Stone OF Kentucky, in
advocacy OF the claim of ]. Il. Redmsn of
King George county, for vessel belonging
to him that was destroyed By the federal
navy during the war.
Messrs Dornan, Crow, Pollock, Bromley
snd Mason, carpet manufacturers OF P6ila-
delphia, representing producing capacity
| of 4, 900 carpet looms, had hearing before
the republican members Of the ways and
means committee to-day in opposition to the
proposed increase of the duty on carpet
woods, and declared that it would make the
| raw material for carpet cost more than the
carpets now sold for.
On motion OF the Attorney General the
| U. S. Supreme Court to-day advanced the
cases of the negro Navsssa rioters and set
them for hearing on the third Monday In
October. Three Of them are under sentence
10 be hanged an6 the others 10 imprisonment
f5r various terms; aud applications have
been made for wri;s OF habeas corpus on the
ground that the United States did not have
| jurisdiction.
MIR. Mckinley told Zoe GAzETTE's cores
pendent this morning that there WIS moth
ing to the report that the duty on tin plate
would be reduced or removed.
There is no decided change in the condi.
ton of Representative Randall. This mora.
| ing he is sleeping under the influence of
opiates and appears to be resting as easily
as could be expected. Speaker Reed called
at his house this morning and was Informed
that his condition was unchanged.
The provision for lioe Of battle ships in the
naval appropriation bill was stricken out OF
that bill in committee Of toe whole yesler.
day evening" but Mr.. Speaker Reed says he
will have it put back when the bill Ia re.
ported to the House (; and what Mr.. Reed
says is ag.
Representative O'Ferral will leave here
tonight for his home in Harrisonburg, Va,
| by reason of sickness in his family.
| The local militia and the U. S. troops sta
toned in and near ,hi: city were paraded
f, to-day for the entertainment of tue foreign
delegctes to the Pan-Amercan Congress
now in session here. They were reviewed
by the deeeatesin the White House grounds
in the presence OF large crGTd OF specta
tors and presented very credtsble appear-
ance. Gen. Corse, of Alexandra came up
to see the show.
The Waddill- Wise contested election cas-, which
was set for yes erday, bat was postponed by rea
son of the naval appropriation BILL came up in
the House this evening. Messrs. Crisp and
o. Ferrall spoke for Mr.. Wise, and Mr.. Wise spoke
for himself.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Lee introduced
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