Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-04-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of tho Aloxs. aAzxTTal
WASHING TON, D. c., April %. 1890

rspocIal Correspondence of tho Alo1s. GAZETTE
WASHING TON, D. c., April %. 1880
Should the bill to settle the account of
VIRGINIA for the 81 1872 $50 she advanced the
government in 1912, which has already pass
ed the Senate, pass the House also, 1t will
not only redeem the bonds the government
holds IS security for toe Indisn trust fund
money Virginia borrowed with which TO
erect the Washington monument at Rich
mond. the principal OF which ls $751;, SUI,
but put S275, SOS into the States treasury.
The bill stands high on the calendar of the
House, but there seems TO be great dificu!-
ty in inducing the republican members from
Virginia to call 1t up, as each of them has
local bills which he ia DESTROYS Of having
passed, and as his recognition for the pur-
pose of calliog up this bill would diminish
his chance of being able to call up any 9th
err. As the eye with which the Speaker
looks OF the democratic side Of the House is
bind, the hops of Virginia for this bill lies
with her republican representatives, and
this hope, fer the reason stated above, is not
bright. Other States, however. are iDte!-
ested in the same claim, and republican
members from these States will call 1t up.
The Chandler resolution for applying the
gag law in the Senate has not yet been act
ed on By the committee on rules of that
body, and will not be, it is said, until the
democratic Senators evince disposition to
kill any measure by talking 1t to death, as
Senator Blair did the educational bill. But
as the Senate now has rules, and as those
rules allow indefinite debate, the resolution
referred to, even if reported favorably, can
not be adopted, as the democratic members
of the Senate will debate 1t until Christmas,
l,o, Cd RI n
gals. who, like Mr.. Reed, In the House,
would make rules for himself anu oruer r
vote without more ado.
&c. Gray, the man who shot himself al
the south END of the L9ng Bridge last night,
was not dead at one O'Clock to-day, but Is
expected TO die ct any moment, as his brains
are oozing cut of the hole the bullet mede
| in his skull He is q native OF Georgeto wn.
The House committee on rules this morn
| ing considered the time that shall be allow
ed for debate on the tariff bill. The repuh-
llcsns say six days for general debate and
! ten for debate under the five minute rule.
The democrats want twelve days for gen.
eral debate. This morning the republicans
agreed to allow ten days for general debate
If the extra four days should come out of the
tep for debate under the five minute rule.
Mr.. Sam Strong died last night in the
arms of his new but devoted friend j. Hum
phrey Brooke, well known in the upper part
of Virginia. His death ia attributed to Gen,
B. F. Butler, who had him imprisoned two
weeks ago, and thai imprisonment broke tbs
old mars heart. He had claim against
the Government for S2S 600 for work done
In this city uu6er the Shepherd regime. He
engaged Gen. Butler to prosecute the claim
for him. The claim was paid short time
DIT la Co q
cause Strong refused to pay IL Butler haG
him put in all. Strong, though eighty six
years of age, leaves two children, a boy aged
| three wears, and deaf aud dumb girl aged
| five.
The House military committee met this
morning to consider the Mt. Vernon Avenue
bill, but as the chairman. MI Cutcheon, had
taken Col. Hains's plans home to examine
| them at his leisure and bad failed to b-icg
| them back, the committee had to postpone
the consideration of the bill until Friday
| next According to the modified plan the
estimate of the cost of the avenue has been
| reduced to $4S1, 600, tad the bridges Will
| be of wooden trestles.
The following changes in the 4,h class
postcffices of Virginia were made ID day :
Dranesyille, Fairfax county. Il. +. po5toD,
appointed postmaster vice K, h tarr, re-
signed Hsaling Springs, Bath county, r.
NJ. Prichard vice J. Q Kincaid, resigned !;
GAINESVILLE, Northampton county, J. q.
Heath vice w. J. Wyatt. resigned Spring
man, Fairfax county, P l. Evans vice J. M.
Springmau, removed Stone Mountain, Car.
roll county, G. H. Chaplin vice s. ]. Stanley
resigned White Gate, Giles county,. @.
Blackburn vice 8. Bane, removed.
The engineers of tho c. Il O. R. f. and General
Lee, and MI Gaines, OF Warronton, a1 a consul
tstion at tho Ebbtt House this morning about
measures that would tend to secure the right OF
way of that road into Washington via Wsrronton
and Falls Church.
Thorburn Mills, of Richmond county, Va, has
been removed from the place he had in the gov
ornment printing office.
Maj. O. E. Hine, of Fairfax county, Virginia, is
strongly endorsed by both republicans and domo-
Gratis of his State for The place OF one of Vrginias
two commissioners at the Worlds Fair.
President Harrison sent to the Houso this al
ternoon message vetoing the bill for public
building at Palss. Texas.