Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-10-24
The case will not be

is set for to-day. The case will not be
reached till this afternoon, and Mr.. CleVe.
lands areumen. probably not be made until
Monday. as the court doesn't sit on Satur-
0ays. Mr.. Cleveland had not reached the
court room at two o'clock. DE was seen
wa king down Pennsylvania avenue to-day,
shing be never did when President.
The Treasury Department to-day decided
that under the new tariff bill even toreigo
dictionaries Intended for the use oftree pup
lie libraries must be taxed. Under the bill!
referred 70 people ars aOt oniy taxed from
the cradle 50 ;be grave on all the necessaIied
OF lie. but syen Gu the means OF acquiring
knowledge.
found 10 On out-of-the-way place to-day,
shows that the actual number OF men en-
listed in the federal g my was 8, 500, 900. No
wonder the halt million the Couedarates
had etood no chance OF snccess, after their
failure to reap Iha advantage OF the htst
battle Of Manassas and the battle OF Fred
erickshurg The woDder is they kept The
fad so long aud gained SO many victories.
A well-!oformsd SID interested republican
politician from Pennsylvania here to-day
saws though be- thinks that State will go re.
pob!ican 50 the coming election, be must
acknow edge that he il not as cure that such
will be- the case as he would like to be. He
saws the republican opposition is not so
much to DsIaraater as it Is TO Bo7s q lay.
| A gentleman who attended the recent
sale OF town lois a. Front Royal, Virginia,
was here to-day. He says the first days
sal. 8 amounted 10 S425 COO, and the seconds
10 $50 600 TIE highest price was 81 10
and The lowest $3.50 He says the excite :
ment at the sale was great, and that IN their
hurry to Claim their lots and tag them, sew
era pereone wers hurt, one having his leg
| broker,
In the U 5 Supreme Court to day, or
motion OF Mr.. S F. Beach, of Alexandris'
Msssrs. Nj u Il. Beach and John b.
Goode, OF Virginia, we're admitted to the
practice Of that court.
The provisions Of the Force bill cannot De
app led at lbs ming election, but the A.
torney General will do all he can toward
suppl, ing the omission by appointing an lie,
creased numCe: CT deputy marshals ana
puttirg them on duty several days before
he eltct{cn to "scrk" fer the party.
Eaery boly here is laughing at the public
threat of Mr. Roosevelt, Of the civil!
-eryice commissicu, to prosecute fede'a
oficeho!ders for making political assess-
| me0t9 ugCn taer leue'i' enVio!ee'i oh'
nojn. 10 the failure TO prosecute the mem
bars Of the o d Dominion republican league
for two years though they boldly sckEowiedGe
,bst they committed similar ctf.nce.
T5e prevailing impression here on the subject
is that The OMISSION OF th tobacco rebate provision
of the tamil OIL was not accidental bnt intention
al aud that the re bate only N ANNUALLY sgreec
to i'll order to please the tobacco dealers, anu wa
never intendtd to be ,fective, as Ill the money
in the treasury is required to keep down the an
ticpa,ei d, fl it. ana give the republicans more
with which TO buy elecnons.
The races at BeDnipg's were resumed to-day
tut o wing to the wet course and the cold ant
blusteriug weather the attendance WAS not large
The ma ionsl civil service reform league in the
report lust pleted censure Postmaster Genera
Wanamaker for Silful aud deliber ate disregard
DO h the spirit and letter of civil service reform