Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-08


Georgetown, but ss the committee met at
half-past nine O'Clock, and as the Senate has
to meet at ten, before any thing had even
been said, Mr.. Ingalls,, who Ia chairman pro
tenn of the Senate, bad to leave In order TO
open that body, eDd the committee being
left without quorum adjourned, having
done nothing.
The President tc- Jay committed the SEN
tence ia the case OF B. B. Johnson of Viz
ainis. convicted OF violating the internal rev.
euue laws, to the payment of the hne and
costs.
The resolution to consider the Farmers
Alliance sui reasury scheme came up De
fore the House way and means committee
t. aay, bat was laid aside without action,
ard without developing any favorable feel
ing toward the bill.
P. H. Curtis hiss been appointed guager
10 the internal revenue service at Lynch
burg, Va.
Congressman Browne. of Virginia, has
been trying hard TO get from the Postmas-
ter General statement of the locality OF the
homes OF the postal route agents In Virginia
at the time they were appointed, and who
are now or sdited to that State, but, go far,
without success.
The resolution for the removal of the re-
maips of General Grant from New York to
Arlington was passed by the Senate this
morning. II is generally supposed the
House will concur. Should the object of
the resolution be accomplished, the COZ
struction of bridge across the Potomac at
Arlington will not be long delayed.
Mr.. Callahan, superintendent of the new
Washington, Norfolk and Old Point line OF
steamers, was here yesterday. He Gays the
two new first class steamers now being
built for that line at Wilmington, Dsla-
ware, are progressing rapidly, the huls be-
ing almost completed, and the boilers en-
tirely 80 and ready to 60 Ia them.
l1Congressman Crisp of Georgia, who sd-
dressed the convention, in Winchester, Viz
ginis, yesterday, that renom!nated Repre-
sentative O'Fsrrail, says largesand enthu :
iastic crowd was present, many OF whom
| we're members of the Farmers Alliance and
that the latter we're just as much In favor OF
OFerral al the democrats who we're not
members of that organization. He says
from what he heard there, the Farmers AL
| lance will give the demo Gratis no trouble In
any part of Virginia.
Among tbs pc itions introduced In the
Senate to-day was one by Mr.. Pascoe. from
merchants and other business msn of New
| X,
In regard to the bill referred to 1t is thought
by some democratic Senators that the few.
orable report made upon 1t yesterday by
the Senate elections committee has no sig.
nifcance. On the contrary, Senator Hoar
saws the committee would not have reported
| it If they had not ihtended to do their ut
most to force it through, and that they will
| do go Immediately after the completion OIL
the tariff bill, and before the river and har-
Dor bill shall be taken up, 90 the democrats
will be likely to consume time On the latter
bill if i. be taken up first, Repre-
sentative Lodge told the GAzETTE's
correspondent to day that the bill as report
ed is substantially his bill. only one material
change bavng been made in ii, and that
every man in The House who voted for the
original House bill will vote for 1t ss amend
ed by he Senate.
II the debate on the conference report on
the sundry civil bill in the Senate to-iay
objection was made by several Senators to
the eight stories plan for the new city pos
Office OF this city, and to the striking out OF
the provision for giving the widow OF Chief
Justice Waite the salary that would have
been due her husband had he lived.
Representative Millikin of Maine, repub-
Iicsn, Chairman of the House committee on
public buiIdings, says he has no hope that
any more Of the bills reported by his com
mittee will be pass d at this session, az the
committee on rules, and not the House now
governs the House, and ss Mr.. Speaker
Reel, who governs the committee on rules
is opposed to the passage of any more pub
lie .uildinC bits.
Tbs House committee on military Affairs to-day
dcciced to report favorsbly a bill appropriating
1926 90 o to mark tho position Of the troops of
the Army of Northern Virginia on Getty sturg
battlefield.