Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-25

The last Congress provided for paying
certain tribes Of Indians about G9e million
dollars for lands tab en- from them by force.
But though the payment was to be lmmeol
ate. it has not been made yet, for the reason
that the uoney in the treasury is 60 low that
none of it can be spared for eny such pur-
pose.
Among The graduating class at Wet Point
this year are @ D. Hine OF Fairfax county,
Virginia. and - Lyon also OF Virginia.
Among those who have passed the requisite
examination for admission into the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, is j. III. Love OF
Fairfax county, Virginia.
The impression here is strengthening that
Secretary Blaine will never return to Wash
ineton, It is cleo believed tbaC his MILD !s
seriously imported, and has been for come
time. II wee frat observed when he made
9 yoclferous, but utterly unproyoked public
assault upon rorthsrn newspaper CORES
pondent ia the White House laat fell, ano
has hesn Increasing ever since.
Among the visitors here to-day is ex-Con-
gresham Bo@den OF the Norfolk, Virginia,
district. he says be thinks what ID called
the fusion ticket in Norfolk county Will
be elected next Thursday, as he hears the
election officers are favorable TO that ticket.
Election officers. and not voters, he says,
now elect tickets in Virginia. Mr.. BowGen
eavs the rev order OF the Secretary OF the
NAVY. declaring vacant en- the first OF next
July the p'sc Of all the foremen and mos
ter machsnics at the Norfolk Navy Yard
and providing competitive examinations for
filing those vacancies, Is not at all objection
able to the iucumbents, as every one OF them
csn successfully pass the examination re-
aulred for reappon.msnt.
a one-sided investigation of some OF the
charges ag aiust some of the chiefs OF diVi-
sIon Ia the peDslon office was made to-day,
and, accord ng to Assistant Secretary BUS
sew. the charges referred to were not sue
taioed.
One of the directors OF thu Washington
and Arlington Railroad told the GAz GTTE' S
correspondent to-day In the presence OF a
pentlemaa VINO may become Interested IN
tnat road, that there Is no doubt whatever
that tie road will be built, and that 1t VIII be
o oduced to Alexandria.
a private dispatch received here says that
Congrsssmsn Leonidss @. Houk died at his
home in Tennessee this morning. "Mistaee
10 medicine" is given SO the cause OF Ms
death. Mr. Houk Was typical southern
republican, and Ia the last Congress was
member of the elections committee of the
house, A later dispatch says: Yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Houk went to drug store
near his residence to get prescription put
up. Tue druggist compounded 1t for him
and set it down In glass near an
other containing strong solution oil
arsenic, which be took by mistake.
Antidotes were promptly administered and by
ten O'Clock last night he was so we'll that nothing
WAS sad about the circumstance except to few
friend He slept through the night and died
this morning suddenly He had heart disease,
and the !, olson and excitement following the in
cident affected that organ and wss the cause OF
his death.
The following changes were made in the fourth
class postoficss OF Virginia to-day: Dryden, Lee
county A. Z. Debusk, appointed postmaster, vice
G. C. Jessec, removed Mount Athos, Campbell
county, E, D. Thompson, vice W. Lampsy, re-
signed.
The o. s. Supreme Court adjourned to-day un-
til October.