Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-12

month, Thie action on the part OF me sec
rotary meets with the Wsrmest commenda-
lions OF the ladies employed In the Peneion
Office, and should his example be followed
By the other heads of departments, moro
healthy and vrtuous atmosphere Will per-
wade come OF the public buildings In this
city.
Congressman Wilson OF West Virginia
told the GAZErTE's correspondent to-day
| that he had accepted the invitation OF Lee
Camp of Confederate Veterans OF AleGan.
dria to address them at their annual cele.
hretion of Gen. Lees birthday, the 10 h Inst.
Among the bills introduced in the House
Yesterday VAS one by Mr.. Buchanan OF Viz.
GINA for pension to Rs5ecca Mayo, widow
OF Stephen Mayo, OF Pulaski county, SOL
der in the Revolutionary wsr.
Congressman Tucker of Virginia will at
the frat opportunity introduce bills for the
removal OF the tariff tax on all articles used
BIZ trusts, and for sn income tax.
| Intelligence here from Richmond i5 to the
effect that strong effort will be made In
the Virginia legislature, in the reappoEtion-
ment Tor representation to be made By that
body, to change the lines of eeversl OF the
present congressional districts. II thess pro.
posed changes be made, some CT the present
| Coneressmen will be thrown into the same
district, Which, very naturally, will be any
thing else than agreeable to them.
The Behring Sea queation was before the
Cabinet meetng to-day. Il ia Understood
| the. the case has taken favorable turn
within the past few days, and that Secretary
| Blaine has been advised that Lord Salisbury
| will agree to his suggestion as to the method
Of eelecting three OF the arbitrator
from countries which have no interest
whatever 10 the questions st Issue.
| The prospects are that one OF tie atbltra-
tors on the part OF the . nited States Will &c
selected from the republican party ard the
other from the democratic ps7ty. hon. Ell
| ward J. Pnelps. ex-miDi5ter to England, ID
mentioned ss most likely to be one OF tue
arb!,rsto.s on The part OF the United etatee.
II the members CT Congress who have
told Senator Hill that they ore Hill men
don't change their minds between now and
the meeting Of the 1ext national democratic
convention, and iithey represent the feeling
of their constituents on the subject, the
Junior New York Senator will be the nomi-
nee OF that convention without doubt.
General Vincent :ot the etaf Of General
| schoheld, at the headquarters OF the army,
rems, ked to-day that tho character OF the
Rio Grsnde Mexican frontier does not sp
pear 10 be fully comprehended by persons
Who have not seen that region. General Vim
cent has rointed to the following remarks CT
| General Old made In 1879 By reason
| of revolutions, tha Mexican population along
the river Ia of a mongrel character; DESERT.
ers from the contendng forces; Mexican
soldery, sent TO tbs border and there dis.
banded remnants of BANDS of wild raidiDg,
or refugee IudiaDa, Who formerly found
safety in the deserts and uDexplored noun
teins of Mexico or Texas, and who have
gradually learned to trade and mix with
| the people OF its border towns, and
smugglers, all 60 to swell the law
less element. To such a population,
ordinary treaties, or modes OF administering
| Justice, will not apply, especially when 1t Is
considered that under the treaty OF extradi
ton now In force, the local district judges
are commissioners to eXtradite, and elected
| by population more or less liable for ex-
| tradition cffenses, committed on the oppo.
site side. The conclusion Ia reasonable that
when the exciting treaty was made. the
character and number Of the border rcfu-
gees was not understood. Moreover, under
lts provisions neither is bound to extradite
It's own citizens. and, generally, to eEade
the penelies Of the treaty, citizenship,
to suit their necessities, csn be proven by
offenders. From the mouth OF the river to
Ell Paso, the population Of the border coun'
ties lie, With few exceptions, Mexican, OF
of Mexican origin.
NJ. Green was appointed postmaster at
Sltiiugton, Bath county, Va, today vice
g. Nof6nger, resigned.
The decision Of the q. s. Supreme Court
Yesterday In the interstate commerce case
will. IL is thought here, render the interstate
commerce law null and void and The COM
mission practically impotent, as no specially
favored pattle5 will testify against those
who favor them, and, By the declsion re-
ferrsd to, cannot be forced TO do 30.
Mr. Pembroke Petit OF FiuVanna county,
Virginia, has been appointed reading clerk
OF the House, the salary OF which position ID
| s3 600.
In the Senate to-day Mr. Hale called for
an examination OF the sanitary condition OF
the Senate aide of The Caption and minated
that bad ventilation or bad something else
was the cause OF good deal OF sickness
among Senators and their employees.
Notwithstanding the evident determine.
ton OF some of the leading democratic NAM
bers OF the House to stsve off free silver
bill at this session, Mr.. Bland, chairman of
the coinage committee, ead to day that
such q bill had pretty good show.
Congressman Jones OF Virginia, has intro
duced numerous petitions and bill for In
creaeing the pay of the employees 10 the
life saving service, and will do all that he
can to secure favorable action thereon in the
commerce committee, to which they have
been referred, and subsequently In the
House.
Bills for the return Of the money advano-
ed by Virginia to the general government
cr the ere c.en of the public build ngs In
this OF and for the war OF 1872, have been
| Introduced 10 both branches of Congress-.
These are old bills and will probably never
! be passed.
The commercial trsvelers, drurlmers they used
to be called, are on hand early this session, and
the probability s that the interstate commerce
| law will be amended so rs to allow railroads to.
give them stecal rstes-as it should be,
The tr uble with Chill was the principal topic
of discussion at the meeting OF the Cabinet to-day
with view to the transfer of the further contid-
Grafton OF the SUBJECT TO Congress- 1t is under.
stood IN az the entire correspondence will be Sab