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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-05
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legislative Matters.

feel deep and abiding intereat ia Ga
Alexandria and al! tbs, pertains 10 her, 90 7
have many friends and pleasant sssocla.op.
connected with lie city. Hence her ren,s.
nspta ives 10 Richmond possess no. oply
r-cs ra'. Int also epec!el interest to ne
Your s.uator, Capt. Mushbacb, has 90 Gro
been in public life that snVthing I ulsJf
cav OF him would seem super hlous O'ycur
House memper, however, Mr. Baudheiu.
ssn say TIL, 'hst although email 10 stature
he III. ssurss up to the fall heigh: f MS cGi'
cIal responsibility. sa@ him yeeietdsy en-
the e Dor OF the House hold His oEn agGipss
ons of the ab!s5t debato.s q that body in a
discussion @! ths lien sud supply bill.
o: the measures now peading 1t ia coz.
ceded tas, tee & srt bill is p:ac icsly dead
Had tbs vots been taken CT IL month sco
! believe |. would have passed the Houss
but at present I do not believe that mora
than thirty votes could be mustered In la
defence. And yet the railroad people have
resosted to no Eubtsr.use GeieRt it. Tley
have appealed 10 toe coed old Anglo.Sexon
spI.it OF Justice and fair play end woD. I
never knew public selt ment 10 crystaizs
as rapidly against any mssEure Gs his, aud
gbi!e t1e peop!e 10 inci?itual Instances may
hsYe g right to complain CT the railroads.
this measure wss 60 radical snd III IA, q: 10
be hardly short OF revo u .ionary. Ia heat
friepds were it enemies. CIvI5.
RICHMOND, Feb 5
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YIRnIaIA HERs.

Mrs. Ann M. Price. formerly OF King
George county, died In Washington last Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Issac Newman, deputy o. g. Internal
EeveDus cole, II at Richmond and ecou q
the Confederate army during the war. died
suddenly yesterday morning of paralysis.
The pant of the Transparent Ice Works
of Herman Scnmidt, at Richmond. wes
burned yesterday. Ices $l1 0C0. The ORR
ella oil the fire is unknown. The factory vas
not In operation.
A colored man, George Clai5orn, died very
suddenly lsst Saturday In the lower part OF
King George county. A oolored woman
mad died at bis house, and he went after q
c. mn, and as he was returning with 1t be
d opp-d dead.
10 toe q. 8 Court Of Appeals In Rich.
mond yesterday tae Gaze OF Louis Luoken-
bach against the steamer George. from Nor
foik, VS. argued Ju,t ce Fuller left for
Washington in The evening, but the court
viii rem ain 10 session.
a. B Rlsebb erger and 8. ?. Shirley, pro
priesors OF banking concerns at Nav Marx
ct, Waynesboro aud B.sio City, which failed
Or the 2lst of Daosmbsr, hsve made pro.
position t their creditors for compromise
by paying 80 cents on the dollar.
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FOREIGN News.

LONDON, Fob. 5.-M:s. Fiorence Ethel
Osborne, who surrendered hsrsslf t, the
polo yesterday 10 answer ths charge made
against her 10 connection with the theft q,
sale OF quantity of valuable jswelyy be.
longing t, Mrs. Har3reaVes, formerly an
intimate friend OF the accused. was arraign-
ed before Lord Mayor E Fans this morning.
She appeared to bs utterly broken down.
I Vas stated that the treasury had no EVIL
d lance t, offar agaln,t the prisoner; when
Lord Mayor E ,sns promptly discharged
Mrs. Osborle. A detective at once again
placed Mrs. O,borne uodar arrest on o
charge of psrjury and the magistrst, re.
mardsd hsr for week. Ball was cffsred
but was retus, d. Capt. Osborne accompa.
MED her to the prison.
PARIs. Feb. 5-The papers here to dap
say thst q fuaucier has been arfeated for
sealing 500. 900 francs. His relat yea, they
add, found bail for his release.
DUBLIN, Feb. AZ meeting to-day of
the MeCarthSits section cf the Irish Par.ia.
mentary patty Nj. Justin Mccarthy was re-
elected president.
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Opening and Closing of the Mails

Northern mails close at 1880 sno $50 q. II
and 12:45 and 6:15 p. n. and e:45 p. IA Open
st 500 g. H., 1900 NJ, End $50 p. m.
Southern mails, via Charlottesville Virginia,
close at 25 and HOO a. m. and 8:45 p. n.
Open st s00 and 1:47 p. N. and $50 p. n.
Manassas Division mails closc ct $50 a. u.
and 4:30 p. ID. Open at go a. n.
Southern mails, Wis Richmond Vs., closes at
1870 o. H., $40 and 900 P. n. Open at $40
8. U. and 100 p. N.
Alexandria and Rodnd Hill, Vs., mails close q.
$50 5. n. and $40 p. m. Open ST 600 a. r. and
$50 Q. m.
Closed mails to Falls Church, vionna, Fairfax
C.H., Herndon, Leesburg, Purcellvilie and Round
Hill, Va, close at 40 p. m. and opon at 900 s.n
Western mails close at 1880 g. m, 1915 and
900 2. IN. Open at $50 and 1000 q. ~, and
800 p. N.
Washington, D. c., mails close ct 7:30 and $50
a. H., md 1890. 4:4o and e:20 ?. m. Open
at s.3; nd 1000 q. m, 1900 H., and 800 and
ofsce Hours-opon at 800 6. N. Close c. $50
D. N. Open at $50 p. m. Close at p. IL.
Sunday Hours-Open at 800 o. m. Close q.
$50 a. m.
CARRIERs' sCaEDULE.-Coliections msds on &.
sip routes-6:3O and 1000 q. ~, 1920
800 and 5:45 p. m. On "Trip ro1.e-6:3O ard
1000 o. m. and 5:46 p. N.
Deliveries made at 500 a. m, 10 In. and eco
o. N.
sundsy-Carriar, wtndov OPEN at 900 end
q 90
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q Scene hot on the Programme.

At the RECEIPT on reosLty t,ndered t.
Senator John Sherman by the members OF
tle Ohio republican association Ia Wash
ipgton there was scene not down On the
programme. Jolli6catioD, enthusiasm and
epeeches gDlore we're the features OF the en-
tertainmeLt which was given In honor OF
Seaator SheImsn's reelection TO represent
The Buckeye State In the Senate for the
sixth consecutive t,rm. OHIO lads and 10: :
sies turned ont In large numbers to particI.
psts in the festivities, and their hearts were
geddened when the master of ceremonies
mounted the stage and announced that az.
ter the speech. making ended the floor would
be cleared for those who desired to indulge
10 dancing It did not take long for willing
hands to remove chairs and benches, and
the orchestra struck up soul.tinglipg
waltz, In which all who would dance parti.
cipated. To the horror OF the disciples CT
Terpsiohore, however, their ranks were aug
mented By three coored couplee, who
seemed to esj3y tripping the msz,s OF the
dreamy walz with az much gudto as their
Caucasian associates.
OILY three turns OF this ball, however.
e:e made ere the white folks discovered
that these oolored republicans were iutsa,
Oh making an evening CT 1t on n equal basia,
acd hIs at once rendered them non persona
grata Consequently, when the fdders
.pped 10 rosin their bows the whit, peo-
Die from Oao decided to egao1sts the prem.
ises at once There 1ss scramble for
coats and wraps, end when the orches It "a
resumed operations there we're only three
colored couples lslt to 81 ~ the music and
dancing. The incident was more forc!by
illustrated By the withdrawal from the hall
iuss as dancing bessn of Fourth Auditor Of
the Treasury Lynot, cpIored POI t clan
from Mississippi. An lnve. t'g. ton showed
that the offsnders who created such rum
pus are all employed 10 the departments
10 Washington as messengers, but their
methods of drawing the color lac was not
appreciated ga they may have thought 1t
would be.
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TELEaRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

The new cruiser now being built at Boz
ton will be known Es the Marblehead.
The postoflce author ties have offered 6
reward of 81, 0c0 for the apprehension oil The
thieves who committed the recent postal
bag robberes in New York.
Three Old women nsmsd Pioneeki. Kur-
iakooy and Kernach, have been indicted for
tie murder Of ten peasants at New Sstz.
hungary. L ia charged that the crimes
we're instigt d By tie wives Of the Victims.
D.sp t, the denial Of local cficers OF
Adam EXPRESS Company In st. Louis 1t is
asserted thai several discharges Of old mes
cen gers who ara said to belong to the broth
srhood have taken p.aos during tls past
few days. Ga tho Ohio and Mississippi be-
tw sen 81. Lopis and Cincinnati, fVe mss-
ssugers have been dismissed while lha
ct ,era OF Tat run sre expecting their walk
Ing papers eyery minute.
Clark Fulton, prominen. att'raey at the
York county, Pa, bar and chairman OF the re-
publican committee, died saddealy in the court
room few minutes before IL o'clock this mcrn.
ing. BE WAS seized with hemorrhsge OF the
lunga, and although physicians were Immediately
By his side, he expired ia few mlnutee
The body OF Frsd Zennsr, who on Wednesday
night shot and killed his sweetheart, Maggie
Weismul!e, wa, found ia a vacant lot on 1lSsh
street, New York, this morning. He had cou-
mitted suicide by shooting himself in tho hsad
vita Iisto
Hon. Davis Clapton, who had been associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Alabama for q
number of years, died OF pneumonia at Montgom-
cry ,his morning. BE had boon i'll few dsys
only.
The Wildts5 excitement prevails at Cripple
Creek, Col, over an alleged discovery at the head
OF Squaw Gu!ch sta depth of thirteen feet Of
chimney OF orc which il perfect mas Of shining
gold
Leon O'Bregon, editor Of FL Cronista Merican, q
San Antonio, Texas, paper, i, rsving mauisc as
the .suls of taxing alleged medicine prescribed
for him By an old Me1ic,n woman.
Col. J. B. MARTA, U. s. A., with headquarters
a, Fan Antonio, Tex ssy5 Cara, is not on Amer
lean soil, but passes bis Lime il the City Of Hexi-
CO quietly organizing his forcss.
Recorder Smith, Of New York, today sentence d
James E. Minnauh, the convicted murderer Of
Edward Eoisn, to death daring the week begin
Ming March 21.
J he war ship Victoria, Of the British Mediter-
rauean squadron, which went aahors nesr Pl.tc
'ew days ago, hai been hoated.
Mis-, Budget McCafer;y, perhaps the oldest
person in the State, died at Bridgeport, Pa, yes
tsrday at the age of ITO years.
Fitzsimmors. tho Pittsburg thief and murderer.
who cut lis tho at in p.ison in New Orleans YES
terdiy =, did this morning.
Jackson Mich, di,p,tch says the prohibi.
tim arty in Michigan il to join hands with he
State peoples party.
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Gillian Affairs.

VALPARAISO. Feb. 5.-Judge OF Crimes
Foster yesterday passed sentence In the long
pending and much discussed Baltimore as.
sault Gaze of October 16 1891. His sentence
is subject to review By the Court of Appeals.
The docuraent covers 1870 pages and goes all
and compares 1t closely with the evidence
presented by the prisoners. Carlos Arena
got 920 days for woundDg cosl HEAVIER Turn
bull, for public disorder, for carrying knife
and for giving fslse name. joss Ahmuda
got 800 days for wouudtug Turnbull. Fred
erloo Rodriguez got lao days for wounding
RizgiD, public disorder and carrying knife.
It is held by Judge Foster that the evidence
does not abow thai Rodrlguss killed Rlggin
o. The contrary, It is claimed that Higgins
death was caused by shot which was fred
By some unknown person. Gomez and Rod
,iguez, under the !Ch!lau pensl code, must
pay the families of Tu.nbull and R agln
damages. These damages are recoverable
by civil suits.
LONDON. Feb. 5.-The correspondent Of
The Times st Valparaiso ssys that thu police
guard a. the house OF Mr.. E5an. tie q g.
Minister at Santiago, is maintained by the
GILLIAN authorities With the view Of pre-.
venting any attack at the instance of the
rough element. This fact, the correspond.
emit says threstens to bring about rsopen4
Ing OF the difficulty with the Uaited States.
The correspondent further esys that the Pc
lice Judge at Valparaiso has increased the
severity OF the sentences imposed upon the
aasalante Of ne sailors of the q. 8 steamer
Baltimore. This course wss demanded by
the psocurator. The prisoners may appeal
from tie extra sentences.
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titles to q large trect Ct land there TO oe puf-
chased by Mr. Dos Paesos Ct New York, has
His father. Judge JoDes, though
80 years OF age, has recovered entirsl5 IRON
recent severe fall, SO eevere that 1t Woclo
have seriously impaired the health OF many
q younger man.
Smith, the negro librarian CT the HOUSE,
hes been removed aud his plaza given to q
white man named Barnett, from Nav YorK.
jones, the negro member OF the Capitol po-
lice. an ex-member OF the Vls2tnia leglsia
tu,e. and the last one of Gen. Mahone's ap-
pointees ct the Capitol, has also been re-
moved. TIE Capitol police force is now
CON posed entirely OF white men.
The House banking committee to-day au-
thor.z ID the favorable report OF G DILL which
proy,des that national bsnks ehsli not make
loans to officers or employees except by d!.
rec.ion of vote OF The board of dlrecfore,
and that reports o. loans to officers CT The
bank shall be inside to the Comptroller Il tbe
Currency.
Congressman Meredith OF the Alexandria
District, and Messrs. Moore and Love OF
Fairfax county. were before the Commits
sioners of the District Of Columbia TO-DAY in
the interest of the Georgetown and Fals
Church Railroad, which Is to join the Wash
ippton and Arliogton Railroad.
Enlogies upon the lat, General W. Il z.
Lac, who represented the Alexandra, Viz
giuis, district 10 the House, will be deliver
ed 10 that body t'-mnrrow.
The House sgricu tura comm tt aga'1
to day heard argumsl t, on the bill to pre-.
YER the eale of futures. Mr.. John Whita
ker, large pork packer of 81. Louis, said
''the short seller Ia to-day the anarchist Of
America"
Congressman Watson OF Georgia, sud sight
other Farmers Alliance members, all how
ever from The Ncrsh, have resolved to f'ck
tcg tier. ard /, firm new party. MIR.
Watson says the Alliance is growing In the
Sartl aud TIA It membsr are Ia favor o!
the third party. Mr.. Polk. the preslder q
the national Alliance. says the Alliance will
determine wht t political COURSE 1t will pur-
sue t the conference to be held ia 81. Louis
this m onth, and that tie Organization, South
apd North. will ebide by t1a' determination
In .hs House yesterday Mr. O'ferrsn presented
the petitions OF Benjamin 81 Ikey, Alexander
Warsser nd OF E.nry Huyett OF Clarke ctunty
and of W. c. Wilkinson, susanna n, har
tina Cat EFT, Sarah Grant and ]. b. Hauser Of
Warren county, Virginia, for the pigment o.
their wsr claims Mr Edmunds intro ducod The
MD bill fer the relief Of J. II. Rives, once c,l!ec
tor of internal revenue at yuchburg, Virginia.
dispatch received rs ysit:risy from La
redo Mexico, ststes that Col. ]. s. Mosoy wa
there on the 1st instsnt ard superintended The
Juarez lottery drawing
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Fs b. 5.


For the first time this session the House
met this morning with a coda OF rule. u
govern its procedure; hus, owing to the drsV-
log snow stern, tie attendance Of memoers
was very small.
Speaker Crisp who, though present YET
tetday occupied the chair for bit briei
period. vas ln his p!see this morhios ana
called ths House t, order promptly at noop.
Mr.. Fltbisn, Of Illinois, ssnt to the Speak
er for References q bill placing farm iuple-
ments upon the free Ii t. Ee wished to have
tne bill printed in the Record, but the
Speaker declined to recognize him for the
purpose OF making thai request a. the pres
ems time.
Speaker Crisp wsa very hoa.Ee and bis
voice was hardly sudbls. Tha calling OF
the committees for reports (Which is usually
made by the Speaker 10 peison) was dele.
gated to one OF lhs reading clerks- the
Speaker being deslrous OF saving bis .hros
as much SO possible. Finally he lett Tie
chat. and yielded the gavel to Mr.. McMlllin,
of Tennessee.
Several reports were made from comm t
tees and placed upon she approprift, ca'er-
dars.
The military committee reported bill t;
est ,bllsh iineal promotion throughout the
cavalry and infsnt y branches OF the army.
TIE call OF committees having been CON.
p!etsd, Mr.. Fthiau. OF Il!ooia, made his re.
quest lat the bill Introduced by him be
printed in tbs Record anN the Report was
aoceded t..
The Houss then went i,t, committee
OF the whole oa the census def ,Ieacy bill.
Mr. Ssyers, of Texas. brought charge Of
extravaganza against tie administration q
the census bureau. He sad that hundred
OF men and women, VINO never ought !, have
bean employed, bad Lean employed IN thai
cf1oe ct thu intt.ncs Of membeFa of Con.
gres:.
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The Legislature

The Senate yesterday by vt. of Is t. 9
re fused to advance to it's eng,ossment the
bill origins ng 10 that body allowing wom'
en- t, practice law. Thil defeats the
measure.
Mr.. Washington introduced bill to in.
corporate the town of Colonial Beach, 10
Westmorelsnd county.
The Senate passed the Senate bill to gu.
thorize any railroad companies owning any
lines of railway which the Chesapeake a. d
Ohio Railway may have the lawful right t.
;quire, to lease convey, or otherwise trans.
fer the same to the said Chesapeake aud
o lilo Railway Company; also the House bill!
10 amend the Co3s in relation to the duties
Of sealer Of weights aud measures.
10 the II ouse Mr. MrIIwains, 10y rq1est)
presented q bill reli ue to the schools of
the Prison Association of Virginia. 1t pro
vides how ho7 may be placed 10 the school
of this association.
Nj. M1nford's substitute for Mr. Megru-
der's supply lien bill was ordered to its en-
gYoesment and third reading
Mr. WIlkins's bill to provide f,r the COPY .
log und preserving OF old records OF cert ,ip
counties In the State was passed by unap-
nous vote of 70
Amoeg the bills passed By the House
were those to amend the coda providing for
elk commissioners of the revenue for the
county of Loudoun |; to prohibit the running
at large OF hogs Within certain die'riot in
Prince William county to incorporate the
town OF Fairfax In the county OF Fairfax ;
for the relief Of Rappahnnnock echoo d.
'riot 10 King George oourt'; to allow W s
Summers. deputy treasurer OF Broad Ru'
district, Loudoun county, additional time
20 lew for and collect oouoty leviea foi
State tszts
Alter weeks spent In hearing those In
favor OF or opposed to he Kent railroad
commission bill, tho House mm t ee CT
roads yesterday evening agreed t. report
adversely upon tda, measure. The vote 10
committee stood nine against and three for
the bill. The report will be submitted to
the House, whore the 6gbt will be Ie1e w:d.
TIE overwhelming majority OF the commit.
tee agairs the measure was somewhat OF g
surprise to it, more ardent supporters.
The Senate finance committee met yester
day afternoon and considered the dlreot.tax
hill, which had heen recommitted. Senator
Berry will draft new bill! In harmony With
the views OF the committee.
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Court of Appeals in Richmond Yesterday

Court of Appeals in Richmond Yesterday.
PAttsaon agalntt Mckinney. Feom the
Circuit Court of the county of Appomsttox.
Dismissed IS improvidenty awarded, Jn6ge
Lewis delivering opinion.
Udis eresl Life I1suranoe company against
Dsvore. From the Ohenosry COURT of the
city of Richmond. Reversed. Judge Lacy de-
livering opinion.
Common wealth sgalls. Dunlop. Writ OF
error and supersadess awarded to judgment
rendered by the Circuit Ocurt o! Petersburg
on the b day OF January. 1892.
Riohmcni and Dapville Railroad Compa.
nv against Mcfstt. Farther argued by @.
E NIeol, esq for defendant In error, and
General ". q. Payne for plaintiff in error,
and submitted.
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DIED.

On Thursday, February 4. 1892 IDA L. be-
loved wife OF charles Nsgel and daughter OF the
late Lemuel Walker. Funeral Sure day at 2:30 p.
m. from her lste re- idsnce 329 south Patrick
street, Washington and Norfolk pspers please
copy.
In this city. this evering, sitter short illness,
Mis-, ALETHA ]. AITCHESON, daughter of An
draw Aitcheson. Funeral notice hereafter
Baltimore and Washington papers pltsss copy.
suddenly OF heart failure, on February 2. at
9.45 p. m ALLEN c. HARMON. in the 73rd
yesr CT his age. Funeral from lis late residence.
q 8 south Roysl street, to which the fiien1s and
scqua ntsnces are invited, Saturday at IL a. m.
I5terment private.
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ALL TEE people Of tae st t but especi'
ally thu farmers. In whose nominal interest,"
1t WIS Introduced, should be thankful thai
the bill to take the msnaR cement OF sailroaoe
ont OF the hands OF competent men, and
en,russ il ticse OF farmers who goo"
nothing abou, tsilroad business, has been
eoueioaed. EXPERIENCES proves that the pso
pIe Of 10 States uhose legislation is antag
on.s,jo to railroads are the chief sufferers
from such lensia lon
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Ex SENATOR INGALLS, says:

The suaposiious trouble With Chill was
manufactured by people who have direos
interess In securing big appropriations IRON
Congress- TO build an expensive, Useless uh
necessary navy. Il was the snhual waf
soare which Is gotten up by those came PEG
ple lust about the beginning OF every Coa'
arsss. A Navy Will only get us into trouble
iass as the Bsleinors did. Inele Is no ne.
oess,ty for this country sending iof OF war
shipa swsggesiUg around toe ea.ta say'ag'
the UaitaG s.a:es must be Respected.
No BODY ever yet accused Mr.. Ingalls, OF
being fool, and this latest public express
zion of bis Ia by no mesn5 calculated to IL
duos nag one to do 40 now.
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sRnM WASHINGTON.
1kO--H W AA||@-@~< = q w.
rspeossl Correspondence Of tho Alexandria Goscss

fSpeosal Correspondence Of tho AScSNsTso Gosesso'J
WASHINGTON. .. O.. Feb. 5. 1859.
The House committee on elections TO- day,
In the contested election case Of Craig, dem
ys. Stewart, rep , OF PennsyIvania, decided
70 report Ia favor OF tle colt slant, Whose
rage was go strong that even two republican
members OF the committee, Hausen OF Wis
@ ,usIu, aaa D.au Oh Oaio, voted Sith their
dsmocrs colleagues.
The fact that toerepIsset stiVein Congress
from the Virginia district received by
this mornings mail no less t ian fifty letters,
mos; OF lem containing applications FOE Of
fi,s. shows the pressure TO which the mem
bars from 10 district s6jonlng this city are
subiectsd. But there are hundreds Of 9th.
era lG their districts who are perfectly WILL
apg to relieve them.
The Virginia Senators and Representa-.
YES will hold consultation tomorrow on
Ene course they shali pursue on the oine
resolution directing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to pay to Wes. Virginia her share
of the refunded direct land tax. The Sen.
ste passed the resolution during the tempo.
rary absence OF the Virginia Senators, but
Senator Faulkner N ,ved It's reconsideration
in order that tle Virginia Senators might
consider 1t. Should IL pass both houses t1e
government will surrender its security fer
WsstYirginia's SHARE Of the Iodian trust fund
oorrowsd bg the old State of Virginia before
che war, and hold the present Virginia re-.
upousible for the whole sum.
The House postcfioe COMMITTEES to day
neard arguments in favor Of The bill to re-
classify and FIX the salaEies Of galway postal
clerks.
Congressman Jones of the 1st Virginia
district, who has bsen to Westmoreiand
county, in that DISTRICT, to look after the
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The audlsncs ra!eea Shot Of applause al
sulllGsn started TO make spseeh, ous WEB
removed By sage hands.
HIS wife Hears the News.

PwrsBUgG, Ia, Feb. 5.-Mrs. Lucy Flt2Sim'
mons. WHO is undergoing .entenco in tho re J.
ten.i,,y as an accessory to the murder o. De'ec
tive Gilkirson, was notified carly thi' morning. o.
her husbands death at his eva HANDS. IN 1h'
Parish Prison at New Orleans Ths news was
received with demon STATIONS Of yiclans sriei.
After the wa denis departure, she said Fltzhm'
mons had decl red that he worll never come sacA
to Pistsbutg alive. His Fitz immons is qnite H.
The rews OF the suicide caused great excitement
in Pistsburg, particul rly in polio, circles.