Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-02
the pension agents stand in with each eros''
and the latter make large contributions 10
republican election funds.
FROM WASHINGTON.
rspscsa Csrrespn.dosos Of tie AIeSa"csse dases''l
Wasu.Earoa. D. O.. May 2. 1897.

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Especial Csrrespu,dosa Of tie Alesa"erte aasss'''l
WasuEHeroa. D. O.. May 2. 1892.
The government will to-day. in Phi!adei'
nhia enter euit against the sugar trust;
4 rat to annul the absorption OF tne fnlia'
delphis re6ners by the sugar trusf, anu ssc'
opd. to dissolve that trust.
Col. Charles Shelton OF East Washington
has offered the following bets: $500 taat
cleveland will not be nominated; second,
that If nominated he will not receive as
many electoral votes as Greeley got, and
third. that II nominated. the democrats WILL
lose the q. 8. House OF Representatives, ara
thu Force bill be passed.
1t is understood that Judge Frazer OF De-
troit, the man who put Gov. Aloer In nomI-
nation ct the last national republican con-
vention, will be appointed to fill the vacancy
in the Court OF this city made by the resig-
nation of Judge Montgomery.
The Washington and Arlington Railroad
Company bee,at last Submitted to the Wsr
Department plans for bridge across the
Potomac at or near the Three Sisters. Inc
Norfolk and Western Railroad is also sp-
plying for charter to Gross the river az or
near the Three Sisters.
At the civil service examination to-dsy
Secretary Foater testified that though
charges had been brought by the civil eer-
vice commission against certain employees
In the Baltimore customs house for gross In
fraction OF the civil service laws more tnan
a year ago, ard that the accused nad con-
fsssed their guilt, he had paid no attention
TO them, as one Of the persons referred TO
was an efficient officer, and the other saio
that what he had done had been done
through Ignorance; ..R1d that anyhow the
retention OF the guilty parties was matter
for the attention OF the collector Of the port
of Baltimore, not for his. In other words,
that the charges and proof OF the CIVIL ser
vice commission ere OF no consequences. Mr.
Roosevelt, OF the coua admission, then took. the
stand and depied end refuted almost every
single statement made by Postmaster Cen
erai Wsnsmeker, In his examlbation last
week, 10 reference TO the Baltimore pts:'
Office employees charged with the same OF,
Tense.
Ser ator Daniel has obtained leave OF ab'
sepoe on account OF sickness.
MIR. Dunn. who has been to Arizona to ln-
spect. the Virginia gold mine there, now
owned by the old Tiger silver mine COM
pany, in which some Aexandrians are In
terested, has returned, and makes most
favorable report.
Private intelligence here from Richmond
ia 10 the effect that Hill delegates will be
ected there to the State convention: TIE
Cleveland people there having invited some
Congressman to come there and spesk ioi
them. the friends OF Senator Hill have done
| likewise.
Mr.lStevens of Boston, OF the House ways
| and means committee, says that committee
| will to morrow, at the instance OF the NeT
| England iron manufacturers, consider bill
to remove tae lax on pig and structural iron
! and, he thinks, will agree 10 il. No attempt
he esyR, will be made to remove the tax or
soft coal.
The U. g. Supreme Court to-day decided
that the suit OF Ople Vs. CastlemaD, OF JET
fers,n county, West Virginia, on account o.
the paymeDt of the latter for farm In Con
federsts and Virginia money, was brought
too late.
Ex.Congressman Luttrell. OF California
| who was ct the Capitol to day, says that al
| the democratic convention In Oregon last
week no one could be found who would OF.
fer a resolution 10 favor Of Mr.. Cleveland
and that the democrats of California and Of
all the Pac Fl, States are opposed to CleVe'
land andI "a favor OF Hill. If Hill be nomi'
! uats6, be says. he will carry all those States
a. d also Idaho, Montana and all the other
oliver producing Ste ee.
The conferees have reached an agreement
on the Chinese exclusion bill, and 1t WILL be
reported to tae Senate to day. The bhsls OF
| the agree ment is SAID to be the Senate bill,
( but IL contains clauses providing for regis
trstion Of resldent Chinese and for suspen'
sion OF bali In habeas corpus applications.
The Cleveland gauge at the Capitol has
been steadily declining for tbs last two
weeka, probeby from the fact that the dem.
ocrats of 80 many States bage developed
such strong feeling for fayorite Sons,
while that of Senator Hill has been as stead
! ily rising. The Hill men hese,tt may bs re-
marked, have naver, for one instant, lost
confidence la the nomination of their favor.
Il tie. They say they have too high 80
opinion of the good ssnse OF the southern
end western democrats to entertain q
doubt that when they reach Chicsgo, and are
told thore By Generals sickle5, Slocum and the
other members of tae ab'est delegation New YORK
ever ssnt to national democratic convention,
that Mr.. Cleveland cannot carry that state. but
that Senator Hill can, and that they will assure
hem that he will, they will believe them, al q
csst their votes for the only democrat who can
csrry tho State W thout the vote OF which no
democrat cab be elected
In the House Mr. Meredth has introduced 3
bill approprsting $1,000 10 mark the birthplace
Of James Madison, on the estate OF tho late Cor
iolsnus Turner, Bellegrove, near Port Conway,
King Georges county, Virgins.
1t the Raum investg .tion to-day witness
testified that yeurg Raum offered to sell him his
influence in advancing pension cases.
VIRGINIA KgWs.
An effort Ia being made In Petersburg to
organlzs stock company to operate shoe