Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-16

are many of them here, are running "an-
Jog race. They ara esgiDg nothing, bat IL %
plain to ell who hear them, that tae teiR
about trouble In New York is any thing eise
han dissgreesbIe, as they think tsss
With Hill cut OF the way, their man "oolo
come to .he front at once-and In his many
agree with them.
People from Leesburg here Today cay inc
cases of the broken private bsoks OF qif-
ginis, which have been removed TO Inc
Loudoun court, will not ceme ID Trial, ont
will be CON oGc mlsed, az the bankers WILL
raise enough money topsy the depositors.
To the Senate to-day Mr.. Morgan offered
a resolution, which was adopted, calling
opon the President for Information respecc
ing trade with Venezuela. upon the imports
# which oourtry be laid tax to-day.
The House militia committee to-day
agreed to report favorably bill increasing
she annual militia appropriation from $4O0.
coo to 5000 900.
During the debets on the nomination OF
Judge Woods in the executive session OF the
Senate today nearly all the Senators left
DE chamber, ard the few remaining resented
tbs slight by ordering call, q most unusual
hing in that body.
Mr.. Dos Psssos, who has recently pur'
CHASED 5000 acres of land On the potomac
river, in Westmofelsnd county, Virginia,
ass paid nearly the whole purchase money,
sill Indeed except enough Of that on SOME
of the tracts about the title TO which there
may be some doubt.
Minister Poftsr has been ordered to return
t, Rome, and diplomatic relations Wild ltaiy
will be resumed as soon as he reaches there,
by whicn time en- Italian minister, probably
Baron Faya, will arrive In Washington.
The House river and hsrbor committee
nraotically completed Its bill to-day. Ii
carries about twent.fve million dollars
Msny conpresemea thiuk 1t will be cus
down considerably In the Hoase, ard more,
that no rivsr ard haibor bill at all wii be
passea at this session.
Up 10 noon today the State Department.
had received no answer to the Presidents
il! advised and crude Dispatch to Lard Sails
burg about The Bahring Sss afsir. There ls
regular and deliberate wsy OF doing oasi.
ness in the Eng!izh foreign office, and taai
gsv vii! not be- changed to suit the pr;gats
oil acts CT Mr. Harrison.
Bits were introduced 10 the House to-dey
t, pension nurses, laborers employed III
the ocmmiesary and q1artesmester depart
msnts dutiog the wer, and to the survivors
Of ths Black Hawk War.
TIE Senate naval committee to-day prao.
tioally agreed to report favorabiv ths BILL
transferring tbs revenue marine to tae laval
service.
Commissioners Raum, when under exam
nation yesterday by the investigating com
nittee, acknowledged that bis son haViog
bean removed for selling POSITIONS 10 the
pension bureau, his daughtsc is nov h!a p'i
vate secretary. but refused to snsWer qaeS
,icns relating TO numerous charges OF cor
ruption that have been brought egaintt hin
1t was stated at the Morrill, residence at IL
o'clock this morning that there had boen no ms
terial change in the Senator'S condition since yes
| terdsy. he is col scious at all times, and Otter
asks questions OF hose about him. While nj:
| family and friends ksve not given up hope, yet al
agree that be is in imminent danger.
a. M. White was appointed pcstma.ter at Mes
sick, York county, Va. to day. vicsG W. Annoy
| resigned.
Passed Assistant Surgeon E. q. MsTste.ler hal
| been ordered TO duty at the Naval Academy
Mr.. Cornwall, the proprietor Of the large new
grocery store opposite Williard's Hotel, dropped
| dead there this morning.