Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, July 26.

Correspondence of the Alexandra Gazette.I
WASHINGTON, July 26.
The heat in the hall of the House was
intensely oppressive. Almost every
member had provided himself with a
fan, and those who had not been thus
provident resorted to handkerchleis
and newspapers to create a temporary
breeze. The members are getting very
tired of staying here so long. Mr.. Nc
Millin told the GAzETTE's correspond
ent to-day that he thinks the session
will adjourn by Saturday. certainly not
later than Monday next.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Hunton
made speech in favor of the anti-oP-
ton bill. Mr.. Daniel made a speech
last week against it.
The House has agreed to give Mrs.
Lee. wife of the late Representative
Lee. $1,000 and the relatives of the late
Senator Barbour q like amount.
Congressman Boatner of Louisiana
promised Congressman Meredith to go
TO Warrenton yesterday aud make a
speech there, but he did not do so.
Speeches were made there by cX-State
Senator Moore of Fairfax county, and
Mr. Epna Hunton, il.
The President has approved the act
to enforce reciprocal CONNER
cial relations between the United States
and Canada; also the act Incorporating
the Brightwood Railway Co. of the Dis
trict of Columbia aud the act providing
for the care of dependent children III
the District of Columbia.
Among the visitors at the Capitol to-
day was Mr.. B. B. Turner, of Fauquicr
county, Virginia. one of the third party
leaders in his State. He says he and
some other members of his party in
Fauuuier, among them Messrs. Robin
son, Smith and Joe Blackwell, came
down to-day as delegates to conven-
ton to be held in Alexandria tonight
to nominate candidate for Congress
in his (the Sth) district, and that if the
convention can find no better man he
supposes it will nominate him.
The committee on invalid pensions
TODAY RI ported to the House bill to
restore 10 the pension rolls the names
of widows of soldiers and sailors drop
ped because of remarriage and whose
second husbands have since died.
In the Senate to-day n bill to pay.the
Potomac Steamboat Company 5000
that sum being tho amount the compa-
nv paid the Baker salvage company for
services rendered their steamer Excel
sior which was run into and sunk III
Chesapeake bay by the U. S. steam tug
Fortune
Representative Patterson of Tennes-
see, and Jones of Virginia, left here this
evening for Fredericksburg, in the lat
ter's district, where they will both
make democratic speeches tonight.
In the House yesterday Mr.. Mere
dith introduced the bill to amend the
charter of the Washington and Airing
ton Railroad so as to provide for cross
ing the Potomac by Il ferry boat at An
alostan Island.
The fight over the Worlds fail
amendment to the sundry civil bill Is
expected to come up in the House this
afternoon and both sides are drawing
up their lines preparatory to the strug
gle. The friends of the fair and the
lobbyists who have been employed to
further the five million gift are by nc
means as confident as they were some
time ago, but the opponents of such
gift say they are sure it will be defeated.
The conferees on the deficiency ap
preparation bill reached an agreement
this afternoon. The Senate rccedes from
IFS amendments appropriating about
seven hundred thousand for French
spoliation claims, about 100000 fol
payment to leased lines CT the Pa
cific r. r. Cos. and about 81, 800 back
salary to the Assistant Attorney Gene
raj. The conferees adopted the direc
tons given by the House with refer
cnce to pay to widows of deceased
members.