Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-15

Bedford, have declared against the TINA
party and announced their intention OF Vo1.
ing the straight republican ticket az she
Presidential election. -.
Il Ia apparent that tbs national osnks
have no reason to expect eny legi5 a.'on 10
their il tsrest at the hands OF the preeen'
delegetion from Norfolk, Hampton ano
q PoInt Comfort we're here yesterday ana
csl;ed nm Senator Barbour In the interest OF
tha nropoeed naval review 10 Hampton
roads and against the ii to abolish COM
nn,sorv pilotage. Msj7r Gaines OF Char.
;ot;e county, Va. also had an interview
nth the Senator In reepect OF legislation
favorable to the farmers.
The Newspaper correspondents here are TO
Investigate the charges against Mr.. Youog,
one of them. who has been removed from
his position az executive clerk OF the S!os!e
on the alleged ground OF revealing the &c
crets OF the executive SESSIONS OF that body
Il is expected that by the investigation il.
will be proved that Mr. Young Ia guitlss5,
and that the secrets referred t. were reveal
ed by membe OF the Senate. though the
names thereof will not be dlsclosed.
A Baltimoreen here to-day say s the dem
ocyats OF that city ara no more In favor Of
O eqelsnd thsn ne is, and all his friends sell
know that he isn't. They have candidate
nearer home, he sage, and are cnly playing
with Mr.. Cleveland.
At the Z aum Investigation to-day Assist.
ant Secretary Bussey contradicted the tes;i'
mony OF young R,um yesterday. New evil
deuce was aleo ELECTED to prove that the
pension bureau was used to defeat Copgret;-
mau Cooper at the lset congressional cleo
ton. and that clerks were discharged for
talking about the crookedre:s 10 that tu'
resu of which they were personally cogni-
ZInt.
The com missioner OF internal revenue has
bsen instructed to deny the application OF
firm 10 Richmond. Va, to be relieved ttom
the payment Of the duty Cd certain tobacco
imported into .he port OF New York from
Melbourne, Australia, after having been e1-
ported TO the latter port without payment 81
The internal revenue tax.
The Secretary Of the Treasury WAS to-day
notified that the mill at Pitts field, Mass',
where is manufactured the S lncslve paper
used by the Uaited States gOverpment In
printing paper currency, was totally de-
stroyed By FIRE last night aud that ell OF the
stock of paper, with ths exception OF Eau. GOO
sheets of note paper snd 80 600 sheets OF
check paper, was burned.
Lis again asserted to-day, by those who
s,e confident ofthe truth thereof, that Rock
well, the democratic oopgres smsn from the
E mira, N. Y, dlstsic., whom the mi >rly
of the elections committee, headed by MIR.
OFsrrall OF Virginia. have determined 10
oust fron bis seat end eise 1t to Noyes, q
eoublican, will not be turned out SO loug as
the House sha! retain its p e'ent organiZa-
ton, aud that the msj ority report will meet
with pronounced defeat
Gen. Malone has not returned to Wash.
ineton, and, 1t Ia said, will iemain IN Petsrs.
burg 80 as to prevent the Harrison mep, led
by Laugston and Brady, opposed az the two
| latter are to each other, from capturing the
delegation from that district to Minneapolis
W. Roberta was today appointed pest
master at Vera. Lee county, Va, vice R. 4.
| Early, resigned.
The House commerce committee to dsy
agreed to the bill to aiioW railroads TO grant
drummers special rateP.
Among the viait,rs hare today Ia mr
Marshall Mccormick, Of Berry vile. Clark
county, Va, counsel in the case OF the b J.
senberger and Spindle broken banke, which
case 1t vas supposed had been compromised
but as Mr.. Nelson OF Fauquier county. one
eff the depostors refused to ACCEPT the terms
OF the com promise, the case was up in the
Lseaturg ctuct ys;tatdAy AID was oontio'
ued until the next term.
L. the House to dav Mr.. Meredith intro
duotd bills t, psy $1,000 to st Johns E2is-
opal Church at CentreVills, Virginia, for
damages In fl!cted upon 1t by federal soldiers
during the war, to pay Edgar E. Naughler
of Prince William county, Va, $3.50. and
Andrew NJ. Cridler, OF LoudouD county, So :.
04O for supplies taken from them By federal
soldiers during the var.
Notwithstanding the State Departments
denial of the statement that Egan Will not
return 10 Chill, aud that diplomatic relations
with that country will be Indefinitely eus'
pended, the tru b OF that statement is posi-
lively asserted by those who are In Positions
to know all about the ma t.r.
John E. MiIlolsrd, chief inspector OF the
im migration bureau, New York, was re'
moved friday.
The labor coumi tie OF the House has
before IL p:opos ton to establish labor
usit, like measure, weight, and money
unit, but The members cannot exactly un'
dsratand 1t.
It is reported at the Office of the evil eervice
C mission that ex-Msyor Courtney of Charles
,on, pereonal friend of Governor Thompson,
v no hss determined to res go his membership OF
thst commission, vi be spl ointed to FIJI the We
cancy.
General Dsbney Maury ha, been ordered by
General s,hofeld, con IN ,nder in chisf of the
amy, to report for duty at the desk in the Office
of The "Recoi CT the Rebellion" in the War De-
prtment, recently occupied by General Field.
The HOUSE committee on lub'ic buildings and
grounds to-day; sgreed to report fsvorably "
bills for public bal dlnss, among them for such
buildings at Hewport's News and Bedford City,
Virginia.
NUNS HELD CAPrIyE.-Kirg Betauzin,
OF Dahomey, has seized at Wbyisb, the
port OF Dahomey, Twenty Europeans. I'M
Al. ,o,or,ln unc end has lakan than