Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-11

W
politicians In bad luck, lie gamblers who
are busted" will often play st small stakes
sooner thar quit the table. But Eho few
DAYS ago appointed asa Rogers sGpsfirlepd-
eat OF the new public building a. Roanoke
CITY, Va? L eeems that siuoe this gentle
man applied for Warren g. Lurty'a old place
of United S.etee marshal fer the vic ter
rltoly Of Oklshoms. De hos oaeo
auiatly pursuing 40 even tenor OF way
Ia the real estate business OF Easnoke city.
Bot 1t also gaems that 6nring the latte. part
Of last week John s. Wtse swocped down 90
sscrste,y Foster CT the Treasury Dspers-
mens, and bscged this one silica tfoIa The
oficial Loaf Ter BIS cid friend Rogers. Aud
Immediately thu thing was done. C,ioDe
Roee:a hes uGGne5titIably tiled bafors in
vain FIR many ,hiogs, SEINE gocd 81 III Ia
different, tus not until the meieofio Wiao
cane, 10 his robes and furs ffcn New York.
vas anything eve. showed into TIE lark
Stockings Of the gerial republican SecEeisry
His friends ere mGoh PLEASED with bis
soc6 luck irrespective Of pe.ty feaiiag
The United States Supreme Court to-day
upset Judge G:egham's opirion in en- il to-
state conmayce case CT great importance.
Il csne from the northern Judicial dis!Eic. OF
IlIinols, and hes attracted widespread az
tention, especially smongat reirosd men
throughout the country. Il seems that the
party defendant WAS esked Ia Judge Gfesh-
ans court whether he had ever ob.aned
from any railroad rate on grain sh'pm ente
lower than the op!n rate TO ell shippers
He refused TO answer en- the ground thst it
might crminGte him. For this be wss held
In contempt. The Supreme Court to-day
decided that the oouetitutioDal right OF poi
sors TO reiuse any answer TO questions
Which might be ueed eesinst them In cEini'
nal cases must be construed 10 its broadess
aud beet sense for the Derson refusing to "a.
ever the same.
The Supreme Court OF the United States
to-day daDied The petition OF J. sloct Fas-
sett, late collector for The port of Nav York.
for writ of prohibition to restrain The
iadge OF the U. 6. Court for tbs sonshern
district of Nav York from proceeding
further in tho snit brought TO have taken out
of the cussady of the collector the steom
piessoge yacht Colqueror, owned by MIR. +.
| W. Vanderbilt, and ss'zsd by the collector
for payment OF custom duties.
Senator Chandler, evidently having Sena-
tor Hill's case In view, to day introduced
bill providi0g thst every pefson elected Zen
ator to fill prospective vacancy shsll, be.
which he hos ben elected, eign!fy bis &C
ceptsnca OF The Office and vaoste end relin.
au;eh any incompatible office.
The SsDaie Ia executive aassiop tn-;'ay
confirmed the nomnatioDs Of Chief L 81
| n ser G. ". Mel7ils. q 8. n. snd Chief OF
the Bureau OF steam Eogra7irg, Navy dc.
| par;ment.
The Court IF Claims to-day gave jp5g-
ment for SEC, $50 In favor OF the Winchester
end Potomac Railroad Company On &C.
couot of the use and occupation of that road
by the government during tbs late war.
TIE court also reported fndings of fact5 In
| tyeniy.four cases presented ucdar the Iu-
| dian depreciation ecS.
| 10 the Senate to-day Mr. Daniel present..
&C petitions from Berry Brothers aud others,
Bedford, aNd Cosby & BIO. end others OF
Dsnv!le, Virginia, for amending tha tobao-
co schedule Of tbs tariff bill. end from ]. q.
Fletcher and cthers for Increasing the pay
| of the employees 10 the life saving service ;
also resolution Of the Virginia Legislature
| recommending the traDsfer ct the revenue
marine to the neval service also old bills
sppropfiaiing $4,000 each for public build.
ings ct Lexington and Bedford City, Viz
ginia, ard 5000 900 for purchasing addition.
al sud at the Gosport navy yard. Elf. Bar
bour introduced bill for refundiDg to John
T. Henderson of Alexandra. 6rummer's
license tax, paid By hin to the District OF
Columbia.
The s,nase judiciary committee to-day
decided to lag over withous aoi3n until
next Friday the nouiaation of the circuit
Judges. This Wes dons at the request OF
Senator Voorhees,, who dssi,es to enter
protest ageinBs The confirmation of Jae!ice
Wood.
Faneral servIees over the remains Of Ad.
mirgl O. E. P. Rodgers we're held this morn
ing ST st. johns Church. TheY we're con.
duoied By tins the Rector, Dr.. Douglass.
Theya was large attendance, including
the Yice.Presdent, Secretary Blaine, Secre.
,ary Tracy, Justice Gray, and number of
Senators, Sir Julian Pauncefote and near
" all the other foreign ministers. At the
conclusion Of the impressive serVicea the re-
mains were taken to the Peunsylvsnis &.
p. Station and conveyed to Annapolis.
Mr.. Daniel in the Senate and MIR. Meredith In
the House introduced bills to day appIop1iating
100000 for the construction of the Mount Yer
non Avenue by the eecreIa'y If War in accord
snce With the plans Of Msjor Hsius of the o. 2.
Engineers. Messrs F. A. Reed and III. B. BAR
low of Alexandra and Frank Hume Of AleI>n'
dria county we're at the Capitol to-day In the IN.
terssts of this bill.
In the House 10 d AZ Mr. Bsyner of Baltimore
introduced bills to pay Clemson Coekson
$50 ,OUO for losses sustained at their distilieiy
near Alexandra after tho occaI ancy Of that CT y
by the federal army ia 1861; also bill for the
relief Of N. e. Bsir aud Herman Graw FOR de-
strucion of their property at City Point, Virgin
10. during the war.
The Bal imoro syndicate of Gaia is, headed
by Mr. John <. Cowan, genera solicitor Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, closed their final
contract with Popbam OF Virginia and Poten Of
Colon on Saturday Last for the immediate working
OF their msnRanese property on the 1stamus of
Panama. Urder their contract mining ard mar
keiing the ore for this country, distance OF two
thousand miles by water, will begin in less than
thirty dsya. John Pophsm, jr., snd his younger
brother, Fred Popham, sailed from rev ok to.
day for Colon, Columbia. 1t is understood that
NJ. Floyd Barbour OF the Richmond and Danvilie
railroad, eou OF Hon. James Barbour of CuIpep.
or, Va, was offered the place of ndenS OF
the interests htli by the Baltimore capitslisss IL
this enterprise, but IS yet 70 agreement has been
r sch egsrding the fual action OF the parIiss
state Senator Jordan OF Virginia wss on the JOE
u y ill.,