Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-05

and measures yesterday consldered the Dill
OF Representative Williams, Of North CaFo-
lima, providing that o portion OF tne eliver
10 the treasury shall be: loaned TO tae
States without interest. There were only
slx members OF the committee present. one
of whom was Representative Epes, OF VIZ
gaia. and no conclusion was reached. " 10
understood thst those present were aoou1
ennsilv divided on the merits OF the Dill.
Oonoressman Bretkinridge did rot 90 TO
Richmond 10 address the Cleveland mass
mee,inp to be held there tonight.
gentleman ftcm Richmond Gays the
Dispafch OF that CT 3 has carefully prepared
a table of the results Of the county and city
elet tions SO far held by the democratic Par
to in Virginia for the cleo lon of dele
gates t, tae State convention, which
shows that the delegations e:end 264 for
Clsvelaod; $50 against Cieselard. end loS
unknown.
E. @. Waters, formerly manager of the
Yellowstone Park Association, to-day re-
sumed bis testimony before the House Oom'
mittee on public lands Waters eeid that he
had never spoken to Russell Hsrrison on
the subject CT putting etock In trust for him,
but had put the stock In trust for Mr. Har-
li.on without that gentlemens knowledge.
X,
STOCK set aeide for Russell Harrison wae foF
| q consideration or es gift; but the answer
OF the witness vas not definite, and several
times he esid he did not know exactly why
he had it set aside, except that be wsnssd
Russell Harrison to have it. Finally he said
that he had asked Russell Harrison to tea
the Secretary CT the Interior and he felt that
he might want to call on him again for
something right and proper.
MsI,r Alexander o. M. Pennington. b
artillery has been relieved from further
duty st ihe United Ststes artillery sohool.
! Fort Monroe, Virginia, With view to tia
ASSIGNMENT by thu commanding general Of
the D ,psrtment of tho East ss inspsotor Of
artillery Of that department.
MIR. Baud, OF Missouri, has introduced In
the House bill repeating al laws imposing
q tax on the currency CT ii cuiating notes
Issued By authority OF sry State or banking
association organized by the authority OF &
Safe.
This general opinion Of Virginia Senators
snd Reprees; tativesi is tina. the coming st4te
convention will eend an unins.ructed dele
gat&n to Chicago.
The grant, en- Tuesday, CT three patenfa
upon epplicatons fled years ago by Thomas
A. Edllon, sssisnor to the Western Union
Telegraph Company, prolougs the control
By the Bill company, ss the latter's lioensee,
OF the telephone as U commercial venture for
seventeen years, and the Ball company vii
cor tinue TO enjoy q monopoly Of the bust
ness for that number Of years.
The Senate commerce committee 6y a
unanlmaus vo:s decided this morniug to re-
port fayorably the bill granting American
register to certain foreign bnilt ships OF the
Inman line OF q tonnage Of not less tnan 8 OOO
tons and speed OF not less than 20 KNOBS an
hour. " hieh passed the House Monday. Sena-
! tor FRYE, chairms IN CT the committee, was au-
thorizsd t. urgs Immediate consideration oy
the Senate end this he will do at the
| frat oppol tunty. Secretary Trsoy In a let
| ter to the committee expgeesee the opinion
, that the bill is second in Importance only to
the naval appropriation bill ard urges
Its passage.
Secretary Noble seems determined to pro-
tect the Commissioner OF Pensions and make
Gen. Raum's cause his owp. Gen. Raum
seems equally determined to protect Fore {,
the insuller OF women, and make FoSd's
cause his owr. Gen. Rsum Ia still Commits
sionsr Of Pensions, and Ford is still chief ct
the record division.
Ac'iog unon an ordsr Issued by the Pfesi-
dent April 22l, the civil service commission
has ex ended thu rules end regulations OF
tee classified civil se-vioe TO the Uutsd
Ssstes Fish Commission. This extension
will briDg ebou. 1872 peopls Within the civil
eerv!cs Law, excluding only the higher solen-
lists aud leborers.
VIM Estes WAS to day appointed fourth.c ass
postmaster st Nortonsville, We.