Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the alexandria Gazettc.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. 1898.

Mr.. Speaker Crisp mas entirely recoN-
cred from his recent indisposltion and
expects to be at the Capitol tomorrow
and preside Mt the reassembling OF the
House. Many. but by no means most,
of the congressman who went home for
the Christmas holidays have returned,
g thatit is doubtful if q quorum will
b. present when the Speaker shall call
the House to order.
A Pennsylvania republican, here to-
dry, says his party i'll his State finds IL
en- not do without Senator Quay at lis
head. and that therefore it viii make
him the Pennsylvania member Of the
n ltional repu lean committee, and that
he is also necessary 10 the success OF
e party ut large, that committee viii
N Ike him Is chairman.
Indiana people, here to-day, say The
curent rcpor; and common belief
q aoug republicans there is that the ma
ti,nal republican committee, and es.
peciaily Mr.. Clarkson, were notas loyal
10 Mr.. Harrison as they might have
been, and that the effect OF their disloy-
ty was manifested in several States.
Yesterday was the dullest New Years
Dav ever experienced by the Oldest in
habitant of this city. The once gene
rally observed custom Of calling on that
day was almost entire y alan lon d.
Orders have been Issued nj the Treas
ury Department directing the shipment
from Philadelphia to Chicago to-mor-
row night of ST, 900 souvenir coins, all
that are mintcd M to date. These
Sc 900 coins will be the last having 1892
on them all others having the year 1893
on them.
Senator Stewart says that he and the
other silver men will do all they can to
push the free coinage of silver to a
SQUARE vote before the close Of the pres
ent session. Other Senators say they
will be content if all the regular and
necessary appropriation bills be passed
during the remainder of the session.
and that there will certainly be no time
to fritter away in prolonged debate on
a bill that would certainly be vetoed ii
passed.
Attorney General Miller says that
Bill Dalton is not Z. S. deputy mar
shall, but that some of the Datons have
been deputy marshals in Arkansas and
were then considered trustworthy.
The U. S. Supreme Court resumed its
session to-day after its Christmas re-
cess. One Of the causes decided was
tlat of ". X. Vanderbilt, in the case of
his Yacht Alva. The decision was adj
verse to Mr.. Vanderbilt. The court
as decided that the middle of n river
and not the middle of the channel is
the dividing line Of that river.
According to some Of the old time
democrats of this city the inaugural
committee has not only been organized,
but will be conducted, on the mugwump
idea. They a. that the chairmanships
OF the sub committees which have the
selection Of paid employees, have been
given to republicans, vino, naturally,
will give such places to their faVorites.
The expenses OF the inauguration will.
It's expected, be paid out ofthe receipts
from the sale Of tickets to the inaugural
ball
AS previously stated in this CORES
pondcnce Senator Kenna is extremely
III of heart disease Yesterday, ii is
said, he was so i'll that his family Were
informed by his physician chat there was
10 ground to hope for his recovery and
that MS death might occur ut any mo-
ment. lie is little better to-day.
Mr.. Biaine's condition has taken a
backward turn. He is not as we'll to-
day as he was yesterday, and was not
as we'll yesterday as he was the day be-
fore. He spent an uncomfortable night
and looks worse to-day than he has
ever done before.
Some of the democratic Congressman
here say privately, bat mot for the
world to be published, y that Mr.. Cleve-
land mist be under the influence of the
mugwumps, for that otherwise he would
never have essayed the vain task oi at
tempting to dictate 10 the legislature OF
New York concerning the man it should
or should not elect Z. S. Senator. They
also say that at the reorganization OF
;hc House Mr.. Crisp Will be reelected,
but that he will make many changes in
the present committee chairmanships.
The United States Supreme Court to-
day decided that in Ohio the separate
property Of married woman could
not he charged, in equity, by contracts
execute previous TO the existence OF
that property.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, who in
troduced Che anti-hypnotic bill in Con-
grcss, SAYS he knows nothing, and
doesn't want %, about occullism, spirit
ualism, mesmcrism, spookism, witch
craft, the black art or Theosophy, and
that he only introduced the bill referred
to at the request ola lawyer of this city.
He adds that he is getting sick and
tired of questions about and requests
for copies of the bill, and sincerely
wishes he had never seen or heard of it.
Senator Carlisle has returned from
New York He is very reticent about
what Mr.. Cleveland said in his talk
with him. But, all the same, he is look
ed upon here rs certain member OF
the next cabinet, and since, his return,
the impression is extending that Mr..
Morrison, now member of the inter
state commerce commission, will be one
of his colleagues in that body.
Late Intelligence from Mr.. Barbour
Thompson, superintendent Of the Vir-
ginia Midland Railroad, is to the effect
that he is recovering as rapidly as posi-
BILE from the chronic disease for the cure
of which a surgical operation was per
formed and that with good luck he will
soon be able to leave the hospital in
New York and return to his home i'll
Virginia.
]. II. Christian was appointed post
master at Providence Forge. New Kent