Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette. J
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1893.


over Canadian roads running through
American territory.
\ careful examination Of the pensi1 Il
rolls has disclosed the astounding fact
tina now, twenty-eight years after the
close ofthc war between the States, al
NEST rs many men are drawing pensions
the closeStates as they sent to the WIZ,
in Ohio the ratio being as one to TWO,
and even greater in Michigan and Min
II sofa.
Among the visitors here to-day is
Col. McKibbin of Marshall Hall, Md.
The Colonel says he and four others
from his place walked across the Poto-
mac to Mount Vernon this morning
and took the electric road there for this
CITY. and that from Fort Washington
down to below his place that is now the
way by which the people of that region
reach Washington. He says the ice is
twelve inches thick Oh the flats and SIX
in the channel.
Few people can understand why Mr..
Burrows, known i'll Virginia as the man
who, while speaking in Virginia for
Gen. Malone, had his audience taken
away from him by show bear, who in
troduced the resolution for an investi-
CATION of the whisky trust, suddenly
''let up in that matter and refuses
to take any steps to have it acted upon.
Col. Ain w rth, who is in charge OF
pension matters SO far as they reia.e to
army records, is opposed to the trans
fer of the pension bureau to the War
Department, but says the commissioner
of pensions should have conferred upon
him the power to discharge summary
incompetent and insubordinate clerks
and employees.
DR.. johnson visited Mr.. Blaine short
" before noon to-day and remained but
a short time. He said the patient en-
ioyed comfortable night and was
somewhat stronger to-day. AT the
house it was said that Mr.. Blaine had
been sleeping greater part OF the
morning. The callers were Secretary
and Mrs. Eikins, Mrs Henry Cabot
Lodge and Mrs. Hit.
The House to-day concurred with
the Senate in appropriating five thou
sand dollars for boats, not to open the
channel of the Potomac, but to prevent
an ice gorge in the Washington chan
mel when the ice shall commence to
run.
1t is understood that as no charges
have been brought against Mr. Stoyall,
who has recently been nominated for
postmaster at South Boston, Virginia,
his confirmation by the Senate will not
no delayed much longer
In the Senate yesterday evening Mr.
McMillin presented petitions of E. J.
Northrup, o. E. Hine, mayor of Wen
ma J. c. H. Brown, J. \. Brown, }. b.
Gould. G. B. Fadely, Lewis S. Abbott,
VIM H. Veitch and W. NJ. Backus, all
citizens of the counties of Fairfax and
Alexandria. Virginia, PRAYING that
charter be granted to the Washington,
Fairfax and Alexandria Railway Com
pal V; which were referred to the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia.
The National Board of Trade to-day APP
proved all measures to protect the tim
Der lands and to make additional reser-
vations of the same.
The House banking committee to-day
reported favorably the bill for the fire.
quent exchange of treasury and nation
! al bank notes for new notes, also the
bill TO make it criminal act to omit an
entry of any kind from the books of q
national bank.
The Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia heard arguments to-day on
the bill now before Congress to admit
the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon electric railroad into Washing
ton, Ia bridge 10 be constructed by |
itself at Arlington. Messrs. Reed, Ag-
new and Harlow of Alexandria, Col.
Anderson and Prof. King of Washing
ton. and Dr. Abbott of Philadelphia ar
gued in favor of the bill, and Messrs.
King and Marbury and others
of Georgetown, against it. The bill |
has been referred by the House Dis
trict committee to subcommittee COM
posed Of Messrs Heard Richardson,
Post and Harmon, to whom the Com
missioners will report their recommen-
dation. The opposition of the George
town people was based entirely upon |
IL e utterl Y untenable ground that an
other bridge across the Potomac would
hurt the commerce of their city. The
of the AleXandrians, to disin-
tcrested hearers, was unanswerable.
The proposition TO recommend the cesSa-
ton of the purchase of silver under the Shcr-
man law and the appointment of n commas
sion to revise tho monetcry and banking syS-
tens of the country, and that the rate oil tele-
sraphy should be reduced to one cent word
within radius of | 900 miles was postponed
until the next annual meeting. The resolu-
ton recommending the consolidation of third
aud fourth classes Of mail matter into one
class to be maiabe ut the rate of two ounces
for one cent was passed. The resolution
recommo nding more liberal support by Con-
grcSs of the State militia and National Guard
failed to receive the required vote. The board
adjourned TO meet here next year.
The House Civil Service Committee to-day
favorably reported resolution calling for the
names of all appointees renStated in the Civil
Service since March 4th 1889.
A vote will not be taken on the anti-option
bill until early next week, probably not be-
fore Tuesday, and the result of that vote is
doubtful
The House baniling commtte to-day. by a
slim mljority, determined to ask for day I"
consider the bill to repeal the present silver
bill. 1t is doubtful. however, II such bill
will eyer be considered let alone passed at
this session.
The statement that Senator Faulkner, of
West Virginia was engaged to he married 10
the widow of the late Senator Hears. Is au-
denied.
COMMUNICATED.
Boil Your Drinking Water.