Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-25

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The Senate committee on claims to-
day made an adverse report on the
Blackburn omnibus claim amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Among these claims are some from the
counties in the Sth Virginia District.
State Department officials dislaim
any knowledge of the reported defal-
cation in the office of Consul-General
New at London, who came home to
work the Minneapolis convention for
MIR. Harrison.
In the House to-day Mr.. Holman
tried to have the sundry civil bill, bar
ing the amendment providing for the
issuance of gold bonds, so to a confer
ence committee, but was antagonlzed
by both the silver and anti-option men,
the former fearing that by some trick
the amendment referred to may get
through, and being determined to de
feat the whole bill rather than it shall,
and the latter, unless their bill be sim
ilarly referred.
The investigation of the whisky trust
by the sub committee of the House Ju,,
dietary committee is practically closed
and Mr.. Bynum of Indiana, chairman
of the subcommittee has outlined his
report to the majority of the committee.
Mr.. James NJ. Neasey, the first witness
examined by the committee, may be al
lowed to made final statement. If he
is permitted to do so he will advocate
the abolition of the rectifiers license
in the hands of wholesale liquor deal
ers. and change of the law so as to
make it felony to use essential oils or
essences in the adulteratioD of liquors,
and punish such violations of law by a
heavy fine or imprisonment.
The Vice-President presented to the
Senate to-day a memorial from the gen
eral committee of thirty appointed by
the New York Chamber of Commerce
and signed by Henry Willard. asking
for an appropriation by Congress to en-
terrain in New York such guests as the
nation has already invited and such
persons of high distinction as may visit
these shores and pass through New York
city en- route to the Worlds Columbian
Exposition at Chicago.
The House commerce committee, at
the request of the managers of the
Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon
Railroad, have not acted upon the bill
granting that road the right to build a
bridge across the Potomac at Arlington,
and will not until it shall have passed
the Senate, for the reason that to do so
now would subject it to point of or,
der. They still hope the Senate will
pass the bill during the next day or
two.
AS previously stated in this CORES.
pondence the House military committee
referred the bill granting right of way
through the Arlington reservation to the
branch which the Washington-Southcrn
r. r. wishes to run through it from
Waterloo station, to the A'torney-Gen-
eral for his opinion as to the title the
defunct Alexandria Canal Company
had to the bed of their canal, which the
railroad referred to has bought and
which it proposes to use for the bed OF
the branch referred to. This morning
the Attorney General returned the bill
to the committee with note to the eff
feet that he is not required to render
an opinion on the subject. The COM
mittee will meet again next Tuesday
when, it is reported, they will agree to
report the bill favorably.
The democratic Senators have served
notice on the republicans that they will
resist any attempt to confirm the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Hanchett as Justice Jack
sons successor, for the reason that the
retiring President ought not 10 be per
mitted to nominate TO life position q
member ofhis own party after the peo'
pie have removed that party from pow
or. 1t has been the custom of the judi
ciary committee to permit nomination
to 60 over one week if any objection:
are offered, but it is understood that
this will not be done in this case. The
nomination of Mr.. Hanchett will be re.
ferred to this committee at the mex
executive sersion, possibly to-day.
Secretary Foster of the Treasur.
Department was before the ways ant
means committee of the House thi
morning, explaining the condition o
the Treasury. The hearing was con
Quoted with closed doors for the reason
that if the hearing was public the ag
tation of the financial question Nigh
give rise to considerable alarm. Mr.. Eos
ter admitted that the situation was one
demanding serious consideration anC
that his previous estimates ofthe avalla
BILE cash in the Treasury at the close o
the fiscal year would need to be scaled
down to some extent. Mr.. Faster sale
he believed that $50, 100000 more reve
nue. should be raised and put into the
Treasury in order to make everything
safe and the conditions favorable for 8
proper administration of the affairs o
the government.
Representative Bynum is trying tc
find out who told Mr. Crisp, during the
Speakership contest, that he would
leave Mills and go to him provided he
had the assurance that he would not be
sacrificed. But it is said that, like the
lover who struggled to forget, his strug-
gle will be in vain.
The first days racing at the Ivy City track
under its new management, opened to-day
fins weather. fair track and an attendane oi
about fifteen hundred There are five book
makers doing business at the track. First
race, 5 filrlongs, purse $500; won by Specn-
lation, Ella 2nd, st. Patrick 3rd. Time, 1;OI
A CITY INVADED By BUL!s.-Great ex-
element was caused in Barcelona, Spain. one