Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-17

tee that has the bill for memorial
bridge across the Potomac at Airing
ton in charge, that no matter how IA
yorable his committee may report upon
that bill, Chairman Savers, OF the ap-
preparations committee, with never al
low it to become effective.
While the Senate was engaged to-day
with the reception of bills for the I'M,
proyement of the financial condition OF
the country, and for other things OF the
most important national character, Mr.
Harris introduced one for pure milk
for the babies of Washington. Anc
vet washington has board of high
salaried commissioners.
Among the daily attendants at the
Capitol now is Captain Brown, who
was General Coxey's chief of staff dur
ing his raid on the grass in the Capitol
grounds last summer, and who was so
nnceremoniously hustled of those
grounds by the police. He is not SO
much of cowboy now as he was then,
in his apparel.
The gold engagements at New York
to-day for export tomorrow reduce
the Treasury gold reserve to s94 .42o,-
500.
The House district committee has ap
pointed a subcommittee to consider
bill for another gas company here,
whose managers offer to supply con-
sumers with gas at sixty cents thou
sand.
Major Daniel has returned from his
trip to Richmond, where he delivered
his Grafton upon General Early, and
was in his seat in the Senate to-day.
The President to-day sent to the
Senate the following nominations: Chas.
D. Clark, of Tenn, United States dis
trict Judge for the eastern and middle
districts of Tennessee, vice David M.
Key, retired. Humphrey B. Hamilton,
of New Mexico, associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the Territory of New
Mexico. Thomas O'Hara, of Michigan,
consul at San Juan Del Norte, Mic
aragua.
Secretary Lamont has discharged
some more Indians from the cavalry
arm of the service. 1t is expected that
soon after the first of the year the
United States army will be composed
exclusively of white men and negroes.
There was strong opposition in the
House this morning against any attempt
TO force vote on the new banking bill,
which was reported this morning, be-
fore The holiday recess. Messrs. Walk
err, of Massa chusetts, and Johnson. OF
Indiana, who have written the minori-
ty report against the measure, will
urge the committee on rules to give
them q hearing in opposition to any
undue haste before the committee on
rules definitely reports. One OF the
most prominent members of the COM
mite which framed the bill, said at
Loon to-day, that there ought to be
three days debate after the holiday
recess before the House votes on the
bill and the various amendments which
will be submitted. He explained-and
many republicans entertained the same
view-that the House could act more
intellgently upon the measure after
the members had gone home and con-
suited with their constituents, and after
every body has had an opportunity fully
TO digest the propositions involved In
the Carlisle bill. 1t is not unlikely
that these objections will prevail, and
the expectations at the present time is
that vote will be postponed until the
first week in January. Mr.. Cox, a
member of the house banking and cur
rency committee, to day gives the fol-
lowing as the status of the bill: TO
morrow morning the currency bill will
be called and debate will proceed there
on, as the committee is privileged.
When the debate will end depends up
on the action of the committee On rules.
That committee has not reported rule
as yet"
The case of the United States VS.. H..
A. Simmons was resumed in the Crimi-
nal Court here to-day. Kate Sutton,
mother of Ida Sutton, testified to her
daughters age being sixteen on the
25th of November. Major Geo. Duffey,
Commissioner of Revenue of Alexan-
dria, produced extract from register of
births, showing birth of the Sutton girl
on November 29th, 1878, bringing girls
age within month and 2 days OF l6 at
the time of the alleged offense. John
c. Barras and wife, of Alexandria, tes-
tilted that no criminal connection took
place at their house between Sim
mons and the girl in July or
at any other time. Mr.. Saml. 6. Brent,
of Alexandria, made an eloquent
defense of the prisoner. The case was
given to the jury at p. M, and Sim
mons was acquitted.
1t is said to-day that the bill allow
ing the Metropolitan street railway to
cross Rock creek on the bridge used by
the Washington and Georgetown line
will not pass Congress, and that the
president of the former road, by saying
that its financial condition is excellent
one week, and assigning its straitened
condition, the next one, as the reason
for reducing the wages of its employees,
has by no means improved its prospect.
The U. S. Supreme Court to-day
affirmed the judgment of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia in the
case of the United States VS.. the exc
cutors of W. B. Moses. Moses wos one
of the sureties on the bond of Howgate,
the defaulting signal service dis
bursting officer, and the district
court gave judgment against his ad-
illustrators and in favor of the gov