Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandris Gazette
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS, 1894.

WASHINGTON. Oct. IS, 1894.
Mr.. Edgar Allen, prominent Nir-
ginia republican, who is one of the as,
sistant U. s. attorneys general: will
speak at the republican meeting to be
held at Fredericksburg, and is glad TO
tell his friends that he will do so. On
October 26th, 1856, during a campaign
similar to the present one, NJ. +. Ben
ton, q. S. district attorney for Mis-
souri,. and w. A. Stone, U. 5. dis
tricC attorney for Pennsylvania, were
SUSPENDED bv Mr.. Cleveland for max
ing political speeches in their own
towns and after office hours. Benton
was subsequently, owing to great pres,
sure, reiIstated, but Stone never ASKED
to be. .,
ex-U. S.lmarshal Watts of the western
district of Virginia. He says he doesn't
know what the majority for General
Walker. the republican candidate for
Congress in that district, will be, but
that his election is certain. he says
there are few populists in that district,
and that Walker will not only get the
votes of all the republicans there, but
those of many democrats, the price OF
whose horses, cattle and wool has gone
down. Mr.. Watts is republican.
The last days session of the conven-
ton of St. Andrews Brotherhood was
held to-day. The committee on ex-
ternal relations reported that brother
hood work had been prosecuted in
many foreign lands, and submitted
basis upon which all Anglican branches
NAV unite in harmony and co-opera-
ton. The report was adopted. An
adverse report on a proposition to COM
bine the brotherhood with beneficiary
branch was adopted. Four Indian del.
egates were introduced, and one of
them. Napoleon NVabosha, addressed
the convention in Sioux, which was
translated to the audience by Charlie
Good Thunder. A resolution was
adopted asking the incoming council to
procure, if possible, brotherhood man
who will 60 to China in response to a
request from Bishop Groves, of Shang-
hal. A cablegram was read expressing
a preference for DR.. Ludlow. A gen
eral conference on the subject of broth
erhood meetings consumed the remain
der of the morning session. Among
the council of the brotherhood will be
Robert Stiles of Richmond.
1t is rumored among Virginians here
that the Senatorial fight in their State
has obtruded itself into the congress
sional campaign of the 9th district.
The chief topic of conversation here
to day is the train robbery below Alex
andria last night. The express compa-
nv has been informed that negro
rowed three men over the river yester-
dav from the neighborhood of Fort
Washington, and, afterwards that in
talking about having done so, he said il
they were not crooks he was much mis-
takea. 1t is also said that the robbers
when they left the engine half a mile
above the scene of the robbery,
hurried in the direction of the
river. The negro fireman on the
train ssys he did not jump of, but just
fell off. Though the impression exists
in the North that Southern men wear
pistols in their belts and Bowie knives
in their boots or down their backs, there
was only one pepper-box pistol among
all the passengers on the train. The
men in the ladies' car having trans
-ferred their valuables to the ladies, who
hid them, stood at the door with pocket
knives, to kill the robbers singl y as they
entered the door, but the latter were
only after the express money. 1t was
reported here this evening that some
of the robbers had been arrested at
Bowie station and most of the money
recovered, but the report was not cred
tied.
The directors of the Metropolitan
Luncheon Company, Of this city, went
to Alexandria in the rain this morning
to hold their annual meeting Among
them is Mr.. r. N. Harper
The prcprietors OF the new race course
at the Alexandria Driving Park are
here to day In consultation with some
of their friends from Alexandria in
reference to the opening of that course
on the 18th inst. Mr.. ]. S. B. Thomp-
son. of the Southern Railroad, was also
here, making arrangements for allow
ing the trains on the Washington road
to run on the tracks of his road from
the Leesburg junction to the race
course, during the racing season.
Friends of the proposed electric rail
road from this city to Falls Church, via
Arlington, say they have got the right
of way for the whole line except from
two or three land owners, who live in
this city, and that as soon as they can
come to terms with them, the company
will wait no longer for the BIT. Vernon
Railroad, but will proceed at once to the
construction of the road.
Ex-Secretary Tracy, as counsel for ex-Vice
President Morton, to-day telegraphed to Sec
rotary Carlisle, stating the facts in the arrest
of John James Howard, late coachman to Mr..
Morton. kr. Tracy says that Howard, is a
domestic and did not come into this country
in violation of law. He requested that How
ard he allowed to converse with counsel,
which request Commissioner Scnner was di-
rected to grant.
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