Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence OF the Alc>andris Gszntte.]
WASHINGTON. Nov. %, 1894.

ell the Howgate vouchers, to the
amount of $4,000, all supposed TO be
forgeries, and upon which the govern
ment chiefly depended for its prosecu-
ton of Captain Howgate, have disap'
peared from the office of The Third Au-
ditor OF the Treasury, in which they
had been locked up. AS there are sew
eral people here who would have been
put in very awkward and embarras-
ing position by the trial of Captain
Howgate, it is naturally supposed
that the disappearance of the vouchers
was effected by somebody familiar with
the office-for consideration.
Of the four hundred clerks yet re-
naming in the census bureau,all except
eighty will be discharged at the end OF
the current month. :. :,
Mrs. Lily Thompson who has applied
for place on the police force of this
eity. is q dress reformer and an athlete.
Judge Nicol of Manassas, who Will
on the first of the new year succeed
Judge Keith as Judge of the Alexan i
dria, Virginia, circuit court, closed his
office here last Wednesday.
Mr.. Kirk, one of the managers of the
Virginia Jockey Club, who, it may be
mentioned, looks as if he were the twin
brother of Mr.. J. Ran. Tucker, says no
matter what the rumors about that
club may be, racing on its track will be
kept up during the continuance of good
weather, however long that may be.
He saws of course horses will not be
run in snow or rain, or when the track,
from either, is in bad condition, but
that in this mild climate he does not
expect long spells of bad weather dur
ing any even Of the winter months. He
saws that some of the horses that were
on the track have gone away, but that
more have come, and that many more
are waiting to come as soon as places
can be made for them. He also says
the racing is conducted in accordance
with old-time Virginia tracks, and that
no improper behavior or parties are adj
mitted.
The series of luncheons given at Will
lard's Hall by the lady friends of the
Ex-Confederate Society here closed last
night. They were very successful and
quite a large sum was raised for indi,
gent soldiers of the Confederate army.
1t is learned from Virginia republi-
cas- here to-day that though General
Malone wants to make an effort to I'M
seat the whole democratic COMPRESSION.
al delegation from Virginia, upon the
ground of the unconstitutionality of the
new election law, the wiser men of the
party have practically determined tc
select three or four of the stronger
cases, in which they think fraudulent
uniting can be proved, and to confne
their efforts to them.
1t is said at the hospital to-day thai
William Walker of Richmond, who
lost his leg at the B. & o. R. r. depot
here yesterday evening, is doing well
State Senator Little of Fredericks-
burg, Virginia, was here to-day. lie
says the proposed contest for the seal
of Congressman Jones, of his district
IL absurd. A prominent republican
from the same district, recently here
said he supposed Mr.. Mcdonald would
abandon it before long.
Col. Ike Hill, assistant sergeant-at.
arms of the U. S. House of Representa-
tives, has just returned from his State,
Ohio. He says that though the repup-
lican vote there at the recent election
was 10000 less than at the previous
election, the republican majority was
1877 900, for the reason that the demo:
ccats there said if Mr.. Cleveland
wouldn't take the trouble to vote, they
wouldn't either.
Superintendent Callahan, of the Nor
folk steamboat line, says work on the
new steamer for that line has COM
menced at Viewpoints News, and that
by the contract she must be completed
by the first OF June.
Col. "Lige" White went through here
yesterday, but not, as was supposed, to
90 after the lady he is to marry. He
returned to-day, and, when the subject
was mentioned, said the lady's brother
when informed by her Of her intended
marriage, replied that she supposed
Colonel White had raided Pennsylva-
MIA enough during the war, and would
have been content to let the State alone
now" The Colonel says he made up
his mind some time ago he would not
let Pennsylvania alone until he had
captured the whole of her, and that
having done that now, she need fear him
no more. About the recent election in
his county, the Colonel says it was per-
fectly fair and that Mr.. McCaulls pro-
posed contest cannot possibly amount
to any thing if tried by unprejudiced
man