Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-16

division ofthe Agricultural Department
were discharged last Saturday, many OF
them hailing from the Alexandra dis
trict.
Miss Pollard's condition is not con-
sdered at all serious at the Providence
Hospital here, where she Is staying
In answer to an inquiry at the hosp-
tai at , o'clock this afternoon 1t was
said that she was getting along very
well and was not dangerouslyiIl. Miss
Pollard is confined TO her bed, but be-
ing woman OF strong nerves, the at
;endants SAY. it will not be long before
she will recover. She says she il not
roing TO make herself any more con-
,picious than she is.
For the nine months and a half OF
tie .. eseat fiscal year the eXpendi-
lures have exceeded the receipts by
) = 100000.
The marble room in which the body
ofthe late Senator Vance lay in state
this afternoon from $50 O'Clock until
half past four. was decorated with the
plants from the Botanical Gardens TO
which the late Senator was most attach
81. the beautiful pine of the State
which he had 80 long represented III
the senate OF the United States. The
long leafed pine OF North Carolina does
not grow in this section Of the country,
bit al either end Of the room was
paced a specimen 81 that exceedingly
rare and valuable specimen Of the pine
tnal comes from Australia, while IN APP
propriate places were put other speci-
mems. ami everywhere was the rich
odor OF the tree that mas made the old
State famous. Among the floral offer
ings j. one from the Botanical Gardens
composed OF flowers 50 rare that they
are seldom seen outside OF the hot
houses ia which they thrive best. II Is
= cross made Of The wanda and cattleya
species OF orchids. their rich purple and
white tinls forming most beautiful
binding of co o :. At two o'clock this
afternoon the members Of the House
committees appointed 10 attend the
funeral reached the Vance residence,
on Massachusetts avenue, and lew
minutes later the casket was placed ii
the hearse and taken to the Capitol
under their escort. Eight Capitol pc
licemen under lieutenant acted as
body bearers. There Were no SER
vices at the house. At half past
three o'clock Mrs. Vance and the
members of her family left the Vance
residence for the Capitol. This after
soon a delegation from Raleigh called
90 Mrs. Vance to request that The Sen
ator's remains he Inferred in their city,
but Mrs. Vance decided not to change
her original intention to have the burial
at Asheylle, where Senator Vance
one time ago selectnd site for his
grave.
Representative Compton was in the
House to-day, the first time since the
accident that recently befell him.
Secretary Herbert says additional
charges of fraud in the steel plates sup
piled by the Carnegie company have
been preferred, and that they will
probably be investigated. Some other
people say that the plates are so defec-
tive that they will have to be removed
from the ships on which they have been
placed.
The resolutions adopted yesterday
by the Women's Protective League Of
this city looking to the expulsion Of
Representative Breckenridge of Ken
tucky are likely to be ignored by the
House. Under the rules they will,
when offered, be sent 10 the committee
on privileges and elections. One Of the
leading members Of the Judiciary con-
mittee said this morning in speaking Of
the action Of the Women;s League :
There IS nothing the House can do in
the matter. It was civil suit, not a
criminal suit The alleged seduction
Of Miss Pollard is an incident in a suit
brought for a breach OF promise to mar
~ the plaintiff. The House cannot
take cognizance of such suits. If we
did" he added, with smile, Eve
would be likely to lose great part Of
our membership. If breckenridge had
been tried and condemned for seduc-
ton, the action of the House, if if took
any, would depend upon the laws Of
the State where the act was committed.
But you are safe in saying that the
House will do nothing in the matter.
The public, as well as the House, have
had all they want Of it,"
This is Emancipation day here and
was celebrated by all the negroes in
the city, and the region roundabout.
The sidewalks of Pennsylvania avenue.
almost along their entire extent, were
crowded with men, women and children
of the African race to witness the pro-
cession of the many different uniform
ed organizations of their people, which
they viewed with characteristic demon
STATIONS Of delight when it at last APP
peared.
"Joe" Fielden, the English light
weight pugilist, plead guilty this morn
ing in the criminal court here to steal
ing a diamond pin, and he was sen
fenced TO the Albany penitentiary fer
three years at hard labor.
Col Mosby who is here preparing a
case for the Court of Claims, for which
ne is counsel, will 90 to Richmond on
the 18th inst, where he will be enter
tcrtained by the members of his old
command now living in and near that
city. The proprietor of Ford's Hotel
there has invited him and his daugh
tiers, who will accompany him, TO be
his guests during their stay in Rich
mond
Rear Admiral John Irwin was placed
on the retired list yesterday by the
operation OF law on reaching the age of
siXtytwo years. Commodore Skerrett,
commanding the Asiatic squadron, be-
comes a rear admiral to-day, succeed
ing Admiral Irwin.
Among the strangers here to-day is
Mr.. Antony Stovall, who has returned