Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-12

to. day addressed the committee on in
ter-state and foreign commerce of the
House in favor of the bill for the estab-
lishment of bureau of health in the
treasury department.
1t leaked out to-day in the Senate
that the executive committee Of the
national republican committee, which
has been in session here this week, de-
cided Wednesday night that it would
be good politics for the republicans to
vote for the confirmation of Mr.. Horn
blower to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and with that end in view number OF
the members Of the committee started
out early Thursday morning to prose
lvte. Different republican Senators
were called upon, but it is said that the
committee soon found they were max
ing very little Roadway and gave the
matter up.
In accordance with an agreement
made Yesterday in secret session, the
Senate to-day, after the transaction OF
little routine business, went into exc
cutiye session athalf past twelve O'Clock.
1t was decided that the day should be
spent in cleaning up the executive calan-
dar of undisputed nominations, great
batch of these having accumulated,
including q large number of postmast-
ers. The effort will be made to dispose
of all these eases this afternoon, and it
is possible that the nomination of Mr..
Preston to be Director of the Mint, will
also be taken up and acted upon. If
matters move along expeditiously the
attempt may also be made to settle the
nomination OF Mr. Wooten of Nevada
nominated to be an Indian agent at the
Nryada Agency, against whom Mr..
Higgins has inaugurated somewhat
bitter fight.
.Amoug the bills reported in the Sen
ate Yesterday was one providing that
tie name of every documented vessel of
the United States shall be marked upon
each bow and stern, the home port
marked in the stern and the draft OF
every registered vessel marked upon
the stern and stern post.
Information cabled from London
that if the United States will take ac-
ton within month, London banks
might be induced TO subcribe for at
least least half OF proposed United
States fifty million three per cent. bond
issue, is supposed here to have been
sent from New York, Via London.
Representative Meredith called at
the Treasury Department to-day to try
10 get Mr.. Samuel c. Kiuchloe of Fair
fax county q minor place there, but
was informed. as he had been hun
drtd times before, that there were no
more places in that department for Nir-
gininns.
On the report ola postotlice inspector,
an order was issued at the Postotiic,-
Department to-day removing A. G.
Hutchinson, the recently appointed
democratic postmaster at Herndon,
Fairfax county, Virginia. Representa-
tive Meredith being informed of this
action went to the Department and had
the order suspended until he could
hear the Hutchison side.
Mr. Reed, of Maine, will close the
Il riff debate Tor the republicans on the
afternoon, of Saturday the 9th inst
Mr.. Wilson, democrat, of West Virginia,
the chairman of the ways and means
committee, will perform q similar SER
vice for the democratic majority, The
vote on the bill will be taken Monday,
the 10Th inst.
At Snuff, Patrick county, Va, w. n.
Smith was appointed postmaster to-day,
vice w. H. Anglin, resigned.
Mr.. johnson of Ohio, who made the
ringing democratic speech in the House
last Wednesday, is of Virginia descent.
His ancestors lived in Orange county,
where many of his relatives, among
them Mr.. B. Johnson Barbour, yet re-
SIDE.
The Executive Committe of the Rep
ublican National Committee this morn
ing adopted resolutions favoring the
admission into the Union Of Utah, Ari-
IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The
uuestc-u..a Usi0.oiic r5cncriria' Sncetv '''a"."
sSefy syn OF selecting permanent head
quarters was postponed until the next
meeting of the committee, two or three
weeks hence.
Among the visitors here to-day are
Mr.. Marshall Hanger, recently appoint
ed U. S. counsel. and Judge Paul, of
the I. S. court for the western dis
trict of Virginia, and Judge Keith, OF
the Court of Appeals, of Virginia.
Private intelligence received here to-
day is to the effect that ex-Fice Presl-
dent Morton, now in Paris. is in q bad
way. 1t has been necessary to ampu-
fN,, ,,,c is
that his blood may be effected.
3. H. Warder a..rich and prominent
resident of this city, is said to be dying
at Cairo, Egypt.
A decision in the race track case is
expected tomorrow.
Secretary Carlisle to-day ordered the
dismissal of Benjamin r. Grimes, jr.,
keeper, and John Field, assistant keep
er of the Lower Cedar Point lighthouse,
in the Potomac river. This dismissal
grew out of the burning of the light
house on December 18th, which is al
legged to be due to carelesSness or some
thing worse on the part of the custo-
dians. The Presidents yacht was au-
chored near this lighthouse at the time
OF its destruction.
A member of the Board of Trade OF
this city, at the Capitol to-day, said Mr..
f. A. Reed OF Alexandria made one OF
the best speeches delivered at the late
annual meeting of that board. He
saws that in that speech Mr.. Reed stated
the remarkable fact that the flood at the
time of the Johnstown disaster cut the
channel of the Potomac just