Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
TCorrespondence Of the Aexapdris Gazatte.l
WASHINGTON. Nov. "a, 1894.

WASHINGTON. Nov. "a, 1874
Messrs. Thorp, McCaull and Melon
aid. republican contestants for seats In
the next House from Virginia, met by
chance in the Metropolitan Hotel here
this morning and had quite coniah.
Mr.. Thorp will be his own counsel put
will have ex-Congressman Brady, OF
his State. as consulting counsel. Messrs.
McCaull and Mcdonald have not yet,
it is said, engaged their counsel.
The bids for the fifty million five per
cent cold bonds were opened to-day
The Stewart syndicate, of New York,
ON behalf of thirty banks in New York
Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago, bid
SIG, SS9S for the entire amount. some
of the bids for small amounts were as
high as 11S. The United States Trust
Co. Syndicate, of New York, has suit
mitted a hid of Sill, OF for all of the
$50, 600 ,0CO bond loan. So far this 8
the highest offered figure for a lar: Q
amount. The trust companies bid will
probably be accepted. The aggregate
amount of the offers received will reach
between S175, 100000 and 100000, 900.
A prominent democratic congressman
here to day, says the only legislation
that will be enacted at the coming short
session of Congress will be the passage
of the regular appropriation bills, and
that the democrats may be thankful II
all of them can be passed without more
trouble to their party.
Mr.. ]. E. Clements of Alexandra
1on
here, says he hears that Mr.. McCaull
really intends to contest the election OF
Congressman Meredith. He says the
worst that can happen to Mr.. Meredith
from such contest will be another
election, aud that if there be another
one, Mr.. Meredith's majority instead OF
being twenty-three hundred, will be
forty-three hundred, as there were
thousands of democrats in his district
who didn't vote at the late election.
The demurrer filed by counsel Tor
Captain Howgate, the alleged embez,
cling disbursing officer of the Signal
Service, to the Indictment against him,
was argued to-day before Judge Nc
Comas. The Captain was present. lie
did not show any ill effects from his
Jail confinement, and seemed a triile
nervous and considerably bored at the
proceedings. His counsel commended
that the Indictment was defective in
many particulars, one being that the
indictment did not show that the al
legged forgeries had been detrimental to
any person or institution, and it was
therefore invalid. While the demurrer
was being argued, the grand jury was
bearing witnesses with a view to bring
ing in new indictment against the
Captain.
Elk. Congressman Brady of Virginia
is counsel for Commander of F. Il.
Smith, U. S. N, now being tried by
court martial here for scandalous con-
duct.
1t is said at the White House to-day
that the President has entirely recover
ed and will come into town neX$ Tues
day. Postmaster General Bissell is
again we'll and is at his Office regularly.
Thirty congressman are now in the
city, but among them there is no Vir-
ginian, Senator or Representative. All
of them, however, are expected here
next week.
At last nights meeting of the Vir-
ginia democratic association of this
city motion to take the usual re-
cess after every election was laid on
tine table. A resolution censuring
Postmaster Willett of this city for ap-
pointing republican subordinates was
amended by making the censure
general instead of special, but the
debate on it was so long that the hour
of adjournment arrived before vote
could be taken. 1t is said that but for
that it would have passed.
Hundreds of people here and in Alexandria
have been caught by the Fidelity Building
sni Loan Association of this city, which was
operated under an Alexandria charter.