Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Alexandris Gazette ]
WASHINGTON. Nav y, 1894.

Lawyer Lipscomb, accompanied by
CoXey, Browne and Jones, were at the
police court this morning, and, after
brief conference with Judge Miller and
the Assistant District Attorney, it was
decided to call up the motion for new
trial in the case of Coxey ct al. on
Tuesday next. The government want
cd to go on with the matter this alter
noon. but Mr.. Lipscomb said that kep-.
resentatives Pence and Hudson, OF
counsel for the defense, were out OF
town attending the funeral OF Mr.
Rrattan and would be unable to partlcl-
nate in the argument for a new trial
until Tuesday. After the continuance
of the cases was secured, CoXey and
his associates left for the new camp.
Carl Browne woke the army up at
davbreak this morning and as soon as
thew could get breakfast all hands were
set 10 work breaking camp and pack
ing the tents and cooking outfit into
the wagons, which left for Bladensburg
with an advance guard of 25 men at +
o'clock. For the next two hours the
entire force was busily engaged in
cleaning up the old site, burning the
straw bedding and leaving the spot in
much better condition than they found
it. Ten days ago Coxey's army march
ed down Pennsylvania avenue 600
strong. Since then II of the men have
been sentenced TO terms in the work
house for vagrancy, one has been
drowned and were taken TO hospitals.
Nearly one hundred new recruits,
mostly negroes, have been gathered in,
and as less than 800 marched out to-
day. about 800 of the enlisted men are
unaccounted for. No practical results
have been achieved, and now, rs far as
the District authorities are concerned,
the city of Washington is permanently
rid of the Commonwealers. 1t has been
determined that they will never be
permitted to return to the city.
The President, accompanied by Sec
rotary Carlisle and three or four other
familiar officials, left here this evening
on the buoy tender Maple for Norfolk,
where they will be transferred to the
Frolic and 90 down the Sound on Il
pleasure trip.
A genuine case of smallpox was dis
covered here to-day and sent to the
Smallpox Hospital in the southeastern
part of the city. The patient is a col
ored man from Roanoke, Va. II Is
learned he was originally from Chicago.
The Arkansas Press Association,
quite numerous body, arrived here
this morning and are quartered at the
Metropolitan Hotel.
1t NAV be stated us fact that the
proposed new government printing Of
flee will never be built on a public rcser
vation-at least so says one Of the
most knowing members of the [. 5.
Senate.
Congressman Meredith called upon
the new public printer this morning in
the interest of some of the 80 people
from his district who have places III
the government printing office, and
who fear they will be included among
the 1000 who will be discharged from
there before any new appointments
are made.
The bill which has been reported in
the House in respect of changing the
days for the assembling of Congress
provides for two long sessions, the first
to begin in March after the election,
and the second to begin the following
January and to continue if necessary
for fourteen months.
Five of the Virginia members of the
House attended the meeting of the
Virginia democratic association of this
city last night, Messrs. Marshall, Jones,
Wise, Swanson and Tyler all Of whom
spoke except the latter, who had to so
away. In Mr.. Marshall'ss speech lie said
he had worn number 7 hat to Fred
ericksburg, but an 81 one was not too
big for him when he came back. All
of them expressed assurance of their
denomination and election. Major
Arms, Z. S. A., member of the asso-
citation, who pulled the nose Of Gov
ernor Beaver of Pennsylvania, invited
everybody present to his country home
neary Chevy Chase on the Goth inst.
when his 50th birthday will be cele-
brated.
Notwithstanding the certainty with
which some of the democrats are talking
of the passage of the new tariff bill, the
| belief is strengthening at the Capitol
that no such bill will become a law at
this session. 1t is said that the inau-
ence of the protected industries is too
powerful to resisted This belief is so
strong that the republican Senators will
hold caucus next Monday night at
the house of Senator Sherman, it is
said, for the purpose of considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of stopping flibustering,
and of allowing the bill to come to o
vote, so confident are they that it will
be defeated
The President to-day pardoned Mil
ton Chamberlain, 15-year-old boy,
sentenced to so days in the District of
Columbia Jail for assaulting two very
young girls.
An attempt will be made in the
House next week to pass bill to re-
peal the ten per cent. tax now imposed
on the circulation of State banks.
The Military Academy bill reported
to the Senate to-day carries $li0, 203,
about nine thousand more than the
House bill
A good white democrat named Full
Ter, has been appointed, ut the instance
of Congressman Turner, mail carrier
from the depot to the postoflice at
Charlottesville. Mr.. Turner called at
the Internal Revenue Bureau this
morning in the interest of some of the
distillers in his district, of whom there
are no less than 270.
Secretary Gresham has directed Mr..
Pierce NJ. B. Young, minister to Hon
duras, to investigate charges of atrocitv
made by Mrs. Emma G.. n. Renton, of
New York, who says her husband was
murdered in cold blood and robbed, and