Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-22
received from it, they cannot tell,
though the President and Secretary
Herbert may possibly be able to do SO.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Go respondence Of the Alexandris Gazotte.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 90, 1884.

NUM- w HOl1llSU lUN.
GCo respondence Of the Alexandris dazette.l
WASHINGTON. Nov. %, 1894.
The report of the chief of the secr' t
service shows that 6S7 persons were
arrested by agents of the secret service
division during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1894, principally for counter
feiting and passing counterfeit com.
On those convicted and sentenced,
fines amounting to S35 ,0OO,O 900 and SEN
fences aggregating 543 years were i'm
pos,d. Of those arrested, 376 We're
natives of the United States.
"There is no truth in the story that
the President has allowed the tails of
his carriage horses to to be locked, "
said q gentleman closely connected
with the Presidents household to day.
sTbe tails of the horses have simply
been banged the bone not being
touched. While the President was
away this summer the horses were
turned out in the pasture and while
running free got their tails in bad
shape by contact with burs and bram-
bles. The only way to remove the
brambles was to cut the hair and this
was done without the knowledge of the
President. This is the fabric on which
the story of the docking was founded. .
The officials at the Agricultural De.
partment do not look with favor upon
the Roddey plan, adopted yesterday at
Atlanta by the cotton growers for the
purpose of restricting the output of cot,
ton and thereby increasing the value OF
that staple to the producer. The build
ing up of an enormous reserve OF cot
ton such as would result from the set
ting aside of one bale in every five
gathered, would, the officials say, be a
most powerful argument for the bears
who are constantly seeking to pull
down the price of cotton, and the re-
suit would be the same as that growing
out of the constantly overestimated in
vieitle supply of wheat.
Judging from the number of people
who attend the luncheons at Wizards
Hall now being served by the Exon
federate Society of this city, for the ben
eft of INDECENT eX-Confederate veter-
ans, there must be a large number of
sympathizers with the Lost Cause here.
= Mr.. Frank Hume, one of the super
yisors of Alexandria county, here to-
day, says that he and the other mem
beers of the board inspected the work OF
the road contractors in that county this
morning, and that the board will hold
a special meeting tomorrow for the
purpose of auditing and settling the ac-
counts of the contractors.
Though some Of the merchants Of
this ty still complain of a depression
of business, the railroad agents say both
the passenger and freight business of
their roads has greatly increased.
None of the Virginia congressional
delegation, Senators or Representatives,
is here now, and none is expected be-
fore next week.
After litigation in Congress and in
the courts, lasting more than 20 years,
the government to day paid the award
made by Congress to the heirs of Col.
Samuel Strong, of Washington, D. c.,
for work done under contracts for the
District of Columbia. The amount is
over fifty thousand dollars, all of which
goes to the lawyers.
Commander F. r. Smith, q. S. N,
retired, to-day reported to the court
martial, appointed to try him on the
charge OF scandalous conduct. Com
mander Smith was ordered to report
several days ago but failed to do so.
The court adjourned as soon as he re-
Iorted and will begin the inquiry to-
morrow.
According to report of the inter
state commerce commission, just print
ed, the following countries neither own
nor operate railroads Colombia, Great
Britain, Ireland, Mexico, Paraguay
p-ru, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey,
United States and Uruguay.
P.L. W. Thornton of Fairfax county,
has been appointed to position in the
War Department.
Mr.. McCaull, the defeated republi-
eau candidate for Congressin the Alex
audria district, was here to-day He
SAYS he is more and more convinced
that he, and not his democratic oppo.
nent, Mr.. Meredith, was elected Mr..
McCaull says he has not yet employed
counsel.
Col. "Lige" White, OF the famous
whites Guerillas," the owner of the
Leesburg Inn, passed through here to-
day, ON his way to Pennsylvania, where,
it is reported, be is to marry lady of
large fortune.
Tue District Court of Appeals to-day
granted the motion for an appeal from
Judge Coles decision filed by Mozart
ney and Chapman, the stock brokers
indicted for refusing to answer ques-
tions asked by the Senate sugar trust
committee and whose demurrer to the
indictments was overruled by Judge
Cole.
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