Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1894.

Cp W uoou VV-udS TUG ASSiNSAe A
not sigued the New York and New
Jersey bridge bill, and the opinion pre-
walls among members of Congress pre-
sumablv wellinformed as to the matter,
that unless the President changes his
mind between this time and tomorrow
he will veto the bill and send to Con-
eress his reasons for so doing.
At Lttleton, Sussex county, Va,
Mary a. Savedge was appointed post
master to-day, vice A. M. Brown, re-
signed
who has taken the place of Governor
OFerrall as member of the House
committee on elections, al yesterday
evenings meeting OF that committee,
Id with The majority of the demo
cratic members thereof in the con-
tested election case of Williams,
democrat, against Settle, republican,
from North Carolina, but minority Of
The democratic members, by uniting
with all the republican members, Sc
cured majority report in favor OF Set
tie. Williams's friends say the House
will adopt the minority report.
Among the visitors here now is Judge
John T. Harris OF Virginia. In talking
about the recent Senatorial election in
his State to-day, the Judge said that
in the L. S. Senate of the next Con-
gress it would be found that Virginia,
in Mr.. Martin, would have her Arthur
p. German. The Judge also said that,
l. 4 knt M n
cratic congressman are opposed to all
the provisions of the new tariff bill,
he also finds that all of them will vote
for it. The Judge being asked if he
did not, when il Congress, secure an
appropriation for the erection OF mon
unent al Wakefield to mark the birth
place of General Washington, replied
To the effect that he had, and that the
amount vas $4,000, of which, how
ever. he said, q thousand or two had
since been paid 10 lawyers for examin-
ing and preparing titles TO the property,
&c. and that recently eleven or twelve
thousand more had been taken from il
to pay for wharf and approaches TO
the spot, so that what is left will hard
" be sufficient for such monument as
should be erected there.
Seventy-eight democrats in the House
voted today for free steel rails, but an
such rails were not put on the free list
bv the Wilson bill, the cuckoos voted
with the republicans aud thereby re-
tanned the protective tariff on them;
In respect of the fate of the tariff bill
the probability is that it will 90 through
the House substantially as it was re-
ported TO that body, income tag and ell;
that il Will be amended in the Senate,
and be sent 10 conference committee,
which will make it more of revenue
measure than il is now, and, that by II,
while all tie protection TO New England
products will be retained, little Will
be afforded TO Virginia coal.
Most all the witnesses VINO have so
far testified before the committee now
investigating the Hawaiian affair are
either The agents of the usurping gov
eminent. are interested in the success Of
the usurpers, or are prejudiced in theirfa'
vor, and, that such is the case has be-
come so plain that very few people take
anv interest in what they say the
members of the committee take so little
interest in the matter that rarely more
than two or three OF them are ever pre-
sent at It's sessions.
The charges against A. G. Hutchinson
postmaster al Herndon, Fairfax county
Virginia, at the instance of Congressman
Meredith from that district having
been thoroughly investigated, have
been found TO be unwarranted, and the
order suspending Mr.. Hutchinson has
therefore been annulled. Mr.. Mere,
dith was at the Postoffice Department
all the morning on this business, and is
much gratitied at the result.
Mr.. Moses OF Georgia, from the Com
mittee on Pensions, has reported 10 the
House, with the recommendation that
it pass, his bill repeating the section Of
the revised statutes which provides
that no money on account Of pen
sions shall be paid to any person,
or 10 the widow, children, or heirs Of
any deceased person, who in any man
ner voluntarily engaged in, or aided OF
abetted the last rebellion against the
authority of the United States.
Senior Thomas de Souza Roza, the
Portuguese Minister who met with a
serious accident last evening while
driving on Connecticut avenue by his
horse stumbling and throwing him heav-
ily out of his dog-cart, is progressing fav-
orabiy. Last night it was feared that
the minister had sustained severe inter
nal injuries other than the breaking OF
two ribs, but this danger seems TO have
passed.
The House committee on the judiciary TO-
dav discussed and postponed until Wednes'
day next final action on the resolution OF Mr.
Bailey (dem Tex reported favOrabiy from
subcommittee declaring that the Secretary
of the Treasury has no right TO issue bonds
10 supply the present deficiency. This action
was taken in order that Secretary Carlisle
could he heard. He will address the com
mittee Oh Wednesday next.
The resignation OF Mr.. Frank w. Pease,
chief computer's division, Office Of the Supei'
vising Architect, has been called for.
THREE WERE SHOT DEAD.-A tele-
gram from Princeton, Mercer coun-
ty, w. V, tells ofone oftbe most desper.
ate ARRAYS in the history of that state,
occurring in remote part ofthat county
Tuesday night. and which resulted in
the killing of Sheriff Timothy Hall and
of two brothers named Mullin, and the
probably fatal wounding Of Deputy
Sheriff Hall. Six months ago a man
named Doc Taylor was executed in
Virginia for murder, and confessed
while on the scafiold that two brothers
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