Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of tho Alexandris Gaze

Correspondence Of tho Alexandra Gazette.]
At 10 o'clock this morning funeral
services were held in this city over the
remains of DR.. Henry Kalusowski, q
Pole of distinguished birth and achieve
ments, prominently identified for many
wears with the instructions in his dis
membered country, who died here at
the ripe age of So. DR.. Kaiusowski
served in the revolutionary uprising of
1880 as q general. Louis Napoleon
had sailed to the relief OF the Poles
with ship loaded with munitions OF
war and volunteers, and Gen. Kalu-
sowski held the whole Russian army at
bay for seven days with his Lithura-
Man forces that the ship might land
without injury. Napoleon finally
sailed away and Kalusowski returned
again to the main army. After this
army was finally defeated in 1881, he
W mt into Prussia, but escaped soon
a ter to Poland and joined the army OF
P ince Czartowriski. He then went to
Austria and made an unsuccessful at
tsmpt, with few Polish leaders, to
raise again the standard of insurrection.
rnese efforts were barren in the main.
nd in 1888 he came to theUnited States,
aud once taught in Richmond. He re-
turned to Europe in 1S4S and partici-
a.ed in the instruction of that year.
The Prussian government Immediately
expelled him and he came to the United
States again to live permanently. he
raised an abolition regiment in New
York during the war between the
States.
Mrs. Pitcher, wife of General Thos.
G. Pitcher, died at her residence in this
city Yesterday. She was we'll known
in social circles, being especially prom
inent during President Grants admins
trations.
Conventions of three of the College
Greek fraternities of this country met
here to-day, but none of them transact
ed any important business. The dele
gates called at the White House this
evening and were received by the Pres
ident.
Mr.. james H. Gridley, Manager OF
the Washington Office of the Scientific
American, died suddenly at his resi-
dence here last night. He had been
out driving in the afternoon and was
taken ill, and, upon reaching home,
went into commissions and died later III
the evening. Mr.. Gridley was widely
known as patent attorney.
Christmas was very dull one here.
There was but little noise and not much
public drinking, and that only by
Youngsters. The saloon keepers say it
was the slowest Christmas for years
They attribute the fact to hard times.
The day had somewhat the appearance
of Sunday. =,
1t is understood that the Cole will
case. that was decided here last Satur-
day evening in favor Jennie Lewis, OF
Stafford, and Lane Tolson, of Prince
William counties, Virginia, and gives
them half of valuable square in this
city, will be appealed to higher court.
The statement in one of the morn
ing papers of this city that racing on
thr course of the Virginia Jockey Club,
near Alexandria, will be resumed next
month, is denied by race horse people
here.
1t is generally supposed by the Con.
eressmen now here that nothing will
be done with the sugar tariff at this
session of Congress. Nearly all OF
them say the protection to the sugar
trust ought to be removed, but that the
re publicans and the cane and beet grow
ers will oppose it unless the bounty on
their product be restored.
Representative and Senator-elect
Gear of Iowa, is very i'll at the Port
land.
L. B. Kemp, bank examiner for
Maryland, has rendered his resignation
to accept the position of cashier Of tn }
Commercial and Farmers National
Bank of Baltimore.
Last night thief entered the barber
lop and bathrooms on the Senate side
| of the Capitol and stole all the razors
and new clipping machine. The night
before, some one entered the public
closet and broke all the urinal bowls,
aud then showed his contempt for the
police in the building by raising one OF
the windows and throwing the pieces
on the plaza in front of the Senate
Chamber.
Representative Bryan OF Nebraska
hes accepted an invitation to address
the Virginia democratic association OF
this city on the 11th proximo on the
causes OF the recent defeat of the demo-
cratic party.
Secretary Carlisle is urging the lead
ing democratic members of Congress TO
pass some banking bill at this session.,
but is not hopeful, as of every ten
members, nine have totally irreconcil-
able ideas on the subject. 1t is under
stood that he, like some others, be-
lieves that unless something be done,
the President will call an extra session.
The newspaper talk about retalia,ing
upon Germany for imposing higher du-
ties upon American products is said by
ex,Secretary of State Foster 10 day to
be ridiculous, as the duties referred to
are precisely those that existed prior to
the repeal by this government of the
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