Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-25
FROM WASHINGTON.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.
This morning the remains of Fred
erick Douglass were removed IRON
Anacostia. a suburb of the capital, to
the Metropolitan African Methodist
Episcopal Church, where the BODY lay
for some hours and was viewed Dy iln-
mense crowds. All the prominent ne.
croes of Washington took active part
in the ceremonial Observance. MIS-
Cady stanton, Miss Susan b. Anthony
Mrs Sewall and other white women
ide,tified with the Women's Rights
novemept. were demonstrative III
their manifestation Of esteem, and the
only negro diplomat in Washington,
Clement Haentiens, the Haitien Minis
ter, personally attended. Several OF
the New England Senators and Repre-
septatives were among those who at
tended the church.
Secretary Carlisle and Internal Rev
enue Commissioner Miller are both
confined to their houses by sickness.
Mr.. Boatner of Louisiana is author
ity for the statement that the commit
tee on rules will set aside to morrow
Tuesday, for the consideration of the
Pacific Railway bill.
The Senate committee on commerce
has reported an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, providing for
the appointment of board OF three
surgeons of the Marine Hospital service,
to examine and report upon all officers
of revenue cutter service who, by
reason of in6rmities of age or physical
or mental disability, have become inca
pacitated to efficiently perform the du-
ties of their respective offices, and that
such officers reported as incapacitated
shall be placed on waiting orders"
out of the line of promotion, the va
cancies thereby created to be filled by
promotion of officers in the order OF
seniority, as now provided by law.
The second weeks session of the Ma
tional Council of Women convened this
morning at Metzerott Hall. Equal pay
for equal work was the theme for the
morning session. The first speaker, Jo-
sefa Humpal Zeman of Hull House, Chi
cago, vice president for Bohemia in the
International Council of Women, made
ten minutes talk on the relation be-
tween the foreign and native elements
of the country. She urged the council
to appoint a secretary to look after the
foreign work in this country alone.
There was placed on the desk of Sen
ator Ransom this morning a beautiful
floral horseshoe, as reminder of his
good fortune in getting the Mexican
mission-a testimonial of his young
friend, Miss Mary Badger Wilson. The
flowers were red, white and green, the
colors of Mexico.
Among the visitors here to-day are
Ssnator-elect Martin of Virginia and
Judge Caldwell of the same State.
Congressman Jones of Virginia again
interposed his objection to fraudulent
pension bills in the House to-day and
was successful in stopping some o.
them. To show how some of them get
through, it is mentioned that at last
Friday nights session Northern mem.
Der assured Mr.. Jones that if he would
withdraw his objection to bill to re
move the deserters' disability from an
ex-soldier, no application for pension
in the case would be made, the man
not being in need of one. With that
understanding Mr.. Jones allowed the
bill to go through. On the following
day he was informed that the man had
applied for pension.
The civil service commission has ex.
tended the competitive examination
to applicants for positions as mounted
inspectors OF customs along the Mexi.
can border. among the tests being the
ability to ride and shoot and to use the
lasso.
The ice in the Washington harbor is
pretty well broken up, but still boats
have more trouble from the Arsenal to
the 9TH street wharf than in any other
part of the river, for the reason that the
Scientific engineers who have lin
proved" that harbor have made cul
de sac of it, and shut off the current
that would have carried the broken ice
down the river.
There is some talk about the possible
failure of some of the appropriation
bills to get through by noon next Mon.
day, and the consequent necessity for
an extra session of Congress, but the
managers in both houses say it will
amount to nothing.
The two houses will have a lock on
the Hawaiian cable provision of the
Senate's diplomatic bill, but it is be-
lieved that the Senate will recede and
let that provision be striker out.
The jury in the Howgate case becom-
ing tired of sitting in the courthouse. as
the only means of effecting their release
rendered a verdict of acquittal yester-
day. while people were going to church.
Howgate is foreigner, and was ap-
pointed to his place for his services in
the federal army during the war be.
tween the States.
General Malone and his friends
have not yet abandoned hope of sell
ing the lot in which he is interested to
the government. It is said that after
the appropriation bills are completed
in the House the committee on rules
of that body will give day to the
committee on public buildings, which
will call up that bill.