Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Ale1sndris 6asette.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA

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the remainder of the sum due nun Wy
the government. He AID his OLD leaoer,
General Malone, have not become re-
conciied. o,
bonsa here says that never was so many
poor people here as now, and that onsi :,
moss Was never duller. More people.
said he. "come into my store now 10
hep than to buy" He also said there
was no prospect of any improvement.
aud that he believed it would be a great
de il worse before it would be better.
The House yesterday evening passed
the bill to incorporate the Capital Rail
wuv Company. The charter allows
J ,hn B. Stetson, Augustus Bnrgdorf,
Clarence F. Norment, Arthur E. Ran
die. Harry Epson Sims, Henry c.
Longnecker, w. Frederick Snyder,
Joseph B. Lewis, and VIM. henry Ran
die and their associates and assigns to
construct an electric railroad from
Shepherds, opposite Alexandria, to
Geisboro', and to connect with the
street railroad system of this city by a
steam ferry from Geisboro' to the foot
of south Capitol street.
General Walker, Congressmen-elect
from the 9th Virginia district, and the
only republican Congressman elected
in bis State last November, is expected
here to day.
Arrangements for the construction OF
the proposed railroad from Fredericks.
burg to the Chesapeake Bay are IN
allowance, in consequence OF the delay
caused by the snow and ice in the trans
fer papers from the original incorpo-
rators to the Northern syndicate that
has contracted to take the charter oil
their hands and build the road.
The Washington and Southern Rail-
road having opened a track through
the snow drifts on the turnpike be-
tween Alexandria and this city, wagons
passed over it late yesterday evening
for the first time since the big snow
storm.
The ten thousand dollar fund for
the poor of this city is being rapidly
expended in the payment of hundreds
of men. white and black, who are en-
ployed in cleaning the streets here.
The committee of the employees OF
the Southern Railroad company who
came here to see about having the old
wage scale on that road restored, met
at Harris Hall to-day to consider the
terms offered by the company. At two
O'Clock Mr.. Moore, their chairman, said
that up to that time they had neither
accepted nor rejected the terms, but
that he hoped the matter would be
settled satisfactorily.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, told a
friend this morning that be was conf
dent the Senate would pass a free sill
YER coinage bill. A leading democratic
member of the House said he was con-
fjdent that the Presidents financial
bill would be defeated in that body.
The committee representing the dis
satisfied employees of the Southern
Railway Company held a meeting this
morning to consider the schedule Of
wages, with its unique addends, sub
mitted to them yesterday by Mr.. Bald
win, third vice president of the com
pany. At the request of the committee
Mr.. Baldwin appeared before it and
answered some questions concerning
the conditions prevailing in the South
on which the new schedule, which
gives higher wages than those paid at
present, was based. Mr.. Baldwin told
the committee that it was welcome to
all the data from which he prepared
the statement submitted yesterday,
showing the pecuniary reasons govern
ing the new schedule rates.
Senator Henderson, of Nebraska. q
member of the select committee on the
Ford Theatre disaster, to-day reported
to the Senate on the claims of the legal
heirs of the clerks who were killed in
that disaster. There are twenty-three
cases of death which the committee
has decided to grant all allowance Of
s.. 900 each. One other death claim
is held up for further investigation.
The clerk died several months after
the accident and testimony OF some
witnesses was to the effect that he had
gotten plaster in his lungs while pin
toned in the debris, which eventually
caused death from lung trouble.
The House committee on invalid
pensions this morning agreed to report
that the accrued pension to the date Of
the death Of any pensioner or of any
person entitled to pension, having
an application therefore pending,
whether a certificate therefor shall IS
sue prior or subsequent to the death of
such person, shall not be considered a
part of the assets OF the estate of such
deceased person nor be liable for the
payment of the debts thereof.
American ship builders are gather
ing in Washington attracted by the
opening of bids for the three sea-going
torpedo boats, which occurs next Tues
day. 1t is understood that the COM
petition will be very sharp.
The gold received from the Morgan
Belmont bond syndicate has begun to
make its appearance in the Treasury
gold reserve and its daily increase may
be expected. IT gained nearly S1,OO0,-
600 from this source yesterday, bring
ing it up from its lowest point, S4l,
$40, 900. to more than $42, 100000. The
enormous Withdrawals of gold from
January to February 10 inclusive is
shown in the daily statement of re-
demption of United States notes and
Treasury notes. Since January ! to
yesterday S49, 949, 1S9 in gold had been
paid out in redeeming these notes at
the rate of more than 81 900 per
day. All these notes have been reis-
sued as the law req4ires,
The defense in the HoVgate trial
opened this morning, but after an ar