Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-22

In France, must be drawn up on PaS1, ,
manufactured by and bearing the o.
fetal stamp of the government Bus
of ladinq receipts and lithographic
rosters are invalid unless there Is aiiA-
ed to them q stamp about twice as
large az that used by the postoihce;;
And from these stamps ana staln peIi
paper the treasury secures It's principal
source of revenue. ;nto
Income tax returns are pouring INTO
the office of the Commissioner OF III
ternsl Revenue at such rate as 10
make the income tax division a bee
hive OF industry and activity. Clerks
from other divisions have been detail
ed TO assist in the work OF properly
classifying the returns made. these
returns. it is stated, are much more
numerous than were calculated upon
in the first estimates.
The cabinet meeting today was de-
voted mostly to consideration OF for
eign affairs.
It is rumored that ex-senator Butler,
of South Carolina, will be appointed
memter Of the commission created to
assign lands in severalty to Indians.
The police have under arrest wom-
an giving the name of Miss Mary De-
laney as being the incendiary who at,
tempted yesterday to destroy two OF
the leading Catholic churches in this
CITY by setting fire to them with kero-
sene. According to her own state
ments. she is native of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, and says she has brother
and FIVE sisters living in different parts
of that State. For the last twelve
wears she has wandered about in differ
emit cities, New York among the num-
Der, eking out living in the capacity
of music teacher, nurse in hospitals,
dressmaker and canvasser for fashion
magazines. She reached Washington
in the latter part of November last. She
was unable to secure employment and
then appealed to Catholic priests for
help. She has left unpaid board bills
at nearly all the leading hotels.
Numerous petitions from all parts OF
the country have been received at the
Postoffice Department requesting that
new postoffices about to be established
be named "Trilby." They have been
complied with in two instances by Civ
ing the name of DeMaurier's heroine TO
two offices. The officials of the bureau
are resigned to what they think the in
eyitable and are waiting for the names
of Little Billee," Crafty" 1.-The
Laird" and "Svengali." to be sug-
gested.
Waller r. Staples, jr., of Virginia,
was promoted from 81 200 to u 81 400
clerkship in the Interior Department
to-day.
A well-known Virginian here to-day,
in talking about the late sensational
affair in Richmond, said the Governor
had scorched his fingers at first, but by
his letter had burnt his whole hand.
The prevailing opinion on the subject
here is that it would have been wiser
for the Governor to have said nothing
about the affair either one way or the
other, as thereby it would have been
the sooner forgotten. 1t is reported
here that some of the negroes of this
city, until they read his letter to Mr..
Darling, were talking about presenting
him with valuable testimonial of his
public recognition of the social equal
ity of their race.
Mr.. w. w. Ashby, who has many
friends and acquaintance in Alexan'
dria, has severed his connection with
the Richmond Times, of which he was
q correspondent in this city. His sue.
cessor is Mr.. Conrad, son Of Professor
Conrad, formerly of Blacksburg Col,
lege, Virginia.
Nothing has yet been received at the
Office of the clerk of the House in the
contested election case OF Hoge vs.
Otey from the Lynchburg, Virginia,
district, and it is not known there
whether any will be received. In the
other contested districts in the State
the contestees are now engaged in tax.
ing dispositions. Mr.. Tucker was SO
engaged in Bath county yesterday.
Ex-Congressman Kilgore of Texas,
who was appointed to US. judgeship
in the Indian Territory yesterday, was
at the Capitol to-day, cleaning up his
Congressional matters and bidding
adieu to his friends there. He says ne
was born among the Cherokees when
they lived in Georgia, and is going
among friends and relatives, and be.
sides, that living there is cheap, and his
salary will be Eve thousand dollars a
year for four years.
An Alexandria county man here to-
day says the negroes there are now
holding meetings with reference to the
approaching spring election, and that
as they have about three hundred ma
jority, these meetings are of some con,
sequence. The object of the white
people, he says, irrespective of their
political opinions, is to exclude politics
from the local elections, so as to get
good and reliable county officers.
Judge John T. Harris of Virginia,
who has been sojourning here for some
days, went over TO Alexandria to-day
to call on friends in that city. Time
has made little change 10 the appear
ance of the Judge, who looks almost
as we'll and walks as erect as he did
when o member of Congress before the
! war.
The Mount Vernon Railway Com
pany intends not only to produce its
line to this city via the Long Bridge,
but proposes also to make a branch
road from near Waterloo station on the
Washington and Alexandria Railroad
to the Aqueduct Bridge via Arlington
and Fort Myer, the route of which has
been surveyed and located. The line
runs through the brick yard of Mr.. E.
NJ. Grinder, near Rosslyn, who says it
will injure him, and that if it be not
changed he will be compelled to oppose
| it.