Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-19
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ed this morning, Justice McComas an
nounced the Instructions which he
would permit to go to the jury. The
instructions are regarded by members
of the bar as indicating a possibility OF
acquittal on the ground that Howgate
was not a fugitive from justice ana
therefore the statute of limitations OPP
crates as a bar against the prosecution.
Ont of twenty-five prayers offered by
Mr. Worthington, counsel for the de-
Tense four we're accepted. The first
merely carried the suggestion OF giving
the accused the benefit of reasonable
donbt y The second of the accepted
PRAYERS cautions the jury not to ind
that the defendant was fugitive from
Justice. as that phrase is defined by the
G ,urt, unless upon the whole evidence
that TACT is established to their satisfac-
ton and beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Jury are next instructed that they
cannot consider the evidence that has
been admitted as to alleged ofenses
not embraced in the indictment on
which the defendant is now on trial,
for any purpose other than as to the
intent of the defendant IN doing the
acts charged against hin in the indict
ment on trial. The jury must be salts
fed that Captain Howgate actually
committed the forgery for ST., 300 and
that he unlawfully used that amount,
before they can consider the collateral
evidence. The last prayer granted
was to the effect that if the jury found
from the evidence that for any period
ofthree consecutive years after the COM
mission OF the alleged ofepse of forgery
and embezzlement, the defendant was
not a fugitive from justice Gas that
phrase is defined by the COURT, their
verdict must be for the defendant. In
addition to these prayers the court al
lowed all of the seven offered by Dis
trict Attorney Birney for the prosecu-
ton. Assistant District Attorney w.
M. Levin began the argument of the
case for the government. The case
will probably 60 to the jury on Thurs
day.
The case of the Fidelity Loan and
Investment Association has been re-
ferred to the auditor of the court to
determine if there were two distinct
associations or only one, and to make
an accounting if there were two.
The garbage accumulation here that
could not be carried out on account of
the ice has all been removed. The
dead animals will all be removed to-
night.
The House committee on pensions
to-day agreed to report favorably the
Herman bill which gives to all sur
vivors of the Indian wars prior to 1882
and from 1912 to 1856 pension of IS
month, for so days service or longer.
If the bill which passed the House yes
terday under suspension of the rules,
increasing the pay of the Mexican and
Indian war veterans TO $12, succeeds in
becoming law, it's provisions will al
so apply to the Herman bill.
A vote will be taken on Friday next
by the House committee on elections
upon tie contested case of Goode VS..
Epes from the 9TH Virginia district.
The case has been under consideration
for some time, but at the request of
several members final action was post.
poned until Friday.
There was somewhat better at
tendance at Metzerott Music Hal! this
morning. whenn President May Wright
.Sewall called the National Council of
Women to order at 10 o'clock. The
big hall was by no means crowded, but
what the audience lacked in numbers
they made up in interest. Mrs. Sewall
introduced the fraternal delegates Of
the Woman's Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union, Mrs. E. W. Wardell.
of Topeka Kan. and Mrs. Helen S.
Johnson, of Pennsylvania, who deliver
Ell FIVE minute addresses. Amelia 5.
Quinton, of Philadelphia, was also
presented as the representative of the
Woman's National Indian Association.
A paper on "The Influence Of Women
in Bringing Religious Conviction to
Bear Upon Daily Life" was the first
thing on the programme. 1t was read
by Minnie D. Louis, of New York.
She said that Edward Bellamy was the
prophet of the new religion. His, she
c)ntinued, was the only theory by
which the divinity became a thing 6l
fact. Mary F. Lowell, of Pennsylvania,
delegate of the Administration Society,
discussed Mrs. Louis's paper. She was
heartily applauded when she asked,
with reference to a remark of Mrs.
Louis, "was woman doing the will of
God if in her dress she paid no attention
to the will of Godf" Mrs. Lowell
branched off into discussion of her pet
theory of vivisection and was applaud
ed when she said that cruelty was ex-
hibited very largely in the dress of
women. She explained this by the
statement that feathers and other
ornaments worn by women we're OBJ
tanned from birds and animals at the
cost of terrible suffering to these dumb
c eatures.
There will be no vote on the bill of
Mr.. Jones's to provide for the unre-
stricted coinage of silver. This is the
result of visit made to the White
House this morning and a subsequent
conference with certain republican
Senators who have agreed to help the
democrats. .:'s-.sia
The committee of employees Of the
Southern Railway Co., which has been
in session in Washington for nearly
week, has been unable to come to an
agreement with the representatives Of
the railway company. The company,
through its third vice president, Mr..
Baldwin. made very full and frank
statement of the affairs of the company
and showed why it was not advisable
that there should be general increase