Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-23

Columbia, this morning, in favor OF the
government. Judge Hagner holds that
the courts ara without authority 10
grant an injunction in such a case as
thi because of Q provision of the revised
statutes that "no suit for the purpose
OF restraining the assessment or coliec'
ton OF apy tax, shall be maintained III
any courts He would therefore, ne
5 id. sign decree dismissing the Dill
with costs. Attorney Jere M. Wilson,
for the complainant. Moore, said 1t was "a;
his nurnose to submit an amended bill
asking for an injunction.
People from Alexandria county, here
today, say that the effort to have the
court house for that county moved troui
The CITY of Alexandria, has lost force
siuce those interested in itlearned that
the Mt Vernon railroad will make
s.r,ight shoot from the Driving Park
t he south end of the Long Bridge.
The President to-day nominated J. Il
Eugene Jarnigan, of South Carolina,
for consul at Ruatan, Honduras.
The bill repeating the additional
duty of one-tenth of a cent q pound on
sugar imported from countries paying
an export bounty, which was reported
from the ways and means committee
last week, will be called up tomorrow
unless it be decided to withhold its
consideration another day in order
that the sundry civil appropriation bill
which will come up to this afternoon
may first be disposed of. Some of the
members of the committee believe that
the debate in the House may give evil
dence of being so long protracted as to
necessitate an order from the commit
tee on rules definitely fixing the time
when 8 vote shall be taken.
Senator Sherman expresses the opin-
ion that his bill, or one like it, to issue
low interest bonds of small denomina-
tions, will bepassed.
The Senate to-day passed bill al
lowing a Welch woman doctor here,
named Grace Roberts, to hold property
in this city. :,
The House District committee will
at its next meeting report bill Tor an
electric railroad from Shepherds, OPP
posite Alexandria, to Geisboro, to con-
meet with the Anacostia road here by a
ferry line across the Eastern Branch.
Tue parties interested in it expect to
profit by the milk andmarket trade their
road will attract.
Among the strangers on the floor OF
the House to-day was Mr.. John Wise,
form erly of Virginia, but now of Chi,
cl0o.
The House ways and means COM
mittee 20 day appointed a sub-com
mittee to wait upon Secretary Carlisle
and find out if in his opinion the pro-
posed additional tax of one dollar a
barrel on beer is necessary to enable
him TO get along without more loans
If be shall say yes, bill for that pur-
pose will, it is said, be passed at once,
as all ii republicans will vote for it,
and as the democrats were greatly dis
appointed last November in the amount
of the brewers contribution to their
election fund.
Some of the democratic Senators who
are really DESTROYS of doing something
with the currency and banking ques
tions at this session have been to sec
the President and learn from bis own
mouth whether he will make any con-
cession 10 the silver men. They say that
so far as they could Judge by what he
laid he is as firm in his opposition 10 the
white m til as ever.
The House committeeon the election
of President and Vice President agreed
to day to report bill prohibiting a
President from being his own successor
without an inter regnum.
Congressman Bailey says, though the
judiciary committee of the House will
report to censure, insteadIof to impeach
U. 5. Judge Kicks, that case has by no
means been settled, as minority re-
port will be made.
Congress sman Kiigore, of Texas, not
ed for kicking open door ofthe House
which had been shut to keep quorum,
an who was not reelected, will be ap-
pointed U. S. District Attorney for a dis
the trict in his State.
Race horse people here to-day say if
racing be stopped at Jackson City, it
certainly will be stopped at st. Asaph
also, as what is sauce for the goose
must be sauce for the gander.
A Although the resignation Of Cnief Clerk
Daniels of ths Interior Department has not
yet been accepted, thee are number OF APP
plicants for the position and an equal number
of names ! umo ed as his successor.