Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-01

under any circumstances, the fact that
they are insured would tend to act up
on evil minds as direct inducement iGs
further negligence, or, If an lnian' 40
inclined to be sickly, there Is al
inducement to allow mature w
take its course" which it generally does
IN - very speedy manner if tho chilo
has baen insured. 10 France 1t ap'
, nas that the companies allow poll
ciss TO be effected by people who have
nm insurable interest in the life OF the
;nsnred and no discrimination is made
AGAINST illeeitimate children. A French
official. in order to collect satisfactory.
information, made a comparison OF
two districts of Paris, the 1st, which
contained the largest proportion OF
wealthy people, and the 18th, contain
iag the greatest proportion of poor
D :ople. The total difference was such
that where fifty died in the 1st district,
one hundred died in the 10Th. There
was one birth annually for every 81 in
habitants in the first, and one in 70 IN
the 18th, and yet there were more
children under five years in the 18th
than in the 1st, proving that the poor
bring forth more children, but pre-
serve fewer than the rich. But the
baneful effects of poverty are most
perceptible in the greater mortality
among the very young, showing that
poverty, neglect and bad diet, which
tend to weaken the general constitu-
ton, should always be taken into &C
count as powerful factor in infant
mortality. DIR. Chancellor strongly
doubts the wisdom of permitting child
insurance in America.
No new regulations will be formula
ted providing for the refunding ofthe in
come tax so far collected, and no new
machinery will be put iuto operation.
A division created some years ago I'm:
der a general law for the purpose OF
paving refunds in cases of wrongful
collection has charge of this work and
the money will be repaid upon proper
proof in the course OF time.
Postmaster General Wilson left
Washington to-day for his home,
Charlestown, West Virginia. From
there he will go to Oxford, Mississippi,
and deliver tine annual address at the
commencement of the University OF
Mississippi.
A cablesram was received at the
Marine Hospital Bureau to-day from
the United States consul at Tarsus,
Asia Minor, announcing the appear
anco of cholera there. The disease
was probably brought by Russian pill
grims on their way TO Jerusalem.
Large plumbers Of this class pass that
way yearly to worship at the shrines OF
Jerusalem where they remain from ten
DAYS to two weeks. They are of the
poorer class and have no regard what
ever for sanitary measures.
No civilians or non-commissioned
officers will receive commissions 10 the
army this year. The law provides
that if vacancies exist in the list of Sec
ond lieatenants on the first day of July
of each year, after tbs members of thf
graduating class at West Point have
received their commissions, the vacan.
cies shall be filled by selection
from the list of non.commissioned Of.
ficers and from civil life with prefer.
ence to the former. The graduating
class this year will fill all existing va.
cancies and it will be necessary to com.
mission a number of the cadets as nd
ditional second lieutenants.
The sanitary Inspector of the marine
hospital service at Constantinople re-
ports to Surgeon General Wyman that
the cholera which made its appearance
at Mecca on the 22d of April still pre-
walls there. The disease was imported
BY pilgrims coming from Java, about
81 900 of whom had arrived up to the
18th of May.
An application will be made to the
n ext Congress for charter for com.
pany that agrees to supply consumer
here with gas at 80 cents 1000 feet
1t is said here that proposition was
recently made to the gas committee o.
the City Council of Alexandria 10 put
gas into the reservoir of the gas works
of that city at such rate that the city
could supply it to consumers at dollar 8
thousand feet and still make lucrative
percentage, but that it was declined for
the assigned reason that it would not
be accepted by the Council.
1t is sid at the Treasury Depart
ment to-day that Secretary Carlisle
will return to Washington this even.
ing, but will go to Louisville next week
and fill his delayed engagement to
speak there
Justice Harlan, of the U. S. Supreme
Court, during shorttalk with friend
to day, said he was perfectly satisfied
with his present position and cherished
no aspirations for the Presidency.
Congressman Smith Turner of Vir-
GINA was here to-day trying to further
The individual interests of some of his
constituents. Congressman Otey OF
the same State left for his home in
Lvnchburg this morning.
The report current here yesterday
that the President bore the expense Of
the funeral of the late Secretary Ores
ham is denied to-day, and it is now
said that the cost of the funeral was
paid out of the contingent fund of the
State Department.
An old member of the bar here, well
known in Alexandria, says the action
of the court of this city in sentencing
unmarried negroes to the Albany pen
itentiary, is a deliberate attempt to
Africanize the capital Of the State Of
New York. The same gentleman
called at the White House last week.
Being asked by Secretary Thurber il
he wished to see him, he replied: "No
sir, but your position here compels me
to do so. I wish to see the President"
1t is said at the Treasury Depart