Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-29

according to mail advices just received
at the State Department, will be prose
cuted with vigor pending the meeting
and action of the commissioners.
With the Chinese at Wai-Hei-
Wei on the date of the pub,
locations received were Wilde and
the other American who started for
China last summer with translator
Moore, of the Chinese legation at Wash
n .ton. They were captured by tn"
Japanese forces, released on their
parole, and had been supposed to be on their
way to the United States. They we've en-
gagged in making nitro glycerine. and If cap
tured by the japanese will be executed.
The sudden death of Naval Con-
structor Samuel ". Armistead at the
Mare Island Navy Yard from injuries
received by a swapping hawser, calls
attention to series OF condolences
which must have effect upon super
stitious people. The Navy Depart
ment has, during the past 20 years, Sc
lected the two highest graduates from
each class at the Naval Academy and
given them supplementary education
abroad. In each class one of the men
so selected has met death soon after
entering active service. Constructors
Bowles and Gatewood were the first
man go sent abroad. The next pair
were Nixon and Shock, who were fol-
lowed by Taylor and Armistead, Capps
and Hughes, Bankson and Street, and
Tawresey and Van SAINT. The first
men on1y of each couple survives,
Gatewood, Shock, Hughes, Van. SAINT,
Street and Armistead dying on duty.
Street died month ago, and his sue
cessor has now just completed the re-
markable list of fatalities. The sur
vivors, with the exception of Nixon,
who resigned to enter Cramps estab-
lishment, are now active constructors
in the Navy. The Navy Department
has ceased to order the graduates to
Europe in pairs.
Major Holmes Conrad of Virginia,
Assistant q. S. Attorney General, has
accepted an invitation to respond to
the toast of the University of Virginia,
to be proposed at the banquet OF the
Princeton alumni in Baltimore this
week.
Judge John T. Harris and Mr.. S. c.
Brent of Virginia, counsel for Mr..
Goode, populist, who is contesting the
seat of Mr.. Epes, from the Petersburg
district, were at the meeting of the
House elections committee to-day, but
up to two o'clock that case had not
been reached.
The case of the Lehigh Mining and
Manufacturing Company, to compel
Judge Paul, of the o. 8. court for the
western district of Virginia, to sign a
bill ofexceptionsi in vacation, was argued
in the U. S. Supreme Court yesterday.
The company sued Kelly ct ais. for the
possession Of valuable mining lands in
Southwest Virginia, and Judge Paul's
court decided against them.
The House naval committee to-day
considered bill to reimburse the Rich
mond Locomotive Works for losses sus-
tanned by lashes on the part of the gov
ernmentin respect of the steel for the
u S. ship Texas.
Il is understood at the State Depart
meat to- day that there will be no war
between Guatemala and Mexico.
The President has restored to citizen
ship Robert S. Hicks. sentenced to the
Connecticut State prison for embezzling
bank funds. President Harrison de-
MED a pardon to bin.
the representatives of the brother
hood of locomotive engineers, the fire.
mems, switchmen's, conductors and
railroad telegrapher's associations have
agreed to meet the labor committee of
the House this week, and let it know
what they think of the various bills
pow pending. Messrs. Wright and
Herman, the commissioners who in
vestigated the late Chicago strike, have
agreed to adopt the bill drawn by At
torney General Olney.
A bill prepared by the district COM
missioners to improve the health Of this
city and prevent the adulteration of
food and establish quarantine grounds
was introduced in the Senate to-day.
When the Criminal Court convened
this morning for the trial of Captain
Howgate, one of the jurors failed to ap-
pear on account of illness and the case
was accordingly postponed.
In the Senate to-day propositions
were introduced to appropriate S. 900
for the commencement of bridge
across the Eastern Branch from Gels
boro to the foot of South Capitol street,
and S26, 900 for widening the Aqueduct
Bridge and its approaches. The favor
able report of the House commerce
committee on the bill for a bridge
across the Potomac at Arlington will
be prepared today and be made to the
House tomorrow.
Other things besides kissing 60 by
favors. The Senate District committee
to-day reported favorably bill pro-
vidiug for the condemnation of the
Blaine lot for public purposes" The
purpose, as all know, is to save Senator
Cameron the annoyance of having q
theatre adjoining his house.
The reason why the nomination of
Mr. Marbury of Baltimore to be q. S.
district attorney for Maryland, made
nearly year ago, has just been favora-
bly, reported, is the fact that Senator
German has withdrawn his objection to
its confirmation.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hunton in
troduced q bill to pay Emmart, Dun
bar & Co., contractors. $14, 500 for I'M
paid work on the water works here.
The finance committee of the Senate
and the banking and currency COM
mittee of the House are both in session
today, considering bill prepared in
accordance with the ideas contained in
the Presidents message of yesterday.
The nrevailipp impression on the sub.