Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alosandris aazstse.l


1t is currently reported at thu Capt.
tol to day that the President has deter
mined to issue one hundred million 81
per cent. gold bonds on Monday next,
aud also TO send message to Congress
on the subject. The gold fund in the
Treasury is now so low that unless IL
be speedily increased the redemption ol
the governments securities VIII nave 10
he made in silver, and If that were
done silver dollars would be only worm
their weight in silver.
ylrglnian here to day says that an
Indiana man now living IN Prince
George county, in his State, mas the
Fl of the Sth Virginia regiment tnat
Wa, lost at Manassas.
When the question on the Nicaragua
Canal bill was put i'll the Senate yester-
day evening Mr.. Hunton voted aye and
Mr.. Daniel no.
In the Senate to-day a favorable re
port was made on Mr.. Hunton's bill to
refund 10 Silas @. Howe twenty thou
sand dollars, that being the sum IN ex-
cess of what he should have paid for
spirits Withdrawn from bonded ware
b ,use.
S .nator Hill is booked for speech
in New York tonight which, it IS said,
will be sensational.
The House District committee was
engaged for several hours to-day in
hearing arguments on the bill to regulate
the practice of medicine in this city.
The Postofice Department has issued
fraud order against the Cooperative
Social Tabernacle, of Nashville, Tenn
This organization claimed to be char
liable and beneficial order and would is.
sue bond of 81 900, the buyer to pay
$40 down and $3.50 per month for SIX
months. The company would then,
according to agreement, pay OIL the
bonds according to the numbers of the
face.
Race horse people here to-day say
that when racing shall be closed at
Jackson city next week, many Of the
players will 60 to New Orleans and to
| Indiana, and some of the horses to the
State referred to.
Representative Tucker says he has
been promised that on Monday week
the House will take up his bill appro-
priating S17,400 for damage done to
Westinghouse College by the federal
army during the war.
Some time ago Postmaster Warheld
at Baltimore made several appoint
ments in his Office which he claimed
were made before the amending act OF
November 2, 1894, placing these posi-
tons under the civil service law. The
commission claim 10 have reason to be-
lieve that the appointments were made
subsequent to the amendment and
have been endeavoring to secure salts
factory information in the matter.
| They have been awaiting reply from
the Postmaster General, but have not
received it. Yesterday the First Assist.
ant Postmaster General was Informed
through the law division of the depart
ment that if the reply was not forth
coming the commission would direci
the sixth auditor to withhold the salary
of the employees in question.
At Mrs. Cleveland's first public re-
ception to ladies this afternoon from j
to 5 o'clock, she was assisted BY Mrs.
Harlan, wife of the Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court, and Mrs. Mills and
Mrs. Henderson, wives of the Senators
from Texas and Nebraska. The young
ladies invited behind the rec living line
| 10 the Blue Room were the Mis- les Gray,
Miss Lucille Blackburn, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Miss Rodgers, Miss Cath
crime Fuller, Miss Enloe, Miss Draper,
Miss Lockwood, Miss Patterson, Miss
Rochester, and Miss Walker. The
decorations of the White House were
those of the diplomatic dinner, Thurs
day evening, which were exceptionally
elaborate. In spite of the inclement
weather several thousand persons stood
in the lines along the approaches to the
Mansion.
The President, Sec etary Carlisle aud
Attorney General Olney were in con.
sultation at the White House for several
hours to-day considering the financial
situation and what was the best
means to pursue to meet the
present conditions. It is stated official
| ly that no defuite conclusion was
reached. The President will either
communicate to Congress his views on
the matter early next week or direct
the Secretary of the Treasury to invitA
proposals for another bond issue.