Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-02
vision of the tariff law, he was ready
nilh The nerfected machinery of his

VISION OF the tdrlH law, NC Was ieouy
with the perfected machinery of his
office to put it into active operation.
The Texss boundary case, in which
Mr. Edgar Allen of Richmond, is the
counsel, has been post
poned in the U. S. Supreme Court un-
ill next March. Mr.. Allen is also counsel
or Mr.. Borland, of Norfolk, who IS
cou!esting the seat in the House TO
which MIR. Tyler was re elected, and
saws he will be able TO show that his
client is entitled to it. a Norfolk ex.
republican here to day, when told
of what Mr.. Allen said, remarked that
that gentleman's hope was father to MS
thought, and that, smart as he Is, II
would be impossible for him to prove
that MIR. Borland was elected.
Ex-senator Henderson of Missouri,
A. r. Hoffman of this city, George w.
Mankin OF Falls Church, and Colonel
J. e. Sickels and Messrs. ]. E. Glenn.
ents. Frank Hume, George Kearney
and ]. f. Haney of Alexandria county
met in the room of the House COM
merce committee this morning and
alked about the bill for the proposed
memorial bridge across the Potomac at
Arlington. They agreed to support
the bill referred to, which provides for
an appropriation of only one hun
dred thousand dollars, without amend
ment, and 10 urge its adoption at the
next meeting Of the committee. With
one hundred thousand to commence
vi h they thought such progress could
be made that the next Congress would
readily appropriate the necessary re-
mainder.
Mr.. Butler, of North Carolina, who
is confident that he will fill Senator
Ramsom's chair..ln the next Senate, has
gone home. He says there is nothing
in the talk about the democrats and
republicans uniting in his State and
sendipg two republicans to the Y. ,.
Senate, with the understanding that
democrat be elected two years hence.
Work Cd the Washington and Falls
Church electric railway is still progress
ing on that part of the route that lies
between the Aqueduct bridge and Ar
lilgton. -,
DR.. B. F. Haue has commenc d the
erection of large and handso ne resi-
dence. Just north Of Ballston, in Alex
an lria county.
According 10 an official Treasury re-
port issued to-day the receipts for De
cember were S2l ,S66, 1876; expenditures,
S27 1876, 400; receipts for six months,
$3.50, 3S9, 457; expenditures for six
months, SlS6, 1858, 500. This lick can
not be long kept up.
It is said at the State Department
here that danger threatens the peace
negotiations between China and Japan,
and that the indications now are that
hostilities may be renewed with even
greater vigor than ever.
An ex-republican Congressman from
the South here to-day, talking about a
newspaper paragraph to the effect that
the republicans would nominate a
Southern man for the next Vice-Presi-
dency, said it was ala fudge, and that
there was only one Southern man big
enough for the place-Associate Justice
Harlan, of the U. S. Supreme Court
and ne wouldn't resign his present place
in order to ACCEPT 1t.
1t is currently reported here that Mr.
Pierrepont Morgan, as agent OF the
Wall street bankers, came on here last
week and urged the President to get
another man for Secretary OF the Treas
urv in place Of Mr.. Carlisle. Affairs
are by no means satisfactory at the
Treasury Department to-day. Two and
q quarter million in gold was with
drawn to-day, and it is said there that
if disaster comes, the blame will be upon
Congress. Itis understood thata caucus
of the dem members Of the House
Wiffii-beS~s1u tomorrow night for he
purpose of trying to devise some sort Of
banking bill that will at least be ACCEPT
able, if not perfectly satisfactory, and
the understanding is that such bill
will provide for the redemption OF
greenbacks and Treasury notes with
the proceeds of the sale of low rate
bonds of small denomination. Every
body comedies that something must DE
done, and that p. d. q.
The supervising architect OF the
Treasury says the new public building
at Staunton, Virginia, will be accepted
by the Government as soon as some
slight defects in it are remedied.
Money order postoffices were estab
lished to-day at Huntsville, North River
and Lorraine, Virginia.