Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. July Is.

tribe to carry the Commissioners mes
sage to the Indians in Wyoming, and
he hoped that the desire OF the Com
missioner would be fulfilled as a result.
The Commissioner of Internal Reeve
nue. to-day sent to the Auditor Of the
Treasury, for his approval, the claims
for a refund of the income tax paid be-
fore the law was declared unconstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court of the
United States. They amount to about
$4,000. After they are examined in
the Auditors Office they will be certi-
fed to Comptroller Bowler for his &C.
ton and then will be passed on to
the warrant division for payment if
approved. It is not believed that there
will be any obstacles thrown in the
way of their early payment, and in or
binary courses of business they should
be paid early in August
At meeting of the Paper Gauger's
Association last evening letter was
read from Governor Levi P. Morton, of
New York, in which he expressed him
self in favor of employing union mep,
and stated that hereafter he would use
all his influence to have all work per-
formed by them.
Willis, the Presidents negro coach
man, aged SO, who succeeded the more
famous Albert Hawkins about four
years ago, was stricken with paralysis
last night, and is believed to be in a
serious condition.
Assistant Secretary Ramlin has de-
cide6 and has so informed w. III. Bal
low of New York, vice president of the
Humane Society, that he is unable to
perceive that the importation Of bulls
for the purpose indicated in his recent
letter of protest exhibition of bull fight
ing at the Atlanta Exposition comes
within the letter or spirit of the pro-
hibition contained in section 10 of the
set of Congress of August %. 1894. eff
the exhibition of bull fighting is pro-
hibited by the laws of the State of
Georgia." says Mr.. Hamlin, "as is
claimed, then it is presumed that the
authorities of that State will prevent
| it, but the subject does not appear to
come within the jurisdiction of the de-
partment."
A Washington man who spent two
DAYS last week at Jim Corbett's train
ing quarters at Asbury Park, and who
has just returned to this city, says that
the bicycle accident to Corbe.t yester-
day, will not interfere in any way with
his forthcoming fight with Fitzsimmons,
because of the delay which it VIII make
in his training. Corbett says he believes
that he will defeat the Australian easily.
He was never more confident in his life
than ne was when he met John L. Sui
Ivan at New Orleans, that he would
defeat the champion handily, and he is
equally confident of his ability to best
Fitzsimmons.
People from Charles county, Mary
land, here to-day, say that while the
residents of the river portion of that
county are still opposed to La Plata as
the site for the new county court house,
they have practically agreed not to man
ifest that opposition by acts, and that
therefore the work of erecting the
building on the site selected at La
Plata will probably be commenced at
an early day.
DR.. Peter Goodrich, formerly of Fred
ericksburg, Virginia, died at Garfield
Hospital mere, at an early hour this
morning, of nervous prostration and If
ritation of the stomach. He was the son
of the late Peter Goolrick. He was fifty
seven years old. His remains were
carried to Fredericksburg this evening
| for interment.
| A Northern democrat here to-day,
talking about Secretary Cariisle's re-
ported statement that he does not want
the Presidency and will take no steps
to get it, said Mr.. Carlisle need not
worry about the matter las the Northern
democrats would dictate the nominee
of the next national democratic con-
ventiou, and he might be sure that hav-
ing good sense they would not name
man from the South.
| MIR. Wright, the register of wills for
the District of Columbia, republican,
who has held that lucrative Office for
nearly three years of Mr.. Cleveland's
administration, though there was neith-
or law nor precedent to retain him
moment after the commencement of
that term, has at last been requested to
resign. There is some little curiosity
| among the democrats here concerning
his possible successor. One of the lead
ing ones expressed the hope to-day that
the appointee would be a negro from q
distant State.
| AS the internal revenue service be-
comes subject to the civil service law
humbug on the Sd proximo, all the ap-
pointing officers in that service are ap-
| pointing their friends as rapidly as pos
sible, SO as to get them fixed" before
| the competitive examiners can have
whack at them.
No less than three miles of plank
| walks have been laid on the property
known as Addison Heights between
here and Alexandria, which has been
laid out for town.
A race horse man here to-day says
there are about twelve hundred horses
at the two race tracks in Alexandria
county, and that as about fifty of them
are run every day, it doesn't take a
constant attendant long to be able to
make profitable bets, and that the rea-
son the number of book makers has
decreased at those tracks is the fact
| that they are broke. He also says that
when the Jockeys at those tracks heard
yesterday that one of their associates,
Donnelly, who had applied for the re-
movel of the ban of outlawry upon him,
was riding at Brighton, several of theni
| who had made similar applications
packed their buds at once and started
for the same track.
Congressman Otey, of Virginia, who