Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-28

thew should not DC paSaole Hlta Seaio
from their date. We OF the present
gen, ration have large amounts 10 pay
+ we meet cur obligations and long
i,opds are most s,leabe. the
S creta of the Treasury mlghs
well be permitted at ms ol5 ie
of bonds the legal tender and
Treasury notes to be retired ana, OF
course, when they are thus retired or
redeemed in gold they should be can
celled. These bonds under existing
laws could be deposited by national
hanks as security for circulation and
spch hanks should be allowed to Issue
c;rcu alton up to the face value OF these
or any other bonds so deposited except
bonds outstanding bearing only Two
per cent. interest, and which sell IN G
market at less than par. National
banks should not he allowed to take
out circulating notes Of less denomi-
n .tion than ten dollars, and when such
as are now outstanding reach the Treas
ury, except for redemption and retire
ment, they should be cancelled and
notes of the denomination of ten dol
lars and upwards Issued in their stead.
Silver certificates of the denomination
of ten dollars and upN ards should be
re place By certificates of denominations
under ten dollars. Asa constant means
for the maintenance Of a reasonable
supply of gold in the Treasury our Gu
tbs on imports should be paid in gold,
allowing all other dues to the govern.
ment to be paid in any other form OF
money. rs.n
Representative Jones, Of the 1st-Vir-
GINA district, says the directors of the
Fredericksburg and Lancaster Railroad
Company will meet here on Thursday
or Friday next and coLf with the New
York parties who have agreed to raise
the money requisite to build that road,
which will connect Fredericksburg
with deep water on the Chesapeake
Bay, and VINO may produce it west
ward from Fredericksburg.
1t is said at the Capitol to-day that
as soon as the republicans and populists
together shall have a majority in the
Senate, as they will have in few days
bv the admission of new Senators from
some of the Northwestern States, MIR.
Allen will insist upon the consideration
of the resolution for an investigation OF
the populist charge that Senator Nor
gan. of Alabama, was not fairly elected.
Captain Howgate was placed on trial
in the Criminal Court, before Judge
McComas this morning on charges of
forgery and embezzlement from the
government while disbursing officer Of
the United States Signal Office. The
court room-the same where Guitteau
was tried and condemned and where
the Pollard Breckenridge trial was had
was not crowded, but a large num-
Der of spectators were present. Cap
tain Howgate sat with his daughter,
Miss Ida Howgate, who turned to her
father from time to time and spoke
some encouraging words. The elderly
defendant, however, appeared less ner-
vons than any time since his arrest.
Captain .Howgate was represented bv
Dir. Jere NJ. Wilson, and NJ. W. w.
Worthington, eX District Attorney.
The case was prosecuted by District At
torney Birney and Mr.. Lewing, one Of
his assistants. A jury was secured
without much difficulty, and the Dis
trict Attorney explained the nature of
the specific charge on which Captain
Howgate had been indicted, which was
that he had secured government
money through forging voucher from
the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, and was therefore guilty of
forgery and enlightenment. The evil
was then proceeded with.
The subcommittee of the house COM
merce committee which has had under
consideration the bill fixing penalties
tor train wrecking, have agreed to re-
port it favorably to the full committee
at their first meeting this week.
Among the Virginians in The city to-
day are Judge Paul, of the .. S. court
for the western district of his State,
Mr.. Morrison, the recently defeated
democratic candidate for Congress in
the Abingdon district, and Mr.. f. S.
Blair.
Mr.. Samuel Bacon, son of ex-General
Bacon of the District militia, who for
long time kept grocery store on the
corner of 9TH street and Pennsylvania
avenue, adjoining the American Hotel,
shot and killed himself at his breakfast
table this morning.
In the U. S. Supreme Court to day
the case of the Postal Cable Telegraph
Company againtt the city of Baltimore,
involving the taxation of the telegraph
company's lines and poles for municipal
purposes, was decided in favor of the
city, upon the authority of the case of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
Eany. The case of John l. Davenport,
chief supervisor of elections for the
southern district of New York, against
the United States, appealed from the
Court of Claims, was decided in Daven-
ports favor by divided court. The
Court of Claims gave him judgment
against the government for fees amount
ing to about $475, for services in con-
nection with his duties as chief supervi-
SCR.
A telegram was received this morning from
Speaker Crisp at Asheville, N. c., stating that
he will be here Thursday.
The Senate committee on Pacific railroads
made report to-day in which the refunding
of the debt of the Union Pacific is recon-
In ,nded.
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