Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-18

arg Qmeut III SuCD CdsCsi ohN 49,
to have his petition printed and hled
with the clerk.
Eugene V. Debs and his associates
now in the McHenry county, ILL.,, jail,
will not be released for two or three
DAYS at the earliest. When the SUI
irene Court of the United States met
to .dav Assistant Attorney General
Whitney stated that in the matter OF
the petition of Debs ct al, the attorne.!
general and attorney Darrow had
aereed to stipulation, subject 10 toe
onproval of the court. It's: /. That
The rule in the case should be made res
tnrnable March 25, that being the date
Suggested by the court as a convenient
one to hear the case. g That pending
the hearing and decision of the court
the petitioners be admitted to bail in
the sum of $4,000 each. Chief Justice
Fuller stated that the court would have
TO take the stipulation under advise
rent before giving its approval.
The Secretary Of the Interior is seri-
ously considering the advisability of
issuing an order to the chiefs of Bureaus
in the Secretary's Office, directing them
and the clerks under them that where
business OF importance is not finished
by four o'clock in the afternoon, they
should remain at their duties until the
urgent business of the day is completed.
A private dispatch received here this
morning from Grafton, West Virginia,
stated that ex-CoDgressman B. +. Mar:
tin. of that State, who has been in bad
health for some time, was dying.
The counsel for the Alexander's Isl
and race track are taking dispositions
here to prove that there is nothing
wrong about that track, for use on
the 23d inst, when the injunction case
against that track will be argued III
Richmond.
1t is said at the State Department
that no notice will be taken of Col.
Dick Wintersmith's recent affair at
Gallon. The Colonel is L. S. consular
agent on the Isthmus, and meeting ex-
vice Consul Robinson, who had been
writing about him, in hotel there, he
pulled his beard, for which he was fined
hy tie local magistrate.
w llllau hduudJl SlOAOig Ga
member of Parliament saw the Presi-
dent at the White House this afternoon
and presented memorial signed by
354 members of Parliament proposing
that all differences between Great
Fri ain and the United States, which
cannot be settled by the usual diplo-
matte methods, shall be submitted to
arbitration.
The House commerce committee at
IFS meeting to-day considered the ia
vorable report Of its subcommittee 10
whom the bill for bridge across the
Potomac at Arlington had been refer
red, but adjourned before coming to
any conclusion upon it. A majority of
the committee were in favor of adopt
ing it, but Messrs Slower of Ohio. Hep
Turn of Iowa and Geary of California,
the two former republicans. objected to
so streuuously and long that the quo
rum was broken before vote could be
t ken. The grounds they urged were
lnat the bridge was in the interest OF
iaud spectators and that Alexandria
coul ty should pay half the cost. Chair,
nan Wise Told them the bridge would
greatly enhance the value of the eleven
hundred acres of land the government
owned in Alexandria county and on
hich it paid no taxes, but what he
said didn't abate their opposition. The
Sc rotary of War recommended
the bridge strongly. If quorum
of the committee be present at the
meeting next week, the subcom-
mittee's favorable report will be adopt
ed and the bill be reported in the House.
Among those present in the committee
room were Messrs. Hume, Clements,
Young, Lacey, Veitch. Sisson and 9th
ers, aud so some cololed men from
Alexandria county.
A hearing was given by the House
commerce committee to-day TO Repre-
sentative Straus, of New York, on his
bill to regulate railway companies.
The bill provides uniform method OF
bookkeeping for railway corporations;
prescribes periodical examinations OF
their books; prohibits directors from
selling stocks or bonds of those cor
porations '.short;;" requires that only
bona fide holders of the stock shall vote
at elections; that no officer that has
been connected with company that
has been wrecked. can be appointed its
receiver, and limits the control of re-
ceivers.
Senator Allison of the Senate appro-
priations committee said to-day that
none of the recent financial bills intro
duced were satisfactory, not even Mr..
Sherman's. He also said that after q
while he would present bill which he
thought might go through. 1t would
be one for the issue of interest bearing
treasury notes redeemable in two or
three years, which would give the gov
eminent time to increase the revenue
and relieve it of its existing straits.
TIE japanese treaty was called M in execu-
tive SESSION Today. Sir. Morgan, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations, read
speech favoriug the ratification Of the con-
vention. There appears to be no opposition
to the treaty and but little interest is mani
tested in it.
The House judiciary committee to-
day agreed to motion made by Mr..
Harrison, of Alabama, that Judge Kicks
be permitted to come before the CON-
mittee and be heard in his own
defence if he so desired, and that
he might have the privilege of
bringing in any witnesses he chose.
Mr.. Bailey says the matter has become
mere farce; that the committee is
postponing action from day to day,
kno wing that soon it will be impossible
TO get the matter before the Sen
ate so as to have it acted on at
this session. Il shall file the re-
port individually" he said. 81 notified
the committee to that effect. 1t is q priv