Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-12-16
bonds for United States notes and

bonds for United States notes and
Treasury notes upon such terms as
may be advantageous to the govern.
ment, or to sell them abroad for gold
whenever it is advisable to do so, and
use the gold thus obtained IN redeem.
ing the outstanding notes.
The delegation charged with present.
ing TO President Cleveland certified
copies of the State constitution adopt
ed by the people of Utah, and trans
cript of the result OF the vote for state,
hood, were received by Mr.. Cleveland
at the White House to-day. Governor
West and the election commissioners,
M sssrs. J. r. Letcher and Hoyt Sher-
man. beaded the party. Mr.. Cleveland
formally received the volume, and said
il would be his duty to examine the
documents contained to see if they COM
Piled with the provisions of the con-
stitution and the enabling act. The
President, upon the completion OF this
examination, will issue proclamation
naming the date on which Utah will be
admitted to statehood.
The torpedo boat Cushing left Brook
lyn to day for Washington where she
will 90 into winter quarters. She will
proceed by the inland route. A supply
of smokeless powder will be brought to
Washington by the Cushing to be tested
in the 13-inch gun at Indian Head.
Secretary Olney was closeted with
the President nearly all the morning.
The Venezuelan matter, it is under
stood. was under discussion and it 10
stated that the conclusion reached was
to send in to the Senate the text OF
Secretary Olney's note to the British
government defining the Monroe
doctrine aud also the text of Earl
Salisbury's reply in which he states
the British view of the question. The
whole controversy 80 far as the British
side of it is concerned is said to as.
sumo an exceedingly technical legal
shape, and the belief is that the Presi-
dent will send the matter to Congress
for its action without any definite
recommendation except such as may be
derived from the correspondence.
Congressman Otey, of Virginia, has
modified his bill in reference to the pro-
ceeds of the sale of abandoned and cap
tured property, so as to provide for Its
return to States that were members OF
the Ccnfederacy, in proportion to their
population.
congressman Turner and Meredith
called at the Postofice Department to-
day and effected q transfer, by which
Mr.. Strayer, of the formers district and
Mr.. Nalle. of the latter's, changed
places in the service of that department.
The republicans in the Senate are
only waiting until they get ready, to re-
organize that body on republican lines,
and need in doing SO, will have all the
help they went from the populists.
Mr.. Russell, the new ssrgeant-at-
arms of the House, is spiritualist. He
was directed to come here by spirits
and, it is reported, holds spiritual
seances in his room in the Capitol.
People from the 7th Virginia Con
gressional district here to-day say thai
| in addition to Mr.. Turner, the present
congressman from that district, Mr.
Hayes, of Madison, Mr.. Mccormick, O
Clarke, and Mr.. Walton, ofShenandoah
will be candidates for the democratic
| congressional nomination in that dis
trict.
Ex-State Senator r. Walton Moore
of Fairfax, has announced, in answe,
to direct question, that he will be 6
candidate for the democratic congress
sional nomination in the Eighth Vir
ginia district next year. Although Mr.
John F. Ryan, Speaker of the Virgini'
House of Delegates, will probably no
announce, at present, his candidacy TO
the congressional nomination in the
district referred to next year, yet it il
we'll known that ne will be candidate
and that he will have Loudoun's en-
dorsement for that position.
In the House to-day Mr.. Jones intro
duced bills to pay the Potomac Steam
boat Company $1,000 for damage sus
tanned by the Excelsior, and to pay
George H. Plant $5,216 for damages
received by the Lady of the Lake; also
for the relief of Irwin Tucker, also fol
giving E. W. Bailey of Norfolk S10,00(
for the loss of an eye that was shot on
by q. s. marines while practiciDg. Con
gresham Tucker introduced bill fol
giving Catharine G. Lee of Appomat
fox q pension, as the daughter of Rev
dictionary soldier.
The committees of the House will, il
is said today, be announced on Friday
and instead of one on elections, ther,
will be three, so that democrats
fairly elected may be turned out il
short order and their seats given to re-
| publicans who were not elected. Il
will be recollected that when Mr.. Reed
was Speaker before, and all the demo
| cratic contestees had been turned out
and some OF their seats given to ne.
groes, the cry came from the republican
side: "Give US another niger !"
The remains of Mrs. Swami, relic Of
the late Ca. Swami, were removed from
her late residence in this city to-day to
Preston, the family seat, in Alexandra
county, for interment. Among the
pallbearers were Major R. W. Hunter
and Mr.. Lawrence Washington Of
Alexandra.
In Philadelphia this morning John
Robinson fred three shots at his wife,
Mary E. Robinson, all of which took
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