Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
correspondence Of the Aexsndris Gasc:te.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.
The friends of Associate Justice Jack
son of the Supreme Court are dlscouf-
AGED bv the tenor OF advices from his
bedside. Complications that nave &C.
Cured in connection with bis pulno-
nary troubles are said 20 have put ms
recovery beyond probability, and While
the end may not be near, it IS not eA-
nactsd that he will ever again resume
active labors. -, .:,;eod
Renresentative Powers, the dignibed
Representative from Vermont, appear
ed to-day III new role, ana won. ne
was urging the passage OF Dill TO III
crease the pension of an old lady, whose
need was great, and Mr.. Talbert was
inclined TO object, for the reason that
the bill had not been considered in COM
roittee of the whole. Mr.. Powers made
a brief statement of the circumstances,
aud. then addressing himself to Mr..
Talbert, paraphrased Scott as follows:
'.Rrer,hes there : man with soul 80 dead,
"Who never to himself hath said
XII lump at the chance TO vote this old lady
breid."
Before this Mr.. Talbert wilted and
the bill went through triumphantly.
John s. Shriver, correspondent, and
Z. r. Chapman, the sugar broker, both
of whom were refused writ OF habeas
corpus to release them from custody for
their alleged ofense ofrefusing to test
f. before the Senate investigating COM
mit;ee. appeared before Judge Cole in
the Criminal Court to-day and gave
bail of 81 900 each, pending trial.
In the postoiiice appropriation bill
as reported to the Senate yesterday the
appropriation of S196,6l4 for special
mail facilities from Springfield, Mass,
to, New Orleans, via Washington, Is
stricken out.
Among the strangers here to-day is
Robert Pinkerton, the famous detect
i've. He is just from Fredericksburg
He says the men in Jail there are the
ones who robbed the train at Aqua
creek and that they will be convicted.
Representative Turner, of Virginia.
got bulls favorably reported by COM
mittees today to give Centenary Re-
form Church OF Winchester $1,000 for
damages from Union soldiers during
the war, and to pension PAMELA Glass
and Sarah Wharton, daughters of Sam
uel Wharton, Of Stafford county, a
Revolutionary soldier, and to Lucinda
Stone, daughter of Thomas Thornhill,
of Rappahannock county, also Revo-
lutionary soldier.
Favorable reports were made to-day
on bills to pension the widows of Rear
Admiral S. P. Carter and General
Vessels, TO restore Commander George
w. Woods and put him on the retired
list, and to give Rear Admiral j. h.
Russell the highest pay of his grade.
The Goode-Epes contested election
case from Virginia was not considered
by the House elections committee to.
day, but the chairman thereof said he
thought it would be on Friday. AS
the committee has in all its reports act
ed on the basis of the election laws Oh
the respective States, it is thought that
that in the case referred to it will be in
favor Of the contestee.
State Senator Fairfax, of Loudoun
county, Virginia, passed through here
to day on his way to Richmond to at
tend meeting of the board of visitors
of the V. NJ. l.
Mr.. Charles Thompson, whose illness
was mentioned in this correspondence
Yesterday, was still alive this morning,
but his friends have little hope of his
recovery.
In the Senate to-day when the
amendment to the District appropria-
lion bill, appropriating $4,000 to
widen the Aqueduct bridge and enable
an electric railroad to run over it, was
,ached, Mr.. Daniel made an able speed h
In its, behalf. Mr.. Faulkner raised a
point of order against it, but withdrew
it at the request Of Messrs. German and
Harris so as to allow a vote to be taken
directly on its merits. After
debate, participated in by Messrs.
Daniel, Faulkner, Hale, Hunton, Cor
don and others, the amendment was de-
feated.
The Senate finance committee to-day
refused to report a short time low in
terest bearing bond bill. They considered
bill for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and, it is said, would have re-
ported it but for the fear that passed it
would be vetoed.
The court of appeals of this city has
decided to try the case of Fred Miller,
charged with keeping a lace book ct
Bennings, within the prescribed lines,
on the demurrer of his counsel, that is
on the validity of the law.
The ice in the Potomac is pretty thick
to-day, especially near the mouth of the
Eastern Branch, where the wind has
packed it. But the ferry boats between
here and Alexandria are running reg
ularly. The weather man at the Capt.
tol says the thermometer will fall lower
tonight than it did last night, but that
tomorrow the temperature will be
warmer.
The report of the Secretary of War.
sent to the Senate to day, fixes the az
gregate of the State militia at 116, $50
men, of which 107, 1894 are privates.
The total available unorganized militia
ry force of the country aggregates
9,5S2, SO6 men.
The North american Resiew for February