Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-21
drowned him. Nor was this done fer
rape, murder, arson, or any other CAPT
tai crime, but simply for breach oftrust.
FROM WASHINGTON.
(Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gazette
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.

WASHINGTON, Jan. u.
Saturday night last the large por-
trait Of Chief Justice Marshall of Vir-
GINA, which has hung for some years
past in the western gallery corridor OF
the House of Representatives, was IN
iured. One of the scrubbers brought
the handle of his mop against the PIC
ture with such force as to tear mole
some eight inches long in the lower
nart of the canvass The portrail was
painted in 1880 by r. n Brooks, OF tbs
ci,v for the United States Supreme
Court. 1t was removed few years ago
to It's present position and its place sup
Lied by smaller picture.
Secretary Carlisle was at the Capitol
to day trying to get authority to issue
silver certificates Of small deDomina-
tions in place of the Treasury notes de-
siroyed.
Chairman Bankhead, of the House
buildings and grounds committee, sa'd
to-day that no time had yet been fixed
for calling up the bill for the purcha. e
of the Windsor Malone lot Congress
man Meredith, who is doing all he can
to secure the passage of that bill, say s
he finds the opposition to it in the
House greater than he supposed.
In the Criminal Court this morning
the recalcitrant sugar committee wit
nesses whose demurrers were overruled
by Judge Cole, were called upon to
plead. None of the defendants was
present except Correspondent Shriver
and Broker Chapman, of New York.
Pleas of not guilty were entered in all the
cases. The day for trial will not be fixed
until the Supreme Court has disposed
of the habeas corpus proceedings in the
test case of Broker Chapman, who was
surrendered by his bondsmen on Fri
day in order that he might present
by petition to the Supreme Court the
fact that he was unlawfully deprived of
his liberty. Bail in each case was fixed
at 81 900.
Debs ct al, now in Jail at Wood
stock, Ill.,, under judgment of the cir
cult court of the United States for the
northern district of Illinois for con-
tempt of court, will be admitted to bail
in the sum of 50 600 each, conditioned
on abiding the further order of the SUI
preme court, pending the decision OF
the court upon the application for their
release on a writ of habeas corpus.
Such was the order of the U. 5. SUI
preme court to day.
General Hooker, the orator at the
Lee anniversary celebration in Alex
andria last Saturday night, says be
spent very delightful evening there,
ana was much pleased with all he saw,
heard and tasted.
The Appropriation for the Norfolk
harbori in the sundry civil bill is ISL 900,
Instead of $75, 900 as was reported.
The Navy Department received this morn
ing the announcement ofthe death of Col VIM.
b. Remey, of the U. S Marine Corps, in an in
sane asylum at Somerviie. Mass
The President has committed to three
months actual imprisonment the 1SO-day
sentence of Thos. H. Evans Of this city, for
carrying concel lied weapons.
The Postoficc Department has begun the
collection of stamps Of all the foreign coun-
tries of the world as well as those of the
United States 1t has two large stamp al
buns containing places, for every stampissued.
and makes request of the various nations
! for q set OF their stamps or specimens. 1Ecre
are in al about $4,000 stamps issued, and up
10 date about : 200 have been collected.
The testimony in the case Of Mccartney, ad-
ministratrix, VS.. Fletcher ct al, was con-
GUIDED here to-day on the part Of the com
plainant 1t embraces one thousand pages of
type-written matter. The possession of sha-
ron and other valuable property in Virginia,
/ ear this city, is involved in this case.
Among the attendants at the convention of
the National Pilots Association here to-day
was Capt 6. B. Davis, OF Alexandria.
Mr.. LLOYD Smith, of Lancaster county, Va.
S here to-day looking I'D law For the case of
arrested lie gal oyster dredgers, to be tried at
Hlmp.on on Wednesday.
The U. s. Supreme Court to-day decided the
case of the United States versus the <. c.
Knight Co. ct al, denying the constitutional
ty and validity Of the Sherman antitrust law
of 800, as affecting the transfer of stock,
etc, of several refining companies to the
sug irtrust
The Senate sub co nmittee on the judiciary
this morning made a report to the full COM
mittec in faeor of the confirmation of c. D.
Clark. nominated to be judge for the eastern
and mi Idle district of Tennessee. The re-
port was agreed to and will be made to the
Senate at the next executive session.