Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandra

Conn.,, sent thirty cents IN postage
stamps to the Treasury Department to-
day as conscience contribution. He
states that while guarding commissary
stores during the war he took from
sugar barrels at various times many
Jumps of sugar, the value OF which,
with interest since that time, ne COM
putes at 80 cents.
Rev. Thomas G. Addison, D. D., rec.
tor of Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church, died at an early hour this
morning at his residence, in this city,
aged 64 years. He was one of the old
est and best-known ministers in this
city.
At Waterlick, Warren county, Va,
T. NJ. Derfinger was appointed post
master to-day, vice Walter A. Hoffman,
resigned.
Republicans from the Sth Virginia
district. here to-day, say there are no
less than six candidates for the republi-
can congressional nomination in that
district: Messrs. Agnew of Alexandria,
McCaull of Culpeper, Brown of Lou
doun, Bayly and Sbumate of Fauquier
and Hine of Fairfax.
Congressman Otey, as chairman OF
the State committee of the silverites
of Virginia, has issued circular to the
silver men of his State,to attend all the
democratic primaries and elect silver
men as delegates to the democratic dis
trict and State conventions.
Ex-Congressmen Bowden and Wad-
dill, of Virginia, were here yesterday, in
conference with prominent republicans
from other States, among them Senator
Elkins. They say the Virginia delega-
ton to St. Louis will be for Mckinley,
and that Lamb will be "downed."
Captain Corners, proprietor of the
hotel at Harper's Ferry, and partner,
went over to Alexandria to day to pro-
pose to the proprietor of the st. Asaph
race track that should the case now be.
fore the Supreme Court of Virginia 60
against him, he should become the pro-
prietor of race track near their town,
which they would prepare and establish
for him.
The House District committee to-
day had a hearing on the Rept'.es's;
race track Dill. MIR. Anthony Com
stock, the famous purist, and MIR. Pink.
erton, chief of the detective service of
New York and delegations from the
preachers and one of the womens socle-
ties of this city appeared and argued
against allowing racing within the
limits of the District of Columbia.
In the House yesterday evening an
appropriation for the support of How
ard University, o negro school in this
city, was opposed by Northern repub-
licans and A. P. AS, and was only Sc
cured by the efforts of Southern demo-
Gratis. But nothing is surprising now.
It is again reported that the Presi-
dent will not be candidate for renomi-
nation. But this time the reports that
a letter to that effect has been written
and is in the hands of Secretary Lamont,
to be published at the proper time.
Most everybody at the Capitol en-
dorses Senator Germans speech yester-
day in opposition to the consolidation
of county postoffices with those of the
neighboring cities, by which the post
master of the latter will have so many
subordinates that he can practically
dictate all the nominations in his dis
trict.
The Senate committee on territories
this morning ordered favorable report
to be made on the nomination of Benja-
min franklin, to be governor of the
Territory of Arizona. The committee
sI5o fayorably reported the bill hereto
fore passed by the House amending the
divorce laws of the territories so as to
require legal residence in any of the
territories of at least one year before
proceedings in divorce can be COM
menced.
Congressman Swanson, of Virginia.
made another unsuccessful attempt
to-day to secure recognition so
that he might call up private
bill for the benefit of one of
his constituents. He supposed he
would be successful, as in private
talk with the Speaker yesterday on the
subject, he repeated to him what he
mad previously told the President,
which was to the effect that he had
credited Virginia with what she asked
for. rather than for what she had re-
ceived, try hereafter not to make Ia
similar and the Speaker replied that he
would mistake.
The river and harbor bill as agreed upon
by the committee that prepared it contains
the following appropriations for Virginia:
Appomattox river, ST, 900; Nansemond river,
$4,000; James river, $4,000; Mat,aponi
river, $500; Nomini creek, $4,000; Pa
munkey river, $1,000; Rappahannock river,
$4,000; Urbanna creek, So, 900; York river,
SIG, 900; Western Branch of Elizabeth river,
$4,000 Aqua creek, $4,000; Occoqusn
creek, $780, Lower Machodoc creek,
1,5U0; Nandua creek, $4,000; jamestown
Island from the encroachments of James
river Sc 1000; Inland water route from Nor
folk hsrbor, Va, to Albemarlo Sound, N. c.,
improvement of the Potomac river at WASH
ington 100000 appropriated.
An attempt was made by Northern repub-
lican to secure an appropriation for improv-
ing the sewerage at Fortress Monroe, in the
Bouse to-day but it failed.
A pension has been granted to Frances NJ.
Cherry, widow, of Fairfax county, Va.
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, who has been
confne d to his home for some time By illness,
is reported as being better to-day. No i'm
mediate danger is apprehended.
No NEW CLOTHES ON EASTER SUN
DAY.-It is no longer good form to
make parade of ones clothes on Eas-
ter Sunday. Well-dressed people al
ways dislike to wear new costumes at
any time, as they have the air of adjust