Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-19

bill to aid the exposition to be held in
B fillmore in 1897 by admitting free of
duty all goods imported for exhibition.
An adverse report wes ordered on the
bill making it unlawful for any United
States commissioner ofiDternal revenue
to grant or issue to any person or per-
sons or corporation license for the sale
of whisky or other iutoxicants in any
State, county or parish where the law
OF such places prohibits the sale OF
liquor.
Chief Moore OF the Weather Bureau
saws the black snow that has lately
fallen 10 Chicago and the northwest is
entirely similar to the great fall of JAN
nary 1895, the nature of which was
thoroughly invested by the weather
bureau at that time. Earthly deposits,
which are the cause of the phenomenon,
are caught up by the dry winds when
ever they exceed twenty miles per hour
and are carried to great distances be
fore they have time and opportunity TO
se,lle on the ground. They are easily
brought down in large quantities by
snow or rain.
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
items this morning renewed the discus
sion on the bill which provides tor the
exfermipation of the fur seal herd OF the
Pribyloff Islands unless Great Britain
shall agree TO modification OF the reg
u ations of the Paris award to such an
extent as will thoroughly protect the
seals from pelaeic scaling. Mr.. Nor
gan. who was absent from the last
me sting, addressed the committee Tor
more than an hour against the pro-
posed bill. Every other member of the
committee is in favor of the measure
and it will be reported to the Senate
rs soon as Senator Morgan has con-
Guided his argument.
The total loss of the services of the
battleship Texas to the navy for at
least six months and the expenditure
of about $4,000 for repairs TO make
seaworthy craft of this brand new yes
sci. which has never yet made cruise
although she has cost three and one half
million dollars, are now declared to be
the result of Der docking at the Brook
lvn navy yard last November The
occurrence was at that time officially
called drifting accident" to be repair.
ed at trivial expense and practically
with no loss of the ships services.
J.R. Webb was appointed postmaster
at Lively, Lancaster county, to-day.
Mr.. LACEY and other friends of the
Falls Church and Potomac Railroad
Company will be allowed hearing by
the House District committee at eleven
O'Clock next Saturday morning. They
want to cross the river by ferry at
the south end of Analostan Island.
The bill to repeal the statute prohlo-
ting the eIConfederates who had pre-.
viously served in the Z. S. army snd
navy from holding commissions in
either of those services now, which has
passed the Senate. has been reported
favorably by the House military com
mittse, but Mr.. Hull, republican, OF
Iowa, though asked to allow it to be
called up for action in the House, has
refused TO do so.
The House judiciary committee will
report bill making one years resi-
dence a prerequisite for divorce in
the Territories; also one vesting juris-
diction in U. S. courts to try any Of
Tense committed in any place jurisdic-
lion over which has been retained by
the Uuited States, or coded to it by a
State, or which has been purchased
with the consent of State for the
erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal,
dockyard, or other Deedful building,
til, punishment for which offense is
not provided for by any law of the
United States. In such cases the courts
are empowered to inaict the same
penalty as is provided by the laws OF
the State in which the place is situated.
Senators Daniel and Martin will leave
iere tonight or tomorrow for Rich
nond, to attend meeting of the State
democratic committee called to fix the
ime and place for the next democratic
convention. 1t is supposed Richmond
will be selected as the place. An effort
will be made to decrease the number
of delegates, but it is doubtful if it can
succeed.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Wolcott
said that even tents and tent poles were
sent through the mails.
The Virginia cases will not be decid-
ed by the House elections committee
before next week. All of them, it is
reported, will be decided in favor of
the contestees. except those OF Thorp
vs.. McKenney and Yost VS.. Tucker.
Messrs. ]. P Morgan & Co., and asso.
ciates, under their bid for 100000 900
Of United States four per cent. bonds OF
1925, made in accordance with the
recent circulars of the Secretary of the
Treasury, are entitled to receive bonds
Of the face value of about four million
seven hundred thousand dollars in ad-
iition to those Of which they have al
ready been notified.
The deposits on account of bond sales
aggregate SIS, 100000. OF this amount
$50, 600, 900 has been covered into the
Treasury, leaving s19, OOO,O 900 yet in the
sub Treasures and banks. 1t is ex-
pected that the whole amount will be
in the Treasury within the next two or
three days.
A sub committee of the Senate Dis
trict committee will meet this evening
to hear arguments in favor of compel
ing the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to rebuild the Long Bridge.
Congressman Otey proposes to intro
duce bill giving some of the duplicate
copies of the books in the COMPRESSION
al library to the library ofthe University
Of Virginia, recently destroyed by fire.
A resolution to revive the grade of Lieuten-
ant Gent raj of the United States army was
introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr.. Elkins.