Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-20
1ndee Wylie. formerly of the district

duCklDS "Trip, Gue OtueT uay, Saiu SP"i %
men now were not like those of the
times when he went hunting. "Then, I"
said he, game was always allowed a
chance to escape. but now the duck
shooters conceal themselves and at
tract the game by decoys, and when the
poor ducks are feeding in fancled Sc
curely they are shot down from ambush
without warning, and this Is caiied
snort. 1t would not have been SO called
in my day."
The House postoffice committee to-
day took favorable action on the bill to
regulate the pay of letter carriers. 1t
fixes the pay of carriers in cities OF
more than $4,000 population at S6Oo
for the first years service $500 for the
second; $1,000 for the third, ana lot
the fourth and thereafter 81 200 per an
mum. In cities of less than 75,0OO the
salaries for the first three years are the
same and that for the third year
81 OrO-is the maximum. The Senate
bill defining fourth.class mail matter,
90 as TO exclude bulk parcels now SEPT
nv various executive departments, Wi s
alsn favorably reported
The Pres dent has approved the sea,
tence of dismissal in the case OF Medical
Director Edward Kershner, Q. 5. N.
convicted of giving false testimony.
The dismissal dates from March lIth.
Secretary Herbert declines to make
nublic the Presidents endorsement OF
the findings or to give any information
about the case.
Minister Depuy de LONE received
the following telegram from the gov
ernor general of Cuba this morning:
HAVANA. March 20, 1896
The detachment of Varadero, near
Cardenas, captured $50 boxes of am
munition for Remington aud Win
chester rifles, nine boxes of cavalry
rifles, fourteen tin boxes of medicines,
twenty knapsacks covered with oil
cloth. two boxes of explosives and tbr. e
boats. WEfLEk.
Minister de Lone has no doubt that
all this material was that landed by the
Collazo expedition from Cedar Key in
the schooner ]. S. Mallory, captured by
the United States revenue cutters, re-
leased by the customs authorities at
Tampa, and afterwards trsnshipped
near the southern coast of Florida to
the steamer Three Friends, which
landed it in Cuba several days ago.
The ammunition amounted to over hall
million rounds, and the number OF
rifles correspond in all particulars to
that of the Collazo expedition.
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections this morning made fav
orable report on the amendment to the
constitution proving for the election OF
United States Senators by direct vote
ofthe people. The report is very vo
luminous.
In the House oday Mr.. Otey of Vir-
ginia introduced a resolution request
ing the committee on naval affairs to
investigate the matter Of the treatment
of the members of the International
Association of Machinists of the United
States at the navy yards and arsena!s
tile United States, and especially in re-
gard to the treatment accorded them at
the navy yard at Brooklyn, n Y.
In the House to-day Mr.. Meredith
introduced bill for the relief of Mrs.
NJ. E. Goodwin of Louisa county, whose
house at City Point was destroyed by
federal soldiers during the war.
The speech of Representative Tucker
of Virginia, in opposition to the resolu
zion censuring Secretary Bayard for his
euphemistic description of the character
OF the present people of this country is
said to have been one of the very best,
of the many delivered on the subject.
The Senate committee on fisheries this
morning ordered favorable report on
the nomination of commander Brice to
be superintendent of fisheries.
A democratic Senator recently re-
turned from his State in the South
says the following is q true
copy of resolution adopted
by recent democratic CONVEX :
ton in county not remote from his
own: Resolved, That we do hereby
reaffirm our allegiance to the demo
cratic party, the principles of which
were elucidated by Thomas Jefferson,
vindicated by Andrew Jackson and re-
pudiated by Grover Cleveland"
The number of people who 60 from
here to the st Asaph race track is in
creasing daily. They say they do not
expect that any arrests will be made
until Monday next, on which day the
grand jury of the county will meet and
when, they suppose, charges against
some of those engaged in the book
making will be presented, and indics.
ments for misdemeanor be returned
against thern.
The Senate District of Columbia COM
mittee to-day took the part of the
strikers on the Anacostia street rail-
road here, and granted charter to an
opposition line, with right to cross the
Eastern Branch on the same bridge.
The fact that Senator Allen, popu-
list, spoke to day in opposition to the
admission of Mr.. Dupont as Senator
from Delaware, is generally supposed to
have turned all the latter's cake into
dough, as it indicates that all the popu-
lists, or at least enough o. them, will so
vote as to effect that purpose.
The House commerce committee to-.
day ordered favorable report on bill
to prevent the carrying of obscene
literature and articles designed for in-
decent and immoral use from one State
or Territory into another State or Ter.
ritory. The bill carries penalty OF five
years imprisonment at hard labor and q
fine of S., 900 for each violation of the
law.
The jury in the case of B. b. MILL
ken, ex-secretary of Senator Harris,
accused of feloniously entering the