Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-22

avenue from the Capitol past the White
Rouse, morning and afternoon, III
which all the..Disrict of Columbia mi
litia participated. The cycle corps,
with days rations and twenty rounds
OF irtridges, demonstrated the adapt
ability of the bicycle to military pur-
poses by throwing skirmish line ten
miles up the Potomac river, where a
sham battle was held Troop a, OF the
local militia rode to Brightwood, four
or five miles from the city, returning IN
time for the afternoon parade. GA Cap
itol Hill large audience gathered in
the Senate chamber to hear the presi-
dent pro tempore of that body, Senator
Frye, of Maine, read Washington's
farewell address and the National
Daughters of the Revolution closed
their Fifth Continental Congress with
commemorative exercises in which
many patriotic societies took part. At
ter prayer and recitation of Our
Flag,n Mrs. John w. Foster, president
general, made the address of welcome
to the visiting societies. The audience
joined in singing the Star Spangled
Banner, and Senator Hawley. of Con-
necticut. delivered an address on
"Washington as a Boy, Soldier and
President He was followed by other
speakers and by an attractive pro
gramme, which lasted several hours.
The Oldest Inhabitants Association
held an impressive ceremony in honor
of the day, and the Legion of Loyal
Women also commemorated the ami.
versary by appropriate exercises. All
the executive departments were, OIL
course, closed. and after one o'clock,
most of the stores and public offices.
There was no session of the House
to-day, and the Senate only remained
in session long enough to hear Wash
ington's Farewell Address read by the
PRESIDENT pro tempore, Senator Fry.
One of the Senators. Mr.. Baker, repub-
licap, of Kansas, was so impressed with
the appositeness of the address to the
present condition of affairs, that he
moved it be published in the Congress
siomal Record, and his motion was
adopted.
Mr.. Jackson, the member of the Vir-
ginia legislature from Clarke and War
rem counties, was here to-day. He says
the indications are that the Maupin bill
for breaking up the race tracks will be
passed, though he is opposed to it,
aud that many able lawyers in the leg
islature doubt it's effectiveness. The
bill to change the election law, he says,
is still in doubt. A Virginian who
heard Mr.. Jackson's remark about the
race track bill, said he owned fifty
horses and q neighbor as many more,
and that the legislature was trying TO
made them valueless.
From Richmond it is learned here to-
day that there will probably be an ex-
tension of the session of the legislature.
The prevalent belief here in respect
of the next national democratic conven-
ton is that there will be bolt from it,
either by the silverities, if it shall not
declare for free silver, or by the gold
men, lift shall. 1t is also believed here
now that Gov. Mckinley will! have a
larger support in the national republl-
can convention than Mr.. Speaker Reed.
The House District committee met
to-day and heard aguments in favor OF
the bill allowing the Potomac and Falls
Church Railroad to come into this city
by ferry at the south end of Analostan
Island. Those who appeared for the
road were Messrs. Lacey and Wiley OF
Alexandria county, and Hine OF Fair
fax.
People here to-day from the S,h Vir-
GINA district say that Judge Ashton
will have the solid vote of King George
and Stafford in the Congressional con-
vention in that district, and that the
Judge has letter from Mr.. Mason OF
the former county stating that he will
not be candidate; that there is move
nlent on foot to unite all that part of
the district south of the Rappahannock
and the lower part of the district in
favor of q nominee from that section;
and that the vote of Loudoun county
will be divided between Messrs. Ryan
and McCabe.
Mrs. amelia c. Waite, widow of the late
Chief Justice Waite, died last night at her
residence on Rhode Island avenue. She
passed away without being made aware of
the death of her son, Christopher E. Waite, at
Columbus yesterday morning.