Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-09

formed to-day that majority of the
executive committee have expressed
themselves to that effect.
Judge R. W. Hughes, now holding
term of the federal court in Alexan-
dria, Va, was asked to-day if he had
any opinion to express about the pro-
posed legislation in Richmond to de-
stroy horse racing in that State. He
answered promptly that he was in ia
vor of legitimate horse breeding and
horse racing, one of the old Virginia
industries and recreations. Judge
Hughes has long been regarded as
high authority on matters relating 10
the blood stock industry of the coun-
try. He is sternly opposed 10 any leg
islation intended to destroy legitimate
racing and believes the suppression of
the sport would prove blow to the
thoroughbred horse and fall with Sc
we're force upon farmers and breeders
in the State. As to the modes of bet
ting, he believed with racing properly
conducted those modes would regulate
themselves.
Mr.. E. B. Wight, one of the most
widely known and respected of Wash
ington correspondents, died at his resi-
dence this morning of heart disease.
The precarious condition of his health
had been known to himself and to his
intimate friends for some time, but he
continued to discharge his duties to
the last. Mr.. Wight has represented
the Boston Journal in Washington for
nearly quarter of q century and dur
ing the same period was also the
Washington representative first of the
Chicago Tribune and afterwards of the
Inter Ocean.
Senator Sherman has issued call
for a republican caucus to meet i'm
mediately after the Senate adjourns to-
day. This caucus is for the purpose of
considering the subject of the reorgani-
cation of the elective officers of the
Senate.
People from Loudoun county, Va,
here to-day, say what others from that
County have said here before, that Mr..
Speaker Ryan will receive the solid
vote of that county in the democratic
congressional convention of that district
next summer.
Thieviug by the differentiation of
imports is carried on to such an extent
in this country now that the whole
time of the House ways and means
committee to-day was consumed in try
ing to devise some plan by which it
could be stopped.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Daniel pre-
scented a petition from the business
men of Newport's News in favor of
passing the new Notifications bill also
one from the bar of Roanoke for the
establishment of q. S. court in that
city also one from certain residents of
Falls Church for energetic measures to
prevent further Armenian outrages
also resolutions adopted at meeting
of the people of South Boston to the
same effect; also g bill to permit the
Washington and Falls Church Railroad
to extend its line into this city by fer
ry at the south end of Analostand Isl
and, and thence to the B. & P. r. r.
Watkins L. Moorman was appointed
postmaster at Lynchburg, Virginia, to-
day, vice James Mclaughlin, republi
can, who has held the position for four
years.
Mr.. John Milton of Hamilton, Lou
doun county, Virginia. who has been
involved in law suits for some time
about his patent for utilizing smoke by
burning it, won all of them yesterday
by judicial decision rendered here.
In the State Department w. c. Mayo
of Virginia has been promoted from
81, 200 TO 81, 400 clerkship. Miss Sarah
L. Lee of Virginia from q 5000 to
$1,000 place, md Mrs. Mary D. Moor
of the same State has been appointed to
a 81, 900 place.
II is understood at District rooms
on both sides of the Capitol that leg
islation will be enacted at this ses-
sion of Congress by which gas will be
supplied to consumers here at 75 cents
thousand feet, also that the Home
telephone company will be granted
charter in this city.
1t is said 81. the Capitol that General
Coppenger's nomination will be con-
firmed, Notwithstanding the opposition
it has evoked. The General lisa son-in-
law of the late Secretary Blaine.
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