Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
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hsd GOOD reason to be, but had deemed
it best to put straps on his heao 10
keep the swelling down.
Elk Congressman Bowen, of Virginia,
an applicant for the marshalshlp OF the
western district of his State, Is mere TO.
day. As Senator Hanna has arrived II
vas supposed that a meeting OF the ex'
ecu,iye com mittee of the Virginia re-
nublicans would have been held yes
terday, but Congressman Walker, OF
that committee said he had not been
notified of any such meeting.
Senator McLaurin, of South Caro-
lima. is confined 10 his bed with an at
tack OF typhoid fever.
News has reached here of the
fru tration of an attempt to convey
a store of munitionsof war to the
Cuban insurgents just at the
moment when it had apparently
succeeded. About the middle OF sep
TENDER steamer painted black APP
peared near Cienfuegos and landed a
stock of ammunition and twenty men
under the lead of Joseph Cepero, a
naturaliZed American citizen, who,
after having been held in Cuban Jail
for nearly year was released by the
Spanish sovernme nt last July. Inc
expedition got inland, but nearly a
month later the Spanish authorities
discovered nearly 500 boxes OF ammu'
milton for Remington and Mansur
rifles concealed in & shallow creek and
q FRIED it into town. Later % Cepero
led 40 attack upon small town and
Killed several Of the inhabitants, in
Guiding woman.
Senator Prltchard to-day introduced
bill reducing the TAX on distilled splr-
s in bond 10 70 cents per gallon.
Congressman Grosvenor, republican,
of Ohio, will. at The first favorable OPP
portuuity, introduce resolution call
ing for the correspondence between be.
tween Secretary Gage and Colonel
Brady, collector ofinternal revenue Tor
the lower district of Virginia, IN refer
ence TO the latter's removal of his SUB
ordinates, in violation of the civil ser
vice low and rules. MIR. Grosvenor
saws the oaly real supporter OF the law
and rules referred to in the Cabinet Is
Secretary Long, who is spoken OF ny
hi- party as mugwump.
All the members of the executive
committee of the republican party o.
Virginia, except Judge Waddili, were
here yesterday and were to have held
meeting, but did not, on account of The
latter's absence. But they did not IN
vite General Walker, who is a member
of that committee to meet them. The
com mittee is the representative OF the
| reorganization" in the State, and the
two republican Cougressmen. Messrs
Walker and Yost, represent the disor
ganization, which people from thai
Sac say is by far the more numerous
Among the strangers here today i:
ex-senator Ransom OF North Carolina
The General says that with some more
negro postmasters in his State and some
more speeches like that Senator Butler
recently made, in which he accused the
white democrats there OF melting the
negroes TO outrage white women, the
democrats won't have much trouble IL
regaining control of the State at the
next election.
The colleagues of Representative
Mcmillan, OF Tennessee, soy that if al
extra session Of the Legislature of tina
State be called, he will probably be
elected to the Senate.
Sepa or Jones Vi Nevada, an expert
on gold mining, says he is convinced
that the Klondike fields will produce
more gold than those of California
Australia end Africa combined.
1t is rumored ut the Capitol to-day
that strong effort will be made at this
session of Congress to remove the nava
academy from Annapolis to a more
Northern site.
1t is said to-day that had vote been
taken 10 the House yesterday the re-
publicans would nave been split wide
open" on the currency question, and
that they are practically SO now is
generally believed, and nothing that
has yet been suggested can bring them
together again on that question. The
democrats in the HOUSE, on the con-
trary, seem to have single thought on
all questions.
The American Forestry Association
held its sixteenth annual meeting here
to-day.
The House banking and currency
committee met to day and discussed
the time for taking up the bill provid-
ing for bank circulation up to the par
value of bonds deposited, reduction OF
the tax on circulation to onefourth of
one per cent and the establishment OF
small banks in rural communities, bat
determined nothing.
A piper was circulated in the Hou-e
of Representatives to-day with a view
to bringing about conference of those
members favorine change in the pres
ert civil service system. The paper
was handled by Representative Pear
ION, of North Carolina, and received
numerous signatures. The purpose, it
is understood, is to make the conference
non-political in character, and to ex-
tend it outside of the membership of
the civil service committee, as some
of the meu most active in urging q
revision Of the law are not on this
committee. Gen. Grosyenor, of OHIO. is
among these. He approved the plan
of conference of those interested in
the subject and it is likely to be held at
an early day.
Congressman Rixey OF the Alexandria dis.
trict has ieceived request for Congressional
publicst Gus from the Alexandria Library,
aid will comply with it as soon as practices BILE.
Elections committee No. of the House. Of
which General Walker is chairman, met this
morning and fixed the time for taking up the