Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-01
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but which ba1 petitioned the com MS
sion for an extension of the time as ap.
nlied to the cars of other roads which
had not complied. Samuel Hear, rep
resenting the Boston and Albany Rail
road, made brief argument on this
point to show the utter paralysis OF
traffic which must follow If roads
which had complied with the law were
compelled to cease hauling unequipped
cars. MIR. Cowen, of the B & 0 r r ,
presented at some length the whole
question. The business of the railroads
of The country, he said. was large.
" a unit and those roads which
had equipped their cars could
not haul unequipped cars with.
cut technically VIC ating the law.
He said he was chairman of commit
tee at this hearing which represented
about 60O,O 900 Of the 993 900 freight cars
engaged in interstate commerce. The
question of the passengers cars, he said,
could be dismissed as they We're prac
tically all equipped. Of the freight
cars of the country 444 Ter cent. were
now equipped with Car couplers and
36l per cent. had the additional air
brake attachment. He offered as the
principal reason why the roads had not
complied fully the industrial depression
which followed the passage OF the act
of 1893 which. he said, had rendered
them financially unable to make the
outlay required by the law. P. Ii.
Morrissey, representing the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, the Rail-
road Conductors Association, the Loco.
motive engineers, the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen apd the Associa-
ton of Railroad Photographers, agreed
that in large measure this was a great
commercial question. The associations
for which be appeared were q unit in
protesting against any such unreason-
sb,e extension as had been proposed.
Five years, he said, would render the
purpose of the law migratory.
The new German Ambassador said
10 day there would be no trouble be-
tween Germany and the United States
on account of Haiti, and that the talk OF
such trouble was without cause.
The contractor for the removal OF
the garbage from this city says he will
not 20 to the expense CT erecting a
plant for burning it, unless the time OF
his contract be extended, The Dis
trict commissioners say they have not
the power to extend the contract, and
that the matter must be left to Con
gress. So the existing nuisance will be
oon,;nuad ip6af nitelU
The law officers of this district say
that warrants have been issued for the
arrest of "Count Mitkiewitz," charged
with swindliug, and that he will be ar.
rested if he still be within the limits OF
the country.
People from Ohio here to-day say
that Mr.. Hanna is very i'll man, and
has been made SO by the worry and
trouble to which he has been subjected
by the recent kicking of some of the
republican members of the Ohio legis
lature. If he should die, the whole re-
publican slate would be broken. If he
should recover, it is said Ohio will be
made prosperous by the immense sum
of money he would spend to secure his
election.
Mr.. Davis. y. S. attorney fer this
district, was nominated by the Presi-
dent, but rejected by the Senate. He
was then appointed by the court. The
question is now being discussed as to
whether his term of Office expires with
the commencement OF the coming ses
sion of Congress, as Presidential APP.
pointments do, or whether the courts
appointment is beyond the control OF
the Senate.
The monthly statement of the Comp.
troller of the Currency shows a de-
crease in the circulation of pational
bank notes on November 80, 1897, for
the year, of So, 762 800 and for the month
of $496,65 The circulation based on,
t Nicholas. condr"t'' =: NJ -
u nlteu States bonds shows a decrease
for the year of 6,66S 924 and de-
crease for the mouth of 81 ,9S4,9
The report that the President would
Withdraw from the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Church, on account of the sermon
preached by its pastor on Thanksgiv-
ing Day. is denied. 1t is probable,
however, that the President will be
seen less frequently Ct that church aud
will attend services more often else
where.
Consul General Lee has made a re
port to the State Department upon the
case of Fernand Pons, nsturalizsd
American citizen at present in Paris,
who appealed to the Department OF
State through bis COUNCIL, Coudert
Brothers of New York, to secure the
abatement of an excessive tax levied
upon his plantations in Cuba. The
Consul General says that he has
been informed by Captain General
Blanco that he had given instruc-
tons to the Regione Governor at
Guanabacoa, where the plantations lie,
to suspend the collection of the taxes
and to send the case to the central al.
therities at Havana for their action.
A personal friend of Secretary Sher.
man in this city Gays the Secretary will
not resign, thought 1t is 2 fact that his
memory is so defective that he torgets
to-day what he has said and done the
day before, and that the President is
afraid to remove him as mis- is name
to copjure with in Ohio, and wero be
to do so be wonld certainly lose the
Ohio vote in the next national republi-
can convention.
Chairman Cannon of the House committee
on appropriations was with the President for
quite time to-day discussing, the subject of
receipts and expenditures. Mr. Cannon
would say nothing as to the OBJECT of his